Hymn of the Soviet Union (1977)
Lesson Brief
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I was feeling a bit patriotic this weekend, so I thought it'd be a cool idea to break down the 1977 version of the Soviet National anthem. Interestingly, the anthem's lyrics were changed in 1977 to remove references to Stalin. Think what you want about the USSR, but they wrote a damn good anthem!
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- selflessly, whole-heartedly, devotedly
- беззаветно
- to inspire [something towards something; "He inspired us to labor and heroics deeds"
- вдохновлять, вдохновить кого-то на что-то
- glorious
- славный
- Long live!
- да здравствует
- triumph
- торжество
- colors [national colors/flag colors]
- знамя
- things to come, future
- грядущее
- to shine, to beam, to radiate [intransitive] [with something, joy, happiness, etc.]
- сиять от чего-то
- to illuminate, to light up [something]
- озарять, озарить что-то
- thunderstorm, storm
- гроза