National Anthem of Serbia (1815-1882) - Востани Сербіє (Vostani Serbije)

National Anthem of Serbia (1940-1944): “Востани Сербіє“ (“Arise, Serbia“; Serbian Latin: Vostani Serbije), also known as “Песна на инсурекцију Сербијанов“ (“A poem on the insurrection of the Serbs“; Serbian Cyrillic: Pesna na insurekciju Serbijanov), is a Serbian patriotic song, originally a poem written by Dositej Obradović (1739–1811), published in Vienna in 1804, “dedicated to Serbia and her brave warriors and sons and to their leader Georgije Petrović“ at the beginning of the First Serbian Uprising that transformed into the Serbian Revolution against the Ottoman Empire. Obradović, delighted, he happily and sincerely greeted the Serb uprising with this special, patriotic poem. Obradović extensively used the concept of “Mother Serbia“ in his works, including this poem. Of his poems, Vostani Serbije is the most patriotic. In it, he calls on a new Serbia, with overtones of memory on the Serbian Empire which had been long gone. Obradović then became the first Minister of Education of Revolutionary Serbia. It was also the national anthem of the Principality of Serbia. It is one of the best known patriotic songs in the country, and for some time it was considered as a potential national anthem following the replacement of the old Yugoslav anthem Hej Sloveni following the break-up of Yugoslavia. The song was set to music written by Vartkes Baronijan, Z. Vauda and Ljuba Manasijević. UMF community discord: