La Marseillaise, hymne russe

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In Russia, the national anthem is considered as a powerful symbol of identity and a mean for the power to bolster adhesion to its values. The use of the Marseillaise as a national anthem in this country is both a landmark of its international diffusion since 1792 and a significant event in the history of Russian political culture.Before 1917 this song was in Russia a hymn standing both for revolution and France. As the national anthem of a strategic ally it was played officially at the turn of the century, with a peak just before the Great War. As a revolutionary song, it inspired the worker’s Marseillaise, a Russian revolutionary song. During the first revolution, the provisional government used it as a temporary national anthem. On January 10th, 1918 it was superseded by the Internationale as the national anthem of the Soviet Union, but remained amongst the official songs and marches.The fate of this hymn in Russia reflects the tensions in this country between European influences and its own identity.