The Ukrainian National anthem was adopted by Ukraine’s parliament in 1992. It is based upon a patriotic poem written in 1862 by the poet Pavlo Chubynsky, and music written in 1863 by Mykhailo Verbytsky. In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, many orchestras in Europe and North America have performed the anthem in solidarity with Ukraine and its people.
State Anthem of Ukraine
Composed in 1863
By Mykhailo Verbytsky
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Lyrics in English:
The glory and freedom of Ukraine has not yet perished.
Luck will still smile on us brother-Ukrainians.
Our enemies will die, as the dew does in the sunshine,
and we, too, brothers, we’ll live happily in our land.
We’ll not spare either our souls or bodies to get freedom
and we’ll prove that we brothers are of Kozak kin.