Voland - “Promontorio“

From the album “Voland III: Царепоклонство - Il Culto degli Zar“ Bandcamp: Facebook: Spotify: This song is dedicated to Stepan Razin, cossack and popular hero who lived in the XVII century. He lead a vast peasant rebellion in the Volga region, flared up as a protest against the abuses of the local nobility, the insurgents demanded the abolition of feudal serfdom and more social justice. After the initial successes, Stepan Razin was ultimately defeated, captured and executed, but his ideals of equality bestowed him to posterity as a hero of the people. The lyrics of this song are a collage of the works of several Russian artists who homaged the same theme, starting with the verses by Dmitrij Sadovnikov and Evegenij Evtushenko, to the song Утёс Стеньки Разина (The promontory of Stenka Razin) by Alexandr Navrockij, whose title we have borrowed. Painting by Sergej A. Kirillov, “Stepan Ra