Blatnaya pesnya (Russian: блатная песня, IPA:[blɐtˈnajəˈpʲesʲnʲə], "criminals' song") or blatnyak (Russian: блатняк, IPA:[blɐtʲˈnʲak]) is a genre of Russian song characterized by depictions of criminal subculture and the urban underworld which are often romanticized and have criminally-perverted humor in nature.
"professional criminal". It is also widely used in "thieves' songs" (Russian: "blatnayapesnya"). Initially, this was the name of the Ofenya language (Russian: офенский...
was one of the most popular singers of the style of music known as blatnayapesnya or Russian chanson, a genre of music that has been popular in Russia...
stereotypically associated with Russian chanson music, specifically the blatnayapesnya subgenre. Since the mid-2010s, gopniks have been associated with hardbass...
city romance songs, author song performed by singer-songwriters, and blatnayapesnya or "criminals' songs" that are based on the themes of the urban underclass...
many other things. ... I am sometimes asked: "Why do you not write blatnayapesnya anymore?" I am not interested in it today. The nondescript chaos now...
them—were written about almost any imaginable theme. The earliest were blatnayapesnya ("outlaw songs"). These songs were based either on the life of the...
Francis. In Russian, "El Choclo" serves as the melody for the well-known blatnayapesnya (criminals' song) На Дерибасовской открылася пивная ("a beer bar opened...
Butyrki, Astrakhan Oblast Butyrka, the prison Butyrka (band), a Russian blatnayapesnya band This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...
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