The Ensemble's tour of the Southern Federal District has ended.

The tour of the Song and Dance Ensemble of the National Guard of the Russian Federation, awarded the Academic Order of Merit for Culture and Art, conducted by the artistic director and chief conductor – People's Artist of Russia, Major General, Hero of Labor of Russia Viktor Eliseev - through the cities of the Southern Federal District has come to an end.

The final "crescendo" of the tour was the Ensemble's concert in Krasnodar, which took place on September 29, 2025. A few days earlier, the Ensemble's first performance as part of its tour of southern Russian cities took place at the Premiera Palace of Arts, the city's main concert venue.

The concert hall was once again filled to capacity. Among the audience were labor veterans, combat veterans, employees of the National Guard, participants in the special military operation, and representatives of different generations of Russians.

The concert program was dominated by vocal and choreographic compositions of military-patriotic theme, immortal songs of the Great Patriotic War, the best works of Soviet composers, which have not lost their popularity in our days. The concert opened with the vocal and choreographic composition "Valor and Honor", dedicated to the soldiers of the National Guard (music and lyrics by A. Zaitsev, staged by Honored Artist of Russia Ivan Zhelnov, soloist – Honored Artist of Russia Alexey Dmitriev).

The audience warmly received the performance of "The Song of the Artillerymen" (T.Khrennikov – V.Gusev), "The Song of the War Correspondents" (M.Blanter – K.Simonov, soloist – Honored Artist of the Republic of Dagestan Alexey Kholyavko), a medley of soldiers' songs (composition A.Kukharenko, soloists – Honored Artist of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic Alexander Kokhov, Honored Artist of the Republic of Ingushetia Igor Safonov, Honored Artist of the Republic of North Ossetia – Alania Evgeny Yakhin, soloists of the Ensemble: Konstantin Kuzmin, Alexey Bosykh, Mikhail Mamonov and Viktor Lezhnin), the legendary Smuglyanka (A.Novikov – Y.Shvedov, soloist – (Honored Artist of the Republic of Ingushetia Grigory Yakovlev), as well as modern patriotic compositions: “I was born in the Soviet Union” by Oleg Gazmanov (soloists – Honored Artist of Russia Alexey Dmitriev and Honored Artist of the Republic of Dagestan Alexey Kholyavko) and “Let’s Stand Up” by Yaroslav Dronov (soloist – Evgeny Nasonov).

Each concert program of the Ensemble includes performances representing various genres of music, including world classics, old romances, songs by Soviet composers, modern vocal and choreographic compositions, and songs and dances from around the world.

Fans of folk art today enjoyed the performance of Russian folk songs: "Down on the Mother, along the Volga" (arranged by V. Belyaev, soloist-Alexander Starodubrovsky), "Korobeyniki" (poems by N. Nekrasov, soloist-Honored Artist of Russia Alexey Volzhanin) and " Skakal Kazak "(soloist-Dmitry Dolgiy), as well as medley on the themes of Belarusian songs (soloists-Honored Artist of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic Alexander Kochov, Honored Artist of the Republic of Ingushetia Grigory Yakovlev, Viktor Lezhnin, Konstantin Kuzmin, Alexey Bosykh).

The ancient romance "Not for me" (N. Devitte – A. Molchanov) was performed today by the choir and soloist of the Ensemble – Honored Artist of the Republic of Ingushetia Igor Safonov.

The audience applauded for a long time after the performance of the Russian folk-rock song "I'll go out with a horse in the field at night" (I. Matvienko – A. Shaganov), the song "Argo" from the musical " Argonauts "(A. Basilaya – D. Bagashvili) performed by the vocal octet (director-Honored Artist of Russia Sergey Bazylko). songs in the genre of chanson " The boys went on a spree "(music and poems by A. Kasiev, soloists-Honored Artist of Russia Alexey Dmitriev and Honored Artist of the Republic of Dagestan Alexey Kholyavko), as well as the comic composition " I'll take you to the tundra "(M. Fradkin – M. Plyatskovsky, soloists-Honored Artists of the Republic of Buryatia Ruslan Samozhapov and Norpol Tsydenov).

The performance of the Ensemble's ballet company left a lasting impression, with their brilliant dance performances: "Home with Victory" (staged by Honored Artist of Russia A. Safronov, arranged by A. Zarkov), "Dance with Sabres" from the ballet "Gayane" by A. Khachaturian and "Golden Khokhloma" (both dances were staged by Honored Artist of Russia Pyotr Kovalev), "Lady" (music by A. Rosenblatt, staged by Ivan Zhelnov) and Stepa "Walk along the Black Sea coast" (A. Kroll – D. Mudugno, arranged by N. Druzhenkov, sl. A. Novozhilov, choreography by Artur Bogdanov, soloists-Honored Artist of Russia Alexey Dmitriev and Roman Nepomnyashchikh).

The concert ended with the most recognizable Russian march, "Farewell to the Slavonic" (V. Agapkin – A. Fedotov), performed by the Ensemble's choir and orchestra.