There are still no argumentative answers about the extent to which and in
what way the share of Russian singing practice in Serbian church singing is
present. The ways in which the Serbian melody reached Russian singers are
not known either. The paper presents the results of research on Russian
notated collections kept in Serbian libraries are also presented. Certain
stereotypes regarding the crucial Russian influence on the newer Serbian
church singing have been critically considered. New research tasks related
to Russian musical manuscripts are listed, after which the exchange of
singing experiences between Russian and Serbian church singers will become
clearer.