Anthem of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic

Dziaržawny himn Biełaruskaj Savieckaj Sacyjalistyčnaj Respubliki

English: Anthem of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Дзяржаўны гімн Беларускай Савецкай Сацыялістычнай Рэспублікі (Belarusian)
Former regional anthem of the  Byelorussian SSR
Lyrics	Mikhas Klimkovich
Music	, 1944
Adopted	17 September 1955 (first approval) 24 September 1955 (legislative approval)
Relinquished	1991
Succeeded by	"My Belarusy"
Audio sample
Official orchestral and choral vocal recording[1] file help

Vocal

Vocal recording from the 1970s

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Vocal, pre 1955 version

State Academy Theatre of Minsk recording of 1952

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Instrumental

2004 instrumental recording

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Comparison

2002 recording of the Modern anthem for comparison

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Instrumental (brass band)

Members of the Military Band of the Belorussian Military District performing the Soviet version of the anthem in 1989.

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The "State Anthem of the Byelorussian SSR"^[a] was the regional anthem of the Byelorussian SSR, a republic of the Soviet Union. It was used from 1955 to 1991.

It took 11 years to create lyrics for it,^[2] even producing a version that mentions then-Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.^[3] The music was composed by Nestar Sakalowski, and the lyrics were written by Mikhas' Klimkovich, who also created the current national anthem.

In 1991, when the Byelorussian SSR became independent from Soviet rule as Belarus, it retained the Soviet-era regional anthem as its national one, albeit without lyrics until 2002, when new lyrics were created (this version is still in use today).

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