A concert by the Children's Ensemble was held as part of the "Victory Cranes" festival

"Cranes of Victory" is the poetic name of the All-Russian Patriotic Competition for Children's and Youth Art, which has been held annually (since 2018) at the Victory Museum in Moscow. The purpose of the Competition is to foster patriotism, loyalty to traditions, and intergenerational continuity among the younger generation, as well as to support talented young people and promote the best works of Russian folk, classical, and contemporary music.

As part of the "Cranes of Victory" competition, on March 29, 2026, a concert was held in the Hall of Commanders of the Victory Museum by the Children's Ensemble (Studio) of the Academic Order of Merit in Culture and Art of the Ensemble of Songs and Dances of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation, led by the Artistic Director and Chief Conductor, People's Artist of Russia, Major General, and Hero of Labor of Russia Viktor Eliseev.

The Children's Ensemble (Studio) consists of 200 young ballet dancers, choir singers, mixed choir singers, and youth orchestra players. Among them are many children of military personnel from the National Guard of the Russian Federation, children of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, and other law enforcement agencies in the country. The Children's Ensemble (Studio) is led by Alexey Kozhukhar, and the ballet master is Elena Kozhayeva.

The repertoire of the collective is very diverse – it includes several directions: children's, military-patriotic songs, folk and soldiers' songs, modern arrangements and variety performances, works performed a cappella, dance and orchestral compositions... The basis of the repertoire is made up of songs dedicated to the theme of love for the Motherland, the theme of heroism and military valor.

The following compositions were performed as part of the competition concert: "Military March" by Georgy Sviridov, "Fantasy on the themes of military songs", "Childhood is me and you" (M. Plyatskovsky-Yu. Chichkov), "Eaglets learn to fly" (A. Pakhmutova-N. Dobronravov), "I love You, Russia" (D. Tukhmanov – M. Nozhkin), "Merry Wind" (I. Dunaevsky – V. Lebedev-Kumach), "Cranes" (Ya. Frenkel-R. Gamzatov), "The Best City on Earth" (A. Babajanyan – L. Derbenev), "We want there to be no more war" (music and lyrics by A. Petryasheva), "Mother Earth"(words and music by P. Andreev), "Our Russian Stormtrooper" (music and lyrics by O. Serdtsev), medley on the theme of the song "I'll go out in the field with a horse at night" (I. Matvienko – A. Shaganov), dance numbers: "To the parade attention!", "Vorotsa", "Timonya", "Shepherds".

The concert ended with a performance of the vocal and choreographic composition "Valor and Honor" (music and lyrics by A. Zaitsev).