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Official lyrics (Russian)

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Transliteration

Rossiya — svyashchennaya nasha derzhava,
Rossiya — lyubimaya nasha strana.
Moguchaya volya, velikaya slava —
Tvoyo dostoyan’e na vse vremena!

CHORUS:
Slav’sya, Otechestvo nashe svobodnoye,
Bratskikh narodov soyuz vekovoy,
Predkami dannaya mudrost’ narodnaya!
Slav’sya, strana! My gordimsya toboy!

Ot yuzhnykh morey do polyarnogo kraya
Raskinulis’ nashi lesa i polya.
Odna ty na svete! Odna ty takaya —
Khranimaya Bogom rodnaya zemlya!

CHORUS

Shirokiy prostor dlya mechty i dlya zhizni.
Gryadushchiye nam otkryvayut goda.
Nam silu dayot nasha vernost’ Otchizne.
Tak bylo, tak yest’ i tak budet vsegda!

CHORUS 

English  translation

Russia - our sacred state,
Russia - our beloved country.
Mighty willpower, great glory
Shall remain your honors for all time!

CHORUS:
Praise our free Fatherland,
Long-lasting union of brotherly peoples,
Ancestor-given wisdom of the people!
Long live, Country! We are proud of you!

From the southern seas to the polar realm
Our forests and fields stretch.
You are one in the world! You are one of a kind,
God-protected Motherland!

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Wide spaces for dreams and for life
The coming years are promising us.
Allegiance to our Motherland gives us strength.
So it has been, so it is, and so it always will be!

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