In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna explore the surprising story behind the Soviet Union's national anthem. Before the stirring 'Gimn Sovetskogo Soyuza' that we associate with the USSR, there was the 'Internatsional', a song born in 19th-century France that became the anthem of the October Revolution. Discover how the Bolsheviks adopted it, how it traveled across borders, and why Stalin eventually commissioned a new anthem in 1943 that would outlast the Soviet state itself. Along the way, we meet the poets and composers who shaped these iconic melodies—from Pierre Degeyter and Eugène Pottier to Alexander Alexandrov and Sergei Mikhalkov—and uncover the political maneuvering behind the scenes. We also consider the anthem's legacy in modern Russia, where a reworked version of Alexandrov's music has been in use since 2000. This episode weaves together music, politics, and revolutionary history to reveal how a nation's anthem can be as contested as its borders.
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