Mikhail Isakovsky (1900-1973) was a Russian Soviet poet, a songwriter, a prose writer and a translator. He was a Hero of Socialist Labor (1970) and a Winner of two Stalin Prizes of the First Class (1943, 1949).
The Soldier's Request is one of his apprentice poems, which was published in 1914 in the Nov’ Russian national newspaper.
In 1921-1931, he worked in Smolensk newspapers (Rabochiy Put’ and others). Many poems by Isakovsky were set to music. The most famous are Katyusha and Enemies Burned the Dear House Down (music by M. Blanter), In the Forest, Near the Frontline, Migratory Birds Are Flying, Lonely Accordion, Under the Stars of the Balkans, and others. In the Kuban Cossacks film, his songs As You Were, So You Remained and Oi, Tsvetet Kalina (Oh, the Viburnum Blossoms) to the music of Isaak Dunayevsky were performed.
In 1927, the first collection of poems by Mikhail Isakovsky Wires in the Straw was published. In 1930, a collection of poems The Province was published, and in 1931, Masters of the Earth followed. The poet was appointed Editor of the Kolkhoznik (Collective Farmer) magazine
As a result of cooperation with Vladimir Zakharov, the songs to the words by Isakovsky were introduced into the repertoire of the Pyatnitsky Choir.
The envelope with a commemorative stamp provides a symbolic image of a girl from the Katyusha song and a photo of soldiers from the Great Patriotic War; the commemorative stamp features a portrait of poet Mikhail Isakovsky against the background of a village landscape and manuscripts.
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0,5 million copies |