Historical Anthem: Soviet Union - Государственный гимн СССР (1977 Version)

Государственный гимн СССР - Gosudarstvenny Gimn SSSR - State Anthem of the USSR
National Anthem of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Союз Советских Социалистических Республик - Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik)

Written - Sergey Mikhalkov - 1943 & 1977
Music - Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov - 1938
Adopted - 1944 (1977 modified version)
Relinquished - 1991 (Anthem of the Soviet Union)

The Anthem of the Soviet Union was played for the first time on the Soviet radio at midnight on 1 January 1944. The 1944 lyrics had three different refrains following three different stanzas; in each refrain, the second line was consequently modified with references to friendship, then happiness and finally to glory. Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union's war against Nazi Germany were originally invoked in the lyrics.With the process of de-Stalinization inaugurated after Stalin's death, the lyrics which referred to Stalin were considered unacceptable and the anthem was performed without lyrics. A notable exception took place at the 1976 Canada Cup ice hockey tournament, where the singer Roger Doucet insisted on performing the anthem with lyrics, after consultations with Russian studies scholars from Université de Montréal and the Soviet team officials. In 1977, to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the October Revolution, revised lyrics, earlier written in 1970 by the original author Sergey Mikhalkov, were adopted. The varying refrains were replaced by a uniform refrain following all stanzas; the line praising Stalin was dropped, as were the lines referring to the Great Patriotic War.

[allenkeirth]

I played this is Saint Petersburg,

Now I'm in Leningrad.

[alexpalermo-simms]

this makes me feel patriotic about a country I don't even live in

[ibeastee]

USA: Land of the free
Soviet Union: home of the free


*hold up*

[kodomochan]

It doesn't matter what you think of USSR. This is the most majestic anthem I've ever heard. I could let the aliens listen to this if they ever need evidences of human's musical acumen.

[Oliver_Rayan]

100 years since the formation of USSR!! ⚡glory to the motherland!!

[darminskii]

0:58 *WE* don't know why this is *OUR* favourite part.

[rangerkiller]

After playing Black Ops Cold War and letting the Soviets win:

[mreinsteinable]

the most beautiful and touching anthem of all

[victoriacyunczyk]

If I were a Soviet soldier standing in Berlin after four brutal years, I'd be in tears hearing this.

[장훈님하고싶은거다해]

The “PARTIYA LENINA” part always gets me

[MichaelPhilipMaunes]

It was also the National Anthem of Russia since 2000. It's the same music, but with new lyrics.

[James]

The "Партия Ленина!" part is so Epic.

[wojakirl]

This song makes me a patriotic Russian, even if i'm an Italian born after it's collapse. Glory to the motherland 🇷🇺❤️ URA from Italy 🇮🇹

[saeedkhodajoo]

You're always in my heart My Lovely Dear Soviet 🚩🌹. It was not fair, I swear to God, It wasn't.
You're not just a memory, My Soviet, You will be revived in another way, I promise You My Dear, I will never forget about You, God is My Witness.
Long live with My Beautiful Lovely Unique Russia 🇷🇺🌹

[nichothepolish]

Gosh, a good communist anthem feels great after a day of being exploited at work

[djordjetasic]

Beautiful anthem, beautiful words, beautiful country. The Soviet Union shall forever remain in the hearts of us who remember it🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺❤

[louisiananlord]

"Life might not have been luxurious but nearly everyone had a roof over their head and food on their plate."

-Nikta Kruschev, 1957

[Blitzkrieg]

I'm not a communist but the fandom of this country is something to behold. The color red, the hammer and sickle, the anthem, the power.. They have everything through labor and hard work. Plus they're united, unlike some.

[egosum]

Why Communist country always have good anthem?

[derhoffnungsvolle]

In the comments everyone do jokes about this anthem. But in that times, for the majority of people in the USSR this anthem was a hope, and it was an serious hope, a hope or rather a dream, which in the western hemisphere died a long time ago. It was an anthem, not like many others, because of the relation to all peoples, not only of the USSR, for an example: "Дружбы народов" - peoples friendship. And in many other anthems: "We would die for our fatherland against the enemy!" or something like that. The Soviet Union was a country, that gave hope to all people all over the world. But then capitalism of consume won and wants, though they've won already, to win again.
A great italian poet spoke in an interview: "We are all in danger." (Pier Paolo Pasolini), and he is damn right.