Государственный гимн Российской империи (1816-1833) - ’’Молитва русских’’

: ENGLISH: The Prayer of Russians (Russian: Молитва русских, Molitva russkikh) was a song used as the national anthem of Imperial Russia from 1816 to 1833. After defeating the First French Empire, Tsar Alexander I of Russia recommended a national anthem for Russia. The lyrics were written by Vasily Zhukovsky, and the music of the British anthem God Save the King was used. In 1833, “The Prayer of Russians“ was replaced with “God Save the Tsar“ (Bozhe, tsarya khrani). The two songs both start with the same