[Eng CC] March of the Defenders of Moscow / Песня защитников Москвы [Soviet Military Song]

March of the Defenders of Moscow (1941)
Composition: Boris Andreevich Mokrousov
Lyrics: Alexey Alexandrovich Surkov

The March of the Defenders of Moscow or the Song of the Defenders of Moscow is a Russian military march originally used by the Red Army and appeared first during the 1941 Battle of Moscow. The words to the march were written by Alexey Surkov while the music was composed by Boris Mokrousov. In early October 1941, the Wehrmacht began their offensive to take control of Moscow. In shock, Surkov composed a poem he titled Defenders of Moscow. The poems were first published in the newspaper of the Krasnoarmeiskaya Pravda on 3 November 1941. A week later, it was printed by Vechernyaya Moskva. Drawing the attention of the Central Studio of Documentary Film of USSR, the text was set to music by Mokrousov and was broadcast in a documentary on the defense of the cities of Volokolamsk and Mozhaysk. It was later performed in an orchestra setting in the 1942 Soviet film, Moscow Strikes Back. It was also used in the 1944 film Six P.M..

[nssuvdj]

Мне 77 и когда смотрю кадры Ноябрьско парада 1941 года в горле ком и говорить не могу. Это сколько людей отдали самое дорогое-жизнь, за то чтобы мы жили. Вечная им слава и вечная память!!!!

[evgenychernyavskiy]

It's not a clip, it's a documentary movie. The song was specifically composed for that movie.
Moscow Strikes Back ("Rout of the German troops near Moscow") is a Soviet war documentary about the Battle of Moscow made during the battle in October 1941 – January 1942, directed by Leonid Varlamov and Ilya Kopalin. It won an Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Documentary in 1942.

[alexstepanov]

My great-grandfathet took part in that november 7, 1941 Red Square parade shown in this video. Then he fell in late december same year. I live in Moscow and speak russian because of his sacrifice (and almost 26 millions people like him)

[rehnedojankekyakarloge]

They lost millions, but saved billions.

[renator]

Они шли в бой вместе, побеждая не количеством, а смелостью, смекалкой и стойкостью. Вечная память нашим великим предкам! Уважение генералам!

[Redfash_Tofu]

That missile firing part at the end paired with the music was just so badass

[sulfuricorange]

I'm not even Russian but this music somehow motivates me. Imagine the effect this music had on russians defending their capital in 1941

[Communista]

Больше всего мне нравится куплет "на марше ровняются взводы
Гудит по ногами земля
За нами родные заводы"
В школе мы учили эту песню. Но этого кулпета не было. Так как заводы больше не наши...

[eyjkstl]

Спасибо за такой качественный ролик! Мурашки по коже. Слава защитникам СССР - от рабочего и колхозника до военного и учёного!

[rxqohrh]

За Москву гибли, но стояли, за советскую родину шли и вошли в Берлин!!! Сила в единстве!!!

[Spartak]

Через 3 месяца день Победы давайте все выйдем на улицу и почтим наших предков которые погибли за нас !

[nathalieloetzke]

J'ai les larmes aux yeux en regardant ces images, ces hommes tellement courageux dont beaucoup ne sont jamais revenus. Merci a ce grand peuple et à son courage.

[canuckguns]

Я всегда восхищался Россией. Очень сильный, патриотичный и смелый народ. Любовь из Канады.

[benitocarbone]

Not "General Winter" or "General Mud" defended Moscow, but the people of USSR (generally Russians, Ukrainians and Belorussians). Their iron courage stopped german horde.

[oycbjym]

Очень приятно узнать, что наш советский шедевр так ценится даже у тех кто не понимает русский язык. Привет, товарищи!..

[wtmlzdz]

Сильная энергетика была у песен военного времени.Поднимала народ!

[alexandrmanakov]

С 79-ой годовщиной Победы в Великой Отечественной войне!🚩🚩🚩

[alammutiara]

How i wish all of these brave soldiers for which our world owed so much returned to their families🥺

[dvncmwv]

Помним незабудем и врагам забыть не дадим
Памяти всему советскому народы живым здоровья павшим вечная память
Помним

[donnuele]

The story of ussr in ww2 is a clear message that even when all seems to be impossible and your enemy seems to have beated you in every battle you must continue to believe in yourself. Slava CCCP 💪🏻✊🏻🚩