State Anthem of the Soviet Union

Gosudarstvenny gimn SSSR

English: State Anthem of the USSR
Государственный гимн СССР[a]
Musical sheet of the anthem
Former national anthem of the Soviet Union Former regional anthem of the Russian SFSR
Lyrics	Gabriyel’ Arkadyevich Ureklyan (1943) Sergey Mikhalkov (1943 and 1977)
Music	Alexander Alexandrov, c. 1938
Adopted	15 March 1944 1956 (as instrumental) 1 September 1977 (with modified lyrics)
Relinquished	26 December 1991 (as national anthem of the Soviet Union) 23 November 1990 (as regional anthem of the Russian SFSR)
Preceded by	"The Internationale"
Succeeded by	List of successors Russia: "The Patriotic Song" Ukraine: "Anthem of the Ukrainian SSR" (no words, until 1992) Belarus: "My Belarusy" Armenia: "Mer Hayrenik" Azerbaijan: "Anthem of the Azerbaijan SSR" (no words, until 1992) Georgia: "Dideba" Kazakhstan: "Anthem of the Republic of Kazakhstan" Kyrgyzstan: "Anthem of the Kirghiz SSR" (no words, until 1992) Moldova: "Deșteaptă-te, române!" Tajikistan: "Anthem of the Tajik SSR" (no words, until 1994) Turkmenistan: "Anthem of the Turkmen SSR" (no words, until 1996) Uzbekistan: "State Anthem of Uzbekistan" Estonia: "Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm" Latvia: "Dievs, svētī Latviju!" Lithuania: "Tautiška giesmė"
Audio sample
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c. 1970s official band instrumental recording (post-1955 arrangement, one verse)

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The "State Anthem of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics"^[b] 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 Gabriyel’ Arkadyevich Ureklyan (1899–1945), and its music was composed by Alexander Alexandrov (1883–1946). 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 Stalin's name was omitted, was adopted in 1977.

A decade after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the music was used for the Soviet Union's main successor state, the Russian Federation. It was adopted with new lyrics again written by Mikhalkov, while keeping the exact same melody, as the State Anthem of the Russian Federation.
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