My Kazakhstan (1956 song)
This article is about the 1956 song. For the 2006 song, see Meniñ Qazaqstanım.
My Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Менің Қазақстаным, Meniñ Qazaqstanım, مەنىڭ قازاقستانىم) is a Kazakh patriotic song written in 1956 in response to the Soviet Virgin Lands program. There is debate over whether it was to celebrate the programme or to insist Soviet authorities should not turn Kazakhstan into Russia's corn belt.[1] Shamshi Kaldayakov composed the music and Jumeken Najimedenov wrote the lyrics.
The current national anthem of Kazakhstan is based on this song.
See also
- Meniñ Qazaqstanım
- Anthem of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
- Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (soundtrack) — Contains a faux national anthem which has been confused with the official one
References
- ↑ Marshall, Alex (2015). Republic or Death! Travels in Search of National Anthems. London: Random House Books. pp. 140–144. ISBN 9781847947413.
'Imagine if someone came and tried to break up London,' [Shamshi Kaldayakov's son] Mukhtar says, hitting a table in disgust. 'It's just like that. My father composed the song to stop them doing this. "Don't do it. This is our land."'
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