1202. Stenka Razin ( Dmitri Volnitsa) in English
In case some of you do not understand Russian, here is the English version of Stenka Razin, the song I put up earlier today. Stepan (Sten ka) Timofeyevich Razin was a Cossack leader who began as a bandit but later fought for the poor against the wealthy lords under the rule of the Tsar in South Russia. In 1670 he led a rebellion against the government, capturing Astrakhan and establishing a Cossack republic along the Volga River, before advancing towards Moscow. In 1671 he was captured and taken to Mosco br, br,
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