Anthem of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic

Hajkakan Sovetakan Socʼialistakan Hanrapetutʼjun orhnerg

English: State Anthem of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
Հայկական Սովետական Սոցիալիստական Հանրապետություն օրհներգ
Former regional anthem of the  Armenian SSR
Lyrics	Sarmen (Armenak Sarkisyan)
Music	Aram Khachaturian, 1944
Adopted	1944
Relinquished	1991
Succeeded by	"Mer Hayrenik"
Audio sample
Official orchestral and choral vocal recording (post-Stalinist lyrics) file help

1968 official band instrumental recording

Performed by the Brass Band of the Ministry of Defence of the USSR

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The State Anthem of the Armenian SSR^[a] was the national anthem of Armenia when it was a republic of the Soviet Union and known as the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. It was used between 1944 and 1991. Its music was composed by Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian,^[1] and the lyrics were written by Sarmen.^[2] Along with the Anthem of the Estonian SSR, it is one of the only two SSR anthems without an intro.

Upon independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Armenia adopted the anthem "Mer Hayrenik" in its place, though there has been occasional debate about restoring the music of the anthem of the Armenian SSR with different lyrics as the national anthem.

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