March of the Soviet Tankmen - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

March of the Soviet Tankmen is a military march composed in 1939 by the Pokrass brothers with lyrics by Laskin. It was commonly used as a Soviet propaganda

Propaganda

Propaganda is a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position so as to benefit oneself or one's group....

song in World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

Lyrics

The armour [of our tanks] is hard and our tanks are fast

And our men are full of courage

The Soviet tankmen are ready for action—

Sons of their Great Motherland.

Refrain:

Thundering with fire, glinting with steel,

The tanks will begin a harsh campaign

When we're called to battle by Comrade Stalin

Joseph Stalin

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...

And the First Marshal

Kliment Voroshilov

Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov , popularly known as Klim Voroshilov was a Soviet military officer, politician, and statesman...

will lead us in this battle!

The labor of factories and the labor of kolkhoz

Kolkhoz

A kolkhoz , plural kolkhozy, was a form of collective farming in the Soviet Union that existed along with state farms . The word is a contraction of коллекти́вное хозя́йство, or "collective farm", while sovkhoz is a contraction of советское хозяйство...

es's fields,

We will protect, saving our country

With the shock force of our gun turrets,

With the quickness and with the rush of fire.

Repeat refrain

Let the enemy hiding in ambush, remember

That we are on alert, we are watching for the enemy.

We want not a single inch of an alien land

But we shall not give away even one vershok of our territory.

Repeat refrain

And if a hardened enemy will rise up against us

He will be beaten always and everywhere!

In this case our tank drivers will activate the ignitions

And the tanks will go across forests, hills, water...

Repeat refrain

Original Russian

Марш советских танкистов

Музыка: Бр. Покрасс Слова: Б.Ласкин

Броня крепка и танки наши бы́стры

И наши люди мужества полны́:

В строю стоя́т советские танкисты—-

Своей великой Родины сыны.

Припев:

Гремя огнем, сверкая блеском стали,

Пойдут машины в яростный поход,

Когда нас в бой пошлёт товарищ Сталин

И первый маршал в бой нас поведёт!

Заводов труд и труд колхозных пашен

Мы защитим, страну свою храня,

Ударной силой орудийных башен

И быстротой, и натиском огня!

Припев

Пусть помнит враг, укрывшийся в засаде:

Мы начеку, мы за врагом следим!

Чужой земли мы не хотим ни пяди

Но и своей вершка не отдадим!

Припев

А если к нам полезет враг матёрый,

Он будет бит повсюду и везде!

Тогда нажмут водители стартёры

И по лесам, по сопкам, по воде...

Припев

Lyrics

Original Russian

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