USSR Natl. Hymn? (fwd)

[John J. Ronald]

Does anyone here know the words to the old Soviet
National Anthem by heart, or know at least who
was the author of the lyrics or where I might
easily obtain a copy of the original Russian text?

(I'm not refering to "The Internationale" either,
but rather the song Stalin replaced it with, mainly,
I suppose, to underline his theme of "Socialism in
one country!" as opposed to the more 'Trotskiyite'
"Internationale"...)

An Irish friend of mine wants me to teach it to him
in Russian...I know a few fragments of some lines, and I have
a Red Army Chorus & Dance Ensemble compact disc recording
of it, but I have trouble making out the words beyond
what I already know.

All I know is:

.........., Respublik Svobodny
................Velikaya Rus!
.....................Sovetskij Soyuz!
.........
.........
..........
......Partiia Lenina......
..................Narodnaya...
...................

And I'm not even sure about those parts!
Can any of you help!?

Please respond via PRIVATE mail so as not to clutter
the list (unless you feel it would be of greater
benefit to others on the list, esp. if citing
an author, etc.)

Any leads, latin transliterations, Music histories,
publishing info, cyrillic texts via snail mail, etc. etc.
greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

--John Ronald
        Rice University
        Dept. of German & Slavic Studies
        Houston, Texas, USA

e-mail: jamison at owlnet.rice.edu