"When We Were at War" (Russian: Когда мы были на войне; author's title "Song of the Hussar") is a poem by David Samoylov, included in his collection of poems, "Voices Beyond the Hills", in 1981–1985. It was set to music by Viktor Stolyarov[ru], who read it in the Ogoniok magazine. The song gained popularity under the guise of an old Cossack song.

It was later expanded to sound more "cossack-like" by Viktor Stolyarov.

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