RUSSIAN LYRICS

Kraj rodnoj - Karelija!
Drevnjaja mudraja zemlja.
Bratskih plemen odna sem'ja,
Karelija!

Zvenite, ozera, i poj, tajga!
Rodnaja zemlja, ti mne doroga.
Visoko na sopkah tvoih stoju
I pesnju vo slavu tebe poju.

Kraj rodnoj - Karelija!
Ti mne navek sud'boj dana.
Zdravstvuj v vekakh, moja strana,
Karelija!

Geroi bilin sred' lesov i gor
Zhivut na zemle nashej do sih por.
Lejsja, pesnja! Kantele, zvonche poj
Vo imja karel'skoj zemli svjatoj!

Kraj rodnoj - Karelija!
Run u bilin napev zhivoj.
Vizhu rassvet luchistij tvoj,
Karelija!
Vizhu rassvet luchistij tvoj,
Karelija!

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FINNISH LYRICS  
  
Kotimaamme Karjala!
Ikivanha kaunis maa.
Veljeskansat yhteen saa
Karjala!

Nuo järvet ja vaarat ja hongikot-
ne huomisen kutsua kuunnelkoot!
Seisoin vaaran harjalla paljain päin
ja suljin syliini mitä näin.

Kotimaamme Karjala!
Ikivanha laulumaa.
Työllään etsii kunniaa
Karjala!

Ne urhot ja sankarit laulujen-
ne asuvat täällä entiselleen.
Soita, soma kantele, jatku,työ!
Soi, laulu, sydämen liekki,lyö.

Kotimaamme Karjala!
Rahvas rehti, ahkera
töin ja lauluin ikuistaa
Karjalaa!
Töin ja lauluin ylistää
Karjalaa!

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION 
  
Native land - Karelia!
The Ancient dearest wise land.
Brotherly nations one family,
Karelia!

Ring our lakes, and sing, taiga!
The native land, you is dear to me.
Highly on mountains yours I stand
And a song in glory to you I sing.

My native land - Karelia!
You are forever given to me  by destiny.
High in centuries, my country,
Karelia!

The heroes of tales of woods and mountains
Live on our land by ours till now.
Sing, song! Kantele, loudest sing
For a name of the Karelian land sacred!

My native land - Karelia!
Runes' and tales' a tune alive.
I see your great dawn ,
Karelia!
I see your greatest dawn ,
Karelia!

 


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Karelia
"Kraj Rodnoj Karelija" (My Native Country, Karelia)

Words by:Armas Mishin
Music by:Alexandr Beloborodov
Adopted:1992

Once a Soviet Socialist Republic, Karelia was re-absorbed into the Russian SFSR
as an autonomous republic in 1956. When Russia became independent in 1991,
Karelia became an autonomous republic in the Russian Federation. During its
days as an SSR, Karelia had a high concentration of Finnish-speaking people,
but now the population is majority Russian.

Parts of the Karelian anthem (the second and fourth stanzas of the enclosed
lyrics) closely resemble a Finnish Karelian folk melody "Karjalan kunnailla"
(On the Karelian hills).

Special thanks to:Pavel Zinovatny for the MIDI and sheet music.

See also: Karelia_(1950s-1956), Russia.

