100 SOVIET SONGS every Russian knows (VIDEOS)

1920s

1. By the Long Road (the English cover version is called ‘Those Were the Days’) - Alexander Vertinsky

1930s

2. Robert’s Song (‘Merry Wind’) - from the movie ‘The Children of Captain Grant’ (1936)

3. There Lived a Brave Capitan -  from the movie ‘The Children of Captain Grant’ (1936)

4. Katyusha - Valentina Batishcheva (one of the first recordings)

5. Favorite City - Mark Bernes

6. March of the Jolly Fellows  - from the movie ‘The Jolly Fellows’ (1934)

1940s

7. Smuglyanka - The Red Army Choir (one of the early recordings)

8. Planes First - from the movie ‘The Slow Bi-plane’ (1945)

9. Dark in the Night - Mark Bernes

10. Ships full of Mullet - Mark Bernes

11. Arise, Great Country! ('The Sacred War') - The Red Army Choir

1950s

12. Five Minutes - from the movie ‘Carnival in Moscow’ (1956) 

13. The March of the Construction Workers  - from the movie ‘The Height’ (1957)

14. When Spring Comes… - from the movie ‘Spring on Zarechnaya Street’ (1956)

15. Moscow Nights - Vladimir Troshin (one of the first recordings)

16. Aria of Mister X ('My Destiny Is Always To Be In a Mask') - from the movie ‘Mister X’ 

17. Lilies of the Valley - Galina Velikanova

1960s

18. May There Always Be Sunshine - Tamara Miansarova

19. Our Neighbor - Edyta Piecha

20. The Song About the Hares - from the movie ‘The Diamond Arm’ (1969)

21. The Island of Bad Luck - from the movie ‘The Diamond Arm’ (1969)

22. Old Maple - from the movie ‘The Girls’ (1962)

23. Good Girls - from the movie ‘The Girls’ (1962)

24. Train, Wait - from the movie ‘Operation Y & Other Shurik’s Adventures’ (1965)

25. The Volga River Flows - Ludmila Zykina

26. The Bandit Song - from the animated movie ‘The Bremen Town Musicians’ (1969) 

27. The Best City on Earth - Muslim Magomaev

28. I Walk Across Moscow - from the movie ‘I Walk Across Moscow’ (1964’)

29. The Last Commuter Train - Vladimir Makarov (one of the first recordings)

30. Trololo (Vocalize) - Eduard Khil 

31. Moscow Windows - Leonid Utesov

32. Lady Luck - from the movie ‘White Sun Of The Desert’ (1969)

33. Bolshoi Karetny - Vladimir Vysotsky

34. The Song About the Bears - from the movie 'Kidnapping, Caucasian Style'

1970s

35. Forest Deer - Aida Vedishcheva

36. Arlekino - Alla Pugacheva

37. Goodbye - Lev Leshchenko

38. Day of Victory - Lev Leshchenko (one of the first recordings)

39. And the Battle Rages On  - Children’s choir

40. If You Have No Aunt - from the movie ‘The Irony Of Fate’ (1976)

41. I Asked Ash - from the movie ‘The Irony Of Fate’ (1976)

42. I Believe You, Of Course - from the movie ‘The Big Space Travel’ (1975)

43. Song of the Musketeers - from the movie ‘D’Artagnan and Three Musketeers’ (1979)

44. We Need the Victory Only - from the movie ‘Byelorussian Station’ (1979)

45. Everything I Have in Life - Samotsvety

46. My Address is the Soviet Union - Samotsvety

47. Chunga-Changa - from the animated movie ‘Little Dinghy’ (1970)

48. Blue Train Car - from the animated movie ‘Shapoklyak’ (1974)

49. Nature Has No Bad Weather - from the movie ‘Office Romance’ (1977)

50. Winged Swing - from the movie ‘Adventures of the Electronic’ (1979)

51. Moments - from the TV show ‘17 Moments of Spring’ (1973)

52. One Snowflake Isn’t Snow Yet - Nina Brodskaya

53. Happiness Suddenly Knocked on the Door in Silence - from the movie ‘Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future’ (1973)

54. Hope - Anna German

55. Echo of Love - Anna German

56. Vologda - Pesnyary

57. Morning Stretches - Vladimir Vysotsky

58. The Bend of a Yellow Guitar - Oleg Mityaev

59. How Young We Used to Be - Alexander Gradsky

60. The Last Poem - Irina Otieva

61. Whose Fault is It That You’re Tired?’ - Voskresenie

62. Wake Up And Sing - Larisa Mondrus

1980s

63. The Turn - Anne Veski

64 - Alexandra - from the movie ‘Moscow Doesn’t Believe In Tears’ (1980)

65 - Closing the Loop - Chris Kelmi and all the Soviet Pop Stars

66. Goodbye, Our Gentle Teddy Bear! - Lev Leshchenko, Tatyana Antsiferova

67. This World - Alla Pugacheva

68. Komarovo - Igor Sklyar 

69. A Million Scarlet Roses - Alla Pugacheva

70. Leningrad Rock’n’Roll - Bravo

71. Yellow Boots - Bravo

72. My Love is on the Fifth Floor - Sekret

73. For Those in the Sea - Mashina Vremeni and Sofia Rotaru

74. Land In The Window - Zemlyane 

75. I Want To Be With You - Nautilus Pompilius 

76. Pack of Cigarettes - Kino

77. A Star Called the Sun - Kino

78. Wind of Changes - from the movie ‘Goodbye, Mary Poppins’ (1982)

79. Once Upon a Time, There Lived a Barber - from the movie ‘Goodbye, Mary Poppins’ (1982)

80. The Wonderful Far Away - from the movie ‘Guest from the Future’ (1984)

81. A Song About a Snowflake - from the movie ‘Magicians’ (1982)

82. Golden City - from the movie ‘Assa’ (1987)

83. Music Linked Us - Mirage

84. Zurbagan - from the movie ‘Higher Than The Rainbow’ (1986)

85. The Moon - Sofia Rotaru

86. It’s Just Not Enough - Sofia Rotaru

87. I’m Going to Ride My Bike For a Long Time - Alexander Barykin

88. Spring - Anna German

89. Margarita - Valery Leontyev

90. Chistye Prudy - Igor Talkov

91 - Don’t Hide Green Eyes - Igor Sarukhanov

92. Julia - A-Studio

93. Green-Eyed Taxi - Mikhail Boyarsky

94. Vernissage - Valery Leontiev & Lyme Vajkule

95. Call Me, Call Me - from the movie ‘The Carnival’ (1981)

1990s

96. Goodbye, London - Kar-Man

97. American Boy - Kombinatsiya

98. Yellow Tulips - Natasha Koroleva

99. Summer Rain - Igor Talkov

100. The Village Girl - Sofia Rotaru

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