[2] "Patrioticheskaya Pesnya" originally was not a song but a composition for piano without lyrics, written by Mikhail Glinka in 1833 and titled (in French) "Motif de chant national".
In 1944 it was arranged for orchestra by composer Mikhail Bagrinovsky [ru] under the title "Patrioticheskaya Pesnya"[5] and a few years later, poet Alexei Mashistov set lyrics to Bagrinovsky's arrangement of Glinka's composition for a song dedicated to the Soviet capital of Moscow, both of which helped popularize Glinka's work among the Soviet public and gave it its common contemporary moniker.
In the 1990s, Boris Yeltsin chose the tune as the new state anthem of the Russian SFSR and it was officially adopted as such on 23 November 1990 by the Supreme Soviet of Russia.
In 1999, Viktor Radugin won a contest to provide suitable words for it with his poem "Glory to Russia!"
The federal legislature established and approved the music of the National Anthem of the Soviet Union, with newly written lyrics, in December 2000.
[7] Yeltsin criticized Putin for supporting the semi-reintroduction of the Soviet-era national anthem, although some opinion polls showed that many Russians favored this decision.
It has been confused with the closing chorus of Glinka's opera A Life for the Tsar, possibly due to both beginning with the same word glory (славься), but the two works are unrelated with the latter being derived from an old Polish folk song (though the operatic music, too, has been suggested as a candidate for a Russian national anthem).
Nad starinnym moskovskim Kremljom Viotsja znamja s dvuglavym orlom I zvučat svjaščennyje slova: „Slavjsja, Rusj – Otčizna moja!“ [ˈsɫafʲ.sʲə ˈsɫafʲ.sʲə ˈro.dʲɪ.nə rɐ.ˈsʲi.jə ‖] [skvozʲ‿vʲɪ.ˈka i ˈɡro.zɨ tɨ prɐʂ.ˈɫa ‖] [i sʲɪ.ˈjæ.
Above the ancient Moscow Kremlin A two-headed eagle flag hovers And the sacred words sound: "Glory to Russia – my Fatherland!"
"Majestically Above the Fatherland" (Russian: Над Отчизной величаво, romanized: Nad Otčiznoj veličavo) written by Vladimir Kalinkin in 1998, was another proposed set of lyrics.
Performed by Russian artist Vladimir Detayov, the Duma was made aware of this piece's existence in April 1999.
Ты – духовностью богата И соборностью крепка – По крупице, трудно, свято Собиралась на века.
Единением народов Нерушима и сильна, Одолеет все невзгоды Наша мудрая страна.
Ty – duhovnostiu bogata I sobornostiu krepka – Po krupice, trudno, svjato, Sobiralasj na veka.
Chorus In 1992, a version of "The Patriotic Song" with lyrics specifically about Moscow was sung by the “Red Star" Russian Army Choir and Dance Ensemble of RVSN at the Tchaikovsky Hall.
Rusj velikuju splotila Ty vokrug tverdynj Kremlja, I okrepla naša sila, I proslavilasj zemlja.
Правь судьбой, великая Россия, Славься, Русь, на все времена Nepreklonno mužestvo Rusi.
Prisyagayet rossiyskiy narod Konstitutsii prav i svobod I v dushe rozhdayutsya slova: Slav'sya, Rus' — Otchizna moya!
The Russian people swear Constitutions of rights and freedoms And the words are born in my soul: Glory, Russia - my Fatherland!