"Let the Thunder of Victory Rumble!" was a ''
de facto''
national anthem
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of the
Russian Empire
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in the late 18th and early 19th century.
The lyrics were written by the premier Russian poet of the time,
Gavrila Derzhavin
Gavriil (Gavrila) Romanovich Derzhavin (, ; 14 July 1743 – 20 July 1816) was one of the most highly esteemed Russian poets before Alexander Pushkin, as well as a statesman. Although his works are traditionally considered literary classicis ...
, and the music by composer
Józef Kozłowski,
in 1791. The song was written to commemorate
the capture of major
Ottoman fortress
Izmail
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by the great Russian general
Aleksandr Suvorov. This event effectively ended the
Seventh Russo-Turkish War.
The tune is a ''
polonaise
The polonaise (, ; , ) is a dance originating in Poland, and one of the five Polish folk dances#National Dances, Polish national dances in Triple metre, time. The original Polish-language name of the dance is ''chodzony'' (), denoting a walki ...
''.
This anthem was eventually replaced by a formal
imperial anthem, "
God Save the Tsar!", which was adopted in 1833.
Lyrics
See also
*
''Let the Thunder of Victory Rumble!'', a novel by Russo-Georgian writer
Boris Akunin
Grigori Chkhartishvili (; ka, გრიგორი ჩხარტიშვილი), better known by his pen name Boris Akunin (, born 20 May 1956), is a Georgian and Russian writer residing in the United Kingdom. He is best known as a write ...
Notes
References
External links
Anthem as it sounded in original Polonaise form(you can find recordings of "Grom pobedy" towards the end of the page or listen it
here
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