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 BELARUS     БЕЛАРУС                                                                

 

 


           

AREA: 208 000 km˛                                                                                                       

POPULATION: 10 335 000

OFFICIAL LANGUAGES –  БЕЛОРУСКИ РУССКИЙ

                                                   BELORUSIAN RUSSIAN

                                                                                                                     

 

Гимн

Мы, беларусы

   Мы, беларусы - мірныя людзі,

 Сэрцам адданыя роднай зямлі,

 Шчыра сябруем, сілы гартуем   

 Мы ў працавітай, вольнай сям'і.

Refrain:

 Слаўся, зямлі нашай светлае імя, :Слаўся, народаў братэрскі саюз!    :Наша любімая маці-Радзіма,    :Вечна жыві і квітней, Беларусь!

   Разам з братамі мужна вякамі    Мы баранілі родны парог,    У бітвах за волю, бітвах за долю    Свой здабывалі сцяг перамог!

Refrain.

   Дружба народаў - сіла народаў -    Наш запаветны, сонечны шлях.    Горда ж узвіся ў ясныя высі,    Сцяг пераможны - радасці сцяг!

Refrain.

 

Hymn

Music by Nestser Sakalouski

Lyrics by Maxim Klimkovich and Uladzimir Karyzna

We, the Belarussians (translation)

   We are Belarussians, peaceful people,    Our heart is to our native land,    We maintain generous friendship and gain our powers    Within the industrious, free family.

Refrain    :Glory to the bright name of our land,    :Glory to the fraternal union of our peoples!    :Our beloved mother-Motherland,    :Long you live and flourish, Belarus!

   Together with brothers, with fortitude, during centuries    We guarded our native thresholds,    In struggles for freedom, in struggles for fate,    We have been gaining our banner of victories.

Refrain.

   The friendship of peoples (which is) the power of peoples    Is our venerable, sunny path    You soar up proudly, into the bright heights,    The banner of victory, the banner of joy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    BOSNA I            БОСНА И                                                                   

                                             HERCEGOVINA                                                           ХЕРЦЕГОВИНА

 

 


 


           

                         AРЕА: 51 100 km˛                                                                                                       

                         POPULATION: 3 964 000

                         OFFICIAL LANGUAGES –

           SRPSKI HRVATSKI BOSANSKI

                                                    СРПСКИ ХРВАТСКИ БОСАНСКИ – SERBIAN CROATIAN BOSNIAN

                       

 

 

 

Map of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Himna

Химна

 ИНТЕРМЕЦО музика без текста

 INTERMECO muzika bez teksta

Hymn

 INTERMEZZO

music without texst

 

 

 

 

                    

 

 

  БЪЛГАРИЯ BULGARIA

 

 

 

 


Bulgarian coat of arms

AREA: 111 100 km˛                                                                                                 

POPULATION: 7 621 000

                             OFFICIAL LANGUAGES:  БЪЛГАРСКИ -BULGARIAN

                                          

                                         

 

                                                                                   

 

Map of Bulgaria

Гимн

Горда Стара планина,
до ней Дунава синей,
слънце Тракия огрява,
над Пирина пламеней.

Припев:
Мила Родино,
ти си земен рай,
твойта хубост, твойта прелест,
ах, те нямат край.

Паднаха борци безчет
за народа наш любим,
майко, дай ни мъжка сила
пътя им да продължим.

Hymn

 

Words by: Tsvetan Tsvetkov Radoslavov

 

Music by: Tsvetan Tsvetkov Radoslavov

 

Proudly rise the Balkan peaks,
At their feet Blue Danube flows;
Over Thrace the sun is shining,
Pirin looms in purple glow.

Oh, dear native land,
Earthly paradise!
For your loveliness, your beauty
E'er will charm our eyes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HRVATSKA  CROATIA                                                              

 

 

[The Coat of Arms of Republic of Croatia]

                                                                                                           

     AREA: 56 600 km˛

     POPULATION: 4 391 000

     OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: HRVATSKI - CROATIAN 

              

 

 

 

 

 

Map of Croatia

Croatian

 

Lijepa naša Domovino,

Oj junačka zemljo mila,

Stare slave djedovino,

Da bi vazda sretna bila!

Mila kano si nam slavna,

Mila si nam ti jedina,

Mila kuda si nam ravna,

Mila kuda si planina!

Teci Savo, Dravo teci,

Nit ti, Dunav, silu gubi!

Sinje more, svijetu reci,

Da svoj narod Hrvat ljubi!

Dok mu njive sunce grije,

Dok mu hrašće bura vije,

Dok mu mrtve grobak krije,

Dok mu živo srce bije!

English

 

Words by: Antun Mihanović

 

Music by: Josip Runjanin

 

Our beautiful homeland,

Oh dear, heroic land,

Fatherland of ancient glory,

May you always be happy!

Dear, as much as you are glorious,

Only you are dear to us.

Dear, where your land is flat,

Dear, where it is mountainous.

Flow Sava, Drava flow,

Nor you, Danube, lose your power!

Azure sea, tell to the world

That a Croat loves his nation!

As long as the sun warms his ploughed land,

As long as storms lash his oak trees,

As long as graves hide his dead,

As long as his living heart beats!

 

                                                   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                         ČESKÓ     CZECH     

                                                                                                              REPUBLIC

 

 


                                    AREA: 78 900 km˛ 

 

:                                                                       POPULATION 10 257 OOO

                                                                  OFFICIAL LANGUAGES:  ČEŠKI - CZECH     

 

                                                   

 

 

 

Map of Czech Republic

Hymn

 

Kde domov můj,

 

kde domov můj?

 

Voda hučí po lučinách,

 

bory šumí po skalinách,

 

v sadě skví se jara květ,

 

zemský ráj to na pohled!

 

A to je ta krásná země,

 

země česká, domov můj,

 

země česká, domov můj!

 Hymn

 

Words by: Josef Kajetan Tyl

 

Music by: František Skroup

 

Where (is) my home?

 

 

Where (is) my home?

 

Water bubbles across the meadows,

 

(Pine)forests rustle over the cliffs,

 

In the garden spring's blossom shines,

 

an Earthly paradise at sight!

 

And this is that beautiful country,

 

Czech country, my home,

 

Czech country, my home!

        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   МАКЕДОНИЈА   MACEDONIA          

 


[Makedonija, Narodna Republika, 1945. - 1963., Socijalistička Republika, 1963. - 1991.]

 

                         

       AREA: 25 700 km˛

       PPOPILATION:  2 055 000                                                             

       OFFICIAL LANGUAGES:  МАКЕДОНСКИ АЛБАНСКИ

                                                        MACEDONIAN

                                                         ALBANIAN                

 

 

Map of Macedonia

Hymn

 

Денес Над Македонија

 

Денес над Македонија се раѓа,

ново сонце на слободата !

 

Македонците се борат,

за своите правдини !

Македонците се борат,

за своите правдини !

 

Од сега веќе знамето се вее,

на Крушевската република !

Гоце Делчев, Питу Гули,

Даме Груев, Сандански !

Гоце Делчев, Питу Гули,

Даме Груев, Сандански !

 

Горите шумно пеат,

нови песни, нови весници !

Македонија слободна,

слободна живее !

Македонија слободна,

слободна живее !

 

Hymn

 

Words by: Vlado Maleski

 

Music by: Todor Skalovski

 

Today over Macedonia

 

Today above Macedonia, is born

the new sun of liberty

 

The Macedonians fight

for their own rights!

The Macedonians fight

for their own rights!

 

Now again the flag flies

(that) of the Krushevo Republic

Goce Delchev, Pitu Guli

Dame Gruev, Sandanski!

Goce Delchev, Pitu Guli

Dame Gruev, Sandanski!

 

The Macedonian forests sing

new songs and news

Macedonia is liberated

It lives in liberty!

Macedonia is liberated

It lives in liberty!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

       POLSKA         POLAND                                                           

 

National Emblem Image                       

         AREA: 313 000 km˛

         POPULATION: 38 625 000

         OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: POLSKI - POLISH 

 

 

                                                     

      

 

Map of Poland

Hymn

Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła

Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła,
Kiedy my żyjemy.
Co nam obca przemoc wzięła,
Szablą odbierzemy.
Marsz, marsz, Dąbrowski,
Z ziemi włoskiej do Polski,
Za twoim przewodem
Złączym się z narodem.
Przejdziem Wisłę, przejdziem Wartę,
Będziem Polakami,
Dał nam przykład Bonaparte,
Jak zwyciężać mamy.
Marsz, marsz, Dąbrowski...
Jak Czarniecki do Poznania
Po szwedzkim zaborze,
Dla ojczyzny ratowania
Wrócim się przez morze.

Marsz, marsz, Dąbrowski...

Już tam ojciec do swej Basi
Mówi zapłakany:
"Słuchaj jeno, pono nasi
Biją w tarabany."

Marsz, marsz, Dąbrowski...

 

Hymn

Words by: Jozef Wybicki

Music by: unknown

Poland has not yet perished

Poland has not yet perished,
as long as we live.
Whatever foreign force took from us,
we'll retake by sabre.

March, March, Dabrowski,
from Italian land to Poland.
Under your lead,
we'll unite with the nation.

We'll cross Vistula,
We'll cross Warta,
We'll be Polish people.
Bonaparte showed us an example
how we should win.

March, March, Dabrowski...

Like Czarnecki to Poznan,
after Swedish occupation,
To save fatherland,
we'll return across the sea.

March, March, Dabrowski...

And over there, a father tells his Basia, crying:
"Listen, it sounds like ours
are drumming military drums."

March, March, Dabrowski...

                                                 

  

 

       РОССИЯ    RUSSIA                                         

 

                

         AREA: 17 075 000 km˛

         POPULATION: 144 979 000

         OFFICIAL LANGUAGES:  РУССКИЙ - RUSSIAN 

                         

 

 

 

Map of Russia

 

Note: Russia spans both Europe and Asia, though it is generally considered a European

Гимн

Россия - священная наша держава,
Россия - любимая наша страна.
Могучая воля, великая слава -
Твое достоянье на все времена!

Припев:
Славься, Отечество наше свободное,
Братских народов союз вековой,
Предками данная мудрость народная!
Славься, страна! Мы гордимся тобой!

От южных морей до полярного края
Раскинулись наши леса и поля.
Одна ты на свете! Одна ты такая -
Хранимая Богом родная земля!

Припев

Широкий простор для мечты и для жизни.
Грядущие нам открывают года.
Нам силу дает наша верность Отчизне.
Так было, так есть и так будет всегда!

 

Hymn: Words by Sergei Mikhalkov   Music by A.V:Aleksandrov

Russia - our holy country,
Russia - our beloved country.
A mighty will, a great glory -
Are your inheritance for all times!

Refrain:
Be glorious, our free Fatherland!
Eternal union of fraternal peoples,
Common wisdom given by our forebears,
Be glorious, our country! We are proud of you!

From the southern seas to the polar region
spread our forests and fields.
You are unique in the world, inimitable,
Native land protected by God!

Refrain

Wide spaces for dreams and for living
Are opened for us by the coming years
Faithfulness to our country gives us strength
Thus it was, so it is and always will be!

Refrain

 

      

       СРБИЈА И        SERBIA    

                                                ЦРНА ГОРА                                                      MONTENEGRO

 

 


 

         AREA: 102 000 km˛

         POPULATION: 10 657 000

        OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: СРПСКИ- SERBIAN

        ( МАТЕРЊИ ЦРНОГОРСКИ MATERNJI MONTENEGRIAN )                                                              

                                                                                                                                               

 

 

 

 

 

Map of Serbia and Montenegro

 

Химна

Хеј Славени

Хеј, Словени, јоште живи
Реч наших дедова
Док за народ срце бије
Њихових синова

Живи, живи, дух словенски
Живећеш вековма
Залуд прети понор пакла
Залуд ватра грома

Нек се сада и над нама
Буром све разнесе
Стена пуца, дуб се лама
Земља нек се тресе

Ми стојимо постојано
Кано клисурине
Проклет био издајица
Своје домовине!

 

Hymn

Words by: Samuel Tomašik

Music by: unknown

 O Slavs

O, Slavs, there still lives
Word of our grandfathers
While for the people heart strikes
Of their sons

Live, live, spirit Slavic
You will live for centuries
Futile is the Hell's abyss
Futile is the fire of thunder

Even if now there above us
Storm shatters everything
Stone breaks, tree shatters
Earth quakes

We stand steadily
As river gorges
Damned be the traitor
Of his homeland

 

 

 

 

   

             SLOVENSKÓ   SLOVAKIA   

 

                            

 

 

 

 

            AREA: 49 000 km˛                                                           

            POPULATION: 5 442 000

            OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: SLOVENSKI- SLOVAKIAN                               

                       

 

 

 

 

 

Himna

 

Nad Tatrou sa blýska

 

Nad Tatrou sa blýska

hromy divo bijú.   

Zastavme ich bratia,

ved' sa ony stratia,

 

 Slováci ožijú.

 

To Slovensko naše

posiaľ tvrdo spalo.  

Ale blesky hromu

vzbudzujú ho k tomu,

 

aby sa prebralo.

Hymn

 

Words by: Janko Matuška

 

Music by: traditional

 

Storm Over the Tatras)

 

 

There is lightening

over the Tatra,

 thunders are striking ferociously.   

 Let us stop them, brothers,

 (you  will see that) they will   disappear,

   

the Slovaks will revive.

 

This our Slovakia

 has been sleeping for a long time.

 But the lightening of the thunder

 is rousing it to wake up

                                                              

 

 

  

 

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  SLOVENIJA  SLOVENIA                                      

 

 


Grb Republike Slovenije

 

               AREA: 20 300 km˛                                                              

                 POPULATION: 1 933 000

                 OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: SLOVENSKI - SLOVENIAN   

                        

 

 

                                                             

 

 

 

 

 

Hymn

Zdravljica

 

 

Živé naj vsi naródi

ki hrepené dočakat' dan,

da koder sonce hodi,

prepir iz svéta bo pregnan,

da rojak

prost bo vsak,

ne vrag, le sosed bo mejak!

Hymn

 

Words by: France Prešern

 

Music by: Stanko Premrl

 

A Toast

 

God's blessing on all nations,

Who long and work for that bright day,

When o'er earth's habitations

No war, no strife shall hold its sway;

Who long to see

That all men free

No more shall foes,

but neighbours be!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  УКРАĎНА          UKRAINE             

    

            AREA: 604 000 km˛                                                                         

            POPULATION:  48 396 000

            OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: УКРАĎ НСКИ- UKRAINIAN                          

 

 

                                                             

 

Гимн

Ще не вмерла Україна

Ще не вмерла Україна, ні слава, ні воля,
Ще нам, браття-українці, усміхнеця доля.
Згинуть наші воріженьки, як роса на сонці,
Заживемо і ми, браття, у своїй сторонці.


Душу й тіло ми положим за нашу сободу
І покажем, що ми, браття, козацького роду.

Станем браття, всі за волю, від Сяну до Дону
В ріднім краю панувати не дамо ні кому.
Чорне море ще всміхнеця, дід Дніпро зрадіє,
Ще на нашій Україні доленька доспіє.

 

А завзятта праця щира свого ще докаже,
Ще ся вомі в Україні піснь гучна розляже.
За Карпати відібється, згомонить степами,
України слава стане поміж гародами.

 

 

 

trident

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Belarus
"My bielarusy" (We the Belarusians)

Words by: Maxim Klimkovich and Uladzimir Karyzny

In use: 1955-1991, 2002- (with words)

Music by: Nester Sakalouski

1991-2002- (without words)

Upon the dissultion of the Soviet Union in 1991, Belarus kept the anthem it used as a soviet socialist republic, without the words. (Many SSR's have used an wordless, or instrumental, version of the SSR hymn very soon after the break up.) On July 2, 2002, President Lukashenko set a decree that the Belarus hymn will have lyrics, and ones were adopted in a contest. Many of the lyrics were similar to the Belarussian SSR anthem lyrics.

 

 

 

Bulgaria
"Mila Rodino" (Dear Homeland)

Words by: Tsvetan Tsvetkov Radoslavov

In use: 1964-

Music by: Tsvetan Tsvetkov Radoslavov

 

The melody of the Bulgarian anthem. It was written and composed by a Bulgarian student in 1885, as he went off to fight in the Serbo-Bulgarian war.

Before the fall of the communist government in 1991-92, a third verse was added to "Mila Rodino", referencing Moscow's allegiance to Bulgaria, but this was removed after the communists were removed from government. (The third verse was not part of the original lyrics.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bosnia Herzegovina

 

Intermezzo music without text

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Croatia
"Lijepa nasa Domovino" (Our Beautiful Homeland)

Words by: Antun Mihanovic

In use: 1990-

Music by: Josip Runjanin

 

 

The lyrics to the anthem were first printed in Danica (The Morning Star) magazine in 1835, under the title "Hrvatska domovina" ("Croatian Homeland"). The music was composed later (1840s) by Josip Runjanin, a Croatian Serb, on the basis of Donizetti's "O sole piu ratto" from the opera "Lucia di Lammermoor". Later, in 1861, the score went through some minor changes done by V. Lichtenegger. In 1891 the song was first sung as the national anthem at an exhibition held by the Croatian-Slavonian Economic Society in Zagreb. It was readopted a year before Croatia achieved independence from Yugoslavia in December 1990. Only the first and last eight lines are used officially.

 

 

Czech
"Kde domuv muj" (d)

Words by: Josef Kajetan Tyl

In use: 1917-

Music by: Frantisek Skroup

 

 

 

 

The, Kde domov muj, has been composed by Frantisek Skroup (1801-1862) with lyrics written by Josef Kajetan Tyl (1808-1856). It has been officially recognized as the National Anthem in 1919.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Macedonia


"Today Over Macedonia"

Words by: Vlado Maleski

In use: 1991-

Music by: Todor Skalovski

 

This national anthem was created in 1943 by Vlado Maleski, a poet from Struga. It was adopted as the anthem of the Republic of Macedonia upon its establishment after World War II. The song was later selected to be the anthem of the newly independent Republic of Macedonia in 1991

 

 

 

Poland
"Jeszcze Polska nie zginela" (Poland has not yet perished)

Words by: Jozef Wybicki

In use: 1927-

Music by: unknown

 

The National Anthem of the Republic of Poland, also called "Dabrowki's Mazurek" or "Song of the Polish Legions in Italy", was written in July 1797 in Reggio near Bolonia by Jozef Wybicki, one of the organisers of general Jan Henryk Dabrowski's Polish Army in Italy. This song of Dabrowski's soldiers soon became the favourite hymn of all Poles.

The title "Jeszcze Polska nie zginela" refers to the partitions of Poland between Russia, Prussia and Austria in 1795. The chorus "March, Dabrowski, from Italy to Poland" refers to the Polish legions, who were all wiped out in the Caribbean while members of Napoleon's troops.

Its familiar mazurka melody and its message - a call to join the fight for independence - inspired numerous 19th century patriotic songs and national hymns of the Slavonic nations under foreign rule (some of which would later become Yugoslavia, which could explain the similar melody of the former Yugoslav anthem.) In the early years after Poland's revival in 1918, during the debate about the choice of the national anthem, several candidates were considered. On February 28th 1927 the choice of "Dabrowski's Mazurek" as the national anthem was officially announced.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Russia
"Gimn Rossiyskaya Federatsiya" (Hymn of the Russian Federation)

Words by: Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov

In use: 2001-

Music by: Alexandr Vasilievich Alexandrov

 

On January 1, 2001, Russia's new president Vladimir Putin, decided to give the Russian people a new anthem, since a common complaint was not having words to their current anthem. So Putin adopted the old anthem from the Soviet Union , identifying with the country's past. New words, however, to replace the Communist-style words, were written by Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov (the same person who wrote the lyrics to the old Soviet anthem!) to go with the existing music.

 

 

Serbia and Montenegro
"Hej Slaveni" (O Slavs)

Words by: Samuel Tomasik

In use: 2003-

Music by: unknown

 

In February, 2003, what was left of Yugoslavia changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro. Since that time, there have been proposals to change the national anthem, but, as of yet, no bill has passed the parliament, so the old Yugoslav anthem continues to be of use. In the areas of Serbia and Montenegro themselves, the respective local anthems continue to be in use prominently.

After the communist revolution in 1945, Yugoslavia adopted the Slavic folk song "Hej Slaveni" as their new national anthem. The anthem was composed in the mid nineteenth century as an anthem for the Slavonic movement. The anthem melody is nearly the same as Poland.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slovakia
"Nad Tatrou sa blyská" (Storm Over the Tatras)

Words by: Janko Matuska

In use: 1993-

Music by: traditional

 

Until the breakup of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the Slovak anthem was used as part of the Czechoslovakian anthem, played immediately following the Czech anthem. The melody of the anthem, long used as an unofficial anthem, is that of a Slovak folk song commemorating the exodus of Slovak students from Bratislava in 1843. The Tatras mentioned in the title and text are a mountain range in the eastern part of the country

 

 

 

Slovenia
"Zdravljica" (A Toast)

Words by: France Preseren

In use: 1990-

Music by: Stanko Premrl

 

Upon the independence of Slovenia from Yugoslavia, a new anthem was adopted. Instead of “naprej zastava slave”! which was used on an unofficial basis before, a new anthem was created, the words taken from the seventh stanza of the France Preseren poem Zdravljica and set to the tune of composer Stanko Premrl's choral composition of the same name. ("Naprej zastava slave" remains the official anthem of the Slovenian military.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                   Ukraine

              Ukraine's glory hasn't perished(Ще не вмерла Україна

Words by: Pavlo Chubynsky

In use: 1992-

Music by: Mykhailo Verbytsky

 

 

 

Ukraine's glory hasn't perished (Ще не вмерла Україна) is the national anthem of Ukraine. The music was composed in 1863 by Mykhailo Verbytsky, a western Ukrainian composer and catholic priest intended to accompany a patriotic poem written in 1862 by Pavlo Chubynsky, a prominent ethnographer in the Kyiv  region.

In 1917 it became the anthem of the short-lived Ukrainian National Republic, but it was replaced by the Soviets. In 1992  the Ukrainian Parliament again adopted the song and lyrics as the national anthem. In 2003, the Ukrainian Parliament adopted a new lyric, which has modified Chubynsky's original words

 

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