Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Good day! This is a piano instrumental version of the "Patriotic Song" (Патриотическая Песня), which was the national anthem of Russia during the Yeltsin era.
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The piece was composed by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka in 1833 and was originally entitled “Motif de chant national.” In November of 1990, the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR approved the song as the national anthem of the RSFSR. After December of 1991, the piece continued to be used as the anthem of the Russian Federation until 2000. The anthem had no official lyrics; unofficial lyrics were proposed but were never adopted.


Unofficial lyrics:
Славься, славься, родина-Россия!
Сквозь века и грозы ты прошла
И сияет солнце над тобою
И судьба твоя светла.

Над старинным московским Кремлём
Вьётся знамя с двуглавым орлом
И звучат священные слова:
Славься, Русь – Отчизна моя!

English Translation:
Be glorious, be glorious, Mother Russia!
You passed through the centuries and the thunderstorms
And the sun shines above you
And your destiny is bright.

Above the ancient Moscow Kremlin
Waves the banner with the two-headed eagle
And the sacred words resound:
Be glorious, Russia – my Fatherland!


The song is also used with the following lyrics as an ode to Moscow:
Здравствуй, славная столица,
Сердце Родины - Москва!
Вся страна тобой гордится,
Городов родных глава.

Русь великую сплотила
Ты вокруг твердынь Кремля,
И окрепла наша сила
Да прославилась земля.

Ты как воин отражала
Каждый вражеский набег.
Ты Отчизну отстояла
от захватчиков навек!

И когда народ встречает
Дни побед и торжества,
Взор и сердце обращает
Он всегда к тебе, Москва!

This music was made using Logic Pro.