Glorious Sea, Sacred Baikal
"Glorious Sea, Sacred Baikal" (Russian: Славное море — священный Байкал) is a folk song of Siberia, Russia, which has been sung since the 19th century. Its words are by Dmitriy Davidov (Дмитрий Павлович Давыдов), but its composer is unknown.
Words[edit]
During the first half of the 19th century, many Russians were exiled to Siberia as the results of the Decembrist revolt (1825) etc. In 1848, Dmitriy Davidov, after visiting Ulan-Ude, wrote a poem entitled "Thoughts of a Fugitive in Baikal" in eleven stanzas, of which five were put into this song.[1]
The song's first stanza:
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