A Layman's Reaction: SHAMAN ПОЕТ ГИМН
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Yaroslav Yuryevich Dronov, better known by his stage name Shaman, is a Russian singer-songwriter and music producer. He is well known for writing and producing pop and rock music. His style mixes contemporary music, ethnic singing and unique vocal techniques. Wikipedia
Born: November 22, 1991 (age 32 years), Novomoskovsk, Russia
Note: I do not own the rights to this song, I am just reacting to it.
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Lyrics: [ Ссылка ]
Russia is our sacred state,
Russia is our beloved country.
A mighty will, great glory -
Your dignity for all time!
Be glorified, our free Fatherland,
The age-old union of fraternal peoples,
Ancestor-given wisdom of the people!
Be glorified, country! We are proud of you!
From the southern seas to the polar edge
Our forests and fields are spread out.
You are the only one in the world! You are the only one -
the native land so kept by God!
Be glorified, our free Fatherland,
The age-old union of fraternal peoples,
Ancestor-given wisdom of the people!
Be glorified, country! We are proud of you!
A wide scope for dreams and for life
The coming years open to us.
We are given strength by our fidelity to the Fatherland.
So it was, so it is and it will always be so!
Be glorified, our free Fatherland,
The age-old union of fraternal peoples,
Ancestor-given wisdom of the people!
Be glorified, country! We are proud of you!
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What is the history of the Russian national anthem?
The melody and lyric combination heard today was established in 2000 by the Putin regime, following a period of upheaval and debate around what Russia’s anthem should be. Prior to the current Alexandrov-Mikhalkov combination, a piece by Mikhail Glinka called ‘Patrioticheskaya Pesnya’, which had no lyrics, had been used since 1990.
And before that, in 1939, Alexandrov’s current music was used for the first time – in the ‘Hymn of the Bolshevik Party’. The communist hymn ‘L’Internationale,’ which had been written in the late 19th century by two French workers, was heard for a brief time too, before the USSR adopted ‘Gimn Sovetskogo Soyuza’ (‘Hymn of the Soviet Union’) as its national anthem in 1944, using Alexandrov’s music once again.
Before this, 19th-century Imperial Russia had opted for ‘The Prayer of the Russians’ to be the Russian national anthem.
