State Anthem of the Soviet Union
Also known as Soviet Anthem, Soviet National Anthem, Anthem of USSR, USSR anthem
national anthem of the USSR, 1944 to 1991
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The "State Anthem of the Soviet Union" was the official national anthem of the USSR from 1944 until the country's collapse in 1991. It served as a formal symbol of Soviet national identity during the Cold War era and the final decades of communist rule.
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- Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
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- National anthems of Russia and the Soviet Union
- first line
- Непарушны звяз свабодных рэспублік
- publication date
- 1944-01-01
- native label
- Гимн СССР
- title
- Союз нерушимый республик свободных
- last line
- Партия Ленина — сила народная // Нас к торжеству коммунизма ведёт!
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The State Anthem of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was the national anthem of the Soviet Union and the regional anthem of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1944 to 1991, replacing "The Internationale". Its original lyrics were written by Sergey Mikhalkov (1913–2009) in collaboration with El-Registan (1899–1945), and its music was composed by Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (1883–1946), initially as the Hymn of the Bolshevik Party. For a two-decade interval following de-Stalinization, the anthem was performed without lyrics. The second set of lyrics, also written by Mikhalkov and in which Joseph Stalin's name was omitted, was adopted in 1977.
A decade after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the same melody was used for its successor state, as the State Anthem of the Russian Federation.