Long Live Our State

Long Live Our State (Да здравствует наша держава) is a Soviet patriotic song composed by Boris Alexandrovich Alexandrov with lyrics by Alexander Shilov. The original melody was composed in the winter of 1942 after the Soviet victory in the Battle of Moscow, with the lyrics being harmonized to it later. It was considered as a candidate for the State Anthem of the Soviet Union in 1943.

The music was used in the October Revolution Parades from 1967, and the anthem of Transnistria adopted its melody.

Lyrics
After the death of Joseph Stalin, the lines

"According to Lenin's wise precepts The party leads us to happiness. And warmed by the Stalinist thought The Country and Soviet people."

have been replaced with strings

"According to the wise precepts of Lenin Our great people live. On the road to happiness and light The Party is guiding us wisely."