[Scott] This post is a ‘thank you, guys’ note from the Saker and thesaker.is editorial team dedicated to the Russian military intelligence officers. They celebrate their professional holiday on November 5th.
This song is written and performed by a military intelligence officer, now retired, and it’s dedicated to a Colonel Breslavsky Sergey Vladimirovich, a legendary military intelligence colonel who served as a commander of the 22nd Detached Spetsnaz reconnaissance brigade [a.k.a. 22nd Special Purpose Guards Brigade] during the first war against Islamic terrorists in Chechnya. He died in 2011 due to the heart complications.
More on the Colonel Breslavsky
Russia’s Special forces during the first war against Islamic terrorists in Chechnya 1995
See, also
Saker interview with “Ramzes” – a Spetsnaz GRU officer
posting something with a Russian title and no English, not even on the page itself is really annoying. Opening the page on an RSS reader doesn’t even show the video, so I have to open the page in a browser to see what is going on and then all I have is a video again titled only in Russian!! so I have to open the video on youtube and see what is going on….it’s a music video. I come to the Saker for geopolitical info not to waste time (and bandwidth!!) just to find out what is going on.
PS: I love Russian songs and watch lots of Russian songs (specially choirs), the subject of the video is not the point here, but the way it’s posted!
you are so selfish; ” you come here for your needs and your way” yet, this place is a Russian guy’s blog, a place where you and I and others get so much w/o being asked a cent for it.
the song is wonderful, w/o understanding the language one can enjoy the the soul and beauty in his voice. thanks!
In this case, the song and the homage was specifically destined to those Russians who served in the Spetsnaz forces. My blog, my sandbox. Sorry :-)
As an English speaker, I have taken some time and learned the Russian Cyrillic alphabet and some basic Russian. This knowledge is most enlightening, as it reveals the many words that are common to both languages. i too, love Russian music, especially the Kuban Cossack Choir and concerts of songs of the war years, by the Aleksandrov Ensemble, with Elena Vaenga, and Alyona Petrovskaya. The Victory Day parades in Moscow and other major Russian cities are also amazing and inspirational (all available on Youtube).
Сбасибо большой Балобан!
Russia, oh Russia, home of the beautiful, home of the brave, thank you Saker.
Thanks Saker. Great song from a great nation. I have sent it on to friends and relatives.