Proposed Anthem of Russia: "Коль слáвен наш Госпóдь в Сиóне" (How Glorious Is Our Lord in Zion)

With English and Russian Lyrics. Join our discord: Subscribe to the Channel: “Preserving history through music.“ Archivum Musicum Description: “How Glorious Is Our Lord in Zion“ is a hymn written in the spring of 1794 by the composer Dmitry Bortniansky to the verses of the poet Mikhail Kheraskov. It was the unofficial anthem of the Russian Empire in the late 18th - early 19th centuries. The first public performance took place on 29 November 1798 during the ceremony of laying on the Russian Emperor Paul I the crown and other regalia of the Grand Master of the Order of St. John in the Winter Palace,[1] and since 1801 the anthem actually supplanted the previously performed “Let the Thunder of Victory Rumble!“. In 1816 it was replaced by the officially approved composition “The Prayer of Russians“. From 1856 to October 1917, the chimes of the Spa