Жизнь за царя
In Russia during the Communist era, the Tsar's anthem melody was replaced with the chorus "Glory, Glory to you, holy Rus'!" ("Славься, славься, святая Русь!") from the finale of Mikhail Glinka's opéra "A Life for the Tsar"; a historical drama about a patriotic commoner, Ivan Susanin. With the end of the Soviet Union, the original score returned.