"Za Ukrainu" ( uk, За Україну, or "For Ukraine") is a Ukrainian patriotic song. In 1991 was a candidate to be adopted as the anthem of
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
.
Background
The song was written by
Mykola Voronyi, a prominent Ukrainian poet, civil activist, politician, and one of the founders of the
Central Rada
The Central Council of Ukraine ( uk, Українська Центральна Рада, ) (also called the Tsentralna Rada or the Central Rada) was the All-Ukrainian council ( soviet) that united deputies of soldiers, workers, and peasants deputi ...
. Voronyi was from a former serf-peasant family and was eventually murdered by the Soviet regime as a ''socially dangerous element''.
He was posthumously rehabilitated by the Kirovohrad Oblast Court.
Two similar melodies on a lyrics by Mykola Voronyi "For Ukraine!" were created by Lviv composers
Bohdan Vahnyanin Bohdan may refer to:
* Bohdan, a Slavic masculine name, a variant spelling of Bogdan (which includes a list of people named Bohdan as well as Bogdan)
* Bohdan, Podlaskie Voivodeship
Bohdan is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dob ...
(1886-1940) and
Yaroslav Yaroslavenko
Yaroslav Yaroslavenko (March 30, 1880 – June 26, 1958) was a Ukrainian composer who wrote the music for "Za Ukrainu" and a son of Ukrainian writer and poet Demeter Więckowski and Anna de Weryha-Wysoczańska-Pietrusiewicz.
He studied at the L ...
(1880-1958). The melody performed nowadays slightly differs from both of them.
The song later in the beginning of 1990's was popularized by the Ukrainian folk-band ''Sokoly'' led by Ivan Matsyalko from
Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast ( uk, Льві́вська о́бласть, translit=Lvivska oblast, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna ( uk, Льві́вщина, ), ). The name of each oblast is a relational adjective—in English translating to a noun adjunct w ...
. The song also is considered as the alternative Ukrainian anthem, unofficially. It was popular among the Ukrainian Army in the struggle against the Soviets.
pre-2003 lyrics
See also
*
National Anthem of Ukraine
*
Mykola Voronyi
References
External links
Lyrics
{{National symbols of Ukraine
Ukrainian patriotic songs