It’s one of the world’s many anthems that has been regularly changed to reflect the country’s leadership and political views. The current anthem uses a 1939 melody by Alexander Alexandrov, which was ...

The anthem chosen in 2000 has the same music — written by Alexander Alexandrov — as the old Soviet anthem, which was approved by Joseph Stalin and was in place from 1944-1991.

MOSCOW, Dec. 8 -- The lower house of Russia's parliament, the State Duma, voted overwhelmingly today to restore as Russia's national anthem the music of a song written at the behest of Soviet ...

Russia’s, though, has been a source of division for going on a decade.So it was on Friday. The lower house of parliament voted 381-51 to bring back as Russia’s national hymn the old Soviet anthem.

THE RUSSIAN national anthem will help open the World Cup 2018 - but what are the words and what do they mean? Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express.

It was named after the choir's founding director and writer of the Soviet Union's national anthem Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov. The Alexandrov Ensemble were flying from Sochi to perform a ...

Mr Yeltsin is another prominent opponent of the return of the anthem composed by Alexander Alexandrov in 1943. So are many conductors, rock musicians, writers and other luminaries.

MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin wrapped up a thorny debate over Russia’s national symbols--and its post-Communist identity--by signing a package of laws Tuesday resurrecting the melody of ...

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It’s one of the world’s many anthems that has been regularly changed to reflect the country’s leadership and political views. The current anthem uses a 1939 melody by Alexander Alexandrov, which was ...