"Glorious Sea, Sacred Baikal" () is a folk song of

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, which has been sung since the 19th century. Its words are by Dmitriy Davidov ( Дмитрий Павлович Давыдов), but its composer is unknown.

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During the first half of the 19th century, many

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were exiled to Siberia as the results of the

Decembrist revolt The Decembrist Revolt ( ru , Восстание декабристов, translit = Vosstaniye dekabristov , translation = Uprising of the Decembrists) took place in Russia on , during the interregnum following the sudden death of Emperor Al ...

(1825) etc. In 1848, Dmitriy Davidov, after visiting

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, wrote a poem entitled "Thoughts of a Fugitive in Baikal" in eleven stanzas, of which five were put into this song.Glorious Sea the Sacred Baikal: History
/ref> The song's first stanza:

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{{reflist Lake Baikal Russian folk songs History of Siberia 19th-century songs Year of song unknown Songwriter unknown

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