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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Anthem_of_the_Soviet_Union
There's a lot wrong with Wikipedia, but this is a good demonstration of where Wikipedia is just annoying in its self-conscious affectations of being an encyclopedia. This is a page about a song, and the lyrics of the song are halfway down the page. Why? If this were a page about a person or a building there would be a picture right at the top, but a song's "picture" is deemphasized like this. The music is treated even worse, and isn't represented at all.
In contrast: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Save_the_Tsar!

What does appear? Four columns of lyrics:
1. Russian text
2. Romanization (unreadable trash with no purpose or benefit to anyone)
3. IPA transcriptions as sung (even more trash, even more useless, this is the biggest "look at me I'm an encyclopedia for real" move Wikipedia makes, to include this shit when all that these obscures symbols do is convey, less accurately and to fewer people, what the embedded mp3 already does)
4. English 'literal' translation. What is meant by 'literal' is only that the translator is not trying to create a song that works in English. Those are shown below and are wild in how different they are.

I had to scroll horizontally to consider the English translation, and this scrolled off the Russian text.

meanwhile,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prayer_of_Russians
I thought the 'audio sample' was just some vandalism, but that's really what it sounds like. Looks like Russia and America both cribbed the melody from the British? Weird. So this kind of copying could happen before the internet.
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1. State Anthem of the Soviet Union
  
  The "State Anthem of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics" was the national anthem of the Soviet Union and the regional anthem of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1944 to 1991, replacing "The Internationale". Its original lyrics were written by Sergey Mikhalkov (1913–2009) in collaboration with Gabriyel’ Arkadyevich Ureklyan (1899–1945), and its music was composed by Alexander Alexandrov (1883–1946). For a two-decade interval following de-Stalinization, the anthem was performed without lyrics. The second set of lyrics, also written by Mikhalkov and in which Stalin's name was omitted, was adopted in 1977. A decade after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the same melody was used for the Soviet Union's successor state, as the State Anthem of the Russian Federation. History Origins The anthem's music was originally composed by Alexander Alexandrov in 1938 for the Hymn of the Bolshevik Party. Its opening bars were borrowed from one of Alexandrov's previous pieces, "Life Has Become Better", which was based on a quote by former Soviet Union General Secretary Joseph Stalin at the First All-Union...
2. God Save the Tsar!
  
  "God Save the Tsar!" (Russian: Боже, Царя храни!, IPA: [ˈboʐɨ tsɐˈrʲa xrɐˈnʲi]) was the national anthem of the Russian Empire. The song was chosen from a competition held in 1833 and was first performed on 18 December 1833. It was composed by violinist Alexei Lvov, with lyrics written by the court poet Vasily Zhukovsky. It was the anthem until the February Revolution of 1917, after which "Worker's Marseillaise" was adopted as the new national anthem until the overthrow of the Russian Provisional Government by the Bolsheviks in the October Revolution of the same year. Lyrics Influence Many composers made use of the theme in their compositions, most notably Tchaikovsky, who quoted it in the 1812 Overture, the Marche Slave, his overture on the Danish national anthem, and the Festival Coronation March. During the Soviet era, authorities altered Tchaikovsky's music (such as the 1812 Overture and Marche Slave), substituting other patriotic...
3. The Prayer of Russians
  
  "The Prayer of Russians" is a patriotic hymn that was used as the national anthem of Imperial Russia from 1816 to 1833. After defeating the First French Empire, Tsar Alexander I of Russia recommended a national anthem for Russia. The lyrics were written by Vasily Zhukovsky, and the music of the British anthem "God Save the King" was used. In 1833, "The Prayer of Russians" was replaced with "God Save the Tsar". The two songs both have identical incipits: «Боже, царя храни». Some consider "God Save the Tsar" Russia's first true national anthem, as both its words and music were Russian. Others say that the title belongs to "Let the Thunder of Victory Rumble!", another popular song at the time, although it never had official status. Lyrics The last four stanzas were seldomly used. Notes References External links "The Prayer of Russians" (in Russian) An audio recording of «Молитва русских» by Valaam choir
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