Wednesday, August 24, 2005

The Soviet Union's National Anthem

The Soviet National Anthem.

Unbreakable Union of freeborn Republics,
Great Russia has welded forever to stand.
Created in struggle by will of the people,
United and mighty, our Soviet land!

Sing to the Motherland, home of the free,
Bulwark of peoples in brotherhood strong.
O Party of Lenin, the strength of the people,
To Communism's triumph lead us on!

Through tempests the sunrays of freedom have cheered us,
Along the new path where great Lenin did lead.
To a righteous cause he raised up the peoples,
Inspired them to labour and valourous deed.

Sing to the Motherland, home of the free,
Bulwark of peoples in brotherhood strong.
O Party of Lenin, the stength of the people,
To Communism's triumph lead us on!

In the victory of Communism's immortal ideal,
We see the future of our dear land.
And to her fluttering scarlet banner,
Selflessly true we always shall stand!

Sing to the Motherland, home of the free,
Bulwark of peoples in brotherhood strong.
O Party of Lenin, the stength of the people,
To Communism's triumph lead us on!

Written: S. V. Mikhalkov
Music: A. V. Aleksandrov
Date: 1977 (original version written in 1944, mentions of Stalin later removed).
Lyrics: Also view the lyrics in Russian (Courtesy of the Funet Russian Archives)
Transcription/Markup: Brian Basgen
Distributed under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.

For more Soviet Sounds visit Marxists.org, where these lyrics were found. The author of this message is not responsible for any FBI files that may be started on you as result of your use of this link.

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