Victory Waltz or Ilya A. Shatrov´s On the Hills of Manchuria 

Viele herzlicen Dank !!!

Actually it was 1904-1905

I think it was meant to be a waltz, maybe it was danced to as a sign of respect to the fallen?

Is the film matched to the recording of the music? I think it improper to dance.

A solemn eulogy to their fallen comrades whom they buried that evening in makeshift gravest

Are you talking about the first part? If so then it sounds like it is being played by an instrument called "accordion". It is a popular musical instrument throughout Eastern Europe.

@@bananarama9000 I am aware of the accordian, but I mean the part that sounds like it came out of a music box, which played before the accordian.

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It's written in the title of the video. On the Hiils of Manchuria

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Not Slovakian.

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This song is supposed to be sad: it's about the dead Russian soldiers in a battle during the Russian Japanese war in Manchuria in 1905. It has nothing to do with the V day.

@@loveusa4ever673 never said it did. Yea I was saying broadly since Slavic music uses a lot of minor chords. Yea It’s about the battle of Mukden

My guess: To help the audience to cope with dark things that are too much of an emotional burden for them. You listen to it, you cry and you feel either better or you could more easily cope with things. Very typical are Cossack song in that matter. They are wery often singing about dying, not in the glorious way, but it the very cruel, realistic way: for example song Ne dlya tebya (Not For You) describes all the beuatiful little things in life and than claims: they are not for you, for you there is only a piece lead (=a bullet). Another song, Under the Willow tree describes a wounded soldier who is saying farewell to his bride, claiming that he has found other bride for himself- the Death. In Lyubo, Bratci, Lyubo (Lovely, brothers, lovely)- the main point is that it is lovely to live, but with commandeur like theirs, you are ready to follow him to death. The graphic part: My blond curls and my fair eyes will be overgrowned with weeds My white bones and my brave heart will be scattered across the steppe by crows.

@@Martina-Kosicanka what the hell are talking about and why’d it take so long for you to get offended?

@@lufsolitaire5351 What? Read it one more time. I am not offended. I was giving my opinion on your quesion, why I think Eatern European music sounds hauting

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