"" ( tg, Суруди Миллӣ, ; "National Anthem") is the
national anthem
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of
Tajikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...
, officially adopted on 7 September 1994.
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History
Upon its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Tajikistan retained the Soviet-era regional anthem, lyrics and all, as its national anthem for a time before replacing the lyrics in 1994. This was in contrast to other former Soviet states like Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...
and Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
that appropriated their old Soviet-era regional anthems as national ones but did so without the Soviet lyrics.
The lyrics were written by Gulnazar Keldi, and the music composed by Suleiman Yudakov was the same melody from the " State Anthem of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic".
Lyrics
Notes
References
External links
Tajikistan: ''Surudi Milli'' - Audio of the national anthem of Tajikistan, with information and lyrics
archive link
- A vocal version of the Anthem with the current lyrics, featured in Szbszig's "Himnuszok" website.
Vocal of "Surudi Milli" with Soviet lyrics
MIDI file
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