Alexey Feodorovitch Lvov (b. Reval [now Tallin], Estonia, 1799; d. Romanovo, near Kovno [now Kaunas], Lithuania, 1870) composed RUSSIA in 1833 one night "on the spur of the moment," according to his memoirs, after Czar Nicholas I asked him to compose a truly Russian national anthem (rather than cont…
Display Title: God of Our FathersFirst Line: God of our fathers, we give thanks to theeTune Title: [God of our fathers, we give thanks to thee]Author: H. B. ChownDate: 1921