Worker's Marseillaise

Рабочая Марсельеза
English: Worker's Marseillaise
	Former national anthem of Russia Former national anthem of the Russian SFSR; (Briefly, alongside The Internationale)
Lyrics	Pyotr Lavrov
Music	Robert Schumann
Adopted	1917
Relinquished	1918
Preceded by	"God Save the Tsar!"
Succeeded by	"The Internationale"
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The Worker's Marseillaise (Russian: Рабочая Марсельеза, tr. Rabochaya Marsel'yeza, IPA: [rɐˈbot͡ɕɪjə mərsʲɪˈlʲjezə]) is a Russian revolutionary song named after La Marseillaise. It is based on a poem of Pyotr Lavrov, first published on 1 July 1875 in London as A new song (Russian: Новая песня, tr. Novaya pesnya). The poem reflects a radical socialist program and calls for the violent destruction of the Russian monarchy. At the end of 1875 or in 1876, this poem began to be sung in Russia to the melody of the last verse of Robert Schumann's song Die beiden grenadiere. Schumann's melody is inspired by the original Marseillaise, but is noticeably different from it. Thus, the melody of the Worker's Marseillaise is only indirectly related to the original Marseillaise, and the lyrics not at all. The song is close to the cruel romance genre, and this influenced its popularity. The name the Worker's Marseillaise has been fixed since the 1890s.^[1]

It existed alongside several other popular versions, among others a Soldier's Marseillaise and a Peasant's Marseillaise.^[2]

This anthem was popular during the 1905 Russian Revolution and was used as a national anthem by the Russian Provisional Government until its overthrow in the October Revolution. It remained in use by Soviet Russia for a short time alongside The Internationale.^[3] During the 1917 Revolution it was played at all public assemblies, street demonstrations, concerts and plays.^[2]

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Russian Text	Transliteration	English Translation
1. Отречёмся от старого мира! Отряхнём его прах с наших ног! Нам враждебны златые кумиры; Ненавистен нам царский чертог! Мы пойдём к нашим страждущим братьям, Мы к голодному люду пойдём; С ним пошлём мы злодеям проклятья, На борьбу мы его позовём: Припев: Вставай, подымайся, рабочий народ! Вставай на врагов, брат голодный! Раздайся, крик мести народной! Вперёд! Вперёд! Вперёд! Вперёд! Вперёд! 2. Богачи, кулаки жадной сворой Расхищают тяжёлый твой труд, Твоим потом жиреют обжоры; Твой последний кусок они рвут. Голодай, чтоб они пировали! Голодай, чтоб в игре биржевой Они совесть и честь продавали, Чтоб ругались они над тобой! Припев 3. Тебе отдых – одна лишь могила! Каждый день – недоимку готовь; Царь-вампир из тебя тянет жилы; Царь-вампир пьёт народную кровь! Ему нужны для войска солдаты: Подавай же сюда сыновей! Ему нужны пиры да палаты: Подавай ему крови твоей! Припев 4. Не довольно ли вечного горя? Встанем, братья, повсюду зараз! От Днепра и до Белого моря, И Поволжье, и Дальний Кавказ! На воров, на собак - на богатых! Да на злого вампира-царя! Бей, губи их, злодеев проклятых! Засветись, лучшей жизни заря! Припев 5. И взойдёт за кровавой зарёю Солнце правды и братства людей. Купим мир мы последней борьбою, Купим кровью мы счастье детей. И настанет година свободы, Сгинет ложь, сгинет зло навсегда, И сольются в едино народы В вольном царстве святого труда! Припев	1. Otrechyomsya ot starogo mira! Otryakhnyom yego prakh s nashikh nog! Nam vrazhdebny zlatyye kumiry; Nenavisten nam tsarskiy chertog! My poydyom k nashim strazhdushchim brat′yam, My k golodnomu lyudu poydyom; S nim poshlyom my zlodeyam proklyat′ya, Na bor′bu my yego pozovyom: Pripev: Vstavay, podymaysya, rabochniy narod! Vstavay na vragov, brat golodnyy! Razdaysya, krik mesti narodnoy! Vperyod! Vperyod! Vperyod! Vperyod! Vperyod! 2. Bogachi, kulaki zhadnoy svoroy Raskhishchayut tyazhyolyy tvoy trud, Tvoim potom zhireyut obzhory; Tvoy posledniy kusok oni rvut. Goloday, chtob oni pirovali! Goloday, chtob v igre birzhevoy Oni sovest′ i chest′ prodavali, Chtob rugalis′ oni nad toboy! Pripev 3. Tebe otdykh — odna lish′ mogila! Kazhdyy den′ — nedoimku gotov′; Tsar′-vampir iz tebya tyanet zhily; Tsar′-vampir p′yot narodnuyu krov′! Yemu nuzhny dlya voyska soldaty: Podavay zhe syuda synovey! Yemu nuzhny piry da palaty: Podavay yemu krovi tvoyey! Pripev 4. Ne dovol′no li vechnogo gorya? Vstanem, brat′ya, povsyudu zaraz! Ot Dnepra i do Belogo morya, I Povolzh′ye, i Dal′niy Kavkaz! Na vorov, na sobak — na bogatykh! Da na zlogo vampira-tsarya! Bey, gubi ikh, zlodeyev proklyatykh! Zasvetis′, luchshey zhizni zarya! Pripev 5. I vzoydyot za krovavoy zaryoyu Solntse pravdy i bratstva lyudey. Kupim mir my posledney bor′boyu, Kupim krov′yu my schast′ye detey. I nastanet godina svobody, Sginet lozh′, sginet zlo navsegda, I sol′yutsya v yedino narody V vol′nom tsarstve svyatogo truda! Pripev	1. Let's denounce the old world! Let's shake its dust from our feet! We're enemies to the golden idols, We detest the Tsar's palaces! We will go among the suffering brethren, We will go to the hungry people; Together with them we send our curses to the evil-doers, We will call them to struggle with us: Refrain: Arise, arise, working people! Arise against the enemies, hungry brother! Let the cry of vengeance Sound of the people! Forward! Forward! Forward! Forward! Forward! 2. The rich, the exploiters, the greedy mob Deprive you of your work so hard, In your sweat the greedy, They tear your last piece of bread. Hunger, so they celebrate Hunger, in the stock market game They sell conscience and honor And so they mock you. Refrain 3. You the rest is just the grave, Every day the debt have prepared, The czar, the vampire takes you from the veins, The czar, the vampire drinks the blood of the people. He needs for army soldiers, So give him your sons! He needs festivals and halls, So give him your blood! Refrain 4. Is it the eternal suffering is not enough? Stand on, brothers, everywhere, at the same time! From the Dnepr to the White Sea, And the Volga region, and the distant Caucasus! Against thieves, the dogs - the rich And the evil vampire, the Tsar! Defeat, kill them, cursed the criminals! Enlighten the dawn of a better life! Refrain 5. And it goes on behind the bloody twilight The sun of freedom and the brotherhood of mankind. Let the world with the last fight we are buying, Let luck with the blood of the children are buying. And it breaks in the era of freedom, It resolves the lie that evil forever, Unite and struggle of the peoples In the free realm of the sacred work. Refrain

References[edit]

^ Fakhretdinov, Rustam (2018). ""Russkaya marseleza": zhestokiy romans Petra Lavrova ["The Russian Marseillaise": A Cruel Romance of Pyotr Lavrov]". Antropologicheskij Forum. 14 (36): 117–153. doi:10.31250/1815-8870-2018-14-36-117-153.
^ ^a ^b Figes, p. 355
^ Soboleva N.A. (2005). "From the History of Domestic State Anthems" (PDF). National History (in Russian) (1): 10–12. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 25, 2009. Retrieved February 26, 2022

Bibliography[edit]

Figes, Orlando (2014). A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891–1924. London: The Bodley Head. ISBN 9781847922915.

[1] Fakhretdinov, Rustam (2018). ""Russkaya marseleza": zhestokiy romans Petra Lavrova ["The Russian Marseillaise": A Cruel Romance of Pyotr Lavrov]". Antropologicheskij Forum. 14 (36): 117–153. doi:10.31250/1815-8870-2018-14-36-117-153.

[Figs-2] Figes, p. 355

[3] Soboleva N.A. (2005). "From the History of Domestic State Anthems" (PDF). National History (in Russian) (1): 10–12. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 25, 2009. Retrieved February 26, 2022

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