Hymn of the Soviet Union

Soviet propaganda posters set to the Soviet national anthem

[@JusticeForPottsvilleMaroons]

American here, but this is easily one of the best national anthems ever.

[@MrFooFoo14]

481 people were sent to the gulag.

[@mercor74]

+MrFooFoo14 481 people? you might want to look that up one more time...

[@robinkoppehel139]

FirstOrdersnoke now 507

[@frankiethebull8269]

Het! There is no Gulag they go live on farm, in happy worker paradise lol

[@BmorePatriot]

The best communist anthem ever listened.

[@Jack_______oh]

Absolutely hate communists but can't help but love this anthem.

[@retardedgayasspatrick3723]

Best anthem ever

[@retardedgayasspatrick3723]

@@Jack_______oh Would you happen to be an American P.S why tf am i writing this i know i won't get a response

[@seddam]

@@Jack_______oh why u hate communists?

[@Jack_______oh]

@@seddam They're childish and delusional and their laughably utopian ideals have resulted in the most disastrous governments in human history

[@MGSoldier]

Man, I love this. This is the best anthem ever in the history. It's great to sing it in Russian. CCCP!

[@heehawluck1]

It's certainly an incredibly STIRRING ANTHEM.

[@Nicecatholicgirl]

Years ago I heard some older Russians were nostalgic for the Stalin era. Now I know why.

[@lopxedap]

I am very happy to say that the USSR always live in my heart. Even I have never lived in this country or grown up during its existence. I love it. (I am living in Canada)

[@henry6525]

People weren't rich but happy there. I've lived a half of my life in the USSR and still miss this sensation of equality and happiness.

[@stevemcdonald3578]

The red bear never slept just had a napp bring down the capatalists

[@MrBeckenhimself]

I´m from Sweden and this is the absolute greatest national anthem I have ever heard in my life.

[@BoomlalaMetrotab]

This anthem is fantastic. The best anthem I've ever heard, from a purely musical perspective. So strong and uplifting.

[@rhummayuna]

Oh My God! So beautiful, I feel as I am part of it .. I am not Russian, but my heart is saying "long live Russia"

[@hoxhacat8195]

Technically it wasn't just one nation such as Russia, it was an entire Union, Russia was merely a member nation and the founding one at that.

[@termimator3652]

@@hoxhacat8195 ?

[@Ryushinku]

Still an amazing anthem, no matter what you think of the politics involved. Gives me goosebumps, and I'm a Brit.

[@LUK77ACH]

I'm Ukrainian and was a kid when it was still USSR and my country was part of it. And trust me, what you said is true. When we where listening this anthem, we were soooo proud to be a part of this powerful country. The words just make you feel sooo proud for your country.

[@WithmeVerissimusWhostoned]

This is the most beautiful anthem I've ever heard. Regardless of what it represents or who used it.

[@rafaelgutierrez3799]

In order to ensure the security and continuing stability, the Republic will be reorganized into the first Sovietic Empire, for a safe and secure society.

[@lopxedap]

I love this anthem the most. Although I love my home the most, I must admit that USSR anthem is fabulous

[@MyMusic0201]

However 'stained' it is, it still is a wonderful anthem. It really moves me.

[@acgEHQ]

Гимн СССР - лучший в мире! Очень жаль, что больше нет, того социалистического строя. Я очень скучаю о нём.

[@localwatcher1640]

+acgEHQ скажи спасибо своим родакам, которым амеры в мозги насрали, которые совок развалили.

[@acgEHQ]

Иван ИвановичРодаки мои, никакого отношения к развалу СССР не имели. Они были ветераны труда, всю жизнь работали по рабочим специальностям и за рубежом никогда не бывали. А то что в тогдашнем правительстве, появились американские подстилки, в этом сомнений нет. Впрочем сейчас их стало ещё больше, готовых обирать свой народ до нитки и при удобном случае продать Родину.

[@localwatcher1640]

acgEHQ да? а кто тогда бунт не поднял против переворота в 91? А???? хуй забили на страну, не вышли, не защищали СССР, просто сдали его и хуй с ним. молодцы, сказать нечего (это ко всем относится). значит нахуй уже был ненужен ссср, иначе как такими тупыми можно было быть? наслаждайтесь теперь жизнью наши дети, мы не смогли построить коммунизм, выживайте теперь как уебища в капитализме среди мрази всех мастей, мастеров коррупции. заебца жизнь, ниче не скажешь.

[@acgEHQ]

Иван Иванович За кого тогда было бунт то поднимать, за Горбачова что ли? А вообще Союз закончил свое существование подписанием Ельцыным соглашения в Беловежской пуще, что бы власть ему полностью перешла и у народа ни кто не спрашивал. Какой нахрен бунт, любой переворот - это не воля народа, а бизнес проект. Пора бы перестать жить иллюзиями. Все СМИ работают на тех, кто им платит. А запад этому хорошо помог.

[@acgEHQ]

Иван Иванович А ты где живешь, не в России?

[@BoIoko]

Nice collection of images

[@mew6112]

@junkers1337 I'd have to say you are right on that. It was like a sibling rivalry. While they often expressed how bad the other side is, in reality they probably were best friends(both were large superpowers and empires, they probably were best of friends).

[@randallkoch6183]

I like looking @ th@ Soviet propaganda art; surrealism @ its finest. Also everybody seems 2 B so happy in all the pictures.

[@TheWaxworker]

Too bad the Soviet Union never actually put into practice its lofty ideals.

[@teloresumoasinomas1110]

Shut the mouth ignorant, the Soviet Union put approves all the ideals, that ruined the revisionists like you, ie, the Social Democrats, does not mean that it has not worked the ideals ignorant.

[@BPhoenixProductions]

@Erikk91 How can I thumb this more?

[@MarshalGeorgiZhukov]

Watching this video really takes me back to growing up in Murmansk and Volgograd. I truly miss those days.

[@Armando1735]

Glória ao povo soviético!

[@Trentest0]

"The man who does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart." "The man who wants it back has no brain." ^ Too true. I'll remember the greatness of the Soviet Union for as long as I live. But may it never be reinstated.

[@kjsh987]

i just saw the lyrics of this great hymn and honestly i dont have to read the lyrics to get the feelings that this hymn transcribe to your mind and heart.

[@uncleruckus714]

@Budguy68 Then how do you expain Timbuktu and the Kingdom of Kush? Their universities in Timbuktu were the center of learning in their time. Also the Mali Empire had large amounts of gold.

[@michaeljacobstuart6740]

Stalin is a hero even today for his strength and creation of the modern Socialist state.

[@michaeljacobstuart6740]

I know my friend I come to realize that to I was at first fond of Stalin but come to know of his evil I am only 16 but I am a Socialist but its hard to get Stalin out of our history...I to respect Lenin for what he did but Stalin ruined all of Lenin's hard work and murdered good and loyal communists.

[@michaeljacobstuart6740]

+Samuel Hills I'm a Democratic Socialist too.. I think Lenin was great He really cared about making changes that would benefit Russia and the world.

[@ljones121]

@@michaeljacobstuart6740 Lenin birthed the stalinist state he encouraged rule through terror. 6 weeks after the revolution "of workers" the cheka was founded. He ordered the red terror through out the Soviet union were the cheka killed indiscriminately enemies real and imagined.

[@raphaeldaar]

makes me cry....... every time I forget how it sounds.... ;__;7 remember you always Mother Russia....

[@JosephStalin11]

I'm American, but I love this Anthem! it sounds beautiful.

[@mchne]

Best anthem ever, there is no other song this powerful. Long live Michail Gorbatjov

[@avendodaridireeccome5792]

Men may be born different, but comrade Kalashnikov made them equal. He was the professional russian.

[@MrMinger]

This is kind of weird. I love this song, but I'm a Classical Marxist. True Communism. No state and all that. Which is what the Soviet Union was not. In fact, there has never been a "true" communist country, because it is an oxymoron. Anyhow, This song is fuckin' incredible, and I shall hope it is the anthem for the socialist state set up after the revolution. Onwards, Comrades!

[@HateIronMaiden]

The anthem which makes me cry. No words can be used to describe how much I love it!!!

[@gulbirk]

@Slavko961234 I always wonder. From where do you get the number 200 million. I was good at math. to me it seems impossible that so many could have died, and yet have the population numbers they have today.

[@TheWaxworker]

major problem with communism and classical Marxism is that it stifles freedom. people in these systems are not free to disagree with the state ideology. That is why I support social democracy rather than socialism or communism.

[@riceboy1701e]

+Kevin Easter This is different from the current state of the United States....how?

[@TheWaxworker]

Corporations are still too free to dominate the economic system and influence the government. There is no true universal healthcare yet, there are regulations in place to ensure that workers receive a fair wage. We have not yet achieved real socialism.

[@jonjam5746]

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[@50mt]

Y'know, under Lenin and the bolshevik party even anti-semites and other reactionaries were allowed to act freely, for as long as they obeyed the laws. When for example revolutionary reactionaries started killing bolsheviks though they had to be taken care of, obviously. Then Stalin came and implemented slavic fascism. Good job there, tovarish Stalin, good job...

[@teloresumoasinomas1110]

In capitalism there is no freedom, social democracy is the left paw of fascism. Social democracy is only one more soothing, it is another instrument of capitalism for the people not to rebel, but it has fallen and the social democracy with Reagan is disleaded.

[@Incrue]

such a great art over there

[@tankman23698]

for some reason this reminds me of the J.G Wentworth songs

[@DEVILDOG502]

Where can i purchase the propaganda posters that show up in the video?

[@PellgaBR]

@0elmir0 well then, could you please recommend me anything to read about? i recently finished the book and actually liked it. i would be glad to hear the other side too. and yes, i dont have a lot of sources about that topic cheers

[@TheSashagibbins]

@pallyking508 wow, ww1 was around 100 years ago. good reference. btw where's this information from?

[@asw654]

@onelittlesmile1 I would like to hear details of these books. All credible ones I've read that delved into the matter had listed important distinctions between the two. If we're only going to focus on a list of traumatic events, then obviously we'll see some similarities. Similarities do not always imply equivalence.

[@ImAllFact]

@whitehunter95 u also remember the franco-russian war?

[@joeriginal]

I was born in Mexico and grew up in the U.S. I like the Mexican anthem but the Soviet Union's anthem gives me goose bumps, is the best in the world in my opinion.

[@Elmartiniano]

This is no longer YOUR video, it is now OUR video

[@macedonianfromgreece]

i just wanted to say that my family lived from 1902 to 1997 )

[@theredarmy683]

1:15 WTF!!

[@IntendantMall]

Now, what is the Soviet Union? It is a huge Socialistic block of nations without any problems on racial part. No racism, no nazism and etc. Everyone has a equal rights, everyone have an education for free (in time of USSR, it was best in the world), medicine is also for free, everyone has a job. Soviet Union is the first country who step to the Space. In some of the regions of the humanity (industrial, social, sciense) we were always been leaders. So no, we are not loosers.

[@SirRafacioni]

great poster at 1:16 were did you get it?

[@weylin6]

@TSirrr889 Has any country managed to make anything work?

[@iippo06]

@Slavko961234 Googled that only could find National Socialist things could you explain your view?

[@Tod_x]

Being old doesn't mean you are smarter than teenager. Proof: click Newest, scroll down up to 10 years ago and older after that, there is a fight between adult about ideology, and hypocritical

[@DeedsResearcher]

@Dominick629 Thank you.

[@riceboy1701e]

I need this playing in the background while I watch "Chernobyl". Again.

[@lemmychan]

@wing2912 Indeed!

[@ufoash440]

Which version is this? 44 or 77?

[@Cannibalizer13]

@SalukAntiwii The song actually gave people the power to love their nation. Some national songs actually were not even sang with love from the citizens of the nations, such as my national song from Malaysia. No Racism intended.

[@titsinabottle]

@InfantryFodder93 I can't agree more...

[@chicheater1]

@VaragianPrince OK my post was mainly supporting my statement that people migrated to different countries during the British empire and slave trade etc. which is shown by a huge change in Trinidad's racial structure in a matter of about 2-300 years, and the people who did migrate were highly likely to be skilled workers. Also, people (I don't remember if it was you) have been saying that countries run by blacks become full of poverty which is why I made the comparison with Trinidad and Russia

[@asw654]

@YoungIvyScholar Just as with everything else, it's never so clear-cut/absolute. Money is a mixture... of hard work and well-crafted illusion of hard work.

[@ellipsis003]

I wish the star spangled banner had this glory-inspiring overtone to it

[@ilyalesin]

Супер!

[@jonesjeremiah]

I listened to a lot different anthems now and the best once are the european, the scottish (scotland the brave) and the soviet anthem. Dont know what they singing but it sounds very epic.

[@zdenekfaltynek3153]

Very nice

[@urlandofurioso8957]

1:18 Tears....

[@ubulunikum]

@gosuc - The Russians didn't hold the secret speech of 1956, Khruschev did. As a matter of fact, in a survey recently taken

[@AndreiTupolev]

The "dislike" votes, I notice, are outnumbered nearly 10 to 1. What should we make of this, i wonder?

[@MichaelPhilipMaunes]

It used to be the national anthem of the Soviet Union and Russia from 1944 to 1991. But in 2000 until now, it is now the Hymn of the Russian Federation with the same music by Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov with new lyrics by Sergey Mikhalkov. The Soviet Union's anthem reflects on communism, while the new Russian anthem reflects on peace and democracy, and the unity of Russians.

[@mm2008nin]

@Dracullia Excellent! Couldn't have said it better.

[@steffen54321]

@pharaohadi "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread"

[@capnhands]

@lol02468 read ''The dragon and bear.'' by Tom Clancy

[@DarthAzabrush]

Whatever your political beliefs: This is one of the most badass national anthems ever.

[@PEUUDA]

Why am i feeling so great?

[@Peace-sf7cz]

Wow *-*

[@PteyBeiz]

Well i'm 14 and live in Latvia - it used to be a part of the Soviet Union ! Well, i was not born at that time, but my parents told me a lot about this ... and felt like a bit proud !

[@junkers1337]

Hearing this after winning a game of Call of Duty World At War as the Red Army was so rewarding.

[@itchymonkey1]

Always makes me think of The Hunt For Red October

[@zecxixo]

Greetings from Georgia!

[@bukajlija]

@MrMatthew4815 Who are you? Jack Bauer? :)

[@oldoptimus]

@PellgaBR if i may give an opinion , according to many former soldiers from my family who fought in the WW2 in the russian side , they said that only Stalin could defeat the germans in the russian front.

[@harleyking88]

1:20 I do like this one. It's very touching and warms my heart. On capitalist side, the ordinary violinist man plays his instrument in a dirty street, getting money to simply eat and survive one more day. On socialist side, the man plays his instrument merrily as a famous musician who none forget about for being a simple worker, in a luxury theatre accessible to everyone.

[@gtardrrgmaer]

@Pooternackle5 yes but it developed after words to something else

[@Adonnus100]

yes i just found 3 but youtube won't let me post links

[@Ogasso]

I quote this from wikitravel: "Russia and the Soviet Union had an often violent history and most Russian people are tired of hearing "how bad the Soviet Union was" from western people. They lived it, are proud of both its triumphs and tragedies, and they probably know much more about it than you"

[@Michelle232232]

Soviet union live forever in our hearts!

[@deanbros2000]

Not big on the politics, but what an awesome anthem. Stirs my cold black heart.

[@richbrook101]

Where do you come from btw ?

[@RedZHunter]

@USSOCOMpower How do you destroy a flying nuke

[@Nicecatholicgirl]

Who is the guy shaking hands with Stalin at 2:06?

[@KA1637]

+Nicecatholicgirl The general

[@thfFromRussia]

+Nicecatholicgirl there's written "To work so hard that comrade Stalin thanks" :)

[@Toblerones]

He looks like Voroshilov

[@Nicecatholicgirl]

I believe you're right.

[@diannetempla422]

It's Kliment Voroshilov, a Marshal of the Soviet Armed Forces and Vice-Commissar (Deputy Minister) of State Defense of the Soviet Union...

[@Glabro100]

I wasn't aware of western nations really having national identifications (at least mine), if you mean the term "fatherland", it refers to "our fathers' land", not the land being the father. But yeah, "Mother Russia" is pretty unique.

[@HaroldtheNihongoStudent]

This is the most powerful version of the Soviet National Anthem!

[@beks1911]

СССР

[@rhummayuna]

Beautiful...

[@ReInvestir]

epic anthem! greets from Brazil.

[@GrishgoL]

What is lithuania?

[@uthar1986]

ohne Worte...

[@uxbnkuribo]

No matter what you think of the Soviet Union or Communism, the anthem is hauntingly beautiful.

[@jamesgravil]

Interesting tidbit many of you probably didn't know (Russians included): former president Vladimir Putin is actually the grandson of one of Stalin's courtiers and food-tasters (like all great dictators, Stalin was paranoid about his personal security). How's that for a coincidence? P.S. "In America you are free, but you are free to starve." That's a Stalin quote. And with 100,000 foreclosures in America this year alone, and at least as many bankruptcies, it's the God truth.

[@sauroman1]

Soviet union was real technocracy. They had weird classified projects.