God Save the Tsar!

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"God Save the Tsar!" (Russian: Боже, Царя храни!) was the national anthem of the late Russian Empire. The song was chosen from a competition held in 1833. The composer was violinist Prince Alexei Fyodorovich Lvov, and the lyrics were by the Romantic court poet Vasily Zhukovsky. It served until 1917, when the Russian Revolution overthrew the Tsarist monarchy and adopted first The Marseillaise and then The Internationale as the new national anthem.

The melody can be heard in the 1812 Overture, Marche Slave, "Hail, Pennsylvania!" (which was the official state song of Pennsylvania), "God, the Omnipotent!"; "Firm Bound in Brotherhood", the official song of the Order of the Arrow, uses the same melody with different lyrics.

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Sample lyrics

Боже, Царя храни!

Сильный, державный,

Царствуй на славу,

На славу нам!

:( 2x :)

Царствуй на страх врагам,

Царь православный.

Боже, Царя,

Царя храни!

:( 2x :)

Bozhe, Tsarya khrani!

Sil'nyy, derzhavnyy,

Tsarstvuy na slavu,

Na slavu nam!

:( 2x :)

Tsarstvuy na strakh vragam,

Tsar' pravoslavnyy.

Bozhe, Tsarya,

Tsarya khrani!

:( 2x :)

O God, save the Tsar!

Strong and majestic,

Reign for glory,

For our glory!

:( 2x :)

Inspire dread in your enemies,

God, save the Tsar,

Save the Tsar!

:( 2x :)

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