"Vdol po Piterskoy" (Russian: Вдоль по Питерской, lit. "Down the Peterskaya Road") is one of the best-known Russian folk songs.[1]
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| Song | |
| Language | Russian |
| English title | "Vdol po Piterskoy" |
| Genre | Folk |
| Songwriter(s) | Feodor Chaliapin |

Vladimir Gilyarovsky, a Russian journalist and writer, devoted a chapter of his book Moscow and Muscovites to the song.[2]
Some authors say that one ancient soldiers' song began with the same words ("Down the Petersky/"). Later that expression became a catchphrase meaning “to do something in plain sight” (to ride, to fly, etc.). Nikolai Dobronravov, a Russian poet, used the phrase in his song "You know what a guy he was" dedicated to Yuri Gagarin.[3]
Some works of such composers as Tchaikovsky[4] or Stravinsky[5] contain themes based on «Vdol po Piterskoy».
The song was popularized by Feodor Chaliapin and by the Alexandrov Ensemble.[6][7] It also appeared in the repertoires of Yuri Gulyayev,[8] Leonid Kharitonov, Dmitri Hvorostovsky,[9] Sergei Lemeshev,[10] Vladimir Matorin,[11] and Muslim Magomayev.[12]
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