Once, a long time ago, in a little log cabin in a little village in the middle of Russia, there lived a girl named Masha. Her parents were peasants , and they grew all of their own food, and her mother grew flax, processed it, spun it and wove it into clothes for the family.
Far away in the big cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg, a revolution had happened and huge changes were taking place. But in the little village of Laikova-Khrapovitskaya, those events were scarcely even noticed, and it was years before big changes came to the village.
Masha lived there with her mother and father, Her brothers, Vasya and Sasha, and her sisters, Tanya, Anya, and Shura…..
The songs played in this episode:
1. Welcome Dear Guests Russian traditional by Kostroma from their album “Over the Seas” . To support Kostroma:
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2. “Girls Are Walking” Russian traditional. Pokrovsky Ensemble from their album “Faces of Russia”. https://thedmitripokrovskyensemble.bandcamp.com/album/the-wild-field
3. “Wild Bull” Belarussian traditional. Volya Ensemble, from their album “Forest Tweets”. https://volya.bandcamp.com/album/forest-tweets
4. “Kak Pa Moryu” the Pennywhistlers, from their 1963 album ;”The Pennywhistlers” https://open.spotify.com/album/6BHovKHHAlUBMCLAzYT4qZ
5. “Oj Lyaseyeli Husli” by Werchowyna from their album “Oj Zza Hory”. https://www.facebook.com/zespol.werchowyna/
6.”Geese Fly” Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble from their album “Wild Fields” https://thedmitripokrovskyensemble.bandcamp.com/album/the-wild-field
7. Summer solstice songs by Volya. From their album “Long Journey” https://open.spotify.com/artist/3XjoXOcyhVmGLwtAacLUrk
8.”Byeli Dyen” sung by Pyotr Valentinovich ensemble. Words by A. Tarkovsky, music by A. Manotskov. Follow them : https://www.youtube.com/@peter.valentinovich https://www.instagram.com/peter.valentinovich/?hl=en
9. “Kak Nad Yarom” sung by Stepan and Valentina Nesterovy. Follow them: https://www.instagram.com/peter.valentinovich/?hl=en https://vk.com/sokol_nesterovy
