Smuglyanka
Smuglyanka is a Russian war / love song from the time of the Russian Civil War .
history
The song, which is about a Moldovan partisan and her admirer, who was also a partisan, was written during the Russian Civil War. After the attack by the Wehrmacht on the Soviet Union in 1941, the play received a new boost in popularity, as the partisans were revered as folk heroes in the areas of the USSR occupied by Nazi Germany . Outside Russia, the song was made famous by the war film Only Old Men Go To Battle .