Russian/Soviet anthems?

[Richard Robin]

I believe (but I won't swear) that the RSFSR anthem before 1991 was the
Glinka piece that became the short-lived Russian national anthem until 2001.
The Glinka piece was also the theme music for Vremya during the early 1980s.
It was replaced by the current Vremya signature tune, I believe, in 1986
(maybe 1987 - whenever they introduced the zastavka with the graphic of the
red star coming out of the Kremlin).

BTW, I conducted a poll among my all students in 2000-2001 to see which
anthem they liked better (Soviet vs. Glinka). All voted for the Soviet tune.
And most said that as a tune it was preferable to the Star Spangled Banner.

-Rich
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Richard Robin, Associate Professor
German and Slavic Dept.
The George Washington University
Washington, DC 20008
rrobin at gwu.edu
http://home.gwu.edu/~rrobin
Читаю по-русски во всех кодировках.
Chitayu po-russki vo vsex kodirovkax.
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From: "Rebecca Matveyev" <rebecca.e.matveyev at lawrence.edu>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 4:16 PM
Subject: [SEELANGS] Russian/Soviet anthems?


> I've checked out various websites, but haven't been able to find answers
> to these specific questions about the Soviet anthem.
>
> Would anyone be able to tell me whether there was a separate musical
> anthem for the RSFSR, apart from the Soviet national anthem, prior to
> the breakup of the USSR in 1991?
>
> Also, would anyone know on what occasions the separate musical anthems
> for the other (now former) republics would have been played?  When would
> they have been performed, rather than the Soviet anthem being performed?
>  And were they always sung in Russian, or were they sometimes sung in
> the native language of the republics?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Rebecca
>
> --
> Rebecca Epstein Matveyev
> Associate Professor of Russian
>
> Lawrence University
> 405 Main Hall
> 115 S. Drew St.
> Appleton, WI 54912
>
> (920) 832-6710
> matveyer at lawrence.edu
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