Completion of the tour of the cities of the North Caucasus Federal District

The last stop on the grand tour of the Academic Ensemble of Song and Dance of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation, led by the artistic director and chief conductor, People's Artist of Russia, Major General Viktor Eliseev, was the city of Zheleznovodsk.

The concert of the Rosgvardia Ensemble took place on November 22, 2022, at the Sergei Puskepalis City Palace of Culture. The name of this popular actor and director, who tragically passed away recently and made a significant contribution to the development of culture in Zheleznovodsk, was given to the city's Palace of Culture on September 23, 2022, by a decision of the city's Duma.

The concert hall of the Sergey Puskepalis Palace of Culture was full. The concert was attended by residents of the city, veterans of internal service and their families, and the command of the North Caucasus District of the National Guard.

The concert opened with the song "You, My Russia" by the composer Serafim Tulikov on the lyrics of Sergei Ostrovoy, performed by the leading soloist of the ensemble, People's Artist of Russia Natalia Eliseeva.

The concert program featured well-known and beloved songs from the Great Patriotic War: "The Artillerymen's March" (T. Khrennikov, V. Gusev), "The Frontline Chauffeur's Song" (B. Mokrousov, B. Laskin), and a suite based on soldiers' songs: "Song about the Russian Soldier" (K. Akimov, K. Filippova), "Vasya-Vasilyok" (A. Novikov, S. Alymov), "Song about the Soviet Army" (A. Alexandrov, O. Kolychev).

The dance group of the Ensemble presented choreographic compositions: "Home with Victory" (directed by Honored Artist of Russia A. Safronov, musical arrangement by A. Zarkov, soloist – Honored Artist of the Republic of Ingushetia Alexey Rayushkin), "Cossack Dance" (directed by Honored Artist of Russia P. Kovalev).

The audience enjoyed the performance of the Ensemble's soloist, Honored Artist of Russia Alexey Volzhanin, who performed the aria of Calaf from the opera Turandot by G. Puccini.

The concert featured the vocal and dance composition "Gypsy Fantasy" (arranged by I. Golubev and I. Kadomtsev), which included folk Gypsy songs and songs from popular films: "The Elusive Avengers" ("Yashka the Gypsy Song", B. Mokrousov, R. Rozhdestvensky), "The Main Caliber" (S.Sysoev, M. Shevchuk), "Cruel Romance" (A. Petrov, R. Kipling), "Tabor Goes to the Sky" performed by People's Artist of Russia Natalia Eliseeva, Honored Artist of Russia Alexey Dmitriev, Mark Novikov, Evgeny Nasonov, Mikhail Mamonov.

Gennady Seleznev's song "You Know, I Want to Live" was performed by Honored Artist of Russia Alexey Dmitriev. The legendary "Smuglyanka" (music by Anatoly Novikov, lyrics by Yakov Shvedov) was performed by the soloist of the Ensemble, Honored Artist of Kabardino-Balkaria Grigory Yakovlev.

The concert ended inimnom Rosgvardiya (music by E. Khank, poems by I. Reznik) andthe song "Farewell of the Slavs" by composer V. Agapkin to poems by A. Fedotov performed by soloists and chorus of the Academic Song and Dance Ensemble of the National Guard of the Russian Federation.

The audience warmly received each musical number of the concert, thanked the Ensemble's artists with long, uninterrupted applause.

The Commander of the North Caucasus District of the National Guard, Colonel General Sergey Zakharov, expressed his gratitude to the artistic director of the ensemble, People's Artist of Russia, Major General Viktor Eliseev 

The concert was conducted by the Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation, Honored Artist of Russia Igor Shustikov.