Боже, Царя храни!

English: God Save the Tsar!
Bozhe, Tsarya khrani!
anthem of	Russian Empire
Lyrics	Vasily Zhukovsky
Music	Alexei Lvov
Adopted	1833
Until	1917
Music sample
God Save the Tsar! (Боже, Царя храни!)

Russian Wikisource has original text related to this article: God Save the Tsar!, in Russian

"God Save the Tsar!" (Russian: Боже, Царя храни!; transliteration: Bozhe, Tsarya khrani!) 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 Lvov, and the lyrics were by the Romantic court poet Vasily Zhukovsky. It was the anthem until the Russian Revolution of 1917, after which "Worker's Marseillaise" was adopted as the new national anthem until the overthrow of the Russian Provisional Government.

Many Russian composers made use of the theme in their compositions, most notably Tchaikovsky who quoted it in the 1812 Overture, the Marche Slave and his overture on the Danish national anthem. During the Soviet era, authorities altered Tchaikovsky's music (such as the 1812 Overture and Marche Slave), substituting other patriotic melodies for "God Save the Tsar."

In 1842, English author Henry F. Chorley wrote God, the Omnipotent! set to Lvov's tune and published in 19th and 20th century hymnals as the Russian Hymn.^[1] The Russian Hymn tune continues to appear in various modern English language hymnals, such as those of the United Methodist Church, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the Lutheran Book of Worship of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, or as Russia in The Hymnal 1982 of the U.S. Episcopal Church.^[2]

The same melody is also used with different lyrics for Hail, Pennsylvania! (alma mater of the University of Pennsylvania), Dear Old Macalester (alma mater of Macalester College), Firm Bound in Brotherhood (official song of the Order of the Arrow), and the alma mater of Tabor Academy.

Maurice Jarre's score for the film 1965 film Doctor Zhivago uses this song in several tracks, most notably in the Overture.

In 1998, a writer and musician named Alexander Gradsky proposed using the song again as the Russian national anthem, but with substantially different lyrics from those originally written by Zhukovsky.

Contents 1 Lyrics 1.1 Russian 1.2 Transliteration 1.3 English translation (literal) 2 References

[edit] Lyrics

[edit] Russian

Боже, Царя храни!

Сильный, державный,

Царствуй на славу, Hа славу нам!

( 2× :)

Царствуй на страх врагам,

Царь православный.

Боже, Царя храни!

( 2× :)

[edit] Transliteration

Bozhe, Tsarya khrani!

Sil'nyj, derzhavnyj,

Tsarstvuj na slavu, Na slavu nam!

( 2× :)

Tsarstvuj na strakh vragam,

Tsar' pravoslavnyj.

Bozhe, Tsarya khrani!

( 2× :)

[edit] English translation (literal)

O God, protect the Tsar!

Strong and majestic,

Reign for glory, For our glory!

( 2× :)

Reign to foes' fear,

O Orthodox Tsar.

God, protect the Tsar!

( 2× :)

[edit] References

v • d • e National anthems of Russia The Prayer of Russians (1816–1833) · God Save The Tsar! (1833–1917) · Worker's Marseillaise (1917–1918) · The Internationale (1918–1944) · Hymn of the Soviet Union (1944–1990) · The Patriotic Song (1990–2000) · Hymn of the Russian Federation (since 2000)