Yeah, the melodies are so nice that we used them in my childhood in Sweden, so I am familiar with many of these. But the lyrics were completely changed to something different, like a team song or something like that. So when I hear them, I think of completely different things and I never really knew what the original lyrics was about until I took the time to listen, when I was in Belarus. It's kind of funny that the whole Russian army marches to songs about love and things like that.

I would definitely recommend anyone to try to visit Russia for the victory day holiday if you can, because it's quite unique - I don't know that anyone other than the ex-USSR area celebrates Victory day with such vigor, nice spring time date with good weather. You are bound to learn something about history. Plus it's fun nice and family oriented activities. It's perfect for a tourist.