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"Long Live Our State" (Russian: Да здравствует наша держава) is a Soviet patriotic song, composed by Boris Alexandrovich Alexandrov with lyrics by Alexander Shilov. The original melody was composed in the winter of 1942 after the Soviet victory in the Battle of Moscow , with the lyrics being harmonized to it later.
Aside from Russian, Lenin spoke and read French, German, and English. [499] [500] Concerned with physical fitness, he exercised regularly, [501] enjoyed cycling, swimming, and hunting, [502] and also developed a passion for mountain walking in the Swiss peaks. [503] He was also fond of pets, [504] in particular cats. [505]
Against the protestations of Nadezhda Krupskaya, Lenin's widow, Lenin's body was embalmed to preserve it for long-term public display in the Red Square mausoleum. [13] The commander of the Moscow Garrison issued an order to place the guard of honour at the mausoleum, whereby it was colloquially referred to as the "Number One Sentry". [ 14 ]
Not long after the 1924 death of the founder of the Soviet Union, a popular poet soothed and thrilled the grieving country with these words: “Lenin lived, Lenin lives, Lenin will live.” A ...
Although Ukraine and Russia were officially presented as two separate states at this period, the Ukrainian Soviet government was strongly influenced by Lenin's government in Russia. [ 175 ] In July 1918, Yakov Sverdlov informed Lenin and the Sovnarkom that the Yekaterinburg Soviet had overseen the shooting of the Romanov family in order to ...
Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., said he doesn’t blame McConnell for the way the border bill turned out, saying, “On this one, Mitch’s driving force was pretty clear for a long time — was ...
Many authors have pointed out that "we will bury you" was misinterpreted as a threat of military violence by the USSR against the USA and other capitalist countries, whereas it basically meant that the communist system would outlast and replace capitalism, [10] as predicted by classical Marxist doctrine, and hence "we will bury you" essentially meant "we will survive you" or "we (communists ...
Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., said he opposes the border bill but called on Congress to vote separately on the aid provisions. "In the meantime, Congress should provide vital security assistance to ...