На сопках Маньчжурии {Na sopkakh Man'chzhurii}
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- Music written by
- Ilya Alekseevich Shatrov
- Lyrics written by
- Stepan Skitalets
- Composition date
- 1906
- Language
- Russian
- Comments
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"On the Hills of Manchuria" is a waltz referring to an incident during the Battle of Mukden, the disastrous final land battle of the Russo-Japanese War, when the Mokshansky Infantry Regiment was encircled by Japanese forces for 11 days, during which it sustained considerable casualties. Shatrov dedicated the work to one of his comrades fallen at the battle.
Soon after its publication, the poet Stepan Petrov, better known by the pen-name of Skitalets, provided the lyrics which contributed to its wider success.
It was arranged in Finland by Johnny and Osmo Ruuskanen for a version by The Sounds [FI] and they are credited as composers by ISWC (T-316.768.423-9) and their version has been widely covered in Japan.
The Finnish website consistently credits Ilya Alekseevich Shatrov as the original author - Licensing
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