Siberian song – Kalmyk Collection

Описание: Dorzha Kharinov performs his own song about the deportation of Don Kalmyks

VLACH ID-number: kalm1244RUA0001a

Description:
Dorzha Kharinov performs his own song about the deportation of Don Kalmyks from Bogshurgakin Aimag/ Novonikolayevskaya Stanitsa, which he composed while living in the Bogotol district of Krasnoyarsk Krai. At that time, he was fourteen years old. In his song, Kharinov expresses the general bewilderment and indignation of the Kalmyks. People could not understand what was happening. Why were they being evicted from their homes? Why did Stalin, who was considered the "good father of nations", reject the Kalmyks and consider them bad? Why did the government forcibly bring them to Siberia?

Kharinov was exiled with his mother, younger sister, and grandmother. His grandmother died in Siberia, and he allegorically mentions this in the song.

The audio recording was made in 1992 by Tamara Kuleshova at the request of American Kalmyk woman Zema Djugninov, who heard Dorzha Kharinov singing in Kalmyk and left her voice recorder to record his songs. We are publishing this song with the permission of Dorzha Kharinovʹs son, Sergei, who preserved this audio recording.

Cite as:
Sibrín dun – Siberian song; performer: Dorzha Kharinov, interview: Tamara Kuleshova, transcription/ translation/ editor: Chingis Azydov, retrieved from www.oeaw.ac.at/VLACH, ID-number: kalm1244RUA0001a.

To learn more about the deportation of Kalmyk people, see our online publication, "Siberian Songs – Chronicles of a Genocide", using the following link: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/vlach/collecti...

You can access our Kalmyk video/audio/transcription collection on our website: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/vlach/collecti...

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