National Anthem of the Soviet Union

National Anthem of the USSR (Hymn, ???? ?????????? ?????) replaced the Internationale as the national anthem on March 15, 1944. The lyrics were written by Sergey Mikhalkov (born 1913) in collaboration with Gabriel El-Registan and the music was composed by Alexander Alexandrov (1883-1946). It was believed that Soviet soldiers would respond more to an anthem that was dedicated only to the Soviet Union rather than to a worldwide movement. The song was originally written as the Anthem of the Bolshevik Party with lyrics in Alexandrine by Vasily Lebedev-Kumach in 1939.

Related Topics:
USSR - Internationale - March 15 - 1944 - Sergey Mikhalkov - 1913 - Gabriel El-Registan - Alexander Alexandrov - 1883 - 1946 - Alexandrine - Vasily Lebedev-Kumach - 1939

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Stalin was originally mentioned in the lyrics; however, after his death in 1953, the lyrics referring to Stalin were unacceptable. From then on until 1977, the lyrics were not sung to the anthem. In 1977, the lyrics were reused with Stalin's name omitted, and other changes were made (see below). The official name of the 1977 version was "The State Anthem of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics" (Russian: ???????????????? ???? ?????? ?????????? ????????????????? ??????????).

Related Topics:
Stalin - 1953 - 1977 - Russian

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After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia adopted a new national anthem. In 2000, the old Soviet national anthem was readopted with Mikhalkov writing new lyrics to represent Russia's new non-communist nature. See National Anthem of Russia.

Related Topics:
Collapse of the Soviet Union - 1991 - 2000 - National Anthem of Russia

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Below is the Russian and the English versions of the lyrics; both can be sung to the music. For the official versions in other languages of the USSR see other language versions.

Related Topics:
Russian - English - Other language versions

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