"Şən Azərbaycan" ( Azerbaijani Cyrillic: "Шән Азәрбајҹан", ) is a Soviet-era patriotic song about

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that still remains popular in modern Azerbaijan. It was written in 1970 and was sung by Polad Bulbuloghlu, Muslim Magomayev,

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, and , among others. During the Soviet era, the song was often sung in both Azerbaijani and Russian. After the

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, the Russian lyrics fell out of popularity and are typically no longer sung.

Azerbaijani lyrics

Russian version

Due to Russian being the '' de facto'' official

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of the Soviet Union, a Russian-language version was produced alongside the Azerbaijani-language version. It is known in Russian as "Мой Азербайджан" (). This version was written by Onegin Gadgikasimov, a Soviet Azerbaijani poet of Russian background. However, it is rarely sung anymore in Azerbaijan following the collapse of the USSR.

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