"The Sacred War", was one of the most famous Soviet songs of the Second World War, the music is by Aleksandr Aleksandrov, founder of the Alexandrov Ensemble, an official army choir of which armed forces?
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The Sacred War "The Sacred War" (Russian: Священная война "Svyashchennaya Voyna", also known as Вставай, страна огромная! "Vstavaj, strana ogromnaja", "Arise, Great (Vast) Country!") was one of the most famous Soviet songs of the Second World War. The music is by Aleksandr Aleksandrov, founder of the Alexandrov Ensemble and the music composer for the National Anthem of the Soviet Union. The lyrics are by Vasily Lebedev-Kumach.
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Alexandrov Ensemble The Alexandrov Ensemble (commonly known as the Red Army Choir in the West) is an official army choir of the Russian armed forces. Founded during the Soviet era, the ensemble consists of a male choir, an orchestra, and a dance ensemble.
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Sigizmund Kats Sigizmund Abramovich Katz (Russian: Сигизмунд Абрамович Кац ; April 4, 1908 – June 17, 1984), was a Soviet composer who specialized in writing popular songs. One of the founding fathers of the genre of the Soviet "mass song", Katz became famous in the 1940s and 1950s. His songs ranged from lyrical serenades and ballads to marches and quasi-Straussian waltzes. Sigizmund Katz' professional reputation now rests primarily on his war-time song "And the Briansk Forest Rustled Sternly" (Шумел сурово Брянский лес…), with lyrics by Anatoly Sofronov, which is dedicated to the struggles of Soviet partisans against Nazi invaders, and which earned him the Stalin Prize (1950).
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Aviation Division An Aviation Division (Russian: авиационная дивизия ) was a type of formation of the Military Air Forces of the Red Army during the Second World War, the Soviet Air Forces, Soviet Air Defence Forces (PVO) and Aviation of the Military Naval Fleet, and since 1991 remain major formations within the Military Air Forces of the Russian Federation.
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Antiphon An antiphon (Greek ἀντίφωνον, ἀντί "opposite" and φωνή "voice") in Christian music and ritual is a responsory by a choir or congregation, usually in the form of a Gregorian chant, to a psalm or other text in a religious service or musical work.
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Anna Yegorova Sr.Lt. Anna Alexandrovna Timofeyeva-Yegorova (Russian: Анна Александровна Тимофеева-Егорова ; 23 September 1916 – 29 October 2009) was a pilot in the Red Army Air Force (VVS) during the Second World War. She flew in total 277 liaison, reconnaissance and ground-attack missions. She was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
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National anthem of Russia The State Anthem of the Russian Federation (Russian: Госуда́рственный гимн Росси́йской Федера́ции , "Gosudárstvennyj gimn Rossíjskoj Federácii"; ] ) is the name of the official national anthem of Russia. Its musical composition and some of its lyrics were adopted from the State Anthem of the Soviet Union, composed by Alexander Alexandrov, and lyricists Sergey Mikhalkov and Gabriel El-Registan. The Soviet anthem was used from 1944, replacing "The Internationale" with a more Sovietcentric and Russiacentric song. The anthem had no lyrics after 1956, due to the original lyrics having references to former leader Joseph Stalin. New lyrics were introduced in 1977 by Mikhalkov with lyrics placing less emphasis on World War II and more on the victory of communism.
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1967 October Revolution Parade The 1967 October Revolution Parade is the parade on Moscow's Red Square devoted to the 50th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, 7 November 1967. As 1967 being the 50th anniversary parade it would feature troops dressed up as historical units from the Russian civil war era. It would also feature the first Color guard on parade from the honor guard. Cavalry units from the Revolution era also rode through Red Square. Commanding the parade is First Deputy Commander of the Moscow Military District, Colonel General Evgeny Ivanovski. Inspecting the parade and also giving his first jubilee address is Marshal of the Soviet Union Andrei Grechko. General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Leonid Brezhnev was on Lenin's Mausoleum in attendance. Major General Nikolai Nazarov led the Massed bands of the Soviet Union. The General Secretary of the Communist Party of East Germany Walter Ulbricht was also in attendance. The massed bands marched off to the tune of "My Beloved Motherland".
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Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra is an orchestra based in Moscow, Russia. It was founded in 1951 by Samuil Samosud, as the Moscow Youth Orchestra for young and inexperienced musicians, acquiring its current name in 1953. It is most associated with longtime conductor Kiril Kondrashin under whom it premiered Shostakovich's Fourth and Thirteenth symphonies as well as other works. The Orchestra undertook a major tour of Japan with Kondrashin in April 1967 and CDs of the Japanese radio recordings have been made available on the Altus label.
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Soviet propaganda music during the Cold War In the Soviet Union, and especially during the Cold War, all music produced was generally expected to conform to the ideals of the party.
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Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (Rachmaninoff) Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 31 (Russian: Литургия Иоанна Златоуста ), is a musical work by Sergei Rachmaninoff, one of his two major unaccompanied choral works (the other being his All-Night Vigil). The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is the primary worship service of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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2010 Kiev Victory Day Parade The 2010 Kiev Victory Day Parade was held on May 9, 2010 in Kiev, honoring the 65th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory in the Great Patriotic War. Inspecting the parade was the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces General of the Army Ivan Svyda. The commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Colonel General Gennady Vorobyov, Commanded the Parade. The President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych delivered a jubilee address. 2,500 members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces troops from Russia and Belarus took part in the parade. 17 military orchestras took part in the parade under the command of the Chief of the Military Music Department of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Major General Volodymyr Derkach.
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35th Army (Russia) The 35th Red Banner Army is a field army of the Russian Ground Forces. The army was first formed in July 1941 with the Far Eastern Front. After spending most of World War II guarding the border in Primorsky Krai, the army fought in the Soviet invasion of Manchuria in August 1945, and was disbanded shortly after the end of the war. Reformed at Belogorsk when Sino-Soviet tensions rose in the late 1960s in the Far East, the army became part of the Eastern Military District in 2010.
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Moscow Chamber Orchestra The Moscow Chamber Orchestra is an ensemble run under the auspices of the Moscow Philharmonia, a State-run enterprise, formerly under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture (Soviet Union) and now, Ministry of Culture of Russian Federation.
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Generalissimus of the Soviet Union Generalissimo of the Soviet Union (Russian: Генералиссимус Советского Союза ; "Generalissimus Sovétskogo Soyuza") was a proposed military rank created on 27 June 1945, following the tradition of the Imperial Russian Army. It was granted to Joseph Stalin following World War II; however, Stalin refused to officially approve the rank. It would have been the highest military rank in the Soviet Union.
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Turetsky Choir Art Group Turetsky Choir (Russian: Хор Турецкого ) (art group) is a Russian men's a cappella ensemble and musical collective under the direction of Mikhail Turetsky. Their voices range from tenore contraltino to basso profundo.
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Devil's song Devil's song, also known as SS marschiert in Feindesland or Teufelslied (ee. " Kuradi laul", fr. "Le chant du diable") is a German marching song. Some versions of the song were used in the Waffen SS, Condor Legion, Hirden and other military forces of the Second World War.
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List of regiments of the Russian Air Force The Russian Air Force, like the Soviet Air Forces before them, has the aviation regiment as its basic organisational unit. This page will slowly attempt to list all the regiments in Russian Air Force service since May 7, 1992, the date on which Boris Yeltsin decreed the establishment of the Russian Ministry of Defence.
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Anthem An anthem is a musical composition of celebration, usually used as a symbol for a distinct group, particularly the national anthems of countries. Originally, and in music theory and religious contexts, it also refers more particularly to short sacred choral work and still more particularly to a specific form of Anglican church music.
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70th Army (Soviet Union) The 70th Army was a Soviet field army during World War II. It was the last combined-arms army, and the highest-numbered, to be formed by the "Stavka" during the war. It was active at the Battle of Kursk, the Lublin–Brest Offensive, and the Berlin Strategic Offensive, among other actions.
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41st Army (Russia) The 41st Army (Russian: 41-я армия ) is a field army of the Russian Ground Forces, currently part of the Central Military District. Originally, it was formed in 1942 as part of the Soviet Red Army, during World War II. It was reformed in 1998, when the Transbaikal Military District and Siberian Military District were amalgamated.
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6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army The 6th Red Banner Leningrad Army of Air and Air Defence Forces (Russian: 6-я Краснознамённая Ленинградская армия Военно-воздушных сил и противовоздушной обороны ) is an Air Army of the Russian Air Force.