Maria Beltsikova & Tatiana Dordzhieva
Maria Beltsikova and Tatiana Dordzhieva are two
traditional musicians and
performers from the Republic of Kalmykia, within the Russian Federation.
Members of the Kalmyk people, the descendants of Western Mongols who
emigrated to Russia, Maria Beltsikova and Tatiana Dordzhieva's repertoire
is composed of religious Buddhist songs, droning laments, ceremonial
wedding songs, heroic ballads about Kalmyks in the Patriotic War 1812,
and, of course, Soviet folklore.
2019
Sub Rosa
currently out of stock
Maria Beltsikova and Tatiana Dordzhieva are two Kalmyk folk musicians,
named after the Mongolian descendants living in Russia. This compilation
gathers traditional Kalmyks songs (about the deportation of the Kalmyks in
1943-1944) and Soviet folklore.
