Formats and Editions
1. Byelorussia S.S.R.: Folksong (Version 1)
2. Byelorussia S.S.R.: Folksong (Version 2)
3. Byelorussia S.S.R.: Folksong (Version 3)
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.: Spring Time A Dargin Song (Folksong)
8. Ossetia: 'Tsela' (Humorous Song)
9. Ukrainia S.S.R.: There's A Well In The Field (Folk Song)
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
1. Armenia S.S.R.: Yerevan Wedding Dance
2. Armenia S.S.R.: Khaminer (Folk Song)
3. Armenia S.S.R.: Unabi (Folk Dance)
4. Armenia S.S.R.: Ekhso Jan (Folk Song)
5. Armenia S.S.R.: Machkal
6. Armenia S.S.R.: Shirak Folk Dance
7. Armenia S.S.R.: Asor Arazy Es Gnatsam (Folk Song)
8. Armenia S.S.R.: Maralik (Folk Dance)
9. Tadjik S.S.R.: The Dancing Girl
10. Uzbekh S.S.R.: Song Of The Cotton Picker
11. Kirghiz S.S.R.: Komuz
12. Kirghiz S.S.R.: Kubanam (Folk Melody)
13. Turkmen S.S.R.: Yandym Leili
14. Turkmen S.S.R.: Gosel Son (You, Beauty)
15. Turkmen S.S.R.: Pakhtachi Gozel (Beautiful Cotton Picker)
16. Tatar S.S.R.: Apipya
17. Kazakh S.S.R.: Kalka
18. Kazakh S.S.R.: Pan Koylek (Folk Song)
More Info:
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.