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Kuban Cossack Choir
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Years	1811 - present time
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Language of songs	Russian Ukrainian
Supervisor
Compound	choir - 62, ballet - 37, orchestra - 18 people

Kuban Cossack Choir(full title - State Academic Order of Friendship of Peoples Kuban Cossack Choir listen)) is a choral singing group founded in 1811. The repertoire includes Kuban Cossack, Russian and Ukrainian folk songs, as well as songs based on poems by Russian and Ukrainian poets, arranged by Viktor Zakharchenko - artistic director team.

Management

The artistic director and chief conductor of the Kuban Cossack Choir is People's Artist of Russia and Ukraine Viktor Gavrilovich Zakharchenko.
The director of the choir is Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation Anatoly Evgenievich Arefiev.
Chief choirmaster - Ivan Albanov
Chief choreographer - Valery Anuchin
Choreographer - Elena Nikolaevna Arefieva
Ballet tutor - Leonid Igorevich Tereshchenko
The director of the orchestra is Honored Artist of Ukraine Boris Kachur

Compound

The total composition of the team is 157 people:

choir - 62
ballet - 37
orchestra - 18
administrative staff - 16
technical staff - 24

Awards

Discography

“In the Kubanskaya village” (1990) Gramophone record. Folk songs of the Black Sea and linear Cossacks
"Kuban Cossack Choir. Songs of Victor Zakharchenko" (1991) Audio album with songs of the Kuban Cossack Choir.
“You are Kuban, you are our Motherland” (1992) Audio album with songs of the Kuban Cossack Choir.
“Kuban Cossack Choir” (1992) Audio album with songs of the Kuban Cossack Choir.
“Kuban folk songs” (1992) Gramophone record.
“There in the Kuban” (1992) Gramophone record. Folk songs of the Black Sea and linear Cossacks.
“Kuban Cossack Choir” (1992) Gramophone record.
“Folk songs of Kuban villages” (1992) Gramophone record.
“Rospryagaite, lads, koney” (1997) Videotape recording a concert of the Kuban Cossack Choir at the KZ named after. Tchaikovsky.
“Kuban Cossack Choir” (1999) Video cassette with a recording of the concert of the Kuban Cossack Choir in the Cultural Center “Ukraine” Kyiv.
"Kuban Cossack Choir in the Kremlin." First edition (2003) Video album with a concert of the Kuban Cossack Choir at the State Kremlin Palace.
“Russia, Rus', save yourself, protect yourself” (2003-2004) Double audio album with popular folk and original songs performed by the male choir of the Moscow Sretensky Monastery, the Kuban Cossack choir such as “Black Raven”, “Kalinka”.
“Copyright. Songs by Viktor Zakharchenko based on poems by Russian and Ukrainian classical poets" (2004) Double author's album on poems by Russian and Ukrainian classical poets.
"Kuban Cossack Choir in the State Kremlin Palace with the concert program “We are Cossacks with you” (2004) Video version of the concert of the Kuban Cossack Choir in the State Kremlin Palace with the program “We are Cossacks with you.”
“Bread is the head of everything” (2004) Video version of the concert “Bread is the head of everything” (performance August 2004 at the Rossiya State Central Concert Hall, Moscow).
“In minutes of music” (2005) Double audio album with songs of the Kuban Cossack Choir.
“The Kuban Cossack Choir sings. Folk songs Black Sea Cossacks. The fire burns beyond the Kuban” (2005) Double audio album with songs of the Kuban Cossack Choir.
"Songs Great Victory"(2005) Music album, released for the 60th anniversary of the Victory, contains ancient Cossack marching and lyrical folk songs, popular songs from the Second World War.
Multimedia disc dedicated to the 195th anniversary of the Kuban Cossack Choir (2006)
“Let’s remember, brothers, we are Kuban people!” (2007) Double audio album with Kuban songs.
Christmas concerts of the Kuban Cossack Choir and the Moscow Sretensky Monastery Choir (2007) Double video album with a Christmas concert of the Kuban Cossack Choir and the Moscow Sretensky Monastery Choir.
“They don’t trade the Motherland, Prince!” (2008) Anniversary album of V. Zakharchenko.
“Musical tribute to Ukraine. Black Sea folk songs of Kuban villages" (2008) Gift edition includes four audio discs. 1. Black Sea folk songs of Kuban villages. 2. Black Sea folk songs of Kuban villages. 3. Songs based on poems by Ukrainian poets. 4. Songs of Viktor Zakharchenko and folk songs of Kuban villages.
“Rospryagaite, lads, koney...” (2008) Double audio album of popular songs “Rosspryagaite, lads, koney!” performed by the Kuban Cossack Choir. The album also includes original works by Viktor Zakharchenko.
“Songs by Viktor Zakharchenko based on poems by Russian poets.” (2009) Anniversary issue. 35th Anniversary Double Audio Album creative activity Viktor Zakharchenko in the Kuban Cossack Choir.
"Author's concert of composer Viktor Zakharchenko in the Hall of Church Councils of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior." (2009) Anniversary issue. Double audio album dedicated to the 35th anniversary of V. Zakharchenko’s creative activity in the Kuban Cossack Choir.
“Anniversary concert at the State Kremlin Palace. Kuban Cossack Choir is 195 years old!” Recorded October 26, 2006 (2009) The Kuban Cossack Choir is 195 years old! Anniversary issue. Dedicated to the 35th anniversary of V. Zakharchenko’s creative activity in the Kuban Cossack Choir.
CD “For Faith and Fatherland” (2009) Audio album of songs performed by the Kuban Cossack Choir from the concert program of the same name at the State Kremlin Palace, dedicated to the 64th anniversary of the Great Victory. Dedicated to the defenders of Russia.
“Concert of the Kuban Cossack Choir at the State Kremlin Palace with the participation of N. Mikhalkov.” Recording of the concert April 11, 2003 (2009)
A video album with a concert of the Kuban Cossack Choir at the State Kremlin Palace with the participation of N. Mikhalkov, as well as an audio album “For Faith and the Fatherland.”
“For Faith and Fatherland” (2009) Video album with a concert of the Kuban Cossack Choir at the State Kremlin Palace with the program “For Faith and Fatherland”, as well as an audio album “Nobody but Us” songs by Alexei Melekhov.
CD “Golden voices. Anatoly Lizvinsky sings.” (2010) Musical album, released for the 200th anniversary of the Kuban Cossack Choir.
CD “Golden voices. Marina Krapostina sings" (2010) Music album, released for the 200th anniversary of the Kuban Cossack Choir.

Notes

Links

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The historical predecessor of the modern Kuban Cossack Choir is the Military Singing Choir of the Black Sea Cossack Army. Its founder was the first present of the Ekaterinodar Spiritual Board, military archpriest Kirill Vasilyevich Rossinsky.

In August 1810, he turned to the military office of the Black Sea Cossack Army with a request to create a singing choir. The proposal was approved by military ataman F. Ya. Bursak and members of the chancellery. In August, estimates were prepared for the salaries of the regent and singers, as well as funds for the purchase of costumes. On the holiday of the Intercession October 1, 1810 O.S. The military singing choir performed for the first time in the Military Resurrection Cathedral. The first regent of the choir was the nobleman Konstantin Grechinsky. Initially, the choir existed at the expense of Archpriest Kirill Rossinsky, but in January 1811, the Governor-General of Odessa and Kherson, Duke de Richelieu, officially approved the staff, estimates and allocated money for the maintenance of the Military Singing Choir.

On October 1, 1811, on the day of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which began to be considered the holiday of the Military Choir, the group already performed as the officially established Military Singing Choir of the Black Sea Cossack Army. On December 22, 1811, Emperor Alexander I issued a decree “On the establishment of wind music from 24 musicians in the Black Sea Cossack army,” that is brass band. The orchestra was named the Military Music Choir. Singing and musical military choirs developed in parallel. The intense, varied and fruitful creative activity of the two choirs continued until April 1920. Their outstanding role in the spiritual, cultural and patriotic education of the Kuban people cannot be overestimated. According to contemporaries, these were the best military art institutions in Russia on the periphery.

In 1860, the Black Sea Cossack Army was renamed the Kuban Army. The military choirs were renamed accordingly. In addition to participating in church services, the Singing Choir also gave secular concerts in Yekaterinodar and throughout the south of Russia. Sacred music, folk songs, classical works. The choir has become a forge of musical personnel for both cultural institutions and Orthodox Church, and for the army of the Russian Empire.

The activities of the choir were highly appreciated Russian emperors: Emperor Alexander II found it “remarkable for its voices and harmony of performance,” and Emperor Alexander III expressed gratitude to the choir “for its excellent performance music programs"and ordered the military authorities to attend to the expansion and improvement of the choir.

With the Bolsheviks coming to power in Kuban, the Military Singing Choir was renamed the State Choir. However, due to the policy of repression against the Cossacks, the choir was persecuted. On April 21, 1920, the Kuban-Black Sea Regional Revolutionary Committee decided: “All military choirs and orchestras, now renamed state ones, with all personnel, libraries, musical instruments become the responsibility of the regional education department. All conductors, musicians, singers and others who have official instruments and notes must hand them over immediately. Persons hiding the above-mentioned property will be brought before a revolutionary tribunal.” In the summer of 1921, by decision of the Bolshevik authorities, the activities of the collective were finally stopped. In 1920, not recognizing the new government, twenty-seven members of the Military Singing Choir, along with thousands of Kuban Cossacks, were forced to emigrate to Greece, Turkey, Serbia and other countries. There, in exile, they created several choral groups that bore the name of the Kuban Military Cossack Choir and preserved the traditions of the Military Singing Choir. At the same time, in 1925-1932. In Kuban, the Kuban Men's Quartet, a fragment of the former choral group, was touring. Unfortunately, the leader of the team, Alexander Avdeev, was repressed and executed in 1929.

In connection with some weakening of the policy of repression towards the Cossacks in 1936, by the Resolution of the Presidium of the Azov-Black Sea Regional Executive Committee, the State Kuban Cossack Choir was established, which was headed by G. M. Kontsevich and Y. M. Taranenko, who were regents of the Kuban Military Singing Choir before the revolution. It was they who transferred rich singing and musical traditions, folk song repertoire and their high artistic taste to the newly formed State Kuban Cossack Choir, thereby combining history into a single whole

Military singing and State Kuban Cossack choir. Work in conditions created Soviet power, it was incredibly difficult. Nevertheless, G. M. Kontsevich did not lose faith in the future great mission of the newly created choir. On March 3, 1937, in the newspaper “Red Banner” he prophetically wrote: “Now the Kuban Cossack Choir has been created with 40-50 people from best votes Cossacks of villages and farms. His future is undoubtedly bright. This highly artistic group will decorate our Kuban and color the region with a bright star.” However, soon the first artistic director of the State Kuban Cossack Choir, the outstanding folklorist scholar G. M. Kontsevich, was arrested on false charges of “attempt on Stalin” and sentenced to death. The sentence was carried out on December 26, 1937. G. M. Kontsevich was rehabilitated posthumously in 1989. In 1939, in connection with the inclusion in the choir dance group, the choir group was renamed the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Kuban Cossacks. With the beginning of the Great Patriotic War The ensemble was disbanded and its soloists were drafted into the Red Army. The team was recreated in April 1944 at the Krasnodar Regional Philharmonic. The first performance of the restored Song and Dance Ensemble of the Kuban Cossacks took place in September 1944. However, in 1961, on the initiative of N. S. Khrushchev, the ensemble was again disbanded along with the other ten state folk ensembles and choirs of the USSR.

On October 14, 1974, Viktor Gavrilovich Zakharchenko, a folklorist scholar, choirmaster and composer who attended the school of an outstanding choral conductor Professor V.I. Minin and the patriarch of Russian folklore studies Professor E.V. Gippius. The leadership of the dance group passed to Vyacheslav Modzolevsky, then to Leonid Milovanov, and after him to Nikolai Kubar.

With the arrival of Viktor Gavrilovich to the leadership of the choir, the collective rose to the heights of creativity and gained worldwide fame. Over the 35 years of his activity in Kuban, V. G. Zakharchenko managed to fully realize his artistic, scientific and educational aspirations and lead the team to qualitatively new creative frontiers.

Today the group consists of 146 artists. During his time leading the choir, V. G. Zakharchenko turned the collective into an international-class ensemble. The geography of the choir's tours is vast; it is applauded on five continents and in dozens of countries around the world. The choir gave hundreds of concerts throughout Russia, in all former republics THE USSR. At the same time, the team regularly performs in the cities and villages of Kuban. Now he is based in Krasnodar, in his own building, specially allocated for him by the management Krasnodar region.

The choir is actively preparing for the meeting of future Olympic Games in Sochi 2014 - he is already participating in the Cultural Olympics. A cultural and Olympic project of the State Academic Kuban Cossack Choir has been prepared for the 2014 Olympics: “22 concerts of the Kuban Cossack Choir - for the XXII Winter Olympic Games in Sochi!” - this will be a special Olympic tour of the group in the capitals of the Winter Olympic Games. A fundamentally new word in concert activities The Kuban Cossack Choir is preparing large programs designed to reveal the rich potential of the collective. So, the grandiose performance “Big Cossack history"(in two acts and eight scenes), dedicated to the life of the Cossacks of the Zaporozhye Sich and the history of their resettlement to Kuban.

There is every reason to believe that a worthy meeting of the 200th anniversary of the State Academic Order of Friendship of Peoples of the Kuban Cossack Choir under the direction of V. G. Zakharchenko will serve further development and the prosperity of our Kuban and the great Motherland - Russia Soloviev A.A. 200 years with song Kuban Cossack Choir: history and modernity // Russian Cossacks

The influence of music on a person 15.10.2017

Dear readers, today in our section there will be interesting meeting with Russian folk song. The article was prepared by Liliya Szadkowska, a person in love with music. She is already familiar to many of you from her blog posts. Today Lilia will tell us about the famous Kuban choir, and we will listen to folk songs performed by them. I give the floor to Lilia.

Hello, our dear readers and fans. The time of holidays and bright holidays flew by quickly summer impressions. And outside the window it’s already autumn. Each of us has our own. For some it is multi-colored and rustling, for others it is stormy and dull, for others it is thoughtful and sad, and on Irina Zaitseva’s blog - autumn is warm, cozy and homely, with recipes for healthy herbal infusions and aromatic tea, a variety of useful information and, of course, with soulful music. We present to your attention a topic about everyone’s favorite Russian song. Enjoy your holiday!

Golden Voices of Russia

Russian song is deep
like human suffering,
sincere as a prayer
sweet as love and consolation.

It is through song that one can understand the character of a people. For a Russian person, a song is like repentance: “In the song you will cry, and repent, and submit, and lighten your soul, and the heaviness from your heart will fall like a stone.” There are so many of them, varied in genre: historical, labor, soldier, ritual, calendar, lyrical and comic... This is a real treasury of the Russian soul, its heritage and historical memory.

But the song becomes famous and popular primarily thanks to its performers. Today we invite you to listen to Russian songs performed by the Kuban Cossack Choir, the full name of which is: State Academic Order of Friendship of Peoples and the Holy Blessed Grand Duke Dimitri Donskoy, 1st degree Kuban Cossack Choir.

How a Cossack traveled around the world

I had a childhood dream, and it
came true. Looked at the world. And I was convinced:
There is no place better than Russia and Kuban...
V. Zakharchenko

This team was applauded on all continents and in crowded concert halls our vast homeland. The performance was always a delight. The choir's repertoire includes Kuban Cossack, Russian and Ukrainian folk songs, songs by composers, varied in genre and character. The Kuban Cossack Choir under the direction of Viktor Zakharchenko is recognized national brand Russia. Let's start our acquaintance with the fiery song “Across the Carpathian Mountains”.

Kuban Cossack Choir “Across the Carpathian Mountains”

This oldest Cossack choral group was founded back in 1811 and has its own unique story. At its origins were the spiritual educator of the Kuban, Archpriest Kirill Rossinsky and the regent Grigory Grechinsky. In 1867, the choir was renamed from the Black Sea to the Kuban Voyskovoy, which performed not only spiritual works during services, but also performed Cossack folk songs and works of classical music.

The fate of the Kuban Cossack Choir is inseparable from difficult fate Kuban Cossacks and the country as a whole. So, in 1921, by decision of the Bolshevik authorities, the choir was disbanded. It was prescribed: “All conductors, musicians, singers and others who have official notes and instruments must hand them over immediately. Persons hiding the above-mentioned property will be brought before a revolutionary tribunal.”

Kuban Cossack Choir “My Bitter Motherland”

Listening to this song, the words of the great Russian writer N.V. Gogol immediately come to mind: “Rus! Rus! I see you, from my wonderful, beautiful distance I see you: poorly scattered and uncomfortable in you... But what incomprehensible secret force attracts you? Why is your melancholy song, rushing along your entire length and width, from sea to sea, heard and heard incessantly in your ears? What's in it, in this song? What calls, and sobs, and grabs the heart?..”

When the Cossack choir sings

In 1936 in the USSR the choir was recreated again, and in 1939 under choir group A dance group was also created. The group's repertoire has been enriched with bright, original dance numbers. The Kuban Cossack Choir has a lot of ardent fans. Even in the most difficult years for the country, it seemed, when there was no time for dancing or singing, the choir sang in such a way that everything that was painful spilled out of the soul.

Kuban Cossack Choir “Lord, have mercy”

I always listen to this song with tears in my eyes. When you listen to it, you are truly imbued with the spirit and power of Russia, you are filled with them to the depths of your soul.

Agree, friends, that they are outstanding creative achievements collectives do not happen on their own. They are associated with the names of talented leaders and conductors. So, in 1968, the choir was recreated again in a new genre and a new structure under the leadership of Honored Artist of the RSFSR Sergei Chernobay. And already in 1971, the Kuban Cossack Choir for the first time became a diploma winner at the international folklore festival in Bulgaria.

Boy with a dream

In 1974, when the ensemble was again on the verge of collapse, composer Viktor Gavrilovich Zakharchenko became artistic director and chief conductor, realizing all his wildest dreams and creative ideas. This activity began with a childhood dream - the boy had a great desire to learn music.

I had to write a letter to I. Stalin himself. He wrote that the children of the village and he personally have a great desire to learn music, but at school there is not even a button accordion. Soon a commission came to the village - no, not with a button accordion, but with an inspection. The commission reprimanded the school director for insufficient attention to creative development children and left. After some time, the mother finally bought an accordion for her son: “With what excitement I touched my accordion!” Happiness knew no bounds. He even went to bed with the instrument.

The whole village encouraged him to enter the music school: some gave him soap, some gave him boots, some gave him a towel. But during the exams at the school they turned him away because he didn’t know musical notation. “I went outside as if in a frenzy. Climbed onto a high bridge. I wanted to throw myself down. The thought brought me to my senses: what about my mother without me?..”

There, on the bridge, a passer-by approached him, sobbing bitterly. Oh miracle! He turned out to be a teacher of another music school. Having learned the reason for his tears, the teacher invited Victor to play the harmonica. Hearing how selflessly the boy played, the teacher said: “You will learn from us.” After several years of study and work, V. Zakharchenko managed to realize another of his cherished dreams - he became a leader in the famous group of the Kuban Cossack Choir. Thanks to his deep knowledge, his talent, and high efficiency, he realized this too.

“The Kuban Cossack Choir is my cross, the meaning of my life...”

In the new team, V. Zakharchenko set the main goals - the revival of the classical Cossack choir and the preservation of the traditions of his people. Thus began fruitful work. The vocal abilities of the artists were honed, and each member of the choir became a pearl of rare beauty in the crown of the group. There are new songs, new dance numbers And concert programs. Over the years of work, we managed to realize all our creative and artistic aspirations.

“The Kuban Cossack Choir is my cross, the meaning of my life, for its sake every day I get up at six in the morning and go to bed after midnight.” Creative work takes a lot of mental strength. It also happens: “When I’m not in a good mood, the thought of my quiet homeland always warms me up. I remember the thresholds of my father’s house.”

Kuban Cossack Choir “My Quiet Homeland”

It should be noted that despite all the ups and downs of Viktor Gavrilovich’s life, it was his faith in God that helped him survive, even at a time when his life hung by a thread. There were also unforgettable happy moments of life that fate gave him.

Kuban Cossack Choir “Ah, fate, my destiny”

All his best cherished dreams came true. The work of his whole life has also come true - he conveys the spiritual culture of his forefathers to the audience through the songs of the Kuban Cossack Choir. Viktor Gavrilovich firmly believes: “All dreams come true, the main thing is to believe and strive!” I suggest you listen to another song that charges you with powerful energy, faith in everything good and lifts your spirits.

Kuban Cossack Choir “Dunya Carried the Carriage”

Do you know that:

the choir, formed in 1811, performed for Alexander II, Alexander III and Nicholas II;
over forty years ago, V. Zakharchenko accepted a team of 15 people, and today there are almost 150 artists - singers, dancers, musicians;
traveling through the villages, V. G. Zakharchenko recorded several thousand Kuban songs and returned them to the audience in their original form at concerts of the Kuban Cossack Choir;
maestro created the Regional Children's Experimental Secondary secondary school folk art Kuban Cossack Choir;
The teaching staff prepares performers to work in creative teams folk art. Today at five branches (people's choral singing, folk dance, arts and crafts, wind instruments, folk instruments) 576 people study at the school, including talented children from many cities;
V. G. Zakharchenko dreamed of performing on the stage of the Kremlin Palace, and his dream came true. The bicentennial anniversary of the Kuban Folk Choir took place on the stage of this palace;
The Kuban Cossack Choir traveled to all continents, where kings and presidents gave it a standing ovation. This team also performed at the G8 summit;
folk group forced even the highest ranks of NATO to “dance to his tune”;
Italian politician Silvio Berlusconi, having attended the concert, said: “The Kuban Cossack choir conquered Italy not with guns, but with songs.”

Today Viktor Gavrilovich Zakharchenko is an Honored Artist, National artist RSFSR, honorary citizen of Krasnodar, awarded many orders and medals. He created a unique team, became an idol for the younger generation, and is an example of selfless devotion to his people, the Kuban region and Russia. The main motto of his life: “Our strength of spirit is nourished by faith - in God, goodness and justice.”

The State Academic Kuban Cossack Choir is the oldest and largest national Cossack group in Russia. The only professional folk art group in Russia, which has a continuous, successive history with early XIX century. It is interesting to note that the next oldest folk group in chronology - the Pyatnitsky Academic Russian Folk Choir - performed its first concert in the centenary year of the Kuban Cossack Choir.
The level of excellence of KKH is recognized throughout the world, which is confirmed by numerous invitations to foreign and Russian tours, crowded halls and press reviews.

The Kuban Cossack Choir in a certain aspect is historical monument, in the forms of culture and art, capturing the military and cultural development Kuban, history of the Kuban Cossack army, history of classical secular and spiritual culture of Ekaterinodar, tragic events Civil War and the 30s, the history of Soviet aesthetics of the “grand style” national art. The choir represents the history of individuals and the everyday life of singing and musical culture Kuban, and historical heroics and big drama Cossacks as a whole, integral to the history of Russia.

Story:

On October 14, 1811, the foundation of a professional musical activity in Kuban, the glorious beginning creative path Black Sea Military Singing Choir. At its origins were the spiritual educator of Kuban, Archpriest Kirill Rossinsky and regent Grigory Grechinsky.
In 1861, the choir was renamed from the Black Sea to the Kuban Military Singing Choir and from that time, in addition to participating in church services, it gives secular concerts in the region, performing classical works and folk songs along with spiritual ones.

In 1911, celebrations were held to mark the 100th anniversary of the Kuban Military Singing Choir.

In the summer of 1921, by decision of the authorities, the activities of the group were stopped, and only in 1936, by a resolution of the Presidium of the Azov-Black Sea Regional Executive Committee, the Kuban Cossack Choir was created, headed by Grigory Kontsevich and Yakov Taranenko, for a long time former regents of the Kuban Military Singing Choir. However, in 1937 G. Kontsevich was unreasonably repressed and shot.

In 1939, due to the inclusion of a dance group in the choir, the group was renamed the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Kuban Cossacks, which in 1961, on the initiative of N. S. Khrushchev, was disbanded along with other state folk choirs and ensembles of the USSR.

Recreation of the Kuban Cossack Choir in the genre and structure of the State Russians folk choirs happened in 1968 under the leadership of Sergei Chernobay. In 1971, the Kuban Cossack Choir for the first time became a diploma winner at the international folklore festival in Bulgaria, which marked the beginning of numerous honorary titles later won at various international and all-Russian festivals and competitions.

In 1974, composer Viktor Gavrilovich Zakharchenko became the artistic director of the State Kuban Cossack Choir, who, over more than 30 years of his creative activity in Kuban, managed to fully realize his artistic, scientific and educational aspirations. In 1975, the choir became a laureate of the First All-Russian Review-Competition of State Folk Choirs in Moscow, repeating this success in 1984 at the second similar competition. Under his leadership, the choir brought to the stage the authentic song folklore of the Kuban Cossacks; in folk songs, rituals, and pictures of Cossack life, individual folk characters, looseness and improvisation appeared, and a truthful folk choral theater arose.

In October 1988, by Decree of the Presidium Supreme Council The USSR choir was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples, in 1990 it became a laureate State Prize Ukraine named after. T. G. Shevchenko, and in 1993 the team was awarded the honorary title “academic”.

In August 1995, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus', while staying in Krasnodar, blessed the Kuban Cossack Choir to sing at festive services in churches.

In October 1996, the Decree of the head of the administration of the Krasnodar region "On recognition of the succession of the (historical) State Academic Kuban Cossack Choir from the Military Choir of the Kuban Cossack Army" was issued.

Currently, in addition to active touring and concert activities, the Kuban Cossack Choir is carrying out systematic work on recording, scientific study and stage development of the traditional song and dance folklore of the Kuban Cossacks.

Zakharchenko the folklorist collected scattered and almost disappeared from the field of view of musical science and artistic creativity 14 collections of songs of the Kuban Cossacks A.D. Bigdaya, republished by him in his creative edition, from the standpoint of modern folkloristics. Essentially, the first, but most difficult and important steps have been taken towards creating an anthology of Kuban folklore songs.

Viktor Zakharchenko developed and implemented the concept of the Center created in 1990 folk culture Kuban, later renamed the State Scientific and Creative Institution (SSTU) "Kuban Cossack Choir", which currently employs 506 people, including 120 people in the State Kuban Cossack Choir. This is the only cultural institution in the country that is so systematically, comprehensively and promisingly engaged in the revival of traditional folk culture. Since 1998, on the basis of State National Technical University, the holding of numerous festivals, international scientific conferences and readings, the publication of studies on the history and culture of the Cossacks, the release of CDs, audio and video cassettes has been significantly intensified, and intensive concert and musical educational activities are carried out in Russia and abroad.

The assessment of the multifaceted activities of the artistic director of the Kuban Cossack Choir was the assignment of high titles to him: Honored Artist of Russia (1977), People's Artist of Russia (1984) and Ukraine (1994), Honored Artist of the Republic of Adygea (1993), Laureate of the State Prize of Russia (1991) and the International Prize of the Foundation of the Holy All-Praised Apostle Andrew the First-Called (1999), academician of the Russian Humanitarian Academy and the Petrine Academy (St. Petersburg), full member (academician), of the International Academy of Informatization, which is an associated member of the UN (1993). V. G. Zakharchenko was also awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor (1981), the Red Banner of Labor (1987), Friendship of Peoples (1998) and “For Services to the Fatherland, IV degree” (2004).

With all its activities, the State Academic Kuban Cossack Choir contributes to the revival and development of the rich cultural heritage our ancestors, spiritual and patriotic education population.

Compound:

The total composition of the team is 157 people; administrative staff - 16, technical staff - 24, choir - 62, ballet - 37, orchestra -18.
Founders
Department of Culture of the Krasnodar Territory.

Achievements
The art of the Kuban Cossack Choir has been awarded numerous high awards and brilliant victories in Russia and abroad. The choir is a two-time laureate All-Russian competitions state Russian folk choirs, laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine. Shevchenko, laureate of many international folklore festivals. The merits of the choir were awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples in 1988, and in 1993 they were awarded the title “academic”.

Representing Russian culture in the world, the choir, according to the foreign press, performs on a par with such groups as the State Symphony Orchestra St. Petersburg Philharmonic and Bolshoi Theater.

Management
Artistic director and chief conductor Kuban Cossack Choir - People's Artist of Russia and Ukraine, laureate of the State Prize of Russia, laureate of the International Prize of the Foundation of the Holy All-Praised Apostle Andrew the First-Called, Doctor of Art History, professor, composer Viktor Zakharchenko.

Director of the choir - Arefiev Anatoly Evgenievich
Chief - choirmaster Ivan Albanov
Chief - choreographer Valentin Zakharov
Choreographer: Elena Nikolaevna Arefieva
Ballet tutor - Leonid Igorevich Tereshchenko
The director of the orchestra is Honored Artist of Ukraine Boris Kachur

Prospects
In 2011, the team is preparing to celebrate its bicentenary with an all-Russian tour with a new program.

Main dates:

October 14, 1811 - the beginning of the creative activity of the Black Sea Military Singing Choir. The origins of the organization of the choir were: the spiritual educator of Kuban, Archpriest Kirill of Russia, and regent Grigory Grechinsky. The foundation of professional musical activity in Kuban was laid.

Since 1861, the Black Sea Choir has been renamed the Kuban Military Singing Choir. Since that time, in addition to participating in church services, the choir constantly gives secular concerts in the region, in which, in addition to spiritual works, Kuban folk songs and classical works were performed.

In September 1911, celebrations were held to mark the 100th anniversary of the Kuban Military Singing and Musician (wind and then symphony) choir, i.e., orchestra.

Summer of 1921 - the cessation of the activities of the Kuban Military Singing and Musical Choirs.

1925-1932 - active time touring activities The Kuban Male Vocal Quartet is the only professional group in Kuban whose repertoire was based on folk songs from the repertoire of the Kuban Military Singing Choir. The leader of the men's quartet was Alexander Afanasyevich Avdeev.

1929 - the first singer of the Kuban Cossacks' anthem "You are Kuban, you are our Motherland" and the leader of the Kuban men's quartet, Alexander Afanasyevich Avdeev, was repressed and shot.

July 25, 1936 - By resolution of the Presidium of the Azov-Black Sea Regional Executive Committee, the Kuban Cossack Choir was created, which was headed by Grigory Mitrofanovich Kontsevich (artistic director) and Yakov Mikhailovich Taranenko (conductor), both of them were regents of the Kuban Military Singing Choir for a long time.

1937 - the outstanding musical figure of Kuban, artistic director of the Kuban Cossack Choir, Grigory Mitrofanovich Kontsevich, was repressed and shot on December 12.

1939 - due to the inclusion of a dance group in the choir, the Kuban Cossack Choir was renamed the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Kuban Cossacks.

1961 - together with other ten State ensembles Soviet Union On the initiative of N.S. Khrushchev, the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Kuban Cossacks was disbanded.

1968 - the revival of the Kuban Cossack Choir under the direction of Sergei Alekseevich Chernovaya, the group was created in the genre and structure of the State Russian Folk Choirs.

1971 - The Kuban Cossack Choir for the first time becomes a diploma winner at the international folklore festival in Bulgaria.

October 14, 1974 - Viktor Gavrilovich Zakharchenko became the artistic director of the Kuban Cossack Choir.

December 1975 - The Kuban Cossack Choir took first place and received the title of laureate of the first All-Russian Review - a competition of State Russian Folk Choirs in Moscow.

Summer 1980 - the choir becomes a diploma winner at the International Folklore Festival in France.

December 1984 - the choir again took first place and received the title of laureate of the second All-Russian competition of State Russian folk choirs in Moscow.

October 1988 - By Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the choir was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples.

March 1990 - The Kuban Cossack Choir becomes a laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine named after. T. G. Shevchenko.

1993 - the team was awarded the honorary title "Academic".

August 1995 - Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy II, during his stay in Krasnodar, blessed the Kuban Cossack choir to sing at festive services in the church.

October 1996 - Resolution of the head of the administration of the Krasnodar region "On recognition of the succession (historical) of the State Academic Kuban Cossack Choir from the Military Choir of the Kuban Cossack Army."

2006 - Anniversary year of the Kuban Cossack Choir - 195 years

From WIKIPEDIA - Kuban Cossack Choir (full name - State Academic Order of Friendship of Peoples Kuban Cossack Choir) is a choral singing group founded in 1811. The repertoire includes Kuban Cossack, Russian and Ukrainian folk songs, as well as songs based on poems by Russian and Ukrainian poets, arranged by Viktor Zakharchenko, the artistic director of the group. The State Academic Kuban Cossack Choir is the oldest and largest national Cossack group in Russia. The only professional folk art group in Russia, which has a continuous history since the beginning of the 19th century. It is interesting to note that the next oldest folk group in chronology, the Academic Russian Folk Choir named after Pyatnitsky, performed its first concert in the centenary year of the Kuban Cossack Choir. The level of excellence of KKH is recognized throughout the world, which is confirmed by numerous invitations to foreign and Russian tours, crowded halls and press reviews. The Kuban Cossack Choir in a certain aspect is a historical monument, in the forms of culture and art, capturing the military and cultural development of Kuban, the history of the Kuban Cossack army, the history of the classical secular and spiritual culture of Yekaterinodar, the tragic events of the Civil War and the 30s, the history of Soviet aesthetics ?big style? national art. The choir represents both the history of individuals and the everyday life of the singing and musical culture of Kuban, as well as the historical heroism and great drama of the Cossacks as a whole, integral to the history of Russia. The total composition of the team is 157 people; administrative staff - 16, technical staff - 24, choir - 62, ballet - 37, orchestra -18. Founders Department of Culture of the Krasnodar Territory. Achievements The art of the Kuban Cossack Choir has been marked by numerous high awards and brilliant victories in Russia and abroad. The choir is twice a laureate of the All-Russian competitions of state Russian folk choirs, a laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine named after. Shevchenko, laureate of many international folklore festivals. The merits of the choir were awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples in 1988, and in 1993 they were awarded the title “academic”. Representing Russian culture in the world, the choir, according to the foreign press, performs on a par with such groups as the State Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic and the Bolshoi Theater.