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Pust Budet Vsjo
''Pust budet vsjo'' (russian: Пусть будет все) is the fourth album by Estonian rock band Ruja. The album contains Russian language versions of Ruja's songs. It's controversial for the band, because since there was Soviet occupation and russification in Estonia at that time, singing in Russian was against the band's principles. The idea came from a manager, Yuri Altov, who saw Ruja's potential of having success outside Estonia. (The band had done concerts outside Estonia.) Track listing A-side #"Будет свет" ("Budet svet" ''It Will Be Light'') (Urmas Alender, Igor Garšnek, Jaanus Nõgisto/Alender; translation Ivan Makarov) - 3:30 #"Белизна" ("Belizna" ''Whiteness'') (Alender/Makarov) - 3:26 #"Дети солнца" ("Deti solntsa" ''Children of the Sun'') (Nõgisto; translation Makarov) - 4:01 #"Гроза" ("Groza" ''Lightning'') (Garšnek/Makarov) - 3:26 #"Предчувствие зимы" ("Predchuvstvie zimy" ''Foreboding Winters'') (Garšnek/Mak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruja
Ruja was one of the foremost Estonian rock bands of the 1970s and 1980s. The name of the band comes from a neologism "ruja", for science fiction, though there are people who believe that "ruja" is actually made up of the first letters of the band's important members (R – Rein Rannap, U – Urmas Alender, J – Jaanus Nõgisto and A – Andrus Vaht). The band released their first and self-titled album in 1979. Many of the original melodies of Ruja were composed by Rein Rannap. The band was created by Rein Rannap in 1971 while in the 11th grade. Ruja's 3 first members were Rein Rannap, Urmas Alender and Andrus Vaht. On September 28, 1994, the band's lead singer, Urmas Alender, died in the sinking of passenger ferry M/S Estonia. After Alender's funeral concert a couple of days later, the remaining members of the band decided never to perform under the name of "Ruja" again. Members 1971–1975 * Urmas Alender (Singing, vocals) * Jaanus Nõgisto (guitar) * Tiit Haagma (Bass gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressive Rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Initially termed "progressive pop", the style was an outgrowth of psychedelic bands who abandoned standard pop traditions in favour of instrumentation and compositional techniques more frequently associated with jazz, folk, or classical music. Additional elements contributed to its " progressive" label: lyrics were more poetic, technology was harnessed for new sounds, music approached the condition of "art", and the studio, rather than the stage, became the focus of musical activity, which often involved creating music for listening rather than dancing. Progressive rock is based on fusions of styles, approaches and genres, involving a continuous move between formalism and eclecticism. Due to its historical reception, the scope of progressiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kivi Veereb
''Kivi veereb'' (''Stone Rolls'') is the third album by Estonian rock band Ruja. Track listing A-side #"Veerev kivi" (''Rolling Stone'') ( Jaanus Nõgisto/Vladislav Koržets) - 5:46 #"Murtud lilled" (''Broken Flowers'') (Igor Garšnek/Hando Runnel) - 3:31 #"Lootuse laul" (''Song of Hope'') (S P Gulliver/ Urmas Alender) - 4:34 #"Kahe näoga Janus" (''Two-Faced Janus'') (Garšnek/Alender) - 3:07 #"Isamaa pale" (''Face of the Fatherland'') (Garšnek/Runnel) - 2:06 B-side #"Meeste laul" (''Men's Song'') (Nõgisto) - 3:40 #"Pime sõda" (''Blind War'') (Garšnek/Alender) - 2:56 #"Oled sa järv" (''Are You a Lake'') (Garšnek/Alender) - 4:28 #"Ahtumine" (''Narrowing'') (Nõgisto/Doris Kareva/Alender/Artur Alliksaar Artur Alliksaar (15 April 1923, in Tartu – 12 August 1966, in Tartu) was an Estonian poet. Biography Alliksaar (formerly Alnek) attended elementary school in Tartu in 1931. In 1937, he enrolled in the prestigious secondary school: the Hugo Tre ...) - 3:32 #"Valgusema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Must Lind
''Must lind'' (''Black bird'') is a compilation album by Estonian rock band Ruja. It was released after the tragedy of M/S Estonia, where the band's lead singer Urmas Alender died and is dedicated to him. Track listing #"Must lind" (''Black bird'') (Rein Rannap/Karl Eduard Sööt) #"Teisel pool vett" (''On the other side of the water'') (Urmas Alender) #"Mida teeksid siis" (''What would you do then'') (Alender, Igor Garšnek, Jaanus Nõgisto/Alender) #"Tulekell" (''Fire clock'') (Garšnek/Alender) #"Ei mullast..." (''Not from the ground...'') (Margus Kappel/Hando Runnel) #"Ajaloo õppetund" (''A lesson in history'') (Nõgisto/Juhan Viiding) #"Mida me räägime teistest" (''What we talk about others'') (Rannap/ Ott Arder) #"Rävala rock" (Rannap/Arder) #"Omaette" (''By itself'') (Nõgisto/Viiding) #"Eleegia" (''Elegy'') (Alender) #"Üle müüri" (''Over the wall'') (Nõgisto/Viiding) #"Ha, ha, ha, ha" (Nõgisto/Viiding) #"Eile nägin ma Eestimaad" (''Yesterday I saw Estonia'') (R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,200 other islands and islets on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of . The capital city Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest urban areas of the country. The Estonian language is the autochthonous and the official language of Estonia; it is the first language of the majority of its population, as well as the world's second most spoken Finnic language. The land of what is now modern Estonia has been inhabited by '' Homo sapiens'' since at least 9,000 BC. The medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last " pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Music
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States and United Kingdom.W. E. Studwell and D. F. Lonergan, ''The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from its Beginnings to the mid-1970s'' (Abingdon: Routledge, 1999), p.xi It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from the blues and rhythm and blues genres of African-American music and from country music. Rock also drew strongly from a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical, and other musical styles. For instrumentation, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a time signature using a verse–chorus form, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Language
Russian (russian: русский язык, russkij jazyk, link=no, ) is an East Slavic languages, East Slavic language mainly spoken in Russia. It is the First language, native language of the Russians, and belongs to the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. It is one of four living East Slavic languages, and is also a part of the larger Balto-Slavic languages. Besides Russia itself, Russian is an official language in Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, and is used widely as a lingua franca throughout Ukraine, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and to some extent in the Baltic states. It was the De facto#National languages, ''de facto'' language of the former Soviet Union,1977 Soviet Constitution, Constitution and Fundamental Law of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1977: Section II, Chapter 6, Article 36 and continues to be used in public life with varying proficiency in all of the post-Soviet states. Russian has over 258 million total speakers worldwide. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Occupation
During World War II, the Soviet Union occupied and annexed several countries effectively handed over by Nazi Germany in the secret Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact of 1939. These included the eastern regions of Poland (incorporated into two different SSRs), as well as Latvia (became Latvian SSR),Senn, Alfred Erich, ''Lithuania 1940 : revolution from above'', Amsterdam, New York, Rodopi, 2007 Estonia (became Estonian SSR), Lithuania (became Lithuanian SSR), part of eastern Finland (became Karelo-Finnish SSR)Kennedy-Pipe, Caroline, ''Stalin's Cold War'', New York : Manchester University Press, 1995, and eastern Romania (became the Moldavian SSR and part of Ukrainian SSR). Apart from the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact and post-war division of Germany, the USSR also occupied and annexed Carpathian Ruthenia from Czechoslovakia in 1945 (became part of Ukrainian SSR). Below is a lists of various forms of military occupations by the Soviet Union resulting from both the Soviet pact with Nazi Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russification
Russification (russian: русификация, rusifikatsiya), or Russianization, is a form of cultural assimilation in which non-Russians, whether involuntarily or voluntarily, give up their culture and language in favor of the Russian culture and the Russian language. In a historical sense, the term refers to both official and unofficial policies of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union with respect to their national constituents and to national minorities in Russia, aimed at Russian domination and hegemony. The major areas of Russification are politics and culture. In politics, an element of Russification is assigning Russian nationals to leading administrative positions in national institutions. In culture, Russification primarily amounts to the domination of the Russian language in official business and the strong influence of the Russian language on national idioms. The shifts in demographics in favour of the ethnic Russian population are sometimes considered as a form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Kareva
Doris Kareva (28 November 1958) is an Estonian poet and translator. She serves as the head of the Estonian National Commission in UNESCO. Biography Kareva was born in Tallinn. Her father, Hillar Kareva, was a notable composer. She studied English language and literature at the University of Tartu and started to write poetry in the 1960s. She is a recipient of a number of state awards, including two Estonian State Cultural Awards and the Order of the White Star. Kareva's poetry was translated to 18 languages as of 2014. She translated to Estonian, among other authors, William Shakespeare, Anna Akhmatova, Emily Dickinson, Joseph Brodsky, Kahlil Gibran, Kabir, W. H. Auden Wystan Hugh Auden (; 21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was a British-American poet. Auden's poetry was noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in ..., and Samuel Beckett. Selected works ;Poetry books * ''P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lehte Hainsalu
Lehte Hainsalu (married name Lehte Sööt; born 31 October 1938, Haaslava Parish, Tartu County) is an Estonian writer, poet and politician. In 1961 she graduated from Tartu State University, studied Estonian philology. After graduation, she worked at the newspaper ''Edasi'', at the Tartu Widget Factory ( et, Tartu Aparaaditehas), and at Eesti Televisioon studios in Tartu. From 1981 to 1990, she was the head of Tartu division of Estonian Writers' Union. In 1980, she signed in Letter of 40 intellectuals The Letter of 40 intellectuals, also The letter of 40 ( et, Neljakümne kiri), originally A public letter from Estonian SSR ( et, Avalik kiri Eesti NSV-st) was a public letter dated October 28, 1980 and posted a week later, in which 40 intellectual .... She has won many awards, e.g. Tuglas Short Story Prize (1987), the Karl Eduard Sööt Prize for Children's Poetry (1992, 2015). Works * 1957: poetry collection "Sõnajala õis" * 1967: novel "Pigilinnu laul" * 1980: poetry coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urmas Alender
Urmas Alender (22 November 1953 – 28 September 1994) was an Estonian singer and musician, the vocalist of popular Estonian bands Ruja and Propeller. Born in Tallinn, Estonia, Alender began his musical career in the rock band Shades in 1969 but left the following year to become the vocalist for Andromeeda. In 1971, Alender fronted the progressive rock band Ruja with pianist Rein Rannap. The band was influenced by Western acts such as Genesis, Yes, Emerson, Lake & Palmer and King Crimson, and often incorporated the poetry of Estonian writers Juhan Viiding and Ott Arder into the lyrics. The band were nationally commercially successful. Alender would remain with the band until its demise in 1988. From 1979 until 1980, Urmas Alender also fronted the Estonian punk rock band Propeller. Other bands Alender performed with were Teravik (1973–1976), Data (1988–1989), and in 1983, he briefly played in an outfit called Kaseke. In 1987, Alender appeared in the Estonian rockumen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
