1.3 English translation

Russia — our holy country,
Russia — our beloved country.
A mighty will, a great glory —
Are your inheritance for all times!

Refrain:
Be glorious, our free Fatherland!
Eternal union of fraternal peoples,
Common wisdom given by our forebears,
Be glorious, our country! We are proud of you!

From the southern seas to the polar region
spread our forests and fields.
You are unique in the world, inimitable,
Native land protected by God!

Refrain

Wide spaces for dreams and for living
Are opened for us by the coming years
Faithfulness to our country gives us strength
Thus it was, so it is and always will be!

Refrain

2 National anthems of Russia and the Soviet Union

• 1791- 1833: unofficially Grom pobedy, razdavajsya! ("Let the sound of victory sound!")
• 1833- 1917: God Save the Tsar
• 1917: Otrechemsya ot starogo mira, Russian version of La Marseillaise
• 1922- 1944Events World War II January January 4 The Battle of Monte Cassino begins. January 5 Murder of Danish playwright Kaj Munck January 17 British forces, in Italy, cross the Garigliano River. January 20 The Royal Air Force drops 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin;: Internationale, adopted as the first hymn of the Soviet UnionThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR ( Russian: ; tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik (SSSR) also called the Soviet Union ( ; tr. Sovetsky Soyuz , was a state in much of the northern region of Eurasia that existed from 1922 until 1
• 1944Events World War II January January 4 The Battle of Monte Cassino begins. January 5 Murder of Danish playwright Kaj Munck January 17 British forces, in Italy, cross the Garigliano River. January 20 The Royal Air Force drops 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin;- 19921992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday. Events January January The Internet Society is formed. January 1 Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General January 1 George H. Bush becomes the fi: Gimn Sovetskogo Soyuza, the "Hymn of the Soviet Union"; in 1977For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). Events January 1 First woman Episcopal priest ordained January 6 EMI sacks the Sex Pistols January 18 Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious " legionnaire's disease" Januar there was a slight change of the lyrics in order to remove the mention of Joseph Stalin.
• 1991- 2000: Prior to Russian independence the Patriotic Song (Patriotiskaya Pesn) became the national anthem of Russia. It has no lyrics; in 1999 there was a contest to add lyrics to the anthem, but the new text did not become official, since the new president Vladimir Putin wanted to change the anthem again.
• 2001-: Gimn Rossiyskoj Federatsii ("Hymn of the Russian Federation"); this is in fact the old hymn of the Soviet Union, but the text was rewritten by Mikhalkov (who also wrote the lyrics for the Soviet hymn).

3 External link

• MP3 file, from the Russian government website (5 MB)

National anthems Russia

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