Belarus
"Vajacki mars" (Come, We Shall March In Joint Endeavour)

Words by: Makar Kraucov
Music by: Uladzimier Terauski
In use: 1918-1920

"Vajacki marš" was the national anthem for the short-lived Belarusian Democratic Republic, which was in existence approximately from 1918 through 1920 before the country became part of the Soviet Union; currently the BNR exists in exile. (Unlike many of their counterparts in other nations who went into exile upon their nations becoming part of the Soviet Union and returned after the Soviet Union's fall in the early 1990s, the BNR has not returned because they do not regard the current government as democratically elected.) The anthem was written by Makar Kraucov and first published in 1919.

Currently the anthem is popular among protestors of the current government, and could possibly be reintroduced as the national anthem again if a change in government occurs.

Special thanks to: Ben Cahoon for informing me of this anthem, Paweł Ciupak for the music file and Pavel Zinovatny for the Belarussian lyrics (Cyrillic and Latin scripts).

See also: Belarus (1955-1991), Belarus (1991-).