"Te slăvim, Românie" () was the national anthem of the

Romanian People's Republic The Socialist Republic of Romania (, RSR) was a Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist state that existed officially in Romania from 1947 to 1989 (see Revolutions of 1989). From 1947 to 1965, the state was known as the Romanian People's Repu ...

, and later

Socialist Republic of Romania The Socialist Republic of Romania (, RSR) was a Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist One-party state, one-party socialist state that existed officially in Romania from 1947 to 1989 (see Revolutions of 1989). From 1947 to 1965, the state was ...

between 1953 and 1975. The lyrics were written by and

Dan Deșliu Dan Deșliu (August 31, 1927 – September 4, 1992) was a Romanian poet. Born in Bucharest, his parents were Ștefan Deșliu, an accountant at the Bulandra Theatre company and later administrator of the Workers' Theatre, and his wife Elena ( ...

, the music by

Matei Socor Matei Socor (September 15, 1908 – May 30, 1980) was a Romanian composer and communist activist. Biography Born in Iași, his father was the noted journalist Emanoil Socor, who was of Armenian descent. He completed high school in his nati ...

. It mentions Romania's brotherhood with the

Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

and praises

Leninist ideology Leninism (, ) is a political ideology developed by Russian Marxist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin that proposes the establishment of the dictatorship of the proletariat led by a revolutionary vanguard party as the political prelude to the estab ...

. In the 1960s, in line with Romania's de-satellization, the reference to the "Soviet liberators" in the anthem was dropped.Michael Shafir, Pinter, 1985, ''Romania: Politics, Economics and Society: Political Stagnation and Simulated Change'', p. 36
/ref> It was replaced by "

E scris pe tricolor Unire "Pe-al nostru steag e scris Unire" () is a Romanian patriotic song dedicated to the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia established in 1859. The text was written by and the music was composed by Ciprian Porumbescu in 1880. Its tune ...

" in 1975, which only lasted until 1977 as Romania's anthem.

Lyrics

External links

Sound file (mp3)

References

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