Moscow, 8 December 2000 (RFE/RL) -- The Soviet Union's national anthem for almost 50 years, before being abolished by President Boris Yeltsin shortly after the collapse of communism, ...

Kyrgyzstan is getting rid of its Soviet-inspired national anthem and has launched an unprecedented public contest to find an alternative. Speaking during a rehearsal at the music conservatory in ...

MOSCOW, Dec. 8 -- The lower house of Russia's parliament, the State Duma, voted overwhelmingly today to restore as Russia's national anthem the music of a song written at the behest of Soviet ...

Back to homepage / Live news Less Soviet, more inspiring: Kyrgyzstan seeks new anthem. Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) (AFP) – Kyrgyzstan is getting rid of its Soviet-inspired national anthem and has ...

Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) (AFP) – Kyrgyzstan is getting rid of its Soviet-inspired national anthem and has launched an unprecedented public contest to find an alternative. Issued on: 20/04/2025 - 10: ...

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Kyrgyzstan is getting rid of its Soviet-inspired national anthem and has launched an unprecedented public contest to find an alternative.The mountainous Central Asian country ...