his campaigns against the invading Polovtsian tribes. The opera was in St. Petersburg on 4 November 1890 carried out. In the U.S., was first produced the opera at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, 30 December, 1915. His campaign against the Polovtsian (Kypchak) tribes was devastating for him as for some of the southern Russian cities that were overrun by kypchaks after the actual battle, which they won. Kypchaks (polovtsy) have beaten the Russian Prince Igor and his son ...
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