Hymn of the Bolshevik Party
| English: Anthem of the Bolshevik Party | |
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| Гимн партии большевиков | |
Party anthem of the Bolshevik Party (1939–56) Party anthem of the Communists of Russia (2016–) | |
| Lyrics | Vasily Lebedev-Kumach, c. 1938 |
| Music | Alexander Alexandrov, c. 1938 |
| Adopted | 1939 |
| Readopted | 2016 |
The Anthem of the Bolshevik Party (Russian: Гимн партии большевиков) is a Russian communist song composed by Alexander Alexandrov. Its lyrics are written by Vasily Lebedev-Kumach. The opening bars of the song is sampled from Life Has Become Better (Жить стало лучше), one of Alexandrov's previous pieces. From the 1930s to the 1950s, this served as the unofficial anthem of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks), later CPSU. In 2016, the Communists of Russia party declared this piece to be their anthem.
The same melody for the hymn with some minor alterations is used for the State Anthem of the Soviet Union and the State Anthem of the Russian Federation.