the anthems.words «victory -перемога »,« peace - світ »and« heart - серце »are used in three of them.words« glorious - славний, чудовий »,« God - Бог »and« free - вільний »are used in two of them.in Russian anthem we can see the same words «перемога», «земля» and «будинок». s why we can say that the national anthems are the solemn, patriotic songs which glorify things dear to our hearts: home, land, peace, God, victory, freedom.
10. Investigation Part II
of the Song
Nowadays not only countries have their own anthems but a lot of cities and towns have got them as well. I decided to know if the town of Priozersk, my native town, has got an official anthem. I asked some officials to answer this question; their answer was «No». I held an opinion poll among the students of our school. Fifty-seven students of the 7th and 11th forms answered the following questions:
1) Has our town got an official anthem?
A) Yes - 35% B) No - 65%
2) If you have answered «Yes», ??the question «Do you know its lyrics?» is for you.
A) Yes - 0% B) No - 100%
3) Has our town got an unofficial anthem?
A) Yes - 95% B) No - 5%
4) If you have answered «Yes». song is considered to be an unofficial anthem of the town of Priozersk?
Don t know - 5% song «Priozersk» - 95%
5) When was it performed for the first time?
In 1980s - 1990s - 20% t know - 75% answers - 5%
So, I decided to try to answer the last question in my investigation.set a goal to find a person who wrote the song «Priozersk». have found him. And he is Alexander Fokin, the former student of our school. Sometimes we exchange e-mails with him. I asked Alexander to tell me when, how and why he wrote the song «Priozersk». Here what Alexander has written: The song «Priozersk» was written in 1987. I was only 17 then. I have forgotten what gave me an idea of ??this song, but the first line «Priozersk, Priozersk, it s my lovely place of birth» was written very easily. Then came two couplets and that year my friends and I visited Karkaralinsk. And there the song was performed for the first time.modestly said that he considered the song to be the anthem of Priozersk. All the boys who were in Karkaralinsk loved it. They sang the song everywhere they could using only two guitars. At that time Aleksander Fokin desired to finish writing the song but he couldn t line up the words. In the year of 1988 Alexander was going to finish our school and he worried about parting with his native town. And then he wrote these words «I will part with you some day». Then he showed the song to their school group «CHANCE». They were happy to arrange it immediately and the song started its life as something already integral and finished. The first performance of this song was made in 1988 by Andrei Antonov who also played the guitar. Andrei Pankov played the synthesizer, Eugene Goloshchapov played the bass guitar and Aleksander Fokin played the drums. All people who were listening to this song loved it. Love to his native town and, of course, love to his girlfriend inspired Alexander Fokin ...
