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Donbas for us
- Title
- Donbas for us
- Music
- Mikhail Sergeevich Khokhlov
- Text
- Vladimir Leonidovich Skobtsov
- Vocalists
- Margarita Sergeyevna Lisovina
- Natalia Alexandrovna Kachura
- First performance
- September 9, 2020
The song "Donbas for Us" (Russian: Донбасс за нами; also: Donbass is behind us) became popular as the unofficial "National Anthem of Donbas"[1] in the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, as well as in Russia. The song was premiered on September 9, 2020. The author of the lyrics is Vladimir Skobtsov, the composer of the music is Mikhail Khokhlov. The performers are Natalia Kachura and Margarita Lisovina.

Story
The song was first performed in Donetsk on September 9, 2020 by Donetsk poet Vladimir Skobtsov and composer Mikhail Khokhlov. The song was performed by vocalists of the Donetsk Musical and Drama Theater[wp] (MDT) Natalia Kachura and Margarita Lisovina.
Initially, the song "Donbas for us" was dedicated by the Skobtsovs to the 77th anniversary of the liberation of Donbas from the Nazi invaders, but after the first broadcast performed by the vocalists of the Donetsk Musical and Drama Theater, according to Russian media, it "blew up the Internet", gained millions of views and gained great popularity.
On May 11, 2021, the official video for the song "Donbas for us" was presented on the MDT YouTube channel, receiving 5 million views.
In September 2021, a flash mob video "Donbas for us" was filmed on the contact line in the Lugansk People's Republic for the 78th anniversary of the liberation of Donbas from Nazi troops, with about 1,000 people taking part in the filming of the video. The song was performed by the lead singer of the Novorossiya ensemble Roman Razum, and in October by the Military Ensemble of the People's Militia of the LPR. The song "Donbas for us" was performed in the format of a military march.
At the concert-rally in Luzhniki on March 18, 2022, in honor of the eighth anniversary of the annexation of Crimea, the song "Donbas for us" was performed together with Natalia Kachura by the Russian singer Victoria Daineko.
Awards
- Gratitude from the government of the Donetsk People's Republic to authors and performers (December 13, 2020);
- Laureate of the National Literary Prize "Golden Pen of Rus'" (2020, not to be confused with "Golden Pen of Russia");
- Special Prize of the International Festival-Competition of National Patriotic Song "Red Carnation" (2021).
- Grand Prix of the Moscow Open Competition-Festival "Lights of the Kremlin Moscow" in the nomination "Military-Patriotic Song" (2021).
Lyrics
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References
- ↑ На композицию »Донбасс за нами» сняли клип. Как это было?[archived June 21, 2021], Первый республиканский on March 21, 2022
- ↑ Народный гимн, или в чем феномен песни «Донбасс за нами», Дан (Dan News) on August 7, 2024
- Excerpt: Изначально авторы задумывали композицию к годовщине освобождения Донбасса от немецко-фашистских войск, но после релиза многие услышали в ней манифест о событиях наших дней.
- English: Initially, the authors intended the composition for the anniversary of the liberation of Donbass from Nazi troops, but after the release many people heard in it a manifesto about the events of our days.
External links
- RuTube:
- Донбасс за нами, official music video "Donbas for us", 4:02 min.
- Донбасс за нами, Studio recording, 3:01 min.
- Inoffizielle Donbass-Hymne, Archiv für Wahrheit auf Odysee, 3:55 min. (with German subtitles)
- Макаренков Н., Ханарин П. (19 марта 2022). "«Россия с нами, и с нами Бог!» Сотни тысяч людей услышали народный гимн Донбасса". Комсомольская правда Донбасс. Дата обращения: 21 марта 2022.
- Makarenkov N., Khanarin P. (March 19, 2022). "«Russia is with us, and God is with us!» Hundreds of thousands of people heard the people's anthem of Donbass". Komsomolskaya Pravda Donbas. Date of access: March 21, 2022.
Наталья Качура, Виктория Дайнеко - Донбасс за нами (23 февраля 2024, Театр Российской армии) - Наталья Качура (February 23, 2024) (Size: 3:08 min.)
- Natalia Kachura, Victoria Daineko - Donbass is ours (February 23, 2024, Russian Army Theater)
ДОНБАСС ЗА НАМИ. НАТАЛЬЯ КАЧУРА (February 25, 2025) (Size: 3:00 min.)
- Фрагмент концерта официального открытия года Защитника Отечества. Сахалин. 2025
- Fragment of the concert of the official opening of the year of the Defender of the Fatherland. Sakhalin. 2025
Donbass is Behind Us - Flame of Liberation (January 28, 2022) (Size: 3:55 min.) (Englische Untertitel) (English Subtitles)
Наталья Качура и Виктория Дайнеко - Донбасс за нами (Лужники, Москва, 18-03-2022) - ГБПОУ КК "Краснодарский краевой колледж культуры" (March 19, 2022) (Size: 4:21 min.)
- Natalia Kachura and Victoria Daineko - Donbass is behind us (Luzhniki, Moscow, 18-03-2022)
- Source
- https://cyclowiki.org/wiki/Донбасс_за_нами
- https://cyclowiki.org/w/index.php?title=Донбасс_за_нами&oldid=2253085, February 18, 2025
- https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Донбасс_за_нами, deleted: February 17, 2025
- https://руни.рф/Донбасс_за_нами
- https://ru.ruwiki.ru/wiki/Донбасс_за_нами_(песня), May 20, 2023