music adopted 1991, lyrics adopted 2003; song first performed in 1864 at the Ukraine Theatre in Lviv; the lyrics, originally written in 1862, were revised in 2003
Anthem Lyrics
Shche ne vmerla Ukraina, ny slava, ny volja, Shche nam, brattja - ukraincy,
usmyzhnetjsja dolja, Zginutj nashi voryzhenjki, jak rosa na soncy, Zazhivemo y mi,
brattja, u svoij storoncy.
Chorus:
Dushu j tylo mi polozhim za nashu svobodu Y pokazhem, shcho mi, brattja, kozacjkogo
rodu.
Stanem brattja, vsi za volju, vyd Sjanu do Donu, V rydnym kraju panuvati ne damo
nykomu. Chorne more shche vsmykhnetjsja, dyd Dnypro zradye, Shche na nashyj Ukrainy
dolenjka dospye.
Chorus
A zavzjattja pracja shchira svogo shche dokazhe, Shche sja voly v Ukrainy pisnj guchna
rozljazhe. Za Karpati vydybetjsja, zgomonitj stepami, Ukraini slava stane pomizh garodami.
Chorus
Anthem Lyrics English
Ukraine is Not Yet Dead
Ukraine is not yet dead, nor its glory and freedom,
Luck will still smile on us brother-Ukrainians.
Our enemies will die, as the dew does in the sunshine,
and we, too, brothers, we'll live happily in our land.
We'll not spare either our souls or bodies to get freedom
and we'll prove that we brothers are of Kozak kin.
We'll rise up, brothers, all of us, from the Sain to the Don,
We won't let anyone govern in out motherland.
The Black Sea will smile yet, grandfather Dnipro will rejoice,
Yet in our Ukraine luck will be high.
Our persistence, our sincere toil will prove its rightness,
still our freedom's loud song will spread throughout Ukraine.
It'll reflect upon the Carpathians, will sound through the steppes,
and Ukraine's glory will arise among the people.
Ukraine Flag
Ukraine Flag
Flag History
The colors derive from the armds of the medieval principality of Galicia. The blue stands for the sky and yellow for the wheat, the main source of wealth for the Ukraine.
Flag Date of Adoption
28 January 1992
Flag Symbolism
two equal horizontal bands of azure (top) and golden yellow represent grainfields under a blue sky