"Kray, miy ridniy kray" (Ukrainian: Край, мій рідний край, English: My homeland, my native homeland) is a song originally recorded by Sofia Rotaru for her 1981 album Sofia Rotaru and Chervona Ruta.
It was first performed on 10 November 1979 at concert commemorated to the Day of Soviet Militsiya at Pillar Hall of the House of the Unions in Moscow.
The song remains popular today with numerous recorded cover versions,[5] namely by Ani Lorak and Taisia Povaliy.
Among others, the song was released as a 1979 extended play (EP) Moy Kray (Мой край/My Homeland) by Melodiya, as a flexi by Krugozor No 7 in 1981 and was also included in numerous films and concert programmes, such as Vas priglashayet Sofia Rotaru of 1986.
The name of the song is Krai which in the Ukrainian language means the land with implication of a homeland.