Gimn Sovetskogo Soyuza
Hymn of the Soviet Union was the national anthem of the Soviet Union. Below is an English phonetic translation for the anthem.
- Soy'ooz neroosh'imi resp'ooblik svob'odnikh
- Splot'ila nav'eki vel'ikaia Rus
- Da zdr'avstvooyet sozdanni voley nar'odov
- Yed'ini mog'oochi Sov'etski Soy'ooz
- Sl'avsa ot'echestvo n'ashe svob'odnoye
- Dr'oojbi nar'odov nady'ojni opl'ot
- P'artia L'enina, - s'ila narodnaya
- Nas k torjestv'oo kommun'izma vedy'ot
- Skvoz g'odi siy'alo nam s'ontse svob'oodi
- I L'enin vel'iki nam put ozar'il
- Na pr'avoye d'elo on p'odnal nar'odi
- na tr'ood i na p'odvigi nas vdokhnov'il
- Sl'avsa ot'echestvo n'ashe svob'odnoye
- Dr'oojbi nar'odov nady'ojni opl'ot
- P'artia L'enina, - s'ila narodnaya
- Nas k torjestv'oo kommun'izma vedy'ot
- V pob'ede bessm'ertnih idey kommoon'izma
- Mi v'idim grad'oosheye n'ashey strani
- I kr'asnomoo zn'ameni sl'avnoj otch'izni
- Mi b'oodem vsegd'a bezav'etno verni
- Sl'avsa ot'echestvo n'ashe svob'odnoye
- Dr'oojbi nar'odov nady'ojni opl'ot
- P'artia L'enina, - s'ila narodnaya
- Nas k torjestv'oo kommun'izma vedy'ot
English version
- Unbreakable Union of freeborn Republics,
- Great Russia has welded forever to stand.
- Created in struggle by will of the people,
- United and mighty, our Soviet land!
- Sing to the Motherland, home of the free,
- Bulwark of peoples in brotherhood strong.
- O Party of Lenin, the strength of the people,
- To Communism's triumph lead us on!
- Through tempests the sunrays of freedom have cheered us,
- Along the new path where great Lenin did lead.
- To a righteous cause he raised up the peoples,
- Inspired them to labour and valorous deed.
- [Or, the old way: Be true to the people, thus Stalin has reared us, Inspire us to labor and valorous deed!]
- Sing to the Motherland, home of the free,
- Bulwark of peoples in brotherhood strong.
- O Party of Lenin, the strength of the people,
- To Communism's triumph lead us on!
- In the vict'ry of Communism's deathless ideal,
- We see the future of our dear land.
- And to her fluttering scarlet banner,
- Selflessly true we always shall stand!
