March of The Siberian Riflemen (Марш сибирских стрелков; 1915) Russian Imperial & Patriotic Song

Please consider Joining our Discord for to learn and talk about History! Info about the song: March of the Siberian Riflemen (Russian: Марш сибирских стрелков, actual Russian: Маршъ сибирскихъ стрѣлковъ), or alternatively Siberian Riflemen’s’ March, is an Imperial Russian war song from the World War I and the Russian Civil War. It is believed that the song melody was composed by Yuri Cherniavsky in 1915 for recruitment, but it is possible that it circulated in Russia even before. Vladimir Gilyarovsky wrote text for the song, to help recruit Baikal Cossacks into the Russian Imperial Army. His text has three versions. Peter Parfenov wrote the latest version of the song after the Battle of Volochayevka in 1922. Many other songs stole this same melody from the Imperial Russian Army, like the French anarchist song La Makhnovtchina and the Russian communist song Po dolinam i po vzgoriam, among others. Po dolinam i po vzgoriam, itself, has many versions in other languages, including Serbo-Croatian, Greek, German, French, Hungarian, Hebrew, Kurdish and others. The song was adapted by the Yugoslav Partisans and used in World War II.