Let the Thunder of Victory Rumble! (anthem)
1791 anthem, unofficial Russian anthem until 1833 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Let the Thunder of Victory Rumble!" (Russian: Гром побе́ды, раздава́йся!, romanized: Grom pobedy, razdavaysya!) was an unofficial[1] Russian national anthem in the late 18th and early 19th century.
English: Let the Thunder of Victory Rumble! | |
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Гром победы, раздавайся! | |
Former unofficial 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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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.