Tsyganochka

[1] The music is in minor tonality, unusual in Russian folk dance, in 4/4 time signature.

[1] In the common version called "Цыганочка с выходом" ("Tsyganochka with Entrance"), the tempo is initially slow and then gradually speeds up.

The classic melody of Tsyganochka with Entrance was written in the 19th century by the director of a Russian Roma choir and composer Ivan Vasilievich Vasiliev, an ancestor of Nikolay Vasiliev [ru], a singer of Russian Roma songs.

[2] He wrote the melody "Цыганская венгерка" ("Gypsy Vengerka", "Hungarian Gypsy Dance") for guitar based on a verse with the same name by Apollon Grigoriev who himself was a great fan of Romani music, which became popular with Russian Roma choirs and based on which a dance was evolved, without particular choreography.

[3] There is a 2008 Russian TV series "Цыганочка с выходом" (Eight episodes).