The anthem was first used as the national anthem of Imperial Russia in 1816. It has been used at official governmental meetings and funerals since the Russian Revolution in 1917. A 2009 poll showed that 56% of respondents felt proud when hearing the national Anthem, and that 25% liked it.
About National anthem of Russia in brief
The anthem was first used as the national anthem of Imperial Russia in 1816. In 1833, Vasily Zhukovsky was asked to set lyrics to a musical composition by Prince Alexei Lvov called \”The Russian People’s Prayer\”, known more commonly as \”God Save the Tsar!\” The song resembled a hymn, and its musical style was similar to that of other anthems used by European monarchs. It was used until the February Revolution, when the Russian monarchy was overthrown. After the overthrow, in March 1917, the \”Worker’s Marseillaise\”, Pyotr Lavrov’s modification of the French anthem, was used as an anthem by the Russian Provisional Government. The lyrics had been written by Eugène Pottier, and Pierre Degeyter had composed the music in 1871 to honor the Second Socialist International organization. In 1902, Arkadijev Jakovich Jakots’ lyrics were translated into Russian to make it more decisive. The anthem was officially adopted in 1990 by the Supreme Soviet of Russia and confirmed in 1993 by the President of the Russian Federation, Boris Yeltsin. It became the second anthem used by Russia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Public perception of the anthem is mixed among Russians. A 2009 poll showed that 56% of respondents felt proud when hearing the national Anthem, and that 25% liked it. It is used at governmental meetings for welcoming ceremonies for diplomats and state funerals, and at funerals for state officials. The song is also used at the opening of the Winter Palace on Christmas Day, by order of Nicholas I.
It uses the same melody as the \”State Anthem of theSoviet Union\”, composed by Alexander Alexandrov, and new lyrics by Sergey Mikhalkov, who had collaborated with Gabriel El-Registan on the original anthem. The government sponsored a contest to find lyrics, eventually settling upon a new composition by Mikhalksov. The songs were selected to evoke and eulogize the history and traditions of Russia, and to evoke the history of the country and the Russian people. The Russian SFSR was the only constituent republic of Soviet Union without its own regional anthem, and the lyric-free ‘Patrioticheskaya Pesnya’ was adopted by Mikhail Glinka in 1990. Glinka’s anthem was replaced soon after YelTSin’s successor, Vladimir Putin, first took office on 7 May 2000. The federal legislature established and approved the music of the National Anthem ofThe Soviet Union, with newly written lyrics, in December 2000, and it became the official anthem of Russia. A second version of the lyrics was written in 1970 and adopted in 1977, placing less emphasis on World War II and more on the victory of communism. It included a change in music meter from 22 to 44 to make the anthem sound more Russian. It has been used at official governmental meetings and funerals since the Russian Revolution in 1917, and was adopted as the anthem of the provisional government in October 1917.
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