Hej, Sloveni!

Hey, Slavs is an anthem dedicated to the Slavic peoples. Its lyrics were first written in 1834 under the title Hey, Slovaks (Hej, Slováci) by Samuel Tomášik and it has since served as the anthem of the Pan-Slavic movement, the Sokol physical education and political movement, the SFR Yugoslavia, the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, the State of Yugoslavia, and the Soviet Military Occupation of Yugoslavia. The song is also considered to be the second, unofficial anthem of the Slovaks. Its melody is based on Mazurek Dąbrowskiego, which has also been the anthem of Poland since 1926, though the Yugoslav variation is much slower and more accentuated. In the Yugoslav Federal Republic, the anthem is banned due to it being associated with the violent and chaotic period of the Third Balkan War. The YFR's anthem is modified version of the kingdom of Yugoslavia's.