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The Leningrad Cowboys is a Finnish rock and
roll band famous for its humorous songs and
concerts featuring the Soviet Red Army Choir.
Currently, the band has eleven Cowboys and
two Leningrad Ladies. The songs, all somewhat
influenced by polka and progressive rock, and
performed in English, have themes such as
'vodka', 'tractors', 'rockets', and 'Genghis
Khan', as well as folkloric Russian songs,
rock and roll ballads and covers from bands
as diverse as The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and
Lynyrd Skynyrd, all with lots of humour.
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The Red Army Choir (Choir Aleksandrov) is a
performing ensemble that served as the
official army choir of the former Soviet
Union's Red Army. The choir consists of a
male choir, an orchestra, and a dance
ensemble. The songs they perform range from
Russian folk tunes to Church hymns, operatic
arias and popular music.
In 1991, The Red Army Choir participated in
Roger Waters' The Wall concert celebrating
the fall of the Berlin Wall. They performed
an anti-war song "Bring the Boys Back Home".
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the
Red Army Choir has continued performing,
entertaining audiences both inside and
outside Russia.
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