Anthem of Ukrainian SSR
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National anthem
A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people.- History :Anthems rose to prominence...
of the Ukrainian SSR
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic or in short, the Ukrainian SSR was a sovereign Soviet Socialist state and one of the fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union lasting from its inception in 1922 to the breakup in 1991...
when it was one of the republics of the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
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Background
The anthem was used from 1949 to 1991. The music was composed by Anton Dmytrovych Lebedynets, and the words were written by Pavlo TychynaPavlo Tychyna
Pavlo Tychyna was a major Ukrainian poet, interpreter, publicist, public activist, academician, and statesman.-Life:Born in Pisky in 1891, he was baptized on January 27 that mistakenly was considered his birth date until recently. His father, Hryhoriy Timofiyovych Tychyna, was a village deacon and...
. In 1978, the second stanza of the lyrics was changed by Mykola Bazhan
Mykola Bazhan
Mykola Platonovych Bazhan was a Soviet Ukrainian writer and poet. He was awarded the Stalin Prize ....
to remove mentions of Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
. This is the version presented here.
Lyrics
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1. Живи, Україно, прекрасна і сильна, В Радянськім Союзі ти щастя знайшла. Між рівними рівна, між вільними вільна, Під сонцем свободи, як цвіт розцвіла. ПРИСПІВ:
2. Нам завжди у битвах за долю народу Був другом і братом російський народ, Нас Ленін повів переможним походом Під прапором Жовтня до світлих висот
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1. Zhyvy, Ukrayino, prekrasna i syl'na,
PRYSPIV:
2. Nam zavzhdy u bytvakh za dolyu narodu Buv druhom i bratom rosiys'kyy narod. Nas Lenin poviv peremozhnym pokhodom Pid praporom Zhovtnya do svitlykh vysot.
3. My slavym trudom Bat'kivshchynu mohutnyu, Utverdzhuyem pravdu bezsmertnykh idey. U svit komunizmu - velychne maybutnye Nas Lenin'ska partiya mudro vede.
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Живи, Украина, прекрасная и сильная В Советском Союзе ты счастье нашла. Меж равными равна, меж вольными вольна Под солнцем свободы, как цвет расцвела.
Нам всегда в битвах за судьбу народа Был другом и братом русский народ Нас Ленин повел победным походом Под флагом Октября к светлым высотам. Слава Союзу Советскому, слава! Слава Отчизне на веки веков! Живи Украина, советская держава В единой семье народов-братьев! Мы славим трудом Родину могучую Утверждаем правду бессмертных идей. В мир коммунизма — величественное будущее Нас Ленинская партия мудро ведет. Слава Союзу Советскому, слава! Слава Отчизне на веки веков! Живи Украина, советская держава В единой семье народов-братьев! |
Zhivi, Ukraina, prekrasnaya i silʹnaya V Sovet·skom Soyuze ty schastʹe nashla. Mezh ravnymi ravna, mezh volʹnymi volʹna Pod solntsem svobody, kak tsvet rastsvela. Slava Soyuzu Sovet·skomu, slava! Slava Otchizne na veki vekov! Zhivi Ukraina, sovet·skaya derzhava V yedinoĭ semʹe narodov-bratʹev! Nam vsegda v bitvah za sudʹbu naroda Byl drugom i bratom russkiĭ narod Nas Lenin povel pobednym pohodom Pod flagom Oktyabrya k svetlym vysotam. Slava Soyuzu Sovet·skomu, slava! Slava Otchizne na veki vekov! Zhivi Ukraina, sovet·skaya derzhava V yedinoĭ semʹe narodov-bratʹev! My slavim trudom Rodinu moguchuyu Utverzhdaem pravdu bessmertnyh idyeĭ. V mir kommunizma - velichestvennoe budushchyee Nas Leninskaya partiya mudro vedet. Slava Soyuzu Sovet·skomu, slava! Slava Otchizne na veki vekov! Zhivi Ukraina, sovet·skaya derzhava V yedinoĭ semʹe narodov-bratʹev! |
1. Live, Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia... , beautiful and mighty, In the Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... you have found happiness. Equal among equals Republics of the Soviet Union The Republics of the Soviet Union or the Union Republics of the Soviet Union were ethnically-based administrative units that were subordinated directly to the Government of the Soviet Union... , free among the free ones, Under the sunrays of freedom you have bloomed as a flower. CHORUS:
2. Always Eternity While in the popular mind, eternity often simply means existence for a limitless amount of time, many have used it to refer to a timeless existence altogether outside time. By contrast, infinite temporal existence is then called sempiternity. Something eternal exists outside time; by contrast,... in battles for our people’s fate The Russian people were our brothers Slavic peoples The Slavic people are an Indo-European panethnicity living in Eastern Europe, Southeast Europe, North Asia and Central Asia. The term Slavic represents a broad ethno-linguistic group of people, who speak languages belonging to the Slavic language family and share, to varying degrees, certain... and friends. Lenin led us in a victorious campaign October Revolution The October Revolution , also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution , Red October, the October Uprising or the Bolshevik Revolution, was a political revolution and a part of the Russian Revolution of 1917... Under October’s banner Flag of the Soviet Union The flag of the Soviet Union consisted of a plain red flag, with a setting or cross-peen hammer crossed with a sickle and a red star in the upper canton... to brilliant heights.
3. We fame our mighty Fatherland with labor, Affirm the truth of immortal ideas. Into the world of Communism Communism Communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production... – the great future - Lenin’s party Communist Party of the Soviet Union The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the only legal, ruling political party in the Soviet Union and one of the largest communist organizations in the world... wisely leads us.
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