Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy i slava, i volia” (‘Glory and Freedom of Ukraine has not yet Perished’), also known by its official title of “State Anthem of Ukraine” or by its shortened form “Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy,” is the national anthem of Ukraine. It is one of the state symbols of the country.
The lyrics constitute a slightly modified version of the first stanza of a patriotic poem written in 1862 by the poet Pavlo Chubynsky, a prominent ethnographer from Kyiv. In…