"My Moscow" (russian: Моя Москва, Mojá Moskvá, ) is the municipal anthem of the Russian city of

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

since 1995. The music was composed in 1941 by

Isaak Dunayevsky Isaak Osipovich Dunayevsky (russian: Исаак Осипович Дунаевский ; also transliterated as Dunaevski or Dunaevskiy; 25 July 1955) was a Soviet film composer and conductor of the 1930s and 1940s, who composed music for operett ...

and the lyrics were written by

Sergey Agranyan Sergey may refer to: * Sergey (name), a Russian given name (including a list of people with the name) * Sergey, Switzerland Sergey is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Sergey is ...

and

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. The original performer was

Zoya Rozhdestvenskaya Zoya Nikolayevna Rozhdestvenskaya (russian: Зоя Николаевна Рождественская; 16 August 1906 — 8 November 1953) was a Soviet singer, a holder of the title of Meritorious Artist of the RSFSR. She was the original performe ...

.
The original lyrics had four verses, of which the last pertained to

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretar ...

. They were replaced by the current lyrics which were introduced during the

Leonid Brezhnev Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev; uk, links= no, Леонід Ілліч Брежнєв, . (19 December 1906– 10 November 1982) was a Soviet Union, Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Gener ...

era.

Lyrics

Current lyrics since 1995

Brezhnev-era lyrics

Original
Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretar ...
-era lyrics

Notes

References

*http://www.sovmusic.ru (for the Stalin-era and Brezhnev-era lyrics) *http://www.personal.psu.edu/npi103/mos1_himn.htm (for the English translation) *https://web.archive.org/web/20080604144129/http://www.mos.ru/cgi-bin/pbl_web?vid=1&osn_id=0&subr_unom=1907&datedoc=0 (for the current lyrics) *Self-made transliterations

External links

MP3 Vocal and instrumental recordings of the current anthemA Brezhnev-era MP3 vocal recordingA Stalin-era MP3 vocal recording"My Moscow" - korean version"My Moscow" - chinese version
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