30.03.2025, 12:24

The author of the Crimean anthem wants to compete in the announced competition to write a new one

The author of the anthem of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea believes that her work "played an important role in returning the region to the Russian Federation".

The creation of the text of the anthem of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in Russian, which the occupiers are now using as the "anthem of the Republic of Crimea", implies that the peninsula "has always been part of the great homeland of - Russia". Such a statement was made publicly by Olga Golubeva, the author of the text of the anthem of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, who also positions herself as an "honorary Crimean citizen" and "member of the Russian Writers' Union."

"The fact that we had an anthem may have helped us to return to Russia to some extent. We had all the attributes of our independence: our parliament, coat of arms, flag and anthem. We had independence from Ukraine, and that's why it was easier and easier for us to return to Russia," Golubeva said.ua/uk/news/post/3cf2783c-4c3f-4f24-84a7-685a72df4173/" target="_blank">contest for the new Crimean anthem.

"Without touching the basis that everyone knows, loves and sings, I will add a third verse, where I will directly say that we have returned to our historical homeland - Russia," Golubeva added.

After the Russian occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and its renaming to the "Republic of Crimea", the occupiers use the anthem of the region, the music to which was composed by composer Alemdar Karamanov in 1992, and the Russian-language lyrics in 2000 by Olga Golubeva, who has specialized in intimate lyrics since the 1980s. For her work, the text of which caused a sharp reaction of the Crimean intelligentsia and members of the Russian PEN Club, she received almost 19 thousand hryvnias (at the then exchange rate - about 3.5 thousand dollars).

Olga Golubeva is married to Mikhail Golubev, who was the Minister of Culture of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in 1998-2002 . In October 2000, by order of the then Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Serhiy Kunitsyn, Holubev was temporarily suspended from his duties following a routine audit of the financial and economic activities of the Ministry of Culture. A former member of the now banned Communist Party of Ukraine, after the Russian occupation of Crimea, Golubev held senior positions in the Crimean branch of the Russian Communist Party.