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Semyon Chernetsky

Soviet military music composer (1881-1950) · Russia · On the map · Musicians · Died at 68

Semyon Aleksandrovich Chernetsky was a Soviet military composer and conductor. He is credited as the founder of modern Russian military bands. He served as the Senior Director of the Central Military Band of the People's Commissariat of National Defense of the USSR from 1924 to 1950.

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Awards

Stalin Prize
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Order of the Red Banner
Order of Lenin
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class
Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"
Order of the Red Star
Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
Stalin Prize, 2nd degree

About this person

Country
Russia
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1881 to 1950 · aged 68

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