Armenia
Մեր Հայրենիք
Mer Hayrenik
Our Fatherland
1918
1991
Mikael Nalbandian
Barsegh Kanachyan
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Context
Originally the anthem of the First Republic of Armenia in 1918, it was readopted after independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. The lyrics by Mikael Nalbandian were written in the 1850s as a poem expressing the longing for Armenian freedom.
Lyrics
Մեր Հայրենիք, ազատ, անկախ
Հնաղանդյան տեղ մի ուրախություն է
Ամենայնտեղ ամեն կանչենք
Մեր Հայրենիքի զարդարանք
Translations are non-official and intended to convey meaning, not replace originals
Interesting facts
- • The poem that forms the lyrics was written decades before it became an anthem, during the Armenian national awakening
- • It served as the anthem from 1918 to 1920, then was replaced by the Soviet Armenian anthem until 1991
- • Armenia is one of several post-Soviet states that revived their pre-Soviet anthem after independence