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 Державний гімн України  National Anthem of Ukraine

Mykhaylo Verbytsky composed the music for a solo song and later used in an orchestra to accompany the anthem. Ukraine's national anthem was first adopted as the national anthem at the time of Ukraine's brief independence during Russia's Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. It became the anthem of the Ukrainian People's Republic by 1920, it was then banned by the Soviet regime. Over the years there were many variations of the national anthem, Ukraine finally got its national anthem in 1991 with the breakup with the Soviet Union and Ukraine recognized themselves as an independent nation. The first time Ukraine's National Anthem was sung was at the inauguration of the first president of Ukraine, Leonid Kravchuck on December 5th 1991. When Ukrainians here the national anthem it gives them hope and determination and they feel that they could do anything and that was the purpose of Mykhaylo Verbytsky, was to give Ukraine and the Ukrainians a national anthem where they could feel proud of their country and if there is something going on that's terrible it could give them hope.

Ukraine's National Anthem- Ukrainian слава Україні не загинув, ні її свободу На нас, співвітчизників, доля повинна посмішка ще раз. Наші вороги зникнуть, як роса на сонці ранку , І ми теж повинні правило, брати , у вільній землі нашої.

Ми склали наші душі і тіла для досягнення нашої свободи , І ми покажемо, що ми , браття , нації Козак , Ми склали наші душі і тіла для досягнення нашої свободи , І ми покажемо, що ми , браття , нації Козак

Ukraine's National Anthem- English

Ukraine's glory hasn't perished, nor her freedom Upon us, fellow compatriots, fate shall smile once more. Our enemies will vanish, like dew in the morning sun, And we too shall rule, brothers, in a free land of our own.

We'll lay down our souls and bodies to attain our freedom, And we'll show that we, brothers, are of the Kozak nation, We'll lay down our souls and bodies to attain our freedom, And we'll show that we, brothers, are of the Kozak nation

The Meaning of the National Anthem First line: Ukrainians will always remember the ones who died for the great nation Third Line: What they mean by our enemies will vanish like dew in the morning sun is that if they get into a war with another country they will annihilate them and they will win.

Second line of 2nd paragraph: They want to show the world that they are part of the Kozak nation; Kozack means a member of any of several groups of peasants, chiefly of Russian and Polish descent, that lived in autonomous communal settlements, esp. in the Ukraine, until the late 19th cent: in return for special privileges, they served in the cavalry under the Czars