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We live in Russia.
Russia is huge country with over a thousand towns
Every town has its own coat of arms.
With their help, one can study nature:
here's a lion - the king of animals,
here's a furry beaver and a majestic moose.
Here are bears: a white and a brown one, and here's a seal
You can't find the ancient mammoth today,
but it still lives on the coat of arms of Srednekolymsk.
Promsk's coat of arms is a mighty green oak.
And, oh, how many birds there are!
Even magic ones: the Firebird and the Sirin.
You can also study history with coats of arms:
here's Prince Dmitry.
On the coat of arms of Pavlovsk there's saint Paul.
Here come the riders - saints Boris and Gleb.
On the coat of arms of Moscow - our capital - there's also a rider -
St. George the Conqueror, the guardian of Yuriy Dolgorukiy,
the prince who founded Moscow.
About Saint George, who in Russia
is simply called Yegoriy the Brave,
there are many tales and songs
and each of these tales is like a precious gem.
This happened in the famed town of Jerusalem,
bringing joy to the people and wonder to the whole world.
Yegoriy the Brave (based on Russian religious folk tales)
In the famed town of Jerusalem,
Was born an awaited baby
Yegoriy was clad in pure silver up to his knees,
in bright gold up to his elbows
and all-over was Yegoriy covered with shiny stars.
A great destiny awaited him, a rare one.
Yegoriy the Brave grew up fast.
When he was full-grown he went to faraway lands, to spread the Christian faith.
He came to a Pagan kingdom. "Latin Kingdom of Heathens"
Christian people had a hard time over there.
Yegoriy came to protect them.
There ruled the Angry King Demianus
Here he is...
He got mad when he saw Yegoriy!
You! - he says - bow before my pagan idols!
Ah, no, king, I only bow before Christ...
Oh, you should have seen the king then!
He ordered to chop Yegoriy with axes...
But it didn't work!
Then he ordered to boil Yegoriy in tar...
What? Impossible?
Nothing could harm Yegoriy!
I won't abjure my Christian faith, I won't bow before your idols!
The king couldn't beat Yegoriy the Brave.
So he put him in a dark cell, and ordered no one to bring food nor drink,
and not to even come near him!
Just imagine!
Look!
The one who remembers God during hard times
will not be broken by any setback!
Yegoriy stayed in the cell for a year, and another one,
and a whole thirty years passed.
And he became very strong!
Now the cast-iron doors broke open,
the sands came apart,
the pagan idols broke down!
Yegoriy came out, and got on his horse.
Ride on, Yegoriy the Brave!
From the Sunset to the East!
But Yegoriy the Brave now rides right into
A pack of wolves!
You can't ride here, Yegoriy!
You can't walk here, Yegoriy!
Ah, you fierce wolves, you angry beasts,
you never had a fair share,
so listen now to Christ's will...
Suddenly there appeared a flock of birds.
You can't ride here, Yegoriy!
You can't walk here, Yegoriy!
Ah, you winged birds! You angry beasts...
Eat and drink only what you are provided with,
and you shall receive my blessing.
The birds obeyed Yegoriy's words.
Yegoriy rode on further!
He came to the Russian land, but there was a big disaster over there!
Unto that famed land, Rus itself,
Came a huge calamity...
A fierce dragon had slithered right up to Mother-Moscow,
and demanded human flesh for dinner!
There was nothing left to do, then.
The king and his boyars had to draw lots:
to decide who would go to the Dragon to be eaten.
Well?
- Here, it's not me. - And not me...
Behave yourself!
So who's to go?
It was the king himself!
Don't worry, daddy, don't worry dear,
I'll go to the Dragon to be eaten!
Come get up, princess,
Early, early in the morning.
Wash yourself, princess,
So you're all-white on this morning.
Dress yourself, princess,
In your burial dress.
Step out, princess,
To the blue sea.
Then Yegoriy the Brave appeared from nowhere!
How did you get here, pretty girl?
I came to the Dragon to be eaten,
I came to be torn apart.
Really? This will not happen!
Well, little girl, as soon as the Dragon appears in the sea, wake me up.
Yegoriy fell into a deep sleep,
but the Dragon showed up right then and there!
Oh, awake, arise, brave lad!
Ah, you Dragon fierce!
Dragon fierce and savage!
Take that!
Go, you Dragon, become nice and smart,
Become nice and smart like a pet.
Then a miracle happened!
The Dragon bent down its head,
and forgot all the evil!
The Dragon was taken to the city of Mother-Moscow,
to surprise people and make children laugh.
Saint Yegorian, where have you been?
Where have you been, Where did you sleep all night?
Ever since then, everyone loves Yegoriy the Brave,
and they sing many songs about him.
I was in a clear field, It was there that I slept.
Director Sergei Merinov
Based on the play "The Tale of Yegoriy the Brave" by "Uchyonyy medved" group
Art direction Sima Pronkina, Scenario A. Pronkin, S. Pronkina, N. Rumyantseva
Songs and music: Sima Pronkina, Andrey Pronkin, Andrey Trushenskiy, Aleksandr Kazankov
The End Festival subs adjusted by Eus & Niffiwan