Victory Day

Here is a YouTube link to our mission district singing a patriotic Russian song from WWII at our district Victory Day activity. Pretty cool.  We got the names of the songs and are going to check it out to see what they are about...since they were all sang in Russian.  This one we know is about a faithful Russian girl waiting for her boyfriend who is fighting on the front lines.  Very patriotic and poignant.

Just to remind you - 20,000,000 Russians lost their lives in WWII.  For the older generation in particular it is very emotional.  The younger kids nit so much but maybe when they grow up...

Katyusha

Blooming apple trees and pear trees, 
hung the morning mist over the river. 
Katyusha stepped out, 
on the high bank on the steep.

She was walking, singing a song 
About a blue-gray steppe eagle, 
Of the one she loved, 
the one whose letters she was keeping.

Oh, you, song, song of a maiden, 
Head for the bright sun after 
the soldier on the far frontier 
with greetings from Katyusha.

Let him remember an ordinary girl, 
let him hear how she sings, 
Let him preserve the Motherland, 
As love Katyusha preserves.

Blooming apple trees and pear trees, 
hung the morning mist over the river. 
Katyusha stepped out, 
on the high bank on the steep.

A few words about the history of the Russian folk song "Katyusha"

Russian folk song "Katyusha" is widely known both in Russia and outside our country. It was especially popular during the Second World War. The famous fighting machine rocket artillery, which fired for the first time July 14, 1941, was also named Katya.