 It was replaced by the Hymn to Liberty in 1864, following Otto's overthrow.The national anthem of Imperial Russia from 1816 to 1833 was "Molitva russkikh" ("The Prayer of Russians"), which used the melody of "God Save the King" and lyrics by Vasily Zhukovsky.The American patriotic hymn "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", the lyrics of which were written by Samuel Francis Smith in 1831.