March of the soldiers (Picture: YouTube / englishrussiatv)

Russian soldiers have turned to TV cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants in a bid to keep their spirits high while marching to the beat.

Despite temperatures dropping well below zero during the country’s winter months, Russia’s army personnel refuse to let the weather get them down.

Popular: SpongeBob SquarePants (Picture: Getty)

They have surprisingly taken a shine to the lovable bright yellow sponge, gleefully chanting his name while marching in unison.

The SpongeBob theme song is one of the most popular marching songs with both ground infantry troops and navy sailors, according to englishrussia.com.


‘One of the most popular marching songs in Russian army is SpongeBob Square Pants theme,’ it explains.



‘It is being used in lots of army units, both ground infantry and navy sailors use it while marching.

‘The real army captains got used to training their voices to match the SpongeBob’s captain’s voice when he asks “Are you ready children???”.’

A clip of various Russian army units marching to SpongeBob SquarePants has racked up more than 50,000 hits on YouTube.