Republic of Upper Volta Republic of Upper Volta The Republic of Upper Volta (), now Burkina Faso, was a landlocked West African country established on December 11, 1958, as a self-governing colony within the French Community. Before attaining autonomy it had been French Upper Volta and part of the French Union. On August 5, 1960, it attained full independence from France. Thomas Sankara came to power through a military coup d'état on August 4, 1983. After the coup, he formed the National Council for the Revolution (CNR), with himself as president. Under the direction of Sankara, the country changed its name on August 4,
State Anthem of the Republic of Tatarstan State Anthem of the Republic of Tatarstan The National Anthem of Tatarstan (; ) was originally adopted in 1993 without lyrics. The music was composed by Rustem Yakhin. The anthem eventually had lyrics, written by Ramazan Baytimerov. Being that both Russian and Tatar are official languages of Tatarstan, the anthem's lyrics are written in both languages, as done in a similar manner to the anthem of the Altai Republic. However, it is difficult to have corresponding Russian words to a Tatar text, due to the different structures of the two languages, so as a result the lyrics are not official.