"" ( tg, Суруди Миллӣ, ; "National Anthem") is the

national anthem A national anthem is a patriotic musical composition symbolizing and evoking eulogies of the history and traditions of a country or nation. The majority of national anthems are marches or hymns in style. American, Central Asian, and Europea ...

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.Tadzhikistan Legal Texts:The Foundations of Civic Accord and a Market Economy
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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

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and

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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 Gulnazar Keldi ( tg, Гулназар Келдӣ; 20 September 1945 – 13 August 2020) was a Tajikistani poet from Dardar and editor of the publication '' Adabiyet va sanat'' (''Literature and Art''). Keldi wrote the lyrics of "Surudi Milli", t ...

, and the music composed by

Suleiman Yudakov Suleiman (Solomon) Alexandrovich Yudakov ( tg, Сулаймон Александрович Юдаков; russian: Сулейман (Соломон) Александрович Юдаков) ( – 1990) was a Soviet Bukharian composer of Bukha ...

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 lyricsarchive link

- A vocal version of the Anthem with the current lyrics, featured in Szbszig's "Himnuszok" website.
Vocal of "Surudi Milli" with Soviet lyricsMIDI file
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