Military Band Service of the National Guard of Russia is the official musical department of the

National Guard of Russia The National Guard of the Russian Federation (russian: Федеральная служба войск национальной гвардии Российской Федерации , translit = Federal'naya sluzhba voysk natsional'noy gvard ...

or the Rosgvardia. It has bands that perform commonly during many Russian national holidays such as

Victory Day (9 May) etc. , nickname = , observedby = Russia and some former states of Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact; Serbia, Israel , duration = 1 day , frequency = Annual , date = 9 May , scheduling = same day each year , celebrations ...

on May 9 or

Russia Day Russia Day (russian: links=no, День России, ) called Day of adoption of the declaration of state sovereignty of RSFSR (russian: links=no, День принятия Декларации о государственном суверен� ...

on June 12, as well as military holidays such as Defender of the Fatherland Day on February 23 and National Guardsmen's Day on March 27.

History

The band service's principal band, the Exemplary Band of the National Guard (), was established as the Band of the

Separate Operational Purpose Division The Separate Operational Purpose Division or ODON, formerly called OMSDON (a.k.a. '' Dzerzhinsky Division''), is a rapid deployment internal security division of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR and then th ...

of the

Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Soviet Union The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR (MVD; russian: Министерство внутренних дел СССР (МВД)) was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union from 1946 to 1991. The MVD was established as the successor to th ...

on 6 December 1956. 15 years later, it was turned into a direct unit of the Soviet MVD's

Internal Troops The Internal Troops, full name Internal Troops of the Ministry for Internal Affairs (MVD) (russian: Внутренние войска Министерства внутренних дел, Vnutrenniye Voiska Ministerstva Vnutrennikh Del; abbreviat ...

and was renamed the Exemplary Band of Internal Troops of the USSR. In 2016, following the creation of the

the band service was renamed to the Military Band Service of the National Guard of Russia. During the Soviet era, the band commonly performed in outside of the

RSFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

, performing for the last time as a soviet band in the

Uzbek SSR Uzbekistan (, ) is the common English name for the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (Uzbek SSR; uz, Ўзбекистон Совет Социалистик Республикаси, Oʻzbekiston Sovet Sotsialistik Respublikasi, in Russian: Уз ...

in 1989. The band took part in the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

, the

Friendship Games The Friendship Games, or Friendship-84 (russian: Дружба-84, ''Druzhba-84''), was an international multi-sport event A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many differ ...

and the 12th World Festival of Youth and Students in 1985. In its travels, it has performed with groups such as the

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...

Youth Symphony Orchestra. The band notably took part in the Amur Waves International Military Bands Festival in Khabarovsk in 2018. The band most recently participated in a tour of

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

and

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in November and December 2019 respectively.

Composition

Ensembles of the Central Band

* Brass Band * Symphony Orchestra * Wind Band * Big Band – The Big Band of the national guard usually performs popular Russian and foreign jazz music, as well as pop music. It usually works with artists like Malika Razakova and Olga Babayeva.

Bands of
National Guard Forces Command The National Guard Forces Command of the Russian Federation (Russian: Войска национальной гвардии Российской Федерации, ''Voyska Natsionalnoy Gvardii Rossiyskoi Federatsii'') is the gendarmerie comp ...

* Band of the Separate Operational Purpose Division (Dzerzhinsky Division) * Band of the

National Guard Naval Service Corps The National Guard Naval Service Corps (''Морские части Войск Национальной Гвардии России'', ''Morskiye Chasti Voysk Natsional'noy Gvardii Rossii'') is the naval service, water police and coast guard ...

* Band of the 46th Independent Operational Brigade of the North Caucasian District (

Grozny Grozny ( rus, Грозный, p=ˈgroznɨj; ce, Соьлжа-ГӀала, translit=Sölƶa-Ġala), also spelled Groznyy, is the capital city of Chechnya, Russia. The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the 2010 census, it had a po ...

) * Military Band "North Star" ( Kirov) * Military Band of the Snezhinsky Regiment * Military Band of the Zheleznogorsk Regiment * Combined Military Band of the 55th Division of the Central District Command * Military Band of the

Krasnodar Region Krasnodar Krai (russian: Краснода́рский край, r=Krasnodarsky kray, p=krəsnɐˈdarskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the North Caucasus region in Southern Russia and administratively a part of t ...

Chief Department

Bands of National Guard Directorates

Massed Bands of the Nizhny Novgorod Garrison

NGF regional commands are located in all major Russian cities. In all of these commands, there is a military band associated with the central band that serves its broader mission regionally. The following is a list of regional bands which are affiliated to the Central Band: * HQ Band of the Northwestern District Command * HQ Band of the Central District Command * HQ Band of the North Caucasus District Command * HQ Band of the Volga District Command * HQ Band of the Ural District Command * HQ Band of the Siberian District Command * HQ Band of the Eastern District Command

Rosgvardiya educational institutions

* Band of the St. Petersburg National Guard Forces Command Military Institute * Band of the Saratov Institute of the National Guard * Band of the Perm Military Institute

External links

Official web site of the National Guard of Russia
(In Russian) Video
Плац-концерт военного оркестра штаба ЮО ВНГ России

References

{{Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of Russia Russian military bands Military units and formations established in 2016 2016 establishments in Russia National Guard of Russia