in russia, "the marseillaise" was used as a republican revolutionary anthem by russian french speakers in the 18th century. in 1875 peter lavrov wrote the original russian text (not translated from the french lyrics) to the same tune, known as the "worker's marseillaise", which became very popular in russia and was used in the russian revolution of 1905. after the february revolution, it was used as the semi-official national anthem of the russian republic, and after the october revolution, it was official along with the internationale.