Ukraine

Words by: Pavel Tychina and Mikola Bazhan
Music by: Anton Dmitriyevich Lyebyedinyec
In use: 1949-1991

Like other republics of the Soviet Union at the time, Ukraine had its own anthem, which was in use until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. The music was composed by a group of composers led by Anton Dmitriyevich Lyebyedinyec; the original lyrics to the anthem by Pavel Tychina were changed slightly by Mikola Bazhan in 1978 when a reference to Stalin in the second verse was changed.

Special thanks to: Jaroslaw Wojcik for providing some of the information, the lyrics and the sheet music, and to Pavel Zinovatny for additional information and the lyrics in Latin script and the translation.

See also: Ukraine, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1944-1992)