The State Anthem of the Republic of Karelia was approved by law on 6 April 1993. The music of the anthem was composed by and in most parts follows the melody of the Finnish traditional song "Karjalan kunnailla". The Russian lyrics were written by and , whilst the Finnish lyrics were written by Mishin alone, and the Karelian lyrics by Alexander Volkov. Since December 2001, the Russian lyrics are the official ones.
The translation of the anthem into Finnish was done by poet Armas Mishin.
The anthem was officially performed in Finnish once in 1993, at the Musical Theatre of the Republic of Karelia, immediately after the approval of the first edition of the law "On the text of the national anthem" by the Supreme Council of the Republic of Karelia.
The text of the anthem of the Republic of Karelia was translated into the Livvi dialect of the Karelian language by Karelian poet Alexander Volkov.