"Tuman", meaning "fog" in Russian, is a song by the Russian band

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. It was released in 1990.«Туман»
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History

The song was written by Alexander Kolker in 1967 for the soundtrack to the film ''

Chronicles of a Dive Bomber ''Chronicles of a Dive Bomber'' (russian: Хроника пикирующего бомбардировщика, Khronika pikiruyuschego bombardirovschika) is a 1967 Soviet war film directed by Naum Birman based on the novel of the same name by Vla ...

''. In 1989, the Russian poet

Egor Letov Igor Fedorovich "Yegor" Letov (russian: link=no, И́горь Фёдорович "Его́р" Ле́тов, ; 10 September 1964 – 19 February 2008) was a Russian poet, musician, singer-songwriter, audio engineer and conceptual artist, best know ...

recorded a version for his band

's album '' Khronika pikiruyushchego bombardirovshchika''. It appears twice on the album: once as track 1, and the second time as track 17, as an instrumental titled "Chronicles of a Dive Bomber". Before the 2011 LP reissue of ''Chronicles of a Dive Bomber'', the title track faded out at the 1:53 mark, but it was restored to its natural length on the LP, revealing some previously-hidden vocals. It was faded out again on the 2014 version, however this time, ten seconds of silence were placed at the end From 1991 to 1992, when

Egor i Opizdenevshie Egor i Opizdenevshie () were a Soviet and Russian psychedelic rock band. History The band was formed in 1990 by Egor Letov and Kuzya UO, after Letov's main band Grazhdanskaya Oborona broke up. They released three albums in their lifetime. The f ...

's second album '' Sto let odinochestva'' was being recorded, Letov listened to "Tuman" and thought the recording from ''KPB'' was good enough to include on the album, so it was put on. Letov has frequently played "Tuman" live at his solo acoustic concerts. One such recording appears as a bonus track on the 2010 CD reissue of the

Grazhdanskaya Oborona Grazhdanskaya Oborona (Russian: Гражданская оборона, ), Russian for ''Civil Defense'', or ГО, often referred to as ГрОб, Russian for ''coffin'') were a Soviet-Russian rock band formed by Yegor Letov and Konstantin Ryabi ...

album ''

Zvezdopad ''Zvezdopad'' (russian: Звездопад, meaning "Starfall" in Russian) is the 20th album by the Russian punk band Grazhdanskaya Oborona. The album was released on 20 March 2002 and consists of cover versions of classic Soviet songs. History ...

'' (2002). The rendition appearing on the reissue was recorded live in

Barnaul Barnaul ( rus, Барнау́л, p=bərnɐˈul) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and administrative centre of Altai Krai, Russia, located at the confluence of the Barnaulka and Ob Rivers in the West Siberian Plain. As ...

on 14 December 2003. It was also included on the 2011 vinyl reissue of the 2010 reissue. On the recorded version appearing on ''Chronicles of a Dive Bomber'' and ''Sto let odinochestva'', Kuzya Waugh can be heard shouting "Blyad" in reverse at the beginning and says something else at the end. According to Letov, it was because Waugh was taping and told Letov, who was the drummer in the session, to start and stop. Waugh was in the GrOb studio control room while Letov was in the recording space. The 1989 recording also appears on the 1990 Kommunizm compilation "Trinadtsat", in a backmasked version called "Manut" and in the instrumental version as "Vozdushnye rabochnie voiny".

Personnel

* Kuzya Waugh in guitar, bass, tape loops * Egor Letov in vocals, drums

References

Russian songs 1990 songs {{1990s-song-stub