State Anthem of the Soviet Union
E49239
The State Anthem of the Soviet Union was the national anthem of the USSR, renowned for its powerful, patriotic melody by Alexander Alexandrov and lyrics praising the unity and strength of the Soviet state.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T390854 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: State Anthem of the Soviet Union Context triple: [Russian SFSR, anthem, State Anthem of the Soviet Union]
-
A.
The Motherland Calls
The Motherland Calls is a colossal Soviet-era statue in Volgograd, Russia, commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad and symbolizing the Motherland’s call to defend the nation.
-
B.
March of the Volunteers
"March of the Volunteers" is the national anthem of the People's Republic of China, a patriotic song known for its rousing call to resist oppression and strive for national liberation.
-
C.
The Internationale
The Internationale is a historic socialist and communist anthem that has been widely adopted by leftist movements and parties around the world.
-
D.
Lupang Hinirang
Lupang Hinirang is the patriotic song that serves as the national anthem of the Philippines, expressing the country's history, struggles, and aspirations.
-
E.
Il Canto degli Italiani
Il Canto degli Italiani is the patriotic song, written in 1847 by Goffredo Mameli with music by Michele Novaro, that serves as Italy’s national anthem.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: State Anthem of the Soviet Union Target entity description: The State Anthem of the Soviet Union was the national anthem of the USSR, renowned for its powerful, patriotic melody by Alexander Alexandrov and lyrics praising the unity and strength of the Soviet state.
-
A.
The Motherland Calls
The Motherland Calls is a colossal Soviet-era statue in Volgograd, Russia, commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad and symbolizing the Motherland’s call to defend the nation.
-
B.
March of the Volunteers
"March of the Volunteers" is the national anthem of the People's Republic of China, a patriotic song known for its rousing call to resist oppression and strive for national liberation.
-
C.
The Internationale
The Internationale is a historic socialist and communist anthem that has been widely adopted by leftist movements and parties around the world.
-
D.
Lupang Hinirang
Lupang Hinirang is the patriotic song that serves as the national anthem of the Philippines, expressing the country's history, struggles, and aspirations.
-
E.
Il Canto degli Italiani
Il Canto degli Italiani is the patriotic song, written in 1847 by Goffredo Mameli with music by Michele Novaro, that serves as Italy’s national anthem.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national anthem
ⓘ
patriotic song ⓘ |
| adopted | 1944 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Joseph Stalin era
ⓘ
Leonid Brezhnev era ⓘ |
| basedOn | Hymn of the Bolshevik Party ⓘ |
| composer | Alexander Alexandrov ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
iconic Soviet music
ⓘ
widely recognized worldwide ⓘ |
| firstBroadcast | 1944 ⓘ |
| firstPerformance | 1944 ⓘ |
| genre |
anthem
ⓘ
march ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentalVersion | orchestral arrangement ⓘ |
| hasVocalVersion | choral arrangement ⓘ |
| key | B-flat major ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Gabriel El-Registan
ⓘ
Sergey Mikhalkov ⓘ |
| lyricsRevised | 1977 ⓘ |
| melodyReusedBy |
State Anthem of the Soviet Union
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
State Anthem of the Russian Federation
|
| melodyReusedFrom | Alexandrov Ensemble song ⓘ |
| musicWritten | 1938 ⓘ |
| notableLine |
Славься, Отечество наше свободное
ⓘ
Союз нерушимый республик свободных ⓘ |
| officialLyricsApproved | 1943 ⓘ |
| performedAt |
international sporting events
ⓘ
military parades ⓘ state ceremonies ⓘ |
| performedBy | Red Army Choir ⓘ |
| periodOfUse |
Cold War
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| reasonForLyricsRevision | removal of references to Stalin ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Melodiya ⓘ |
| replaced | The Internationale ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
State Anthem of the Soviet Union
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
State Anthem of the Russian Federation
|
| shortTitle |
State Anthem of the Soviet Union
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Гимн Советского Союза
|
| subjectMatter |
Soviet patriotism
ⓘ
praise of Lenin ⓘ praise of the Communist Party ⓘ unity of Soviet peoples ⓘ victory in the Great Patriotic War ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
Soviet ideology
ⓘ
Soviet state ⓘ Soviet unity ⓘ |
| tempo | maestoso ⓘ |
| titleInRussian |
State Anthem of the Soviet Union
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Государственный гимн Советского Союза
|
| usedAsNationalAnthemFrom | 1944 ⓘ |
| usedAsNationalAnthemUntil | 1991 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: State Anthem of the Soviet Union Description of subject: The State Anthem of the Soviet Union was the national anthem of the USSR, renowned for its powerful, patriotic melody by Alexander Alexandrov and lyrics praising the unity and strength of the Soviet state.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
State Anthem of the Russian Federation
this entity surface form:
State Anthem of the Russian Federation
State Anthem of the Soviet Union
→
replacedBy
→
State Anthem of the Soviet Union
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
State Anthem of the Russian Federation
State Anthem of the Soviet Union
→
titleInRussian
→
State Anthem of the Soviet Union
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Государственный гимн Советского Союза
State Anthem of the Soviet Union
→
shortTitle
→
State Anthem of the Soviet Union
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Гимн Советского Союза
State Anthem of the Soviet Union
→
melodyReusedBy
→
State Anthem of the Soviet Union
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
State Anthem of the Russian Federation
this entity surface form:
Russian national anthem
this entity surface form:
National Anthem of the Russian Federation
this entity surface form:
Soviet national anthem