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God, save our noble Tsar!
Great be his glory!
Growing in power and majesty;
Tsar! may good fortune be
Showered on thee;
God save thee still,
Our noble Tsar!

— Vasily Zhukovsky

Боже, Царя храни!
Сильный, державный,
Царствуй на славу, на славу намъ!
Царствуй на страхъ врагамъ,
Царь православный!
Боже, Царя храни!

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"God Save the Tsar!" (1833)

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Never know these frightful dreams,
You, O my Svetlana!
Let all your life be bright
As on the bosom of a mead
A brooklet's pleasant gleam!

When that I was beloved, in ecstasies, in pleasure,
The days of life flowed by like an enchanting dream.

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