folk music

Kira Lisitskaya (Photo: Nikolay Svishchev-Paola; Georgii Petrusov/МАММ/MDF/russiainphoto.ru)

How did noise music appear in Russia?

Kira Lisitskaya (Photo: Archive photo; Tretyakov Gallery; Slavgorod Museum of Local Lore)

This “authentic” Russian folk song about winter turned out to have an unexpected author

Kira Lisitskaya (Photo: Global Look Press, freepik.com)

Russian songs translated: ‘Kalinka’ (Sing with us!)

Vladimir Vyatkin / Sputnik

10 MAIN songs of the Russian criminal world (VIDEO)

Russia Beyond (Yekaterina Chesnokova/Sputnik; Vladimir Trefilov/Sputnik; Vladimir Meidzi/Getty Images; Olga Brozniakova/Getty Images)

10 MAIN Russian folk singers & ensembles (VIDEO)

Igor Moiseyev Ballet

10 MAIN Russian folk songs

OTYKEN/Youtube.com

Meet ‘OTYKEN’, the Siberian indigenous band taking over the world (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

Russia Beyond (Photo: Said Tsarnaev/Sputnik; Legion Media)

How KALINKA became the most popular Russian song