Lidia Ruslanova · Лидия Русланова – Russian Folk Songs (1940s) (16/44 Vinyl Rip Mono)

From Wikipedia:
Ruslanova gave her first concert at the age of 16, to a military audience, where she sang everything she knew. She first started singing for Russian soldiers during the Russian Civil War, and debuted as a professional singer in Rostov-on-Don in 1923. She was noted for her peculiar singing voice and timbre, which was a revival of old traditions in which female soloists would perform on festive occasions. Until 1929, she lived with a Cheka official, then she married again, this time to Vladimir Kryukov.
During the 1930s, Ruslanova became extremely popular. She became an artist of the state association of musical, variety and circus enterprises in 1933, and performed all over Russia throughout the rest of the decade. When World War II broke out, she ceaselessly toured from one front to another, helping to boost the soldiers' courage with her patriotic songs. Her signature songs were Valenki and Katyusha, written specially for her. After the Battle of Berlin, she performed on the doorsteps of the smouldering Reichstag.

We have a Russian choir here in Berlin and they asked me to rip these recordings to help their rehearsals.
I also did some remastering, I think these files sound much better than what you can buy on CD, check it out!
The story behind these songs is as interesting as the music itself. Look at the photo above: You see Lidia Ruslanova performing on the steps of the German Reichstag in 1945, holes in the stones from the bombshells and the walls still black from the fire. The orchestra behind her are Russian soldiers who had just won WWII against the Nazis. She arrived soon after the ceasefire to sing with and for the Russian soldiers amongst the ruins of Germany – until the Berlin Wall came down in '89 the Reichstag looked like this – and today it is the German parliament again. She was the most popular Russian singer in those days, as popular as Marlene Dietrich on the other side or Edith Piaf in France.

Tracks
01. Вниз По Волге-реке 04:30
02. Светит Месяц 02:45
03. Уж Ты, Сад 02:58
04. Выйду Ль Я На Реченьку 02:28
05. Ой, Да Ты Подуй, Ветер Низовой 03:06
06. Как Со Вечера Пороша 02:18
07. Частушки 02:49
08. Вот Мчится Тройка Удалая 03:11
09. Посею Лебеду 01:59
10. Мальчишечка-бедняжечка 02:50
11. Расти, Моя Калинушка · Из-под Дуба, Из-под Вяза 02:42
12. Цвели Цветики 03:06
13. Встань, Пройдись 02:09
14. Самарские Припевки "Озеро" 02:24
15. Утушка Луговая 01:52
16. Степь Да Степь Кругом 03:57
17. Вы Комарики 01:46
18. Окрасился Месяц Багрянцем 02:55
19. Жигули 02:58
20. Липа Вековая 04:36
21. Коробейники 02:36
22. По Диким Степям Забайкалья 03:02
23. Саратовские Частушки 02:34
24. По Улице Мостовой 02:36
25. Златые Горы 03:18
26. На Улице Дождик 05:05
27. Камаринская 02:46
28. Очаровательные Глазки 02:54
29. Частушки 02:33
30. Валенки 01:58
31. Я На Горку Шла 01:59
Total time: 1:28:26
The last 2 tracks are combined into 1 by mistake.