r/NationalAnthems • u/Impressive-Rush-7725 • Jul 09 '25

My Favourite National Anthems So Far (Politics Aside)

  1. State Anthem of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
  2. Phleng Chat Thai (KOT)
  3. Glory to Hong Kong (HKSAR)
  4. March of the Volunteers (PRC)
  5. La Marseillaise (FR)
  6. Deutschlandlied (FRG)
  7. Aash Al Maleek (KSA)
  8. Qaumi Taranah (IRP)
  9. O Canada (DOC)
  10. The Star-Spangled Banner (USA)
  11. Aegukka (DPRK)
  12. Advance Australia Fair (COA)
  13. God Defend New Zealand (NZ)
  14. State Anthem of the Russian Federation (RF)

These are the ones I enjoy singing and listening to the most (I know a few others)

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u/Calligraphee Jul 10 '25

Why are the Russian and Soviet anthems so far apart? If you’re basing it on lyrics, you know there are at least three different variants of the Soviet anthem’s lyrics, right? Which one is at the top?

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u/Impressive-Rush-7725 Jul 10 '25

By Soviet anthem I mean the last variant of the lyrics (1977). The reason Russia's anthem is so far behind the Soviet's one is because the lyrics in the Soviet anthem talk about unity, freedom, brotherhood, and sacrifice, concepts that, even though I don't agree with Soviet/communist ideology, it is still powerful. Furthermore, the Soviet anthem refers to the struggle of the people, compared to Russia's "our sacred homeland". It's the difference between "we built this together" and "this land is mine". And also, put that melody behind "Lenin’s great cause inspires us to labor" vs "A mighty will, a great glory" and you'll see what I mean.

There's more: the Soviet anthem has layers of drama and history, from World War II victory, to Cold War tension, Space Race glory, and Global Communism movements. The Russian anthem, while beautiful and still powerful, just isn't world-shaking enough. The USSR's anthem was designed to inspire the entire world, not just Russia and the Russians. So yeah, the Soviet anthem just appeals to me more.

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u/Calligraphee Jul 10 '25

Fair enough, makes sense! I will say that the modern lyrics’ use of concepts like простор does envoke many of those feelings that you mention not being present; however, it’s one of those words that basically impossible to fully translate, so just reading the translated lyrics doesn’t do the modern version justice. 

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u/dhkendall Jul 09 '25

Just a note that Dominion hasn’t been used in Canada in any capacity for several decades, it hasn’t been part of our official name since the 1950s or 1960s

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u/Impressive-Rush-7725 Jul 10 '25

Ok, thanks for letting me know

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u/BackyardAviator009 Jul 20 '25

Nice here's mine on order

  1. Башҡортостан Республикаһының дәүләт гимны (Republic of Bashkortostan,Russia) 2.Гимн Российской Федерации (Russia) 3.Kde Domov Muj (Czech Republic) 4.Ozbekiston Respublikasy Davlat Gimny (Uzbekistan)
  2. Ще не вмерла Україна (Ukraine)
  3. Татарстан Җөмһүрияте Дәүләт гимны (Tatar Republic, Russia)
  4. Mazurek Dabrowskiego (Poland)
  5. Монгол Улсын Төрийн Дуулал (Mongolia)
  6. Das Deutschlandlied (Germany)
  7. Il Canto Degli de Italiani/Inno di Mameli (Italy)

Honorable Mentions: Мен -Тыва Мен (Republic of Tuva, Russia) Буряад Уласай Түрын Дуулал (Republic of Buryatia,Russia) A Portugesa (Portugal) Noble Patria Hermosa Bandera (Costa Rica) O Gloria Inmmarcessible (Colombia) Marcha Real (Spain) Majulah Singapura (Singapore) Het Wilhelmus (Netherlands) Sanmin Zhuyi (Republic of China-Taiwan) Flag Anthem of the Republic of China (Taiwan) 애국가 대한민국 (South Korea) Kimogayo (Japan)

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u/Top_Mention4203 Jul 16 '25

1) la Marseillaise - France 2) Germany 3) Italy 4) Russia 5) USA 6) Argentina  7) Brazil 8) Spain  9) England