The "Aviators March" (russian: Авиамарш) also known as the "March of the Pilots" () is a Soviet military march published in the spring of 1923 that currently serves as the organizational anthem of the

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. It formerly served as the organizational anthem of the

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. The music to the march was composed by , while its lyrics were written by Pavel Herman. A German version with the same melody called "Das Berliner Jungarbeiterlied" was used up until the end of the

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. It is part of the repertoire of

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and today is frequently performed at

Victory Day Parades ukr, Парад Перемоги be, Парад Перамогі , nickname = Victory Parades , observedby = Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, some former Soviet countries , duration = 1 day , frequency = annual , scheduling = same d ...

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and throughout the former

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. The melody to the march was used during

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in a song titled "''In the struggle, the Macedonian people!''" (). The melody was borrowed by German Communists in early 1920s and used with German lyrics. Later, German Nazis in turn borrowed the melody, changed only a couple of chords and wrote their own lyrics to the song. The new march under the title "Herbei zum Kampf" also known under the title "Das Berliner Jungarbeiterlied" was used by the SA since 1929. In the pro-Soviet East Germany, the march was used since the late 1950s with the original Soviet music (not the Nazi version) and new German lyrics dedicated to the Soviet (not East German) Air Force.

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Авиамарш (Марш Авиаторов)
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