Folk Music Of U.S.S.R / Var Folk Music Of U.S.S.R / Var CD

This album features music from 15 republics of the former Soviet Union, including selections from Central Asia, Ukraine, and the Caucasus. While regions have absorbed musical influences from neighboring cultures in the south from Persia, in the east from China, for example the music of each people has it's own distinctive characteristics. Liner notes include maps and photo spreads on some of the states of the former Soviet Union featured in the album, as well as song lyrics in English, Russian, Armenian, and other regional languages.

1. Byelorussia S.S.R. - Folksong 2. Byelorussia S.S.R. - Folksong 3. Byelorussia S.S.R. - Folksong 4. Karelia S.S.R. - Beautiful Maiden 5. Smolensk Oblast - Psaltery Tune 6. Moldavia S.S.R. - Kishinev (Near Rumanian Border) Doyna 7. Dagestan S.S.R. - Folksong: Spring Time a Dargin Song 8. Ossetia - "Tsela" Humorous Song 9. Ukrainia S.S.R. - Folksong: There's a Well in the Field 10. Ukrainia S.S.R. - Arkan "Hutzulski Tanec" 11. Georgia S.S.R. - Lezhinska 12. Georgia S.S.R. - Western Georgia Humorous Song 13. Azerbaijan S.S.R. - Ugam 14. Azerbaijan S.S.R. - "Kurd Shakhnaz" 15. Bashkir S.S.R. - "Gulnazira" 16. Armenia S.S.R. - Yerevan Wedding Dance 17. Armenia S.S.R. - Folksong "Khaminer" 18. Armenia S.S.R. - Folk Dance "Unabi" 19. Armenia S.S.R. - Folksong "Ekhso Jan" 20. Armenia S.S.R. - "Machkal" 21. Armenia S.S.R. - Shirak Folk Dance 22. Armenia S.S.R. - Folksong "Asor Arazy Es Gnatsam" 23. Armenia S.S.R. - Folk Dance "Maralik" 24. Tadjik S.S.R. - the Dancing Girl 25. Uzbekh S.S.R. - Song of the Cotton Picker 26. Kirghiz S.S.R. - "Komuz" 27. Kirghiz S.S.R. - Folk Melody "Kubanam" (Komuz) 28. Turkmen S.S.R. - "Yandym Leili" 29. Turkmen S.S.R. - "Gosel Son" (You, Beauty) 30. Turkmen S.S.R. - "Pakhtachi Gozel" (Beautiful Cotton Picker) 31. Tatar S.S.R. - "Apipya" 32. Kazakh S.S.R. - "Kalka" 33. Kazakh S.S.R. - Folksong "Pan Koylek"