A draft for translation by Timo Hamalainen 12/1996


National Hymn of the Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics

Inviolable union of free republics
joined for ever the great Rus (ancient Russia)
Long live created by will of the peoples 
Unified mighty Soviet Union!

	     Hymn our free fatherland
             safe bulwark of friendship of the people
             Lenin's party - national power 
             Leads us to the triumph of communism!

Through thunderstorms  sun of freedom was shining to us 
And Great Lenin lighted up us the way 
He raised the peoples  to the right thing 
to labour and feats inspired us! 

	     Hymn our free fatherland
             safe bulwark of friendship of the people
             Lenin's party - national power 
             Leads us to the triumph of the communism!

In the victory of the immortal ideas of communism 
we are seeing future of our land
And to the red flag of our glorious fatherland 
we will always be selflessly faithful

	     Hymn our free fatherland
             safe bulwark of friendship of the people
             Lenin's party - national power 
             Leads us to the triumph of communism!