I'm Russian. This is a comic song written in 1990, after the end of the USSR. The main message was rather about the unity of Russia and the United States. In those years, it would be completely absurd to think that Alaska would return to Russia. Then we lost a third of our territories. This is not Cold War propaganda, but a reflection on the theme of lost greatness.
@@lukdhguirg7121 1989+ - is the end of USSR. Everyone felt his collapse. Censorship has disappeared. The state security was destroyed. The country was heading towards anarchy. Humorous songs are always popular in dark times.
Ahahaha you think that Russia lost territories when the USSR collapsed? And you don't care that, for example, Ukrainian general secretaries ruled 4 times longer than Russian ones, and RSFSR was the only republic where nationalism was suppressed, you don't care? You even have an independence day lol. Putin's revanchism propaganda is making idiots out of people..... they think Russia = USSR.
@@iiberlin Gorbachev had already abdicated any pretensions at wanting to keep the USSR as an actual superpower or meaningfully opposing US actions. They didn't exercise their veto on the Gulf War resolution, that was the real end.
@@williscrihi) I’m from Russia, sometimes, of course, many people have the mood to return Alaska, but of course it’s not clear how to do it, but they are not that great, they may have ridiculed it in the song, but yes, many want it back)
In case anyone missed it there was a scene taken from the original movie Red Dawn near the end of this song. Where it shows the Soviet-American friendship center just before it blows up because of the Wolverines.
Единственная ремарка: Аляску продала не Екатерина, а Александр II. Более того, существует версия, что Аляску не продавали, а выдали в аренду на один век, однако документ, подтверждающий это, был навсегда утерян.
Интересный факт: Аляска стала штатом США только 3 января 1959 года. Что это значит? Это значит, что Аляска была сдана в аренду, но никак не была продана.
@@Novorossiya625 это значит то что конгресс слишком долго ебался со своими проблемами, что бы давать статус штата Аляска и Гавайи. Новые территории сразу статус штатов не получали, если смотреть на историю
I'm confused, I've seen some people call this song legit propaganda, and others call it satire. Is it a genuine song about Russian irredentism, or is just being fun? Either way I love it
i reckon its somewhere inbetween, both a song of russian revanchism and satire. the band, lyube, has been vocal about their support of russia in the invasion of ukraine, so theres definitely a nationalistic sentiment from them
@@eyraaaaaaLyube was actually one of my favourite Russian bands. Till this single moment, when I found out their leader supports Russian invasion of 2022. It was quite a shock for me, although it's not very surprising because this bands is supposed to represent patriotism and Russian force. Also, the leader of the band is a member of the party which is now ruling in Russia, actually eliminating every opposition and not allowing anyone to criticize their policy. This changed my attitude to this group in the bad way. But, to be honest, most songs of this group are real masterpieces, and they have Russian "folk" atmosphere, because of this I can't completely stop respecting Lyube.
Probably it would be better to translate "Запотевший пузырь" not as a "steamy bubbles", but as a "steamy bottle", since in russian it is actually means a glass of a strong alcohol, usually vodka.
Unfortunately most of the people who think Alaska should not have been sold only have this opinion because they have been taught propoganda instead of history. The truth is that when Alaska was sold. Russia was facing a geo-political challenge (primarily) in the form of the Crimean war. As the Crimean war progressed, Russia’s weakness in the Far East became painfully apparent and the presence of the British in North America loomed as an increasingly serious threat to Russian held territory. The reality of the situation was, Any proceeds Russia was making from Alaska (manly in the from of the fur business) no longer justified the cost and difficulty of defending it. This combined with the fact that Russia was having enough trouble defending just the Kamchatka peninsula. Made Russia's sale of Alaska the correct decision, both economically and militarily.
@@artiarora2883 they did bad translations. Because bubble is a word for russian "Puzyr" that literally means bubble. But also we can say "Puzyr" about a bottle of vodka, or bottle of something(this bottle was in a sphere form, thats why we started to call it "Puzyr" but now many bottles we can call like "puzyr" even not round ones. But usually we do this about a bottle of alchohol. So consize answer wedding steamy bubbles should be translated as "Wedding bottles of vodka(or alchocol)" And steamy here is also bad translation, as when we say steam here we mean actually vapor inside the bottle of vodka(but this is different topic). Hope that helps!
honestly one of my favorite songs...wonder what they meant by "Catherine you were wrong" what did Catherine the great do wrong in the context of this song?
From the Original music vid by the creator translated: There is an opinion that the song contains a false attribution to Catherine II of the sale of Alaska (Alaska was sold in 1867, when Alexander II was emperor), but in fact, Catherine II is mentioned in the song not because she allegedly sold Alaska, but because, that she supported US independence from England
No, this isn't Propaganda, it was released in 1992, So no it wasn't a soviet song. This song is of course referincing the Sold of Alaska and how the Soviets and Russians want it back. This song is Anti-America. But it wasn't released like a Propaganda song, something like the modern day Russian songs do. Yes it might have been in produce when the USSR was around. But no it isn't a Propaganda song.
есть,в договоре почитай.Кстати ещё мы королеве Англии корону нашу отправляли посмотреть в 1793,а они нам её так и не вернули.Оно стоит как если каждому гражданину 200тыс. дать
Just a small correction.. there were more of Russian American land not only alaska but also fort ross, St, petersburg in florida. And some other land i forgot which one.
@@kolbaskahui123 мужик, ты говоришь "Слава Российской Империи" и при этом не хочешь назад в тоталитарную страну.. Крепостное право тебе на размышление.
Сделка между правительствами Российской империи (Александр 2, просто в песне рифмы не будет поэтому взяли Екатерину) и Соединённых Штатов Америки, в результате которой в 1867 году Россией за 7,2 миллиона долларов были проданы её владения в Северной Америке общей площадью 1 518 800 км². A deal between the governments of the Russian Empire (Alexander 2, there will simply be no rhyme in the song, so they took Catherine) and the United States of America, as a result of which in 1867 Russia sold its possessions in North America with a total area of 1,518,800 km2 for $7.2 million.
@@Italia_e_Serbia54_Sibiriaтут оба причастны, но Екатерина сильно помогла штатам не дав их обложить блокадой, это не пол рифму подобрана, в тех строках понятный смысл я песня про Аляску и не валяй дурака Америка
Денег Империя не получила, корабль утонул, а когда во время первой мировой британские военные нашли и погрузились на место где валялся кораблик с "золотом" там не нашли ни монеты. Выводы делай сам кто кого наебал ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Unfortunately most of the people who think Alaska should not have been sold only have this opinion because they have been taught propoganda instead of history. The truth is that when Alaska was sold. Russia was facing a geo-political challenge (primarily) in the form of the Crimean war. As the Crimean war progressed, Russia’s weakness in the Far East became painfully apparent and the presence of the British in North America loomed as an increasingly serious threat to Russian held territory. The reality of the situation was, Any proceeds Russia was making from Alaska (manly in the from of the fur business) no longer justified the cost and difficulty of defending it. This combined with the fact that Russia was having enough trouble defending just the Kamchatka peninsula. Made Russia's sale of Alaska the correct decision, both economically and militarily.
