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lyrics to the Soviet National Anthem died at the age of 96. In 1943, at the height of the Second World War, the CC CPSU commissioned a new anthem and Sergei Mikhailov wrote the words to the music by Alexander Alexandrov and it was first performed in January of 1944. This hymn was sung not only in the USSR, but also over the world - because the ... ................
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