Given article represents linguistic and culturological analysis of the Ukrainian National anthem, among others its lexical peculiarities and imagery as well as metaphorical system. This analysis is given on the historical background, which influenced the origin of the text of the Ukrainian anthem, and the main “portrait” of the personality of its author – P. P. Chubinsky, who played an important role both for the consolidation of Ukrainian national identity, and for Russian historiographic and ethnographic science, is described. Particular attention in the article is paid to the cultural and linguistic aspects, which make it possible to understand meaning and essence of the text, that has become one of the main symbols of independent Ukraine, and partly precedent phenomenon in contemporary Russian discourse. In the study this question is also examined in the wider context of the pan-European culture: French, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Serbian, Croatian, without which it is impossible to comprehend the sense of depth of this text, woven from the many historical, cultural and pan-Slavic associative references and allusions hidden under each line of this a truly unique work of art. The present study was undertaken to answer these questions.