"Partisaanimarssi" (The Partisan's Song)—Finnish Communist Song

Made in collaboration with ‪@scryl‬

Title: "Partisaanimarssi" (alternatively "Kautta Laaksojen ja Vuorten")
English translation: "Through the Valleys and the Mountains"

Composer: Dmitry Pokrass [?]
Lyricist: Pyotr Parfenov (Russian), [?] (Finnish)
Performer(s): Duo Ari Numminen & Hannu Kella
Written: 1922
Performed: 2013

Happy October Revolution Day!

The Partisan's Song is a very popular song from the Russian Civil War, written directly after the Battle of Volochayevka (mentioned in this rendition). It was originally written for the Imperial Russian Army as a poem by Vladimir Gilyarovsky, later known as "March of the Siberian Riflemen". The melody was very popular and was used by Yugoslav partisans among many others. Two French versions additionally exist, one White and one Red.


[0:08–0:29] The first series of footage is taken from the film "October" (1928), otherwise known as "Ten Days that Shook the World".

[0:30–0:52] The first image used features a Red Cavalry detachment (from the 1st Cavalry Army), taken between 1918–1921.

[0:52–1:14] The second image used features victorious Red Army troops in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, shortly after the city's liberation.

[1:14–1:49] The third image used features another Red Cavalry detachment from the 1st Cavalry Army, taken in 1918.

[1:50–2:30] The final series of footage used consists of both real footage from the Russian Civil War (featuring Voroshilov and Budyonny's cavalry detachments), as well as clips from "October" (1928).

[2:30–2:51] The fourth image used features Red Army troops in Moscow [?] taking an oath, taken in 1919.

[2:52–3:14] The fifth image used is a painting by G. Prokopinskiy, titled "Minsk greets the glorious Red Army", depicting the liberation of Minsk in 1920.

—LYRICS—
[I]
Kautta laaksojen ja vuorten,
Kulki partisaanein tie,
Lyömään joukot vainolaisten,
Meren rantaan marssi vie.

Lyömään joukot vainolaisten,
Meren rantaan marssi vie!

[II]
Punaliput purppuraiset
Korkealla hulmuaa;
Lähti sissieskadroonat,
Tulitaistelijat maan.

Lähti sissieskadroonat,
Tulitaistelijat maan!

[III]
Eikä maine päiväin näiden,
Joudu koskaan unhoksiin.
Taisto partisaanein näiden
Tien jo johti kaupunkiin.

Taisto partisaanein näiden
Tien jo johti kaupunkiin!

[IV]
Mielessämme säilyy kauan,
Kuni sointukierkahin —
Öiset tuimat taistot Spasskin,
Päivät Volotshajevskin.

Öiset tuimat taistot Spasskin,
Päivät Volotshajevskin!

[V]
Turma tuotiin valkoisille,
Atamaanit murskattiin.
Tyynenmeren rantamille,
Marssi uljas päätettiin.
Tyynenmeren rantamille,
Heidän tiensä päätettiin!
——

Tags: #russiancivilwar #russianrevolution #octoberrevolution #lenin #communism #redarmy #soviet #revolutionary