Yablochko
Yablochko is a chastushka-style folk song and dance, traditionally presented as a sailors' dance.
The choreographed version of the dance first appeared in the 1926 Reinhold Glière ballet Red Poppy">Red Army">Red Poppy and from there is known in the West as the Russian Sailors Dance.
History
Song
There is no any "canonic" song under this name, although numerous texts are known, their common part being only its tune and the signature lines starting with "Эх, яблочко...", in numerous versions: "Ekh little apple, where are you rolling?", "Ekh little apple on the saucer", etc. Verses of this kind proliferated during the Russian Civil War, in Red, Revolutionary [Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine|Black] and White camps. The song itself has nothing to do with apples, with its verse commonly being related to the political issues of the time.A variant of this song, written by Yuliy Kim, is sung by Sharikov before the medical commission in the 1988 film Heart of [a Dog (1988 film)|Heart of a Dog]: "Эх, яблочко, да с голубикою. Подходи, буржуй, глазик выколю!".