The Central Military Band of the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan is a military music unit made for state ceremonies carried out by the

Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan ( kk, Қазақстан Республикасының Қорғаныс министрлігі, ''Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Qorğanys ministrlıgı'') is a government agency of Kazakhstan wh ...

Background

It was formed on November 8, 1995 in accordance with the Directive of the Minister of Defense, Army General

Sagadat Nurmagambetov Sagadat Kozhakhmetovich Nurmagambetov ( kz, Сағадат Қожахметұлы Нұрмағамбетов, ''Sağadat Qojahmetūly Nūrmağambetov'', ساعادات قوجاحمەتۇلى نۇرماعامبەتوۆ; russian: Сагадат К ...

. Shortly after its foundation, Colonel Alexander Belyakov (

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

: Александр Викторович Беляков) joined the band as its senior director. Belyakov was commissioned to lead the band by Nurmagambetov after his role in the

Victory Day Parade ukr, Парад Перемоги be, Парад Перамогі , nickname = Victory Parades , observedby = Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, some former Soviet countries , duration = 1 day , frequency = annual , scheduling = same d ...

on Republic Square that year. In 2012, the orchestra was relocated from the city of

Almaty Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to ...

Astana Astana, previously known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and most recently Nur-Sultan, is the capital city of Kazakhstan. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim (river), Ishim River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmo ...

. It was not long after which Belyakov resigned from his post as band director, citing his anger at the fact that regional Kazakh bands were represented at a

Defender of the Fatherland Day Defender of the Fatherland Day (russian: День защитника Отечества ''Den' zashchitnika Otechestva''; kk, Отан қорғаушы күні; tg, Рӯзи Дорандаи Ватан; ky, Мекенди коргоочула ...

military band parade while the central band was not represented due to the resignation of 95 musicians as a result of the MoD's order to move the band. According to Belyakov, who headed the military band service for 18 years by that point, he felt ”insulted" by the decision and said he hoped that he is "fired after May 7". The remaining members of the band were housed in the

Astana Zhas Ulan Republican School The Zhas Ulan Republican School named after Sagadat Nurmagambetov ( kk, Армия генералы Сағадат Қожахметұлы Нұрмағамбетов атындағы Жас ұлан республикалық мектебі, ''Armı ...

on a temporary basis while the resigning musicians were paid 20 tenge each. Following this period, the new Band of the Ministry of Defense was given a new staff and became is not only an invariable participant of all socially significant events in the republic, but has become essentially an educational and methodological center of the Military Band Service. The band commonly performs during the Astana Day celebrations on Independence Square.

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Central Military Band of the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan

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{{reflist Kazakhstani military bands Military units and formations established in 1995 1995 establishments in Kazakhstan Musical groups established in 1995

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