Russian folk song about Stenka Razin, a Cossack leader who led a major uprising against the nobility and Tsar's bureaucracy in South Russia in the 1600's, known as "Стенька Разин. Волжская песня" or "Stenka Razin. The Volga Song". The song became popular in Russia as early as 1890s, when lyrics were written to it "Из-за острова на стрежень" by Dmitry Nikolayevich Sadovnikov.