"Death or Freedom" ( ce, Ӏожалла я маршо, Joƶalla ya marşo) was the

national anthem A national anthem is a patriotic musical composition symbolizing and evoking eulogies of the history and traditions of a country or nation. The majority of national anthems are marches or hymns in style. American, Central Asian, and European n ...

of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, a former partially recognized separatist state in the

North Caucasus The North Caucasus, ( ady, Темыр Къафкъас, Temır Qafqas; kbd, Ишхъэрэ Къаукъаз, İṩxhərə Qauqaz; ce, Къилбаседа Кавказ, Q̇ilbaseda Kavkaz; , os, Цӕгат Кавказ, Cægat Kavkaz, inh, ...

from 1991 to 2000. The music was composed in 1992 by either Ali Dimayev or Umar Beksultanov, and the lyrics were written by

Abuzar Aydamirov Abuzar Abdulkhakimovich Aydamirov (russian: Абузар Абдулхакимович Айдамиров; 29 October 1933 – 27 May 2005) was a Soviet and Chechen novelist and poet, author of a historical trilogy dedicated to the Caucasian ...

.Flag, Emblem and Anthem
''Waynakh Online''. The Dudayev-era anthem replaced "

My Checheno-Ingushetia My Checheno-Ingushetia (russian: Чечено-Ингушетия Моя; ce, Сан Нохч-ГӀалгӀайчоь; inh, Са Нохч-ГӀалгӀайче) was the regional anthem of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR.Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic The Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic; inh, Нохч-ГӀалгӀай Автономе Советий Социализма Республика, Noxç-Ġalġay Avtonome Sovetiy Socializma Respublika; russian: Чече́но-И ...

, following the

dissolution of the Soviet Union The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...

. Afterwards, "Joƶalla ya marşo" was replaced by "

Shatlak's Song "Shatlak's Song" ( ce, Шатлакхан Илли, Şatlaqan İlli) is the national anthem of Chechnya, a republic of Russia. It was written by Akhmad Kadyrov and composed by Umar Beksultanov, and it was officially adopted in July 2010. In ...

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