Belorrusky Railway Station
The Belorussky railway station is a place where many paths cross, no pun intended. It’s main building was erected in 1912, by Tsar Nicholas II, the last emperor of Russia (1). The end to Tsar Nicholas II’s rule came not too long after, in 1917, as the rise of the Soviet Union began. At this same junction, the path of many soldiers towards the front lines crossed that of the path of return from a victory. While these paths didn’t necessarily exist simultaneously, Belorussky railway station was home to both. On it’s wall is a commemorative plaque of the Great Patriotic War that many Soviets bravely fought in. It was also here on the fourth day after the Germans attacked, that the war anthem “Svyashennaya Voina”(The Sacred War) was first sung five consecutive times (1).
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Vstavay, strana ogromnaya, Vstavay na smertny boy! S fashistskoy siloy tyomnoyu, S proklyatoyu ordoy.
Pripev: (2x) Pust’ yarost’ blagorodnaya Vskipaet, kak volna! Idyot voyna narodnaya, Svyaschennaya voyna!
Dadim otpor dushitelyam Vsekh plamennykh idey, Nasil’nikam, grabitelyam, Mutchitelyam lyudey.
Pripev
Ne smeyut kryl’ya tchornye Nad Rodinoy letat’, Poljya eyo prostornye Ne smeet vrag toptat’.
Pripev
Gniloy fashistskoy nechisti Zagonim pulyu v lob, Otreb’yu tchelovechestva Skolotim krepkiy grob!
Pripev (2x) |
Arise, vast country, Arise for a fight to the death Against the dark fascist forces, Against the cursed hordes.
Chorus: (2x) Let noble wrath Boil over like a wave! This is the peoples' war, a sacred war!
We shall repulse the oppressors Of all ardent ideas. The rapists and the plunderers, The torturers of people.
Chorus
The black wings shall not dare Fly over the Motherland, On her spacious fields The enemy shall not dare tread!
Chorus
We shall drive a bullet into the forehead Of the rotten fascist filth, For the scum of humanity We shall build a solid coffin!
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In keeping our earlier theme in mind, we don’t necessarily see any cases of misrepresentation here at the railway station. Instead, what we have here is one of a few locations in Moscow that pays homage to the brutal past of this country.
- Egorova, Kira. "Moscow's Memories of World War II." Moscow's Memories of World War II. N.p., 10 Apr. 2015. Web. 24 Oct. 2016. <http://russia-insider.com/en/moscows-memories-world-war-ii/5509>.