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"God Save the Tsar!" (Russian: Боже, Царя храни!, IPA: [ˈboʐɨ tsɐˈrʲa xrɐˈnʲi]) was the national anthem of the Russian Empire. The song was chosen from a competition held in 1833 and was first performed on 18 December 1833. It was composed by violinist Alexei Lvov, with lyrics written by the court poet Vasily Zhukovsky.
The lyrics were written by Vasily Zhukovsky, and the music of the British anthem "God Save the King" was used. In 1833, "The Prayer of Russians" was replaced with " God Save the Tsar ". The two songs both have identical incipits : «Боже, царя храни».
The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In, commonly referred to as The Chimes, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in 1844, one year after A Christmas Carol. It is the second in his series of "Christmas books", five novellas with strong social and moral messages that he published during ...
"God Save the King" 1810–1860 Unknown: Unknown — "E Ola Ke Alii Ke Akua" "God Save the King" 1860–1866 Lunalilo: Unknown — "He Mele Lahui Hawaii" "The Song of the Hawaiian Nation" 1866–1876 Liliuokalani: Unknown — — "Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī" "Hawaii's Own True Sons" 1876–1893 Kalakaua: Henri Berger — Taiping Heavenly Kingdom ...
Charles John Huffam Dickens (/ ˈ d ɪ k ɪ n z / ⓘ; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and social critic.He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. [1]
To Begin With, an adaptation of The Life of Our Lord by the American playwright Jeffrey Hatcher, was performed by the author's great-great-grandson Gerald Charles Dickens in 2015 at the Music Box Theatre in Minneapolis. [6] [7] [8] The play was revived in 2017. An animated adaptation, The King of Kings, will be released by Angel Studios on ...
(Reuters) - "God save the Tsar!" was one of the first public birthday wishes for President Vladimir Putin who turns 72 on Monday and who has been Russia's paramount leader for nearly quarter of a ...
A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel published in 1859 by English author Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution.The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie whom he had never met.