Knock the Airplanes from the Sky (1941)

Red Army Chorus. Music: A. V. Aleksandrov. Lyrics: Sergei Alymov

Description: First written in 1934, this melody was given new lyrics in 1941 and quickly became a popular propaganda success with Muscovites and their defenders.

1943

900 Days Battle of Kursk The Cult of Leadership Deportation of Minorities End of the Comintern Epaulettes Back on Uniforms Holocaust Katyn Forest Massacre Love and Romance in War The Nazi Tide Stops New National Anthem Orthodox Patriarch Appointed Partisans in the Forest The Strange Alliance The Vlasov Movement Wartime Evacuation Women in War Films