The melody comes from the State Anthem of the USSR, composed by Alexander Alexandrov and adopted in 1944, with the same tune later reused for the Russian national anthem. Online, a distorted boosted edit became a staple of communist memes, history edits and ironic patriotic videos on YouTube and TikTok. Creators pair the overwhelming choir with images of the Soviet Union, red flags and military parades to signal exaggerated pride or mock propaganda, which keeps the clip circulating long after the original anthem fell out of official use.