National Anthems of the USSR and Union Republics - Definition and Overview

The USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) and its constituent republics each had a national anthem (generally referred as state anthem).

The anthem of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic was the same as that of the Union: the Internationale from 1917 to 1944 and the Hymn of the Soviet Union from 1944 to 1991.

List of republics

• USSR and Russian SFSR - Hymn of the Soviet Union
• Armenian SSR - Anthem of the Armenian SSR
• Azerbaijan SSR - Anthem of the Azerbaijan SSR
• Byelorussian SSR - Anthem of the Byelorussian SSR
• Estonian SSR - Anthem of the Estonian SSR
• Georgian SSR - Anthem of the Georgian SSR
• Kazakh SSR - Anthem of the Kazakh SSR
• Kirghiz SSR - Anthem of the Kyrgyz SSR
• Latvian SSR - Anthem of the Latvian SSR
• Lithuanian SSR - Anthem of the Lithuanian SSR
• Moldavian SSR - Anthem of the Moldavian SSR
• Tadzhik SSR - Anthem of the Tajik SSR
• Turkmen SSR - Anthem of the Turkmen SSR
• Ukrainian SSR - Anthem of the Ukrainian SSR
• Uzbek SSR - Anthem of the Uzbek SSR

External links

• Official recordings of all Union republics anthems, made by national choirs and orchestras (http://www.vad1.com/anthems/15-union-republics/)