Feodosy Petrovich Savinov (russian: Феодо́сий Петро́вич Са́винов; born 1865, in

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– 1915, in village Kuvshinovo, Vologda region, Russian Empire) was Russian poet, best known for his poem "Rodnoye" (Close to Heart, 1885), part of which has been later turned into the lyrics of "Rodina", a popular tune, usually (and mistakenly) referred to as 'Russian folk song'. Feodosy Savinov was born in Vologda to a local police official. After having dropped from

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, he worked for several years as a clerk in his native city, then moved to

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where, working as a

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and freelance reporter, he started to write poetry, contributing to ''

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'', ''Russkoye Obozrenye'', '' Russkaya Mysl'', ''Volna'' and ''

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''. Savinov's ''Poems'' collection, originally published in Vologda in 1887 and re-issued in Moscow in 1900 in its extended version, failed to cause a stir. Still, two of its poems were set to music by the composer Pyotr Petrov-Boyarinov. Another one, "Rodnoye" (Родное, Close to Heart; first published by ''Volna'' in 1885), in the late 1900s was turned into a popular song "Vizhu chyudnoye privolye" (Вижу чудное приволье, I See Wonderful Freeland, also known as "Rodina", Motherland), by A.S. Samoylov (Abram S. Polyachek, 1889 - 1976), then a Saint Petersburg Conservatory student and piano accompanist for the singer A. Sokolskaya.E.A.Polyachek
on the history of the song. - Красная книга российской эстрады / Red Book of Russian Popular Music site Savinov, who suffered from both

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and paralytic dementia, was hospitalized in the early 1900s and died in

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. "Vizhu chyudnoye privolye" was first recorded by Nina G. Tarasova for Zonophone Records in 1915, as "Lyubov k Rodine". It has been performed since then by numerous Russian and Soviet artists, including

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, as Russian folk song, its authors usually uncredited.

Video

Rodina (Vizhu chudnoye privolye)
performed by Alexander Dedoff and the

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