Videos of Russian anthem performances, state TV channel daily anthem clips

Videos

Clips on TV

Currently in Russia, according to the section 4 of the Anthem Law, all state-owned TV and radio channels must play the national anthem twice a day (at the start and at the end of broadcast; if the channel is broadcasting round-the-clock, then at 6 a.m. and at midnight local time). The more recent video clips were used for this purpose on TV.

Webmasters: please link to this page and not directly to the video files (their addresses are changed randomly from time to time).

RTR channel, 2003: RealMedia (6.0MB, 1:11, 700kbps) | Windows Media (6.0MB, 1:11, 700kbps) | RealMedia (3.0MB, 1:11, 350kbps)

Fragments of Russian life across the land; instrumental version of the anthem.
Note how more “politically correct” this version is: a mosque appears before the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, and there are no church bells on the soundtrack like the ones in the 2001 clips on the same channel.
This is a rather unconventional clip. Traditionally, both in the Soviet Union and in Russia, the anthem has been broadcast with the views of the Kremlin, as the clips below illustrate.
RTR channel, summer 2001: RealMedia (3.1MB, 1:13, 350kbps)

Daytime views of the Kremlin and its surroundings; instrumental version of the anthem.
RTR channel, winter 2001: RealMedia (3.1MB, 1:13, 350kbps)

Views of the Kremlin at night; instrumental version of the anthem.
ORT channel, winter 2001: RealMedia (8.4MB, 3:16, 350kbps)

Views of the Kremlin at night; full version of the anthem.
ORT channel, summer 2004: DivX (38.1MB, 3:15, 1.6Mbps)

Views of the Kremlin at dawn; full version of the anthem.
Soviet Central TV, 1984: MPEG-2 (195MiB, 3:12, 8.5Mbps) | MPEG-1 (30.5MiB, 3:13, 1.4Mbps) | Xvid (39.9MiB, 3:12, 1.7Mbps)

This clip was broadcast on state holidays. This seems to be the original version of it (shot entirely on film). The clip was used on TV for several years, with some portions of it later being updated with more recent video footage.

New Year midnight on TV

Russian New Year is traditionally marked by the following sequence broadcast on TV: an address by the state leader, the chimes of the Spassky Tower, the anthem. If you are a real Russian, you will most likely be watching TV around midnight, sitting by a table full of delicacies together with your family and maybe some friends. Your glass of champagne (or vodka) should be ready. Drink it at the chimes. Then, as the anthem is being played, complain you could never remember its words (most Russians don’t).

New Year 2008: Windows Media (14.5MiB, 7:25, 273kbps) (from President’s site)
(the video is similar to previous years)
New Year 2006: Windows Media (12.7MB, 7:16, 230kbps) (from President’s site)
New Year 1990: Xvid (37.5MiB, 14:51, 350kbps)

I am looking for better recordings of the address and anthem from various years, with a higher bitrate and resolution. I’d like very much to find an older Soviet TV recording, for example with Brezhnev’s address followed by the chimes and the anthem.

Victory Day celebrations in Moscow

Traditionally, the anthem is always played on the military parade on May 9 after the speech by the state leader.

May 9, 2006

Anthem: Xvid (21.0MiB, 2:59, 1.0Mbps)

A cappella performance by some 6000-strong choir of all the parade participants, conducted by Valery Khalilov (recorded from broadcast of Channel One (Russia)).
I have a full recording of the parade, but that file is too big to post it in the museum.
Sixty years of Victory. May 9, 2005
(music: joint military orchestra of the Moscow Garrison conducted by Valery Khalilov).

Anthem: DivX (8.3MB, 1:13, 910kbps) | Windows Media (3.1MB, 1:12, 350kbps)

First half of the parade: Windows Media (87.3MB, 36:29, 320kbps)

On the parade, the orchestra plays a couple more pieces found elsewhere in the museum (Preobrajensky March and choir “Glory”), other military marches, and wartime songs (file taken from the website of Ho Chi Minh City television). The parade is actually one hour long; I have a full-length, better quality recording of it, but that file is too big to post in the museum.

By the way if you are interested in the history of the Great Patriotic War (as we call it), I recommend you to watch its interactive presentation on the site pobediteli.ru.

Olympic gold

Torino 2006

MPEG-2 (44.7MiB, 1:19, 4.7Mbps)

Svetlana Ishmouratova, biathlon – women’s 15 km individual.

MPEG-2 (54.0MiB, 1:01, 7.4Mbps)

Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov, figure skating – ice dancing.
Salt Lake City 2002

Windows Media (6.8MiB, 1:38, 590kbps)

Alexei Yagudin, figure skating – men’s individual.

DivX (.avi) files can be viewed after installing a free codec pack, downloadable from divx.com.
RealMedia (.rm) files can be played back with a free RealPlayer (look carefully: they do have a free version of the player).
If you still have problems playing back the videos, email me and I’ll try to suggest software. All the files in the museum can be played back on a Windows PC using free (i.e., gratis) software, with no exceptions.

There are a few more video recordings scattered elsewhere in the museum.

FAQ to the museum maintainer | Vadim Makarov | Credits

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