The State Anthem of the Uzbek SSR, ; russian: Гимн Узбекской Советская Социалистическая Республика, was the

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Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...

when it was a republic of the

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and known as the

Uzbek SSR Uzbekistan (, ) is the common English name for the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (Uzbek SSR; uz, Ўзбекистон Совет Социалистик Республикаси, Oʻzbekiston Sovet Sotsialistik Respublikasi, in Russian: Уз� ...

Background

The anthem was used 1947 to 1992. The music was composed by Mutal Burkhanov, and the words were written by Timur Fattah and

Turab Tula Turab Tula (Тураб Тула), pseudonym of Turab Tulakhozhaev (Тураб Тулахожаев) (1918—1990) was a Soviet Uzbek writer, People's Writer of the Uzbek SSR Uzbekistan (, ) is the common English name for the Uzbek Soviet Soc ...

. The anthem (like those of the

Tajik SSR The Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic,, ''Çumhuriji Şūraviji Sotsialistiji Toçikiston''; russian: Таджикская Советская Социалистическая Республика, ''Tadzhikskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Resp ...

and

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) opens with a salute to the

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, while the

Uzbeks The Uzbeks ( uz, , , , ) are a Turkic ethnic group native to the wider Central Asian region, being among the largest Turkic ethnic group in the area. They comprise the majority population of Uzbekistan, next to Kazakh and Karakalpak mino ...

themselves are not actually mentioned until the fourth line. The melody is used in the current

national anthem of Uzbekistan The State Anthem of the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ўзбекистон Республикасининг Давлат Мадҳияси / Oʻzbekiston Respublikasining Davlat Madhiyasi) uses the same melody as the anthem of the Uzbek Soviet Soci ...

, with different lyrics. It is one of the four remaining

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, along with

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, and

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

, to continuously use their Soviet-era anthems with different lyrics. The Soviet-era lyrics were in use in the Republic of Uzbekistan from 1991 until 1992, when Abdulla Oripov wrote new lyrics.

Lyrics

1947–1956 Version

1978–1992 Version

Notes

References

External links

MIDI file

Instrumental recording in MP3 format (Short version)

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