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After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Russian Federation adopted a new anthem, the Patriotic Song. [14] It was previously the regional anthem of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1990 until 1991 (until 1990 it used the State Anthem of the Soviet Union). Unlike most national anthems, it had no official lyrics ...
The lyrics present great similarities, all having mentions to Vladimir Lenin (and most, in their initial versions, to Joseph Stalin), to the guiding role of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and to the brotherhood of the Soviet peoples, including a specific reference to the friendship of the Russian people (the Estonian, Georgian and ...
It is based on "Slobodarka", a 1908 song written by Josip Smodlaka. [36] The Red Army is Strongest: Samuel Pokrass and Pavel Gorinshtejn: 1920 Soviet Union: The Partisan's Song: Yuri Cherniavsky and Peter Parfenov: 1915-1922 Soviet Union: A popular Red Army song from the Russian Civil War and World War I. [37] Tachanka (song) Mikhail Ruderman ...
Usually the songs were composed by members of the Union of Composers (the most famous among them being Aleksandra Pakhmutova, Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi, Tikhon Khrennikov, David Tukhmanov, Raimonds Pauls, Yevgeny Krylatov etc.) and song lyrics were written by professional and trustworthy poets and songwriters who also were USC members (Mikhail ...
Na polye tanki grokhotali (Russian: На поле танки грохотали, lit. 'Across the Field Tanks Thundered') is a Soviet military song, popularized by the 1968 film At War as at War (Russian: На войне как на войне, romanized: Na voyne, kak na voyne), [1] [2] about the crew of an SU-100 (SU-85 in the basic novel) tank destroyer.
"Long Live Our State" (Russian: Да здравствует наша держава) is a Soviet patriotic song, composed by Boris Alexandrovich Alexandrov with lyrics by Alexander Shilov. The original melody was composed in the winter of 1942 after the Soviet victory in the Battle of Moscow, with the lyrics being harmonized to it later.
In late 1960, the Soviet government requested that a song be written to commemorate the Vostok 1 mission, which was scheduled for launch in mid-1961. In his biography Design , Voinovich claims that he was the only worker at the All-Union Radio to volunteer to write lyrics for the piece, and, with help from Oscar Feltsman, the song was completed ...
"The Patriotic Song" [a] was the national anthem of Russia from 1991 to 2000. It was previously the regional anthem of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1990 until 1991 (until 1990 it used the State Anthem of the Soviet Union), when it transformed into the Russian Federation after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Unlike ...