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God save the Tsar! Long are the days of the great, Conjure upon the earth! 𝄆 To the subduer of the proud, To the guardian of the weak To the consoler of everyone, Grant him everything! 𝄇 The land of the first throne, Orthodox Russia, God save him! 𝄆 A harmonious reign for her, Calm in strength; And everything unworthy, Drive away! 𝄇
"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.
(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 ...
Peter the Great changed his title from tsar to emperor in order to secure Russia's position in the European states system. [133] While later rulers did not discard the new title, the Russian monarch was commonly known as the tsar or tsaritsa until the imperial system was abolished during the February Revolution of 1917.
The "Anthem of His Majesty the Tsar", [a] also known as "God Save the Tsar", [b] was the royal anthem of the Kingdom of Bulgaria from 1908 to 1944. The original music was written by Emil von Sauer. [1] Later the composition by Emanuil Manolov was adopted, and the lyrics were written by Major General Georgi Agura.
We hate the Tsar's palace. We'll go to our suffering brothers, We'll go to the hungry people, We'll send curses to the villains with them. We'll lead them to the fight. Refrain: Rise up, rise up, working people! Rise up against the enemy, hungry people! Ring out, people's cry of vengeance! Forward, forward, forward, forward, forward, forward!
Bloody Sunday (Russian: Кровавое воскресенье, romanized: Krovavoye voskresenye, IPA: [krɐˈvavəɪ vəskrʲɪˈsʲenʲjɪ]), also known as Red Sunday (Russian: Красное воскресенье), [1] was the series of events on Sunday, 22 January [O.S. 9 January] 1905 in St Petersburg, Russia, when unarmed demonstrators, led by Father Georgy Gapon, were fired upon by ...
The Festival Coronation March in D major, TH 50, ČW 47, is an orchestral work by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky ordered by the city of Moscow for the coronation of Tsar Alexander III in 1883. It was written during March 1883 and performed for the first time on June 4 [O.S. May 23], 1883 in Sokolniki Park (Moscow), conducted by Sergei Taneyev. [1]