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Municipal anthem of Moscow From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"My Moscow",[a] also known as "My Dear Capital",[b] is the municipal anthem of the Russian capital of Moscow, officially adopted in 1995. The music was composed in 1941 by Isaak Dunayevsky and the lyrics were written by Sergey Agranyan and Mark Lisyansky. Singer Zoya Rozhdestvenskaya was the first person to perform this song.[1]
English: 'My Moscow' | |
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Моя Москва | |
City anthem of Moscow, Russia | |
Also known as | «Дорогая моя столица» (English: 'My Dear Capital') |
Lyrics | Sergey Agranyan Mark Lisyansky |
Music | Isaak Dunayevsky |
Adopted | 1995 |
Audio sample | |
Instrumental rendition in A minor |
The original lyrics had four verses, of which the last pertained to Joseph Stalin. They were replaced by the current lyrics which were introduced during the Leonid Brezhnev era.
In November 1941, during the Great Patriotic War, Junior Lieutenant and former journalist Mark Lisyansky was returning from a hospital in Yaroslavl to fight on the Kalinin Front. He later participated in the Battle of Moscow.[2]
Worried about the fate of Moscow, Lisyansky wrote a poem in a notebook he titled "My Moscow (My Dear Capital)". After stopping on Pushkin Square, Lisyansky then sent his work to the literary journal Novy Mir. The poem was originally set to be published in the December 1941 issue of the magazine; however, due to the editorial office moving to Kuybyshev, it got pushed back to February 1942. The text then consisted of two verses,[2] but later two more verses were added with the help of Sergey Agranyan.
Russian original[3][4] | Russian Latin alphabet | English translation |
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Я по свету немало хаживал, |
Ja po svetu nemalo hažival, |
Aplenty around the world I've wandered |
Russian original | Russian Latin alphabet | English translation |
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Я по свету немало хаживал, |
Ja po svetu nemalo hažival, |
Aplenty around the world I've wandered |
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