"Patrioticheskaya_Pesnya" National_anthem_of_Russia

with impending collapse of soviet union in 1990, new national anthem needed define reorganized nation , reject soviet past. chairman of supreme soviet of russian sfsr, boris yeltsin, advised revive god save tsar modifications lyrics. however, instead selected piece composed mikhail glinka. piece, known patrioticheskaya pesnya , wordless piano composition discovered after glinka s death. patrioticheskaya pesnya performed in front of supreme soviet of rsfsr on november 23, 1990. song decreed supreme soviet new russian anthem same day. anthem intended permanent, can seen parliamentary draft of constitution, approved , drafted supreme soviet, congress of people s deputies , constitutional commission (with latter formally headed president of russia). draft, among other things, reads that:

the national anthem of russian federation patriotic song composed mikhail glinka. text of national anthem of russian federation shall endorsed federal law

but conflict between president , congress made passage of draft less likely: congress shifted onto more , more rewriting of 1978 russian constitution, while president pushed forward new draft constitution, doesn t define state symbols. after 1993 russian constitutional crisis , 1 day before constitutional referendum (i.e. on december 11, 1993) yeltsin, president of russian federation, issued presidential decree on december 11, 1993, retaining patrioticheskaya pesnya official anthem russia., decree provisional, since draft constitution (which passed day later) explicitly referred matter legislation, enacted parliament. according article 70 of constitution, state symbols (which anthem, flag , coat of arms) required further definition future legislation. constitutional matter, had passed two-thirds majority in duma.

between 1994 , 1999, many votes called in state duma retain patrioticheskaya pesnya official anthem of russia. however, faced stiff opposition members of communist party of russian federation, wanted soviet anthem restored. because anthem had approved two-thirds supermajority, disagreement between duma factions decade prevented passage of anthem.

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when patrioticheskaya pesnya used national anthem, never had official lyrics. anthem struck positive chord people because did not contain elements soviet past, , because public considered glinka patriot , true russian. however, lack of lyrics doomed patrioticheskaya pesnya . various attempts made compose lyrics anthem, including contest allowed russian citizen participate. committee set government looked @ on 6000 entries, , 20 recorded orchestra final vote.

the eventual winner viktor radugin s glorious, russia (Славься, Россия! ( slavsya, rossiya!)). however, none of lyrics officially adopted yeltsin or russian government. 1 of reasons partially explained lack of lyrics original use of glinka s composition: praise of tsar , of russian orthodox church. other complaints raised song hard remember, uninspiring, , musically complicated. 1 of few national anthems lacked official lyrics during period. other wordless national anthems in period 1990 2000 belarusy of belarus (until 2002), marcha real of spain, , intermeco of bosnia , herzegovina