Throwback to March 2018, when Germany accidentally played the Soviet anthem before a rugby match against Russia. The Russian players looked baffled for a few seconds, then started singing along. Russia won 57–3.

Die beiden Jungs sind mit dem Herzen dabei... Gänsehaut!

They were singing the new words tbf.

full video (I've had it bookmarked for years). It's beautiful: at first you can see they're thinking "What the hell! What are they doing?" and then they think about it and say "Fuck you, fucking Krauts! I'll scream it in faces like we did 60 years ago!" ✊

Soviet anthem was quite a banger truth be told.

Most of that team is retired now. Some are coaching premier league teams. Lots of South African imports nowadays due to sporting agreements between the two countries. Can't imagine they fare well in Siberia, where the game is most popular.

That team was captained by Vasya Artemyev, who learned his rugby in Ireland. I used to bump into the players fairly often in pubs around Sochi. They seemed to like it more than Siberia.

@JamesPearce_101 In the 2019 World Cup, their star players were a fabulous back rower from Dagestan and a mercurial full-back with a tash. I was in a bar in Tbilisi that spring to watch Russia vs Georgia too. I think it was played in Krasnodar. The bar was rocking !

@BrianMcDonaldIE Tagir Gadzhiev. Still playing for Strela AK Bars in Kazan.

"accidentally" Sure... and Germany has never once shown that they can't leave the cold war and american money that flows because of it behind.

Reminds me of goodbye Lenin when they kept the illusion of the USSR to not shock the mom

Haha

The greatest national anthem of all time

they look so happy!!!

They all know the words off by heart like real patriots too 🫡

We, Russians, all know the words to the Soviet version of our anthem. Personally, I prefer the Soviet one. BTW, Lenin is still in his mausoleum on Red Square, the main square of our country. So, whether people like it or not, he remains a great part of our great history.

Musically, it will be for ever a aplendid page of anthem music, clearly over other national anthems that are rather poor, in terms of musicality (Spain anthem, for example).

It's the same melody though, no?

in the end, people can learn a lot from each other.

Does Russian team has a nick name; as Springboks for SA, All Blacks - NZ etc...?

Rather predictably, The Bears.

@moleriks 😂😂😂🔥🔥🔥

@CommunityNotes I thought it was the same tune with different words - they'd play the same music regardless.

@CommunityNotes With God On Our Side has the same tune as The Patriot Game, but they are two different songs.

@CommunityNotes Correct me if I'm wrong, Brian, but, typically, it's just the music of the national anthem that's played, right?

You gotta admit, that's a fantastic anthem.

@georgegalloway Great anthem in fairness.

The OG anthem no one like the contemporary oligarch garbage anthem

In 2000 Russia returned to Soviet anthem music. Words are different.

They'll play it again very soon

Немцы просто в яйца себе выстрелили. Это же абсолютный бафф морали для жителей бывшего СССР.

Not a big deal. It's just word substitution. Although I do wonder who sang the Soviet lyrics and who sang the Federation lyrics. lol

Hilarious 😂

Russian, Soviet, and Libertarian Anthems use the same music. 🤣

Can you imagine a song performed by, for example, a Japanese military choir?

Can anyone who understands Russian and remembers the anthem tell me if it's the version with the dedication to comrade Iosif or the one after the (cursed and fucked) 20th Congress of PCUS?

It's the same anthem.

They should be about 40 at that year to know the words.

🤣

Why was prince William joining the Russians?

A España paso algo parecido , no tuvimos la suerte los jugadores supuieran cantarlo

How is this different from the Russian anthem? The melody is the same so I assume the words are different.

"Случайно"