National Anthem

Ukrainian soldiers are singing the national anthem before going into battle:

https://twitter.com/buch10_04/status/1568342059463081984?t=V8rag-zWCBdKTDz1mLL-Vg&s=19

Russian soldiers don’t sing theirs because they don’t know it. Russia has a fluid relationship with the anthem and nobody knows for sure what it’s supposed to be at the moment. It’s not filled with any historical meaning, and nobody relates to it emotionally. Neither do they know what their current flag is supposed to mean. But ask a Ukrainian what our flag means, and I promise you’ll never forget the reaction and the answer.

The nation-state is as strong as the emotional attachment people feel towards its symbols. No, it’s not rational. The best things in life never are.

P.S. I don’t know why it says there’s sensitive content. It’s only people singing. It’s sensitive because it’s touching but there’s no violence or anything like that.

21 thoughts on “National Anthem

  1. Are you familiar with the Hunt for Red October film? It has Sean Connery playing a Soviet sub-captain and doing straight up as Sean Connery. There is a scene where his crew breaks out into the Soviet anthem. I guess that is something that would not likely have happened.

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    1. We all knew the Soviet anthem, of course. I still remember every word. But I think it’s likelier that people would sing one of the iconic songs of WWII, like this one:

      But if they are younger and it’s happening in the 1980s, then maybe the iconic Afghanistan war song:

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      1. The Black Tulip is a completely different type of song compared to any anthems or the Holy War. It is more of a remembering fallen comrades song. Song of the pilots driving the plane with coffins back home…Probably could not be used in the same context as anthems.

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        1. That’s true but it does elicit an emotional response. It’s got to be something that people feel.

          “ะ’ัั‚ะฐะฒะฐะน ัั‚ั€ะฐะฝะฐ ะพะณั€ะพะผะฝะฐั” is a genius song but I feel it’s more older generation.

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  2. // ะ”ะตะฟัƒั‚ะฐั‚ั‹ ะฟะตั‚ะตั€ะฑัƒั€ะณัะบะพะณะพ ะผัƒะฝะธั†ะธะฟะฐะปัŒะฝะพะณะพ ะพะฑั€ะฐะทะพะฒะฐะฝะธั “ะกะผะพะปัŒะฝะธะฝัะบะพะต” ะฟั€ะธะทะฒะฐะปะธ ะ“ะพัะดัƒะผัƒ ะฒั‹ะดะฒะธะฝัƒั‚ัŒ ะฟั€ะตะทะธะดะตะฝั‚ัƒ ะ’ะปะฐะดะธะผะธั€ัƒ ะŸัƒั‚ะธะฝัƒ ะพะฑะฒะธะฝะตะฝะธะต ะฒ ะณะพัะธะทะผะตะฝะต ะธะท-ะทะฐ ะฒะพะตะฝะฝะพะณะพ ะฒั‚ะพั€ะถะตะฝะธั ะฒ ะฃะบั€ะฐะธะฝัƒ. ะก ะฟะพะผะพั‰ัŒัŽ ั„ะตะดะตั€ะฐะปัŒะฝั‹ั… ั‡ะธะฝะพะฒะฝะธะบะพะฒ ะพะฝะธ ั…ะพั‚ัั‚ ะดะพะฑะธั‚ัŒัั ะพั‚ั€ะตัˆะตะฝะธั ะณะปะฐะฒั‹ ะณะพััƒะดะฐั€ัั‚ะฒะฐ ะพั‚ ะดะพะปะถะฝะพัั‚ะธ, ะฟะพั‚ะพะผัƒ ั‡ั‚ะพ ะฒะพะนะฝะฐ ะฒ ะฃะบั€ะฐะธะฝะต, ะฟะพ ะธั… ะผะฝะตะฝะธัŽ, ะฝะฐะฝะพัะธั‚ ะฒั€ะตะด ะฑะตะทะพะฟะฐัะฝะพัั‚ะธ ะ ะพััะธะธ. ะ’ ั‡ะตั‚ะฒะตั€ะณ ะฟะพะทะดะฝะพ ะฒะตั‡ะตั€ะพะผ ะฟะพะดะฟะธัะฐะฒัˆะธะผ ะพะฑั€ะฐั‰ะตะฝะธะต ะฟั€ะธัˆะปะธ ัะผั, ะณะดะต ะณะพะฒะพั€ะธะปะพััŒ, ั‡ั‚ะพ ะฒ ะฟัั‚ะฝะธั†ัƒ ัƒั‚ั€ะพะผ ะธะผ ะฝะฐะดะพ ัะฒะธั‚ัŒัั ะฒ ะฟะพะปะธั†ะธัŽ ะดะปั ัะพัั‚ะฐะฒะปะตะฝะธั ะฟั€ะพั‚ะพะบะพะปะฐ ะฟะพ ัั‚. 20.3.3 ะšะพะะŸ (ะดะธัะบั€ะตะดะธั‚ะฐั†ะธั ะฒะพะพั€ัƒะถะตะฝะฝั‹ั… ัะธะป). ะšะพั€ั€ะตัะฟะพะฝะดะตะฝั‚ ะกะตะฒะตั€.ะ ะตะฐะปะธะธ ัƒะทะฝะฐะป, ะฒะตั€ัั‚ ะปะธ ะผัƒะฝะธั†ะธะฟะฐะปัŒะฝั‹ะต ะดะตะฟัƒั‚ะฐั‚ั‹ ะฒ ั‚ะพ, ั‡ั‚ะพ ะ“ะพัะดัƒะผะฐ ะผะพะถะตั‚ ะธะฝะธั†ะธะธั€ะพะฒะฐั‚ัŒ ะดะตะปะพ ะฟั€ะพั‚ะธะฒ ะŸัƒั‚ะธะฝะฐ.

    https://www.severreal.org/a/rossiya-tolko-teryaet-deputatov-obvinivshih-putina-v-gosizmene-vyzvali-v-politsiyu/32024751.html

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  3. \ At least there are a few people there who arenโ€™t completely insane.

    Not that simple. It’s the wave of the future:

    ะŸะตั‚ะธั†ะธะธ ะพะฑ ะพั‚ัั‚ะฐะฒะบะต – ะฒั‚ะพั€ะพะน ะฟั€ะธะทั‹ะฒ ั€ะฐะนะพะฝะฝั‹ั… ะดะตะฟัƒั‚ะฐั‚ะพะฒ

    ะšะฐะบ ัะพะพะฑั‰ะฐะตั‚ ะฃะŸ, ะกะพะฒะตั‚ ะดะตะฟัƒั‚ะฐั‚ะพะฒ ะ›ะพะผะพะฝะพัะพะฒัะบะพะณะพ ะผัƒะฝะธั†ะธะฟะฐะปัŒะฝะพะณะพ ะพะบั€ัƒะณะฐ ะฒ ะœะพัะบะฒะต ะพะฑั€ะฐั‚ะธะปัั ะบ ะ’ะปะฐะดะธะผะธั€ัƒ ะŸัƒั‚ะธะฝัƒ ั ะฟั€ะพััŒะฑะพะน ะพ ัะปะพะถะตะฝะธะธ ะฟะพะปะฝะพะผะพั‡ะธะน ะฟั€ะตะทะธะดะตะฝั‚ะฐ ะ ะค
    https://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2022/09/9/7366847/

    ะญั‚ะพ ะฝะตะบะฐั ะฝะพะฒะฐั ั„ะพั€ะผะฐ ะฟั€ะพั‚ะตัั‚ะฐ: ะฝะธะทะพะฒั‹ะต ะดะตะฟัƒั‚ะฐั‚ั‹ ะพะฑั€ะฐั‰ะฐัŽั‚ัั ะบ ะ˜ะผะฟะตั€ะฐั‚ะพั€ัƒ ั ะฒะตั€ะฝะพะฟะพะดะดะฐะฝะธั‡ะตัะบะพะน ะฟั€ะพััŒะฑะพะน ะพัั‚ะฐะฒะธั‚ัŒ ะฟั€ะตัั‚ะพะป.
    ะœะฝะต ะฟั€ะพัั‚ะพ ะธะฝั‚ะตั€ะตัะฝะพ ะฒ ะบะฐะบะพะน ัั‚ะตะฟะตะฝะธ ะฟะพะดะพะฑะฝั‹ะต ะฟะตั‚ะธั†ะธะธ ะพั€ะณะฐะฝะธะทะพะฒะฐะฝั‹ ะฝะตะบะพะตะน ะฑะฐัˆะฝะตะน ะธ ะบะฐะบะพะน ะธะผะตะฝะฝะพ. ะŸะพั‚ะพะผัƒ ั‡ั‚ะพ ะฟะพะฒะตั€ะธั‚ัŒ ะฒ ัั‚ะธ ะทะฐัะฒะปะตะฝะธั ะบะฐะบ ะฒ ะธะฝะธั†ะธะฐั‚ะธะฒัƒ ัะฝะธะทัƒ ะผะฝะต ั‚ั€ัƒะดะฝะพ

    https://trim-c.livejournal.com/4760939.html

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  4. As A Brit whose national anthem has just updated, I found that incredibly moving.
    I now need to look at the news from Ukraine because local media aren’t covering any world news at the moment.

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        1. Ah! Of course.

          I’m surprised that Charles will be King. Wasn’t he supposed to abdicate into his son? The one’s who’s Kate’s husband? I never remember the name.

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          1. “Wasnโ€™t he supposed to abdicate into his son?”

            I’ve read that he’d been doing the bulk of the monarch’s work for a few years now. Supposedly a bunch of people wanted him to abidate, but he’s waited 73 years for this, so… let’s let him have it….

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