Folk Music of the U.S.S.R.

This album features music from 15 republics of the former Soviet Union, including selections from Central Asia, Ukraine, and the Caucasus. While regions have absorbed musical influences from neighboring cultures―in the south from Persia, in the east from China, for example―the music of each people has its own distinctive characteristics. Liner notes include maps and photo spreads on some of the states of the former Soviet Union featured in the album, as well as song lyrics in English, Russian, Armenian, and other regional languages.

Track Listing

101	Byelorussia: Folksong (1)	n/a	03:37
102	Byelorussia: Folksong (2)	n/a	03:10
103	Byelorussia: Folksong from the Village of Aziorchina	n/a	01:55
104	Karelia: Beautiful Maiden	n/a	01:45
105	Smolensk Oblast: Psaltery Tune	n/a	01:15
106	Moldavia: Kishinev (near Rumanian Border) Doyna	n/a	02:08
107	Dagestan: Folksong - Spring Time (Dargin Song)	n/a	02:38
108	Ossetia: Tsola (Humorous Song)	n/a	02:07
201	Ukrainia: Folksong (There's a Well in the Field)	n/a	02:48
202	Ukrainia: Arkan (Hutzulski Tanec)	n/a	03:09
203	Georgia: Lezhinska	n/a	02:05
204	Georgia: Western Georgia Humorous Song	n/a	02:09
205	Azerbaijan: Ugam	n/a	03:31
206	Azerbaijan: Kurd Shakhnaz	n/a	02:14
207	Bashkir: Gulnazira	n/a	01:04
301	Armenia: Yerevan Wedding Dance	n/a	02:18
302	Armenia: Folksong (Khaminer)	Tamara Khanumadova	03:09
303	Armenia: Folk Dance (Unabi)	n/a	02:21
304	Armenia: Folksong (Ekhso Jan)	n/a	02:24
305	Armenia: Machkal	n/a	02:56
306	Armenia: Shirak Folk Dance	n/a	02:59
307	Armenia: Folksong (Asor Arazy Es Gnatsam)	n/a	02:53
308	Armenia: Folk Dance (Maralik)	n/a	03:47
401	Tadjik: The Dancing Girl	n/a	02:13
402	Uzbekh: Song of the Cotton Picker	n/a	02:13
403	Kirghiz: Komuz	n/a	03:03
404	Kirghiz: Folk Melody "Kubanam" (Komuz)	n/a	01:29
405	Turkmen: Yandym Leili	n/a	02:35
406	Turkmen: Gosel Son (You, Beauty)	n/a	03:16
407	Turkmen: Pakhtachi Gozel (Beautiful Cotton Picker)	n/a	02:27
408	Tatar: Apipya	n/a	02:17
409	Kazakh: Kalka	n/a	02:02
410	Kazakh: Folksong (Pan Koylek)	n/a	02:40