| English: State Anthem of the USSR | |
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| Государственный гимн СССР[a] | |
 Musical sheet of the anthem | |
Former national anthem of the Soviet Union Former regional anthem of the Russian SFSR | |
| Lyrics |
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| Music | Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, c. 1938 |
| Adopted |
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| Relinquished | 23 November 1990 (as regional anthem of the Russian SFSR) 26 December 1991 (as national anthem of the Soviet Union) |
| Preceded by | "The Internationale" |
| Succeeded by | List of successors
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| Audio sample | |
"State Anthem of the Soviet Union" (instrumental) | |
The State Anthem of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics[b] was the national anthem of the Soviet Union and the regional anthem of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1944 to 1991, replacing "The Internationale". Its original lyrics were written by Sergey Mikhalkov (1913–2009) in collaboration with El-Registan (1899–1945), and its music was composed by Alexander Alexandrov (1883–1946). For a two-decade interval following de-Stalinization, the anthem was performed without lyrics. The second set of lyrics, also written by Mikhalkov and in which Stalin's name was omitted, was adopted in 1977.
A decade after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the same melody was used for the Soviet Union's successor state, as the State Anthem of the Russian Federation.
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