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"My Belarusy" is the unofficial title of the national anthem of Belarus and the first line of its lyrics. The anthem was originally written and adopted in 1955 for use in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. The music of the Byelorussian SSR anthem was composed by Nester Sakalouski and the lyrics were written by Maxim Klimkovich. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the music composed by Sakalouski was kept and the lyrics were discarded. New lyrics, which were written by Klimkovich and Uladzimir Karyzny, were adopted by a presidential decree issued on July 2, 2002.

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