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Life has become better (Жить стало лучше) is a widespread version of a phrase uttered by former Soviet Union General Secretary Joseph Stalin at the First All-Union Meeting of the Stakhanovites on November 17, 1935. The full quote from Stalin was when translated into English:


 * Life has become better, comrades. Life has become more cheerful. And when life becomes more cheerful, work becomes more effective. (...)
 * If we lived badly, unattractive, unhappy, then there would be no Stakhanov movement in our country.

Song
In approximately 1936 the words were fixed to the chorus of a song of the same name, with music by Alexander Alexandrov and words by Vasily Lebedev-Kumach. The opening bars of the song share a notable resemblance to those of the State Anthem of the Soviet Union, as the song had the same composer.