Ленин Багш - Teacher Lenin (Mongolian Communist Song)

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A Mongolian song written in honour of Vladimir Lenin's 100th birthday in 1971. "Teacher Lenin" (Ленин Багш) was a common way that he was referred to in the Mongolian People's Republic, where he was often portrayed with his contemporary Mongolian revolutionary, Damdin Sükhbaatar. Sükhbaatar, who once met Lenin during a delegation from Mongolia in 1921, was himself commonly referred to as "Commander Sükhbaatar" (Жанжин Сүхбаатар), something which was also immortalised in the form of a song: https://youtu.be/tyOu6OeOzi4

Performers: Baartuugiin Zangad (Баартуугийн Зангад), State Symphony Ensemble (Улсын Симфони Найрал Хөгжим)
Year performed: 1971
Composer: Dagvyn Luvsansharav (Дагвын Лувсаншарав)
Lyricist: Jamtsyn Badraa (Жамцын Бадраа)
Source: Vinyl record "Ленин Багш"
Image: Painting of Marzan Sharav (Марзан Шарав) working on his famous portrait of Lenin. This was depicted in the film "Morning" (Өглөө) and recreated here by Odon Geleg (Гэлэгийн Одон) in 1970, nearly 50 years after Sharav made his original portrait. I used that portrait in another video of a Mongolian song dedicated to Lenin, which you can find here: https://youtu.be/7OR4C4PfaLM