Smuglianka (Swarthy Girl) (1944)

Red Army Chorus. Music: A. Novikov; Lyrics: Iakov Shvedov

Description: Commissioned in 1940 as part of a cycle of songs about the Civil War partisans, this song quickly acquired an entirely new meaning after the Nazi invasion in 1941. It was popularized by the Red Army Chorus.

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