Congratulations on your well-deserved awards!

On this autumn day, October 10, 2025, the Academic Order of Merit in Culture and the Arts of the National Guard of the Russian Federation Song and Dance Ensemble celebrated the workers whose work received high state recognition:

– By the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated July 31, 2025, for his fruitful concert activities and many years of conscientious service, the dance group's accompanist, Ensign Zhelnov Ivan Igorevich, was awarded the honorary title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation;

– By order of the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation, for diligence and distinction in service, as well as in connection with the celebration of the 52nd anniversary of the formation of the Ensemble, the artist-vocalist of the choir group Pushkin Pavel Yurievich was awarded a valuable gift – a plaque with the symbolism “From the Director of the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation”.

Opening the solemn event, the artistic director and chief conductor of the Ensemble, People's Artist of Russia, Hero of Labor of Russia, Major General Viktor Yeliseyev, warmly congratulated his colleagues on the well-deserved awards. He emphasized the significant contribution of Ivan Zhelnov and Pavel Pushkin to the successful creative activities of the ensemble, which are aimed at the patriotic, moral, and aesthetic education of citizens, especially the younger generation of Russians. Viktor Petrovich also noted that such high praise for the Ensemble's artists is a great responsibility for the entire ensemble. He wished all the Ensemble's employees good health, family well-being, and new creative successes for the benefit of our people and our great Motherland.