Under the Old Oak Tree: Songs of returned Doukhoboria | У дуба старого: Песни вернувшейся Духобории | Doukhobors Ensemble of Arkhangelskoe Village | Ансамбль Духоборцев Села Архангельское

Under the Old Oak Tree: Songs of returned Doukhoboria | У дуба старого: Песни вернувшейся Духобории

by Doukhobors Ensemble of Arkhangelskoe Village | Ансамбль Духоборцев Села Архангельское

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1.	I suffer from headache \| Болит больно головушка 03:58	buy track
2.	The wind blows in the field \| Во поле ветер веет 03:19	buy track
3.	The bright Sun has set \| Закатилося ясное Солнце 03:00	buy track
4.	Why I fell in love with you \| Зачем тебя я полюбила 02:31	buy track
5.	What a night \| Какая ночь 03:37	buy track
6.	Katya — little Katya (girl's name) \| Катенька - Катюша 02:53	buy track
7.	Do not sing, nightingale \| Не пой же, не пой, соловейко 04:07	buy track
8.	Why the spring is so joyful \| Отчего весна отрадливая 03:04	buy track
9.	The spring has come \| Пришла весна 02:57	buy track
10.	The cossack served for 3 years \| Прослужил казак, а он три годочка 04:13	buy track
11.	Katya sat by the window \| Сидела Катюшенька 02:47	buy track
12.	Diddle, yeah, diddle \| Тырлы, да тырлы 03:29	buy track
13.	You the guests, my guests \| Уж вы гости, мои гости 04:17	buy track
14.	Little cherry \| Черешенька 04:25	buy track
15.	I was born on Saturday \| Я в субботу родилася 01:11	buy track
16.	Moscow fire raged and burned \| Шумел, горел пожар московский 05:41	buy track
17.	Transcaucasian mountains \| Горы Закавказские 02:11	buy track
18.	Ivanko (young man's name) \| Иванко 03:17	buy track
19.	Cheer up, my soul \| Не внывай, душе моя 02:50	buy track
20.	Sagebrush-grass \| Полынь-трава 03:05	buy track
21.	I saw my darling off to Saint Petersburg \| Провожала дружка всё до Питера 03:28	buy track
22.	Under the old oak tree \| У дуба старого 02:21	buy track

about

Doukhobors (meaning Spirit Wrestlers) are protestant movement dissenting from Russian Orthodox Church in XVIII century.

Appearing in southern areas of Russia, they were sent into exile to Transcaucasia in XIX century. Some of them emigrated to Canada later on. In the 1980-90s many Transcaucasian Doukhobors returned to Russia.

This album represents songs of Dukhobors from Arkhangelskoe village (Chern district, Tula region, Russia) who moved there from Georgia.

The recordings were made in Arkhangelskoe by Istoki Folk Center of Podolsk City in 2001. Album cover photo is taken in 2018.

Most of the songs are about love, often sad and melancholic. Other topics are nostalgia (7), military service (2,10), family affairs (11,13), history (16), nature (17), spiritual (19).

The Doukhobors Ensemble of Arkhangelskoe Village:
Darya Markina (born 1939), Maria Oslopova (1934), Pelageya Baturina (1947), Anna Pryamorukova (1928), Lukerya Obyedkova (1939), Maria Eletskaya (1948), Vasiliy Eletskiy (1942), Aleksey Baturin (1939), Vladimir Svetlischev (1939), Tatyana Belousova (1947), Ulyana Goncharova(1946), Anastasia Astafurova (1932)

On album cover photo from left to right, women: Belousova, Baturina, Markina, Oslopova, Ekaterina Eletskaya, Maria Eletskaya, Goncharova; men: Eletskiy, Svetlischev, Baturin.
Photo by S. Skalkovich.

Istoki expedition team:
Elena Bessonova (lead), L. Gorchakova, E. Chebotareva, M. Mateiko, T. Panfilova, D. Karlov, V. Matykhin, I. Evsikov, D. Kvasov.