is he A little gray, like a silver poplar He stands, taking hits. How much cost him Sevastopol! How much cost to him of Stalingrad! And blind frosty night When the front sweeps blizzard His clear, bright eyes Until the end of spotted enemy. These black, hard years All hope was to it. Which breed sverhmoguchey Nature created it? Winning in military science, The enemy's blood staining the snow, He is in the hands of powerful people Brazen took enemy. And when approached vandals To our ancient capital of the fathers, Where he found these generals And these legendary fighters? He nurtured them. Above their upbringing Many thought it night and day. Oh, what a lightning tests Prepared they were! And in the battle for the Fatherland severe We walked fearlessly to die for him, For his fair word, For the great truth of it. How high he lifted up the power, The leader of the Soviet people-friends, And what kind of world fame He created for his Motherland! ... The same opinion. The same simple question. Just stingy and wise words ... Over Russian military maps It turned gray golova.1945