March of the Markovsky Regiment English subs and translation

White Movement (Russian Civil War), circa 1919 Donate Support: The march of the colour Markovsky (1st Officer) regiment of the Volunteer Army one of the most famous regiments of the White Guard. Markovites (markovtsy) enjoyed the fame of the most restrained and coldblooded warriors of the White Movement. The colours of their uniforms were black and white. Black colour meant mourning for the death of Russia, and white the hope of its resurrection. As a battle banner, they used a black flag with a white St. Andrews cross. The song refers to the following events from the history of the socalled Ice March of the Volunteer Army: The battle for the Cossack village of Novodmitrijevskaja (March 2829, 1918), when a thousand White Guards under the command of Markov, in a blizzard, forded across the river and seized the village defended by a threethousandstrong Red detachment. The battle at Medvedovskaja (April 23, 1918) the same thousand of Whites crush