Viktor Mikhaylovich Gusev (Russian: Ви́ктор Миха́йлович Гу́сев, IPA: [ˈvʲiktər mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ ˈɡusʲɪf] ; 30 January 1909 – 23 January 1944) wrote lyrics to accompany several patriotic Soviet military tunes, including 'Polyushko Pole' and 'March of the Artillerymen'.[1]
He wrote the play Spring in Moscow, which was the first Soviet musical theatre, staged by New Theatre under Nikolay Akimov in the early 1950s.[2] It was later made into a film of the same name.[3]
- ^ Русская литература ХХ века: прозаики, поэты, драматурги: биобиблиографический словарь, 2005, ISBN 5948482456, pp. 596–598
- ^ "Theater them. Lensoveta: repertoire, actors, address". EN.DELACHIEVE.COM. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ Spring in Moscow at IMDb