According to the newspaper Soviet Byelorussia, President Lukashenko decided on the anthem on 12 June 2002 and chose to have its first performance on 3 July—Belarusian independence day, the anniversary of the date in 1944 when the Wehrmacht was driven away from Minsk by the Red Army.
Podľa novín Soviet Byelorussia, prezident Lukašenko sa rozhodol pre hymnu 12. júna 2002 a vybral termín pre prvé predstavenie na 3. júla, bieloruský deň nezávislosti, výročie z roku 1944 keď Wehrmacht opustil Minsk vytlačený Červenou armádou.