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Song of the Battle of the Chernaya River, 4 August 1855

Песня про сражение на реке Черной 4 августа 1855 г.

Lev Tolstói en Yásnaia Poliana (1908)
byLeo Tolstoy

Satirical soldiers' song composed by Tolstoy after the Russian defeat at the Chernaya River in the Crimean War, mocking the generals' incompetence. It circulated by word of mouth in the army and earned him the dislike of the high command.

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  • Толстой, Л. Н. Собрание сочинений в 22 томах. Moscú: Judózhestvennaia literatura, 1978–1985 (índices de los tomos 1–22 en la Biblioteca Virtual Rusa, RVB; el t. 10, de 1982, recoge los relatos de la Nueva Azbuka y de los cuatro Libros rusos de lectura).

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