Russian guys

In distant and dark years of yore In cold, freezing winds of Taymyr The brave Russian men went exploring To make the world’s boundaries clear They traveled the North far and wide From Lena to great Yenisei Took Anadyr, Khroma in stride And walked Alazeya’s cold way Russian guys, they fear no devil’s hand Far from home they serve their Motherland! Russian guys are wandering the sea And the Laptev Sea is their legacy! A century passed and they go To waters Antarctic and vast The sloop Mirny sailed through the snow To land that was lost in the past They circled the deep Southern Sea And struggled through mountains of ice The shape of the land broke out free On maps by their bold sacrifice Russian guys, they fear no devil’s hand Far from home they serve their Motherland! Russian guys are wandering the sea And the Lazarev Sea is their legacy! But who found Antarctica first? To us it is clear as the day Our rivals may argue and burst It hurts them to hear what we say Beneath the Imperial crest Upon distant shores they arrived The brave Russian boys did their best Their glory has clearly survived! Russian guys, they fear no devil’s hand Far from home they serve their Motherland! Russian guys are wandering the sea Bellingshausen Sea is their legacy!