Long Live Our State
song composed by Boris Alexandrovich Alexandrov; performed by the Alexandrov Ensemble
"Long Live Our State" (Russian: Да здравствует наша держава) is a Soviet patriotic song, composed by Boris Alexandrovich Alexandrov with lyrics by Alexander Shilov. The original melody was composed in the winter of 1942 after the Soviet victory in the Battle of Moscow, with the lyrics being harmonized to it later. It was considered as a candidate for the State Anthem of the Soviet Union in 1943.
The music was used in the October Revolution Parades from 1967, and the anthem of Transnistria adopted its melody.
Lyrics
Original version
Post-Stalinist version
After the death of Joseph Stalin, the lines
have been replaced with:
References
External links
Soviet Song - Long Live Our Power! Да здравствует наша держава!
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