The State Anthem of the Moldavian SSR was the national anthem of Moldova when it was a republic of the Soviet Union known as the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic.
Originally, the anthem was composed by Ștefan Neaga, with lyrics by the poets Emilian Bukov and Bogdan Istru in 1945.
Ivan Bodiul, the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Moldova, authorized composer Eduard Lazarev to modify the anthem in a "Musical Renovation".
The lyrics were rewritten and the music was also altered, removing the original three-stanza structure in favor of a single-stanza three-part structure.
