In the field of birch stood: what is remarkable about the history of the song, and what is its hidden meaning?
It is known that even the great Mr. Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin himself loved to hum a song about the whitish birch under his breath. This is the XIX century, but the song was known before. For the first time the notes and the text of the song "In the field of birch stood" was published in the collection of Lvov-Pracha, which was published in 1790. In the same year, Radishchev mentions it in his "Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow."