Red Army Chorus, conducted by A. Music: Pierre Degeyter. Lyrics: Eugene Pottier Description: Although the leading anthem of the revolution, the internationalism of this old standard seemed increasingly dated in the 1930s. It was displaced by the popular ‘Song of the Motherland’, and replaced entirely by the new national anthem of 1943. Music: Isaak Dunaevskii. Lyrics: Vasilii Lebedev-Kumach Description: Written for the movie ‘Circus’, its popularity was so immense that the melody became the broadcast signal for Radio Moscow in the 1930s, and served as unofficial national anthem until 1943. Its optimistic and patriotic words were even cited by one of Stalin s purge victims at his trial the day before he was executed.