To mark the anniversary of the Kalinovsky uprising, the Budzma project compiled a selection of tracks created by Belarusian musicians over the past decades and dedicated to this famous page of history and its participants.

Levon Volsky - "When they go on board".

From the unpublished project of songs to the words of Uladimir Karatkevich.

The poem "Hanged in 1863", which became the text for the song, was written by Karatkevich in 1980 on the anniversary of the uprising.

Levon Volsky - "The Role of the Hero".

A song about the complex role of heroes, especially in the history of Belarus.

The words "where the mountain talks to the mountain" refer to Harry Gediminas in Vilnius - the place where the heroes of the uprising together with its leader Kastus Kalinowski rested for a long time.

Ales Denisau - "Hanged in 1863".

A song based on the poem of the same name from Ales Dzianisav's solo album "Leonids return...", published in 2021 on poems by Uladimir Karatkevich.

Ales Denisau - "1863.

Farewell to the Motherland".

The song is from Ales Dzianisav's album "A Short History of Belarus", recorded to the words of the poet from Skidzel, Ales Chobat.

The mentioned song is the poet's reflection on the last thoughts of a man who is going to die for his country during the uprising of 1863-1864.

Sciana - "Hanged in 1863".

A song based on Uladzimir Karatkevich's poem "The Hanged Man of 1863", recorded by a band from Brest in 2022.

Dzieciuki - "The Manly Truth".

The song with which the musicians started their first album "Horadensky Garmidar" in 2014, written to the words of the author of a large number of texts of the band, Dzianis Zhigauts.

Here is the address "Children!", with which all issues of "Muzhytska Pravda" begin, here is an attempt to reveal the actual problems of the uprising of 1863-1864.

Dzieciuki - "Time of the Cassiners".

A song to the words of Ales Chobat, which the band presented in 2019 during a public campaign dedicated to the reburial of the remains of rebels found on Gediminas Hill in Vilnius, which took place on November 22, 2019.

Vincent - "Glory to heroes".

The song by the Belarusian rapper is based on the novel by Uladzimer Karatkevich "Ears under your sickle", dedicated to the events of the uprising of 1863-1864.

Vincent - "Who do you love?".

"Reincarnation" of Vincent into the leader of the uprising of 1863 Kastus Kalinowski.

In the previous track "Glory to Heroes", the musician read about Kalinovsky, and this piece was written as if on behalf of the leader of the uprising in Belarus: he reads "The Man's Truth" and appeals to the people.

Orlov's novel and "Unsyllabic" - "Say, Kastus..."

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The song of 2020, the author of the text and music is a performer, guitarist, former member of the band J:Morse Roman Orlov.

"Adarvirog" - "1863".

The song of the Belarusian folk-metal band was released in 2017 as part of the album "The Edge of Illusions".

"You can't forget" - the album "Leonids will not return to the earth".

The group "Nelga zabit" was created at the end of 2009 specifically for the program "Leonids will not return to the earth...", based on the work of the same name by Wladimir Karatkevich, dedicated to the uprising of 1863-1864.

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Hok-key — "Spoviedź z-pad šybienicy"

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Hok-key is a metal band founded in 1994 in Minsk.

In 2017, the group released the album "Kalasy Pad Siarpom", the title of which also refers to the historical work of the same name by Uladzimer Karatkevich, dedicated to the uprising.

The album opens with the song "Confession from the Gallows" about the life story of Kastus Kalinowski.

Viktar Shalkevich - "Song about cash register".

A song based on a poem by Larissa Geniyush, included in the album "Live for Belarus.

Melody of poetry" — on a poem by Larisa Geniyush.

Andrei Melnikov - "Vilna 1864".

The song is based on the poem of the same name by the poet Anatoly Sys "Vilna 1864", dedicated to the suppression of the uprising, but the immortality of his memory.

Siarzhuk Sokalov-Voyush - "The Monologue of Kastus Kalinowski", "The Monologue of the Rebel Horse", "Hvatsky Maloytsy".

In the album "Informal Belarusian and other songs" released in 2001, Serzhuk Sokalov-Voyush has three songs dedicated to the uprising of 1863-1864.

These are "Monologue of Kastus Kalinowski", which is sung on behalf of the leader of the uprising in Belarus, "Monologue of the rebel horse" and "Hvatsky maloytsy".

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"Longing on someone else's side"

is a song with lyrics by Vincent Karatynsky, music by Vincent Klimovich, recently found in the archives for the 160th anniversary of the uprising.