Hymn of the Russian Federation

The Hymn of the Russian Federation is the national anthem of Russia. It was composed by Alexander Alexandrov and written by Sergey Mikhalkov. It was established in 2001 and replaced the former anthem, the Patriotic Song.

Table of contents

1 Lyrics 2 National anthems of Russia and the Soviet Union 3 External link

Lyrics

Россия - священная наша держава,
Россия - любимая наша страна.
Могучая воля, великая слава -
Твое достоянье на все времена!

Славься, Отечество наше свободное,
Братских народов союз вековой,
Предками данная мудрость народная!
Славься, страна! Мы гордимся тобой!

От южных морей до полярного края
Раскинулись наши леса и поля.
Одна ты на свете! Одна ты такая -
Хранимая Богом родная земля!

Широкий простор для мечты и для жизни.
Грядущие нам открывают года.
Нам силу дает наша верность Отчизне.
Так было, так есть и так будет всегда!

English translation:

Russia - our holy country,
Russia - our beloved country.
A mighty will, a great glory -
Are your inheritance for all times!

Be glorious, our free Fatherland!
Eternal union of fraternal peoples,
Common wisdom given by our forebears,
Be glorious, our country! We are proud of you!

From the southern seas to the polar region
spread our forests and fields.
You are unique in the world, inimitable,
Native land protected by God!

Wide spaces for dreams and for living
Are opened for us by the coming years
Faithfulness to our country gives us strength
Thus it was, so it is and always will be!

National anthems of Russia and the Soviet Union

• 1833-1917: God Save the Tsar
• 1922-1944: Internationale, adopted as the first hymn of the Soviet Union
• 1944-1992: Gimn Sovetskogo Soyuza, the "Hymn of the Soviet Union"; in 1977 there was a slight change of the lyrics in order to remove the mention of Joseph Stalin.
• 1991-2000: Prior to Russian independency the Patriotic Song (Patriotiskaya Pesn) became the national anthem of Russia. It has no lyrics; in 1999 there was a contest to add lyrics to the anthem, but the new text did not become official, since the new president Vladimir Putin wanted to change the anthem again.
• 2001-: Gimn Rossiyskaya Federatsiya ("Hymn of the Russian Federation"); this is in fact the old hymn of the Soviet Union, but the text was rewritten by Mikhalkov (who also wrote the lyrics for the Soviet hymn).

• Russian national anthem, from a website hosted by the Russian government (size 5 MB!)