Yevgeny Aronovich Dolmatovsky (; 5 May 1915 – 10 September 1994) was a Soviet and Russian poet and lyricist. He was born and died in
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
.
Examples of his songs
* Ballad of the Siberian Land (music by
Nikolai Kryukov) - 1947
:The theme song of the film, ''
Ballad of Siberia
''The Ballad of Siberia'' (in ), also known as ''Symphony of Life'', produced by Mosfilm and released in 1948, was the Soviet Union's second color film (after ''The Stone Flower''). It was directed by Ivan Pyryev and starred Vladimir Druzhnikov an ...
''
* Yearning for the Motherland (in , music by
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, , group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his Symphony No. 1 (Shostakovich), First Symphony in 1926 and was regarded throug ...
, Opus 86) - 1948
:The theme song of the film, ''
Encounter at the Elbe
''Encounter at the Elbe'' (in ) is a Soviet war film released in 1949 from Mosfilm, describing the conflict, spying, and collaboration between the Soviet Army advancing from the east and the U.S. Army advancing from the west. The two allied force ...
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*
Song of the Forests
The ''Song of the Forests'' (''Песнь о лесах''), Op. 81, is an oratorio by Dmitri Shostakovich composed in the summer of 1949. It was written to celebrate the forestation of the Russian steppes (Great Plan for the Transformation of Nat ...
(music by Dmitri Shostakovich, Opus 81) - 1949
** The Pioneers Plant Trees
* The Motherland Listens (in , music by Dmitri Shostakovich) - 1951
:This song is from "Four Songs on Verses by Dolmatovsky, for Voice, Wordless Chorus & Piano, Opus 86 (1951). It is well known in Russia that
Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin; Gagarin's first name is sometimes transliterated as ''Yuriy'', ''Youri'', or ''Yury''. (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space. Tr ...
was singing this song while circling the earth as the first man in space.
* And On Mars There Will Be Apple Blossoms (in , music by Vano Muradeli) - 1963
:A Soviet cosmonaut song singing about the dream of space travel, and eventual colonisation of Mars, in which apple trees may grow.
See also
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, , group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his Symphony No. 1 (Shostakovich), First Symphony in 1926 and was regarded throug ...
** ''
Song of the Forests
The ''Song of the Forests'' (''Песнь о лесах''), Op. 81, is an oratorio by Dmitri Shostakovich composed in the summer of 1949. It was written to celebrate the forestation of the Russian steppes (Great Plan for the Transformation of Nat ...
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Encounter at the Elbe
''Encounter at the Elbe'' (in ) is a Soviet war film released in 1949 from Mosfilm, describing the conflict, spying, and collaboration between the Soviet Army advancing from the east and the U.S. Army advancing from the west. The two allied force ...
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** ''
Loyalty
Loyalty, in general use, is a devotion and faithfulness to a nation, cause, philosophy, country, group, or person. Philosophers disagree on what can be an object of loyalty, as some argue that loyalty is strictly interpersonal and only another h ...
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List of Russian-language poets
This is a list of authors who have written poetry in the Russian language.
Alphabetical list
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
I
K
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
T
U
V
Y
Z
Sources
See also
* List of Russian arc ...
References
1915 births
1994 deaths
20th-century Russian male writers
Writers from Moscow
People from Moskovsky Uyezd
Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
Maxim Gorky Literature Institute alumni
Stalin Prize winners
Recipients of the Order of Lenin
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Recipients of the Order of the Red Star
Socialist realism writers
Russian-language poets
Russian Jews
Russian male poets
Russian male writers
Soviet Jews
Soviet male poets
Soviet male writers
Soviet military personnel of the Winter War
Soviet military personnel of World War II
Burials at Donskoye Cemetery
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