<DIV>The Soviet anthem mentions Mother Russia _once_:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The Hymn of the Soviet Union<BR><BR>Unbreakable Union of freeborn Republics,<BR>Great Russia has welded forever to stand.<BR>Created in struggle by will of the people,<BR>United and mighty, our Soviet land!<BR><BR> Sing to the Motherland, home of the free,<BR> Bulwark of peoples in brotherhood strong.<BR> O Party of Lenin, the strength of the people,<BR> To Communism's triumph lead us on!<BR><BR>Through tempests the sunrays of freedom have cheered us,<BR>Along the new path where great Lenin did lead.<BR>To a righteous cause he raised up the peoples,<BR>Inspired them to labor and valorous deed.<BR>[Or, the old way:<BR>Be true to the people, thus Stalin has reared us,<BR>Inspire us to labor and valorous deed!]<BR><BR> Sing to the Motherland, home of the
free,<BR> Bulwark of peoples in brotherhood strong.<BR> O Party of Lenin, the strength of the people,<BR> To Communism's triumph lead us on!<BR><BR>In the vict'ry of Communism's deathless ideal,<BR>We see the future of our dear land.<BR>And to her fluttering scarlet banner,<BR>Selflessly true we always shall stand!<BR><BR><BR><B><I>Doug Henwood <dhenwood@panix.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Googling on "The Interionale" (I've got a playlist with 14 versions, <BR>so I was curious to find out its history) brought me to a website <BR>that claimed that Stalin dropped it as the anthem of the USSR during <BR>WW2 because the troops wanted to die for Mother Russia, not the <BR>international working class. Is that true?<BR><BR>Doug<BR>___________________________________<BR>http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</BLOCKQUOTE><p>
<hr size=1><font face=arial size=-1>Do you Yahoo!?<br>
Yahoo! Photos: <a href="http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=23765/*http://photos.yahoo.c
om/ph/print_splash">High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢</a>