n2avh wrote: Good thing it's a catchy song
- yes, this song is "catchy"! I was wondering why he doesn't sing "...Russia from the Rhine to Jenisei."
The context is explained by the album cover, where there is an old map of Tsarist Russia from the Urals to Jenisei. The song was created to commemorate the conquest of large areas of Asia. Now it is cunningly strengthening the national bond of the poor nations of Asia subordinated to them.
The incentive to join the Russian army is to pay the soldier USD 5,000, which "supplies" his family for the rest of his life.