State Anthem of Ukraine

"**Šče ne vmerla Ukraïna**" (, ), known in English as "**Nay, Thou Art Not Dead, Ukraine**", is the national anthem of Ukraine.

The anthem is played in a minor key.

## History
Before "Šče ne vmerla Ukraïna" was the country's national anthem, this song was originally a 19th-century poem written by a poet named Paul Chubin. A Catholic priest named Michael Werbitzky liked his poem, so he composed a tune for it. The song was published for the first time in 1863, and in the following year, it was performed for the first time in the city of Ľviv. It was first recorded in 1916 during the First World War.

In the early 20th century, this song lifted the spirits of many Ukrainians, as they had longed for their territories be completely independent from the Russian Empire, Austria–Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Poland. Because of this, "Šče ne vmerla Ukraïna" became the national anthem of the country, which was then first known as Carpatho-Ukraine, which then became the Ukrainian People's Republic, and then the West Ukrainian People's Republic. Afterwards, the Soviets invaded the territory of Ukraine. Not only that, the Soviets banned the Ukrainian national anthem. Instead, the Soviet-era anthem was adopted. After decades of oppression by the Soviet Union, "Šče ne vmerla Ukraïna" became the national anthem again, and remains so to this day.

Since 1992, the parliament Verchovna Rada readopted the national anthem after the fall of the USSR. The lyrics, which have been changed a bit, were adopted in 2003 by the Law on the Anthem of Ukraine. 𝄇

### Original version from 1863
### Unofficial lyrics from 1992 to 2003
Between 1992 and 2003, the Ukrainian national anthem was only an instrumental anthem and did not contain official lyrics; although, lyrics had been proposed for it. This was done in a similar manner to "Marcha Real", the national anthem of Spain, which currently has no official lyrics.

### Translations in other languages
There are many people living alongside Ukrainians who trace their roots to other parts of the globe. As a result, there are many versions of the Ukrainian national anthem in many different languages. It has been translated into Polish, Romanian, Hungarian, Crimean Tatar, Azerbaijani, and much more.

;Slavic languages

;Other Indo-European languages

;Turkic languages

;Other non-Indo-European languages

## Performances
**Public anthem performances**
*Ukrainian protesters sing the national anthem during clashes, Kyiv, Feb 18, 2014 – YouTube (uploaded by "Володимир Нагорнюк")
*United People - Гімн України (Live) | National Anthem of Ukraine – YouTube (uploaded by "UnitedPeopleGroup"
**Performances by celebrities**
*Zlata Ognevich - Sings The Ukraine National Anthem 31/12/14 – YouTube (uploaded by "Zlata-UK")
*Злата Огневич. Гимн Украины. Благотворительный концерт Ігри Нескорених от 30.04.2017 – YouTube (uploaded by "Телеканал СТБ")
*Анастасія Багінська і Хмара – Гімн України. «Незалежність – це ти» – YouTube (uploaded by "Телеканал 1+1")
*Ruslana singing the Ukrainian National Anthem before a fight of Wladimir Klitschko – YouTube (uploaded by "RuslanaTube")
*Okean Elzy at the Lviv Arena: thousands sing national anthem at Ukrainian Independence Day concert – YouTube (uploaded by "UKRAINE TODAY")

## References
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