The State Anthem of the Uzbek SSR was the national anthem of Uzbekistan when it was a republic of the Soviet Union and known as the Uzbek SSR. Background The anthem was used 1947 to 1992. The music was composed by Mutal Burkhanov, and the words were written by Timur Fattah and Turab Tula. The anthem (like those of the Tajik SSR and Turkmen SSR) opens with a salute to the Russian people, while the Uzbeks themselves are not actually mentioned until the fourth line. The melody is used in the current national anthem of Uzbekistan, with different lyrics. It is one of the four remaining post-Soviet countries, along with Russia, Belarus, and Tajikistan, to continuously use their Soviet-era anthems with different lyrics. The Soviet-era lyrics were in use in the Republic of Uzbekistan from 1991 until 1992, when Abdulla Oripov wrote new lyrics. Lyrics 1947–1956 Version 1978–1992 Version Notes References External links MIDI file Instrumental recording in MP3 format (Short version) Lyrics - nationalanthems.info Uzbek SSR National symbols of Uzbekistan Uzbekistani music Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic National anthem compositions in G major