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[quote=Anonymous]^^Another note about the song.  It is an allusion to Semyon Budyonny, who firmly believed in horse cavalry over tanks.

"After the Soviet forces under Budyonny's command suffered unprecedented defeats in the battles of Kiev and Uman, he had to be removed from frontline command because of his unfitness to command a modern army." [..] he remarked, "You won't convince me. As soon as war is declared, everyone will shout, "Send for the Cavalry!"

"In July–September 1941, Budyonny was Commander-in-Chief (главком, glavkom) of the Soviet armed forces of the Southwestern Direction (Southwestern and Southern Fronts) facing the German invasion of Ukraine. [..] Budyonny's forces were eventually surrounded during the Battle of Uman and the Battle of Kiev by Nazi forces. The disasters which followed the encirclement cost the Soviet Union 1.5 million men killed or taken prisoner. This was the largest encirclement in military history."

"Despite his bravery as a cavalry commander, the view of his fellow officers was that Budyonny was demonstrably incompetent at commanding an army in a mechanized war. Soon after the war, Marshal Konev told the Yugoslav communist, Milovan Đilas: "Budyonny never knew much, and he never studied anything. He showed himself to be completely incompetent and permitted awful mistakes to be made."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semyon_Budyonny

Someone could draw a parallel between Budyonny's horse cavalry and Putin's failed war in Ukraine?  The question is how close an analogy did Margarita intend?[/quote]

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