Episode 8

Russia and The Anthem of The Russian Federation

Published on: 23rd October, 2023

I know that you're hearing a lot about Russia. But it's really big on a map and additionally I can't, and won't, hold the citizens all responsible for the things happening. Life is complicated.

Regardless, this has been a complicated episode to write because of the complicated nature of Russian history. Expect more about this folks. Here are my sources:

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20101001122856/http://flag.kremlin.ru/gimn/ 
  2. https://www.theguardian.com/science/across-the-universe/2015/jul/28/pluto-ten-things-we-now-know-about-the-dwarf-planet 
  3. https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/geography/countries/article/russia 
  4. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/russia/ 
  5. https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/european-countries-bordering-most-other-countries.html 
  6. https://www.climatechangepost.com/russia/permafrost/ 
  7. Figes, Orlando (2011). The Crimean War: A History. Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 9781429997249.
  8. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Basil_(Muscovy) 
  9. https://www.rbth.com/history/329825-madness-of-3-russian-tsars 
  10. https://archive.org/details/ivanterrible00loydgoog/page/n3/mode/2up 
  11. https://countrystudies.us/russia/3.htm 
  12. https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Brief_History_of_Russia/i8_RH3hhsAMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA92&printsec=frontcover 
  13. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/43119 
  14. https://guides.loc.gov/alaska-treaty 
  15. W. Bruce Lincoln, The Great Reforms: Autocracy, Bureaucracy, and the Politics of Change in Imperial Russia (1990)
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  18. https://freedomhouse.org/country/russia/freedom-world/2023 
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  20. Ledeneva, Alena V. (1998). Russia's Economy of Favors: Blat, Networking and Informal Exchange. Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies. Cambridge University Press. p. 1. ISBN 0-521-62743-5.
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  25. https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/22/world/end-soviet-union-text-declaration-mutual-recognition-equal-basis.html 
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  27. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Fairy_Tales_and_True_Stories/zfiZAAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Sergey+Mikhalkov+Uncle+Styopa&pg=PA386&printsec=frontcover 
  28. John Barron, KGB: The Secret Work of Soviet Secret Agents. New York: Reader's Digest Press, 1974. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1974. New York: Bantam Books, 1974.
  29. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Shostakovich_and_Stalin/x__ntDIlYGYC?hl=en 
  30. https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/periods-genres/national-anthems/russia-federation-state-lyrics-history-english-translation/ 
  31. https://archive.org/details/yeltsinrevolutio00aron 
  32. https://web.archive.org/web/20100512162358/http://pravo.levonevsky.org/baza/soviet/sssr0606.htm 
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  34. https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2000/decemberweb-only/57.0.html 
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  37. http://www.gov.ru/main/symbols/gsrf4_2.html 
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The Anthems Podcast
A show where I try to tell the story of a song that tells the story of a nation.
What's the story with national anthems? Well, that depends entirely on the anthem. From the wildly mundane to the historically significant and every what else. In each episode I'll tease out the story of a song that helps tell the story of a nation. The connections between them will be a surprise and if I've figured this out you will be entertained.

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