White army, black baron

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White Army, Black Baron ( Russian: Белая армия, чёрный барон ), also known as Krasnaja Armija wsech silnei ( Russian: Красная Армия всех сильней ) is a Russian workers' song from 1920 by Samuel Pavel ( Gorinshie1961 ), Melodiejn (1895–1961) Melodiejn Pokrass (1897-1939)).

It was a Red Army battle song during the Russian Civil War . The black baron was Lieutenant General Pyotr Nikolaevich Wrangel .

The melody by Samuel Pokrass also forms the basis for Fritz Bruegel's song Die Arbeiter von Wien , which in turn resembles the B part of the chanson Les feuilles mortes ( Autumn Leaves ). A German adaptation is called Weißes Gesindel und noble Brut .

literature

  • Yuri Yevgenyevich Biryukov: По военной дороге: сборник песен о Советской Армии и Военно-Морском Флоте. Moscow 1988.

Web links

Wikisource: White Army, Black Baron  - (Turkish)