Anthem of Byelorussian SSR
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National anthem
A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people.- History :Anthems rose to prominence...
of Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
when it was a republic of the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
and known as the Byelorussian SSR
Byelorussian SSR
The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic was one of fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union. It was one of the four original founding members of the Soviet Union in 1922, together with the Ukrainian SSR, the Transcaucasian SFSR and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic...
. The anthem was used from 1955 until Belarusian independence in 1991. It took over 11 years to create the music and lyrics for the anthem, even producing a version that mentions then-Soviet leader Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
. The music was composed by Nestar Sakalowski (Нестар Сакалоўскі), and the lyrics was written by Mihas' Klimovich
Mihas' Klimovich
Mikhas Klimkovich was a Belarusian poet, librettist, and author of the lyrics to the Anthem of the Byelorussian SSR.-Biography:...
(Міхась Клімковіч). The melody is used in the current national anthem of Belarus
My Belarusy
"My Belarusy" is the unofficial title of the national anthem of Belarus and the first line of its lyrics. Officially, "My Belarusy" is titled "the State Anthem of the Republic of Belarus" . The anthem was originally written and adopted in 1955 for use in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic...
, with different lyrics.
Lyrics
Belarusian lyrics: Мы, беларусы, з братняю Руссю Разам шукалі к шчасцю дарог. Ў бітвах за волю, ў бітвах за долю З ёй здабылi мы сцяг перамог!
Сілы гартуe, люд Бeларусі Ў братнім саюзe, ў мужнай сям’і Вeчна мы будзeм, вoльныя людзі, Жыць на шчаслівай, вoльнай зямлі!
Дружба нарoдаў – сіла нарoдаў, К шчасцю працoўных сoнeчны шлях Гoрда ж узвіся ў свeтлыя высі, Сцяг камунізму – радасці сцяг!
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English translation We, the Belarusians Belarusians Belarusians ; are an East Slavic ethnic group who populate the majority of the Republic of Belarus. Introduced to the world as a new state in the early 1990s, the Republic of Belarus brought with it the notion of a re-emerging Belarusian ethnicity, drawn upon the lines of the Old Belarusian... , together with fraternal Rus' Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... , Looked for roads to fortune. In struggles for freedom October Revolution The October Revolution , also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution , Red October, the October Uprising or the Bolshevik Revolution, was a political revolution and a part of the Russian Revolution of 1917... , in struggles for fate, We have gained our banner of victories.
Gathering strength, people of Belarus In a fraternal union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... , in a powerful family Forever we shall, free men, Live in a happy and free land!
The friendship of peoples - the strength of peoples, To happiness it's the sunny path Proudly we raise to sky heights, The banner of Communism Communism Communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production... - joy's flag!
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