Russian song title

[Laura Kline]

I had the following in some notes on this song:"?????? ?. ??????, ????a  ?.
???????????""First performed by  Alexandr Vertinsky in October 1917. It was
translated into English into 'Those Were the Days' back in the '50s by Gene
Raskin, and performed by the Limelighters, then picked up by Mary Hopkin,
Paul McCartney, and on from there."I do not know the source...Best,Laura
KlineLecturer in Russian Department of German and Slavic StudiesWayne State
University

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From: "Scott Petersen" <petersen at MA.MEDIAS.NE.JP>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 10:01 PM
Subject: [SEELANGS] Russian song title


> Many, many (...) years ago, Mary Hopkins had a song entitled, "Those
> were the days." I believe this has a Russian version. Two questions. Did
> it come before or after Hopkins' song? What is the Russian title?
>
> Scott Petersen,
> Nagoya, Japan
>
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