"Life has become better" is a widespread version of a phrase uttered by Soviet Communist Party General Secretary Joseph Stalin at the First All-Union Meeting of the Stakhanovites on 17 November 1935. The full quote from Joseph Stalin was, when translated into English,
| Life's Become Better | |
| Language: | Russian |
| Composer: | Alexander Alexandrov |
In 1936, the words were used in the chorus of a song of the same name, with music by Alexander Alexandrov and words by Vasily Lebedev-Kumach. The opening bars of the song and some sequences share a notable resemblance to those of the State Anthem of the Soviet Union, as the two songs had the same composer. Alexandrov apparently liked the opening bars of this piece. He used them again, with only minor alterations, just a few years later in the tune for the State Anthem (1944–1991). The Russian Duma officially readopted the Alexandrov's Soviet anthem as the State Anthem of the Russian Federation in December 2000, as part of a political compromise.[1] New words were written by Sergey Mikhalkov.