Ascending Black Clouds. Defence Of Kryčaŭ.
Folk ballad. 13th-16th c.
The lyrics are according to Vaclav Lastoŭski (M. Harecki, U. Dziaržynski, P. Karavaj. Excerpts From Belarusan Literature, Miensk, 1925), music is folk, both used melodies are from the BNT Social Songs chrestomathy (Minsk, 1987).
Some researchers believe that this song might have been created in the 13th century during the Mongol-Tartar Yoke. Others say the song reflects the events of 1508 when the Crimean Tartars went to help the Russian Army that invaded some lands of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. It seems like Tartar soldiers attacked Kryčaŭ and were battered by the town defenders.