On the Hills of Manchuria

"On the Hills of Manchuria" (Russian: На сопках Маньчжурии, romanized: Na sopkakh Manchzhurii) is a waltz composed in 1906 by Ilya Alekseevich Shatrov.

While the regiment was stationed in Samara in 1906, he made the acquaintance of Oskar Knaube (1866–1920), a local music shop owner, who helped the composer to publish his work and later acquired ownership of it.

Тихо вокруг, сопки покрыты мглой, Вот из-за туч блеснула луна, Могилы хранят покой.

Тихо вокруг, ветер туман унёс, На сопках маньчжурских воины спят И русских не слышат слёз.

(Transcription) Tiho vokrug, sopki pokryty mgloj, Vot iz-za tuč blesnula luna, Mogily hranjat pokoj.

Tiho vokrug, veter tuman unës, Na sopkah manʹčžurskih voiny spjat I russkih ne slyšat slëz.