"Dagestan, you holy fatherland" (Russian: Дагестан, ты отчизна святая!, Dagestan, ty otčizna svjataja!) was the regional anthem of the Russian federal subject of Dagestan from 2003 to 2016. It was composed and written by Shirvani Chalaev.
History[]
It was adopted in 2003 and relinquished in 2016. A new Dagestani regional anthem was adopted on February 25, 2016.[1][2] It is now the organizational anthem of the Russian Armed Forces and the Russian police in Dagestan.
Lyrics[]
Russian
Russian Romanization
English Translation
Дагестан, ты отчизна святая!
Нет родней и свободнее края.
Горы твои мудры, степи твои щедры,
Древнего Каспия благодатны дары!
Край наш вершинный! Край наш орлиный! Верой хранимый, славный Дагестан! Воля твоя непоколебима: Жить в семье единой Вечный Дагестан!
Дагестан, перед силою вражьей
Не склонял головы ты отважной!
Сердце — скала, зоркость орла!
Кровь героев всегда в твоих жилах текла!
Край наш вершинный! Край наш орлиный! Верой хранимый, славный Дагестан! Воля твоя непоколебима: Жить в семье единой Вечный Дагестан!
Наш Дагестан!
Dagestan, ty otčizna svjataja!
Net rodnej i svobodneje kraja.
Gory tvoi mudry, stepi tvoi çedry,
Drevnego Kaspija blagodatny dary!
O Dagestan, your holy fatherland!
There's no land more free and more dear!
Your mountains wise, your steppes aplenty
The gifts of ancient Caspian blessing bear!
O, our land of peaks! O, our land of eagles! Shielded by faith, o glorious Dagestan! Your will is unwavering: To live in a single family Eternal Dagestan!
O Dagestan, under enemy power
Your have never bowed your brave head.
Your heart is a rock, your watchfulness is that of an eagle!
The blood of our heroes has always flowed in your veins
O, our land of peaks! O, our land of eagles! Shielded by faith, o glorious Dagestan! Your will is unwavering: To live in a single family Eternal Dagestan!