English: God save the Tsar! | |
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Боже, Царя храни! | |
Former anthem of Russian Empire | |
Lyrics | Vasily Zhukovsky, 1833 |
Music | Alexei Lvov, 1833 |
Adopted | 1833 |
Relinquished | 1917 |
Audio sample | |
God save the Tsar (1915) |
"God save the Tsar!" was a national anthem of Russian Empire, used from 1833 to 1917. The melody of the anthem was composed by Alexei Lvov, and lirycs was written by Vasily Zhukovsky.[1]