The song “Enemy,” which is attributed to Yanka Diaghileva, has been popular on the Internet for many years. We have verified that this attribution is correct.
A song with the words “The enemy always remains an enemy, // don’t share bread with him, don’t invite him into your house.” // Even if the air still smells like peace, // it, although calm, is still an enemy" is popular in "VKontakte", where it can be found in dozens playlists. In addition, it can be found on entertainment portals and on websites with lyrics.
Despite the fact that Yanka Diaghileva (real name - Yana Stanislavovna Diaghileva) lived only 24 years, her creative heritage is very extensive: she released seven solo albums and took part in the recording of several albums of the Civil Defense group. Moreover, after Yankee’s death, several more of her discs were released with previously unpublished songs.
At the same time, the Yankee legacy is quite well studied. On website, dedicated to her memory, many recordings of the singer have been collected: all of her lifetime official albums, posthumous albums and collections, as well as two dozen concert bootlegs. In addition, all of Yanka’s famous poems are published there, including the earliest ones that she composed at school. However, “Verified” did not find any songs with the title “Enemy” or “The Enemy Always Remains the Enemy.”
The earliest publication of this song that “Verified” was able to find on the Internet is dated August 19, 2010. The video was published inVKontakte"in account"Cat Sashka: bard rock", and the description says: "Music: Cat_Sashka." Sashka the Cat is the creative pseudonym of Alexandra Pavlova, an author and performer of songs. The main page of her official website says: “Her songs have gone so deep into the people that many do not believe in the real existence of the author. The song “Enemy” is often attributed to Yanka Diaghileva on the Internet.”
In the account "Cat Sashka: bard rock» on VKontakte we found and history of the song, set out by its creator. She says she wrote the song "Enemy" in 2004 as a gift for her friend, who was soon to serve in the army. “Then, in October 2004, in the Mayak cultural center, sound engineer Count Dmitry Bukhlovsky (in the world Dima Grafov) recorded my first studio album “North Wind” with this song. It was this recording that you all heard more than once, and it went to the people,” writes Pavlova. In 2007, the song was included in the collection “Gateway rock - 3"
Thus, the song “Enemy” was born in 2004, 13 years after the death of Yanka Diaghileva. Its author is Alexandra Pavlova, known under the pseudonym Sashka the Cat.
Cover photo: screenshot from yanka.lenin.ru
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