VOLOVNYK ALEXEY

ANTHEM OF
UKRAINE
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF UKRAINE IS ONE OF THE
MAIN STATE SYMBOLS OF UKRAINE, ALONG WITH THE
FLAG AND COAT OF ARMS.
•The composition “Ukraine and
glory and will have not yet died”
in the version approved on March
6, 2003 by the Verkhovna Rada of
Ukraine is the national anthem of
Ukraine. Words by Pavel
Chubinsky, 1862. Music by
Mikhail Verbitsky, 1863.
 History of creation
In the fall of 1862, the Ukrainian ethnographer, folklorist and poet
Pavel Chubinsky wrote the poem “Ukraine Is Not Yet Dead,” which
later became the national and then the state anthem of Ukraine.

No. 4 for 1863. Having become

popular in Western Ukraine, the
patriotic poem did not escape the
attention of religious leaders of
that time. One of them, the famous
composer of his time and priest
Mikhail Verbitsky, inspired by this
poem, wrote music for the verses
The opening line of the verse was
significantly influenced by the Polish
anthem "Dąbrowski's March". At that
time it was popular among the peoples
who fought for independence. To the tune
of the “Dąbrowski March,” the Slovak
poet Samo Tomášek composed the song
“Gay, Slavs,” which later became the
anthem of Yugoslavia.

In 1917-1920, “Ukraine is Not Yet Dead”

was not legally approved as a single
national anthem; other anthems were also
used.

In 1939, “Ukraine is not yet dead” was

•When it was decided to create
anthems of the republics of the
Soviet Union, “Ukraine is Not Yet
Dead” obviously could not be
considered as the anthem of the
Ukrainian SSR. The text of the
Ukrainian SSR anthem was
written in 1949 by the famous
Ukrainian poet Pavlo Tychyna,
and composer Anton Dmitrievich
Lebedinets created music for it.
Due to the mention of Stalin in
the second verse, it was sung
without words for a long time,
until in 1978 Mykola Bazhan
(Tychina was no longer alive)
NOW THE NATIONAL
ANTHEM OF
UKRAINE SOUNDS
ALWAYS AND
EVERYWHERE AS A
SYMBOL OF OUR
INDOMITABILITY
Thank you Glory to
Ukraine!!!