EPIC Russian Orchestral Theme - FAREWELL OF SLAVIANKA (Прощание Славиянки)

"Farewell of Slavianka" (Russian: Прощание славянки) is a Russian patriotic march, written by the composer Vasily Agapkin in honour of Slavic women accompanying their husbands in the First Balkan War. The march was written and premiered in Tambov in the end of 1912. In summer of 1915 it was released as a gramophone single in Kiev. Slavianka means "Slavic woman".
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It was commonly believed that prior to its use in the award-winning 1957 film "The Cranes Are Flying", the song was banned in the Soviet Union because of its lyrics about banned subjects, however the melody originally lacked lyrics and there exist numerous competing versions written in different historical periods and about different subjects. The march was certainly published during the Soviet times as early as in 1929, though without the lyrics, and there are conflicting reports of it being used during the iconic November 7 parade in 1941 (ironically, conducted by Agapkin himself). The song was originally published by Zimmerman Production Association around 1912. The march was published in an official collection of music for Red Army orchestras, and it was recorded in the early 1940s by a military orchestra under the conductor Ivan Petrov (1906-1975), but different lyrics were then used. Other lyrics are now usually sung by the Red Army choir.