Vasily Ivanovich Lebedev-Kumach (Russian: Васи́лий Ива́нович Ле́бедев-Кума́ч) Moscow, 5 August 1898 — 20 February 1949) was a Soviet Russian poet and lyricist.
| Song of the Motherland
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He wrote numerous songs, the most famous being probably Священная война (Svyaschennaya Voyna, 'The Sacred War'), Песня о Родине (A Song About Motherland) and Как много девушек хороших (Such a lot of nice girls!), later immortalized as the Argentine Tango song Serdtse (Сердце-Heart) by Pyotr Leshchenko.
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| Name | Lebedev-Kumach, Vasily |
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| Date of birth | 1898 |
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| Date of death | 1949 |
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