The state anthem of the Republic of Karelia was approved by law on 6 April 1993. The music of the anthem was composed by Alexander Beloborodov and in most parts follows the melody of the Finnish traditional song "
Karjalan kunnailla
( krl, Karjalan kumbuzil), , is a Finnish folk song composed by in 1902. Karelian also published an early Karelianist adaptation of Juva's original Finnish lyrics in the Livvi-Karelian language of East Karelia. The music of the Anthem of th ...
". The Russian lyrics were written by
Armas Mishin
The Arma people are an ethnic group of the middle Niger River valley, descended from Moroccan invaders of the 16th century . The name, applied by other groups, derives from the word ''ar-rumah'' ( ar, الرماة) "fusiliers". N. Levtzion, "No ...
and
Ivan Kostin
Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgari ...
, whilst the Finnish lyrics were written by Mishin alone, and the
Karelian lyrics by Alexander Volkov. Since December 2001, the Russian lyrics are the official ones.
Карельский гимн будут петь только по-русски. ИА «Росбалт»
(2001-08-12).
Lyrics
See also
*Anthem of the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic
The State Anthem of the Karelo-Finnish SSR was the national anthem of Karelia (now a federal subject of Russia) when it was a republic of the Soviet Union and known as the Karelo-Finnish SSR.https://books.google.com/books?id=gy4rAAAAYAAJ Helin, Ro ...
References
External links
An introduction from government page
*Russian vocal version fro
government page
an
Andrew Heninen's site
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Culture of the Republic of Karelia
Regional songs
Karelia
Karelia ( Karelian and fi, Karjala, ; rus, Каре́лия, links=y, r=Karélija, p=kɐˈrʲelʲɪjə, historically ''Korjela''; sv, Karelen), the land of the Karelian people, is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for ...
Karelia
Karelia ( Karelian and fi, Karjala, ; rus, Каре́лия, links=y, r=Karélija, p=kɐˈrʲelʲɪjə, historically ''Korjela''; sv, Karelen), the land of the Karelian people, is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for ...
National anthem compositions in E major