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Polyushko-polye (По́люшко-по́ле, also spelt Poliushko Polie or, erroneously, Polyushka Polye) is a Soviet Russian-language song. Polye means “field“ in Russian, “polyushko“ is a diminutive/hypocoristic form for “polye“. It is also known as Meadowlands, Song of The Plains, Cavalry of the Steppes or Oh Fields, My Fields in English. Subscribe!: Twitter: The music was composed by Lev Knipper, with lyrics by Viktor Gusev in 1933. The song was part of the symphony with chorus (lyrics by Gusev) “A Poem about a Komsomol Soldier“ (Поэма о бойце-комсомольце) composed in 1934. The original lyrics are sung from the perspective of a Red Army recruit, who proudly leaves his home to keep watch against his homeland's enemies. This was a thematic symphony explicitly designed to commemorate the First Marshal of the Soviet Union, Kliment Voroshilov - whose meteoric rise from a tradesman in Lugansk to the premier commander of the Soviet Army featured heavily in recruitment drives and appeals to Soviet meritocracy. The iconic eight-bar theme from the first movement is what we today recognize as the song “Polyushko-Polye“. The song was covered many times by many artists in the Soviet Union, including a well-known rock version recorded by Poyushchiye Gitary (Поющие гитáры), released c. 1967. The song has been regularly performed and recorded by the Alexandrov Ensemble, and it is listed in the Alexandrov Ensemble discography, best known as the Red Army Choir.
