Oi u luzi chervona kalyna
Oh, the Red Viburnum in the Meadow is a Ukrainian patriotic march first published in 1875 by Volodymyr Antonovych and Mykhailo Drahomanov. It was written in a modern treatment by the composer Stepan Charnetsky in 1914, in honor and memory of the Sich Riflemen of the First World War. The song has many variations.
Image of a 1922 print of the song
Andriy Khlyvnyuk, of the Ukrainian band BoomBox.
David Gilmour of Pink Floyd created an original song around Khlyvnyuk's vocal track of "Oh, the Red Viburnum..."
Red Viburnum berries (kalyna), the subject of the song
Stepan Mykolaiovych Charnetskyi was a Ukrainian poet, translator, journalist, theatre and music critic, and theatre director and producer, author of the anthem of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen "Oi u luzi chervona kalyna"
Stepan Charnetskyi
Statue of Stepan Charnetskyi in Shmankivtsi
Tomb of Stepan Charnetskyi at the Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv
The house where Stepan Charnetskyi was born