"Korobeiniki" (Russian: Коробе́йники, tr. Korobéyniki, lit. "The Peddlers") is a nineteenth-century Russian folk song that tells the story of a meeting between a peddler and a girl, describing their haggling over goods in a metaphor for courtship.
Outside Russia, "Korobeiniki" is widely known as the Tetris theme (titled "A-Type" in the game), from its appearance in Nintendo's Game Boy version of the game.
The song "Korobeiniki" is based on a poem of the same name by Nikolay Nekrasov, which was ...
