{{Short description|1983 song by Zemlyane}} {{expand Russian|date=April 2022|topic=cult}} {{expand Ukrainian|date=May 2023|topic=cult}} [[File:Сергей Скачков (Группа «Земляне») вручение ордена в ХХС, 14.04.2006.webm|thumb|300 px|Zemlyane performing Grass by the Home in 2006 (starts at 7:40)]]'''Grass by the Home''' ({{langx|ru|Трава у дома|translit=Trava u doma}}) is a 1983 song by former Soviet and Russian music group [[Zemlyane]]. The lyrics were written by [[Anatoly Poperechny]] and music by [[Vladimir Georgievich Migulya|Vladimir Migulya]]. The song tells about [[cosmonaut]]s in space, longing for Earth, along with their homes and the grass.
== History of creation == The original poem, which was later adapted into the lyrics of the song, had the same title — ''"Grass'' ''[by the] Home"'' , and was written about longing for one's parents' home, in particular, it featured such images as "grass", "shed", and "cow's eyes". In this first version of the poem, cosmonauts were not mentioned or meant. In a discussion between [[Vladimir Migulya|Vladimir Migulya]], who decided to write a song for [[Cosmonautics Day]] in 1982, and the poet [[Anatoly Poperechny]], it was decided to choose and adapt this particular poem. Later, the song became the anthem of Soviet cosmonauts.<ref>http://shkolazhizni.ru/archive/0/n-35492/</ref>
== Usage and variations == In 2009, the [[Russian Federal Space Agency]] named "Grass by the Home" the official anthem of Russian cosmonauts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rbth.co.uk/arts/2013/12/28/top_8_russian_drinking_songs_33035.html|title=Top 8 Russian drinking songs |date=28 December 2013 |publisher=[[Russia Beyond the Headlines]] |access-date=18 May 2014}}</ref>
The song was the finalist of the 1983 edition of ''[[Song of the Year (Russia)|Song of the Year]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sovetskaya-estrada.ru/load/pesnja_goda/pesnja_83_final/51-1-0-663 |script-title=ru:Песня-83 (финал) |publisher=Sovetskaya-estrada.ru |language=ru |access-date=18 May 2014}}</ref> In 1984, it was used in the 14th episode of ''[[Well, Just You Wait!]]'' (''Nu, pogodi!'').
On May 31, 2020, on the day of the [[Crew Dragon Demo-2|first launch]] of the [[SpaceX]] crewed spacecraft, a modified video of the Zemlyane group and a deepfake [[Elon Musk]] with the song "Grass by the Home" became a hit in the Russian segment of the Internet. In an interview with the Moskva Speaks radio station, Sergei Skachkov spoke positively about the video and wished ''“everyone sang the song: the Chinese, the Japanese"''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-01 |title=Deepfake video of Elon Musk singing Soviet space song appears after successful 'SpaceX' launch |url=https://therussianresolution.com/articles/deepfake-video-of-elon-musk-singing-soviet-space-song-appears-after-successful-spacex-launch/ |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=Russian Resolution}}</ref>
In April 2020, the unregistered Russian political party VKPB announced the translation of the song "Grass by the Home" into Japanese. On April 14, 2021, a Yiddish translation of the song was published in the Russian newspaper ''[[Birobidzhaner Shtern|Birobidzhaner Stern]]''. The Internet version of the article is accompanied by a link to a video with the translation of the song and also contains a literary translation into English.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Спейс-рок на идише |url=https://www.gazetaeao.ru/spejs-rok-na-idishe/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260409024411/https://www.gazetaeao.ru/spejs-rok-na-idishe/ |url-status=live |archive-date=2026-04-09 |access-date=2026-04-09 |website=www.gazetaeao.ru}}</ref>
A modernized remix of the song was included on the original soundtrack of the 2023 science-fiction game ''[[Atomic Heart]]'', alongside other well-known Soviet-era songs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.playground.ru/atomic_heart/news/avtory_atomic_heart_predstavili_pervuyu_chast_saundtreka-1606474 |title=Atomic Heart's authors presented the first part of the soundtrack |website=PlayGround.ru |date=20 February 2023 |access-date=5 April 2023 |lang=ru}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://shkolazhizni.ru/archive/0/n-35492/ «Трава у дома». Как был написан первый гимн советских космонавтов?]
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