Песня о Щорсе (Shchors' Theme) - EPIC Soviet Instrumental Song

Песня о Щорсе (The Song About Shchors, Shchors' Theme), also known as Шёл отряд по берегу (The Troops Walked Along the Shore), is a 1939 song commemorating the life and military adventures of the famous Ukrainian Soviet commander Mykola Oleksandrovich Shchors (Микола Олександрович Щорс in Ukrainian, Николай Александрович Щорс in Russian). Subscribe!: Twitter: The pioneering Ukrainian Soviet director & screenwriter Aleksandr Dovzhenko made a film called “Shchors“, which was awarded the State Prize of the Soviet Union in 1941. Yevgeny Samoylov played Shchors in the movie. Песня о Щорсе was composed by Matvey Blanter, author of “Katyusha/Катюша“, and the poet Mikhail Golodny, to accompany the film. Shchors served as Red Army commander, as a member of the Communist Party, and was renowned for his personal courage during the Russian Civil War, sometimes being called the Uk