Священная война. The Sacred War (rus-eng)

This is the most thrilling song of all times. Written on the second day of the most terrible war started, “The Sacred War“, “Свяще́нная война“, is a Soviet patriotic song written in 1941. Also known as “Arise, Great Country“, “Встава́й, страна́ огро́мная“. The circumstances of the composition and first performance of the song were hurried; the lyrics were published on 24 June 1941, and Alexandrov immediately wrote the music for them, writing the notes out on a blackboard for the singers to copy manually. The first performance was on 26 June at Belorussky Railway Station, where according to eyewitnesses it was sung five times in succession. 80 years ago, on June 22, 1941, at 4 am, the most crucial war in the world history began. Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union. We remember all the terrible 1418 days it lasted, every hour and every minute…. In this video you will see the archive filming to tell about the first days of the war: peaceful sc