“Troika rushes, troika gallops“ - Yevgeny Belyaev (1964)

The coachman’s song “Troika rushes, troika gallops“ (or just “Troika“) performed by Yevgeny Belyaev (tenor), the People’s Artist of the Soviet Union and the soloist of the Twice Red Banner Song and Dance Ensemble of the Soviet Army named after A.V. Alexandrov, accompanied by the Russian instruments octet of the Alexandrov Ensemble. The composer is Pavel Petrovich Bulakhov. The lyrics were written by the poet Prince Pyotr Andreyevich Vyazemsky in 1832. This is a clip from the TV show “Blue Light“ dated 1st