Boris Yeltsin wanted to get rid of everything sounding of Communism while he was President of Russia, and so he threw out the beautiful Russian National Anthem adopted in 1944 and tried to come up with something new. But he and others following him soon found that the Russian hearts ached for the old anthem, and so it was decided to bring back its music but substitute some new words for the old words touting Communism. Lenin's importance is still acknowledged. Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZwpA4L7bws&feature=related