Anthem of the Tambov Oblast - Farewell of Slavianka / Прощание славянки (Lyrics & English Subtitle)

Happy 85th anniversary of the creation of the Tambov Oblast (27/9/1927 - 27/9/2022). Did you know Tambov is the place where the song “Farewell of Slavianka“ got composed? --- “Farewell of Slavianka“ (Russian: Прощание славянки, romanized: Proščanije slavjanki) is a Russian patriotic march, written by the composer Vasily Agapkin in honour of Slavic women accompanying their husbands in the First Balkan War. The march was written and premiered in Tambov in the end of 1912. In summer of 1915 it was released as a gramophone single in Kyiv. Slavianka means “Slavic woman“. The Farewell of Slavianka melody was used for the Tambov Oblast anthem, whose lyrics were written on 22 May 2002 by A. Mitrofanov. --- Текст: На просторах бескрайних и синих, Где берёзы любуются Цной, В самом сердце великой России Ты раскинулся, край наш родной. Полыхали зловеще зарницы, Но в историю грозных веков Ты вписал своей славы страницы, Чест