National Anthems of the USSR and Union Republics

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The USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) and its constituent republics each had a national anthem (generally referred as state anthem).

The Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic had no anthem, and used exclusively that of the Union: the Internationale from 1917 to 1944 and the Hymn of the Soviet Union from 1944 to 1991.

Unlike most national anthems, the state anthems were composed by some of best Soviet composers, including world-renowned Gustav Ernesaks (Estonia), Aram Khatchaturian (Armenia), Otar Taktakishvili (Georgia) and Uzeyir Hajibeyov (Azerbaijan).

The lyrics present great similarities, all having mentions to Lenin (and, in their initial versions, to Stalin), to the guiding role of the Party, and to the brotherhood of the Soviet peoples, including a specific reference to the friendship of the Russian people (Estonia was apparently an exception to this last rule).

Most of these anthems were replaced during or after the collapse of the USSR; Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan (until 2006), and Tajikistan kept the melodies, but with different lyrics. The Russian Federation itself had abandoned the Soviet hymn, replacing it with an old Tsarist hymn. However, with Vladimir Putin comming to power, the old soviet tune was restored, with new lyrics written to them.

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List of republics

The Karelo-Finnish SSR also had an anthem before being demoted to an ASSR within the Russian SFSR.

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External links

  • Audio recordings made by each republic's best national choir and orchestra in the 1970s-80s; also instrumental versions by the Brass Band of the USSR Ministry of Defence from the 1968 Soviet LP.

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