Viktor Mikhaylovich Gusev (; 30 January 1909 – 23 January 1944) wrote lyrics to accompany several patriotic

Soviet military The Soviet Armed Forces, the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union and as the Red Army (, Вооружённые Силы Советского Союза), were the armed forces of the Russian SFSR (1917–1922), the Soviet Union (1922–1991), and th ...

tunes, including '

Polyushko Pole ''Polyushko-polye'' ( rus, По́люшко-по́ле, p=ˈpolʲʊʂkə ˈpolʲɪ) is a Soviet Russian-language song. ''Polye'' means " field" in Russian, "''polyushko''" is a diminutive/hypocoristic form for ''"polye"''. It is also known as ''Me ...

' and ' March of the Artillerymen'. He wrote the play ''

Spring in Moscow ''Spring in Moscow'' (russian: Весна в Москве, Vesna v Moskve) is a 1953 Soviet musical film directed by Iosif Kheifits and Nadezhda Kosheverova and starring Galina Korotkevich, Vladimir Petrov and Yuri Bublikov.Hibbin p.230 It wa ...

'', which was the first Soviet musical theatre, staged by New Theatre under

Nikolay Akimov Nikolay Pavlovich Akimov (russian: Никола́й Па́влович Аки́мов; – 6 September 1968) was an experimental theatre director and scenic designer noted for his work with the Leningrad Comedy Theatre. His most notorious product ...

in the early 1950s. It was later made into a film of the same name.

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1909 births 1944 deaths Writers from Moscow People from Moskovsky Uyezd Russian male poets Soviet male poets Soviet poets Soviet screenwriters 20th-century Russian poets Male screenwriters Soviet dramatists and playwrights Soviet translators 20th-century translators Moscow State University alumni Stalin Prize winners Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery {{Russia-poet-stub