Фронтовая Катюша - Frontline Katyusha (Soviet Military Song)

A more gritty military version of the famous Soviet song “Katyusha“ which was sung on the frontlines of the Great Patriotic War. Its lyrics sing of the harsh realities of war and the only “Katyusha“ they know being the Katyusha rocket launcher, in contrast with the more romantic themes of the original where Katyusha is the name of a woman waiting for her love to return home. Old recording: Year recorded: 2015 Composer: Matvey Blanter (Матвей Блантер) Year composed: 1938 Lyricist: folk (народные), based on lyrics by Mikhail Isakovsky (Михаил Исаковский) Year Written: WW2 (Frontline version), 1938 (original) Source: Album “Опять весна на белом свете“ Picture: Red Army soldiers on the counterattack during the Battle of Stalingrad, February 1943.