The Pokrass brothers were

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

composing siblings: *

Dmitry Pokrass Dmitry Yakovlevich Pokrass (russian: Дми́трий Я́ковлевич Покра́сс; born on 7 November 1899 in Kiev – died on 20 December 1978 in Moscow) was a Soviet composer of Jewish origin. He composed popular music and scores ...

(1899–1978) * (1905–1954) — the youngest brother, Soviet musician *

Samuel Pokrass Samuel Yakovlevich Pokrass (Самуил Яковлевич Покрасс) (1894 in Kiev – June 15, 1939 in New York City) was a Soviet composer of Ukrainian and Jewish origin. In 1920, during the Russian Civil War, he and the poet P. Grig ...

(1897–1939) — the elder brother; emigrated to the United States in 1920s Dmitry was the most famous of the brothers. He wrote most of his songs together with Daniil. They also had a fourth brother: * Arkady Pokrass — pianist and accompanist

Selected works by the Pokrass brothers

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March of the Soviet Tankmen March of the Soviet Tankmen (russian: Марш советских танкистов) is a 1939 military march composed by the Pokrass brothers and with lyrics by (Борис Савельевич Ласкин), whose debut was in the 1939 movie ...

" ("Марш советских танкистов") * "Welcome Us, Beautiful Suomi (Finland)" ("Принимай нас, Суоми-красавица", "Suomi-kaunotar") * "You Won't Mow Us Down with a Sharp Sabre" ("Не скосить нас саблей острой") * "If Tomorrow Brings War" ("Если завтра война") * "Red Cavalrymen" ("Красные кавалеристы") *"Three Tankmen" ("Три танкиста") *"I'm at Your Feet" ("Я у ног твоих") *"I Feel How Flowers Fall" ("Я чувствую, как падают цветы")

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