Let the Thunder of Victory Rumble! (anthem)
English: "Let the Thunder of Victory Rumble!" | |
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Гром победы, раздавайся! | |
Former de facto anthem of Russia | |
Lyrics | Gavrila Derzhavin, 1791 |
Music | Józef Kozłowski, 1791 |
Adopted | 1791 |
Relinquished | 1816 |
Succeeded by | "How Glorious Is Our Lord in Zion" |
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Instrumental recording
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"Let the Thunder of Victory Rumble!"[a] was a de facto national anthem of the Russian Empire in the late 18th and early 19th century.[1]
The lyrics were written by the premier Russian poet of the time, Gavrila Derzhavin, and the music by composer Józef Kozłowski,[2] in 1791. The song was written to commemorate the capture of major Ottoman fortress Izmail by the great Russian general Aleksandr Suvorov. This event effectively ended the Seventh Russo-Turkish War.
This anthem was eventually replaced by a formal imperial anthem, "God Save the Tsar!", which was adopted in 1833.
Lyrics
[edit]Original Russian orthography | Reformed orthography | Russian Latin alphabet | English translation (by Alexander F. Beck) |
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Громъ побѣды, раздавайся! |
Гром победы, раздавайся! |
Grom pobedy, razdavajsja! |
Triumph's thunder louder, higher! |
See also
[edit]- Let the Thunder of Victory Rumble!, a novel by Russo-Georgian writer Boris Akunin
Notes
[edit]- ^ Russian: Гром победы, раздавайся!, romanized: Grom pobedy, razdavajsja!, IPA: [ɡrom pɐˈbʲedɨ rəzdɐˈvajsʲə]
References
[edit]- ^ "9 мая 1791: Впервые исполнен гимн Гром победы, раздавайся!". Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library (in Russian).
- ^ a b "Годный для войск, годный для народа - от ученого до невежды". Kommersant (in Russian). 21 July 2008.
External links
[edit]- Anthem as it sounded in original Polonaise form
- Russian anthems site (you can find recordings of "Grom pobedy" towards the end of the page or listen it here)