Military Music Education in Russia

Bezpieczenstwo. Teoria i Praktyca Kwartalnik Krakowskiej Akademii im. Andrzeja Frycza Modrzewskiegonumer . 2019. Vol. (XXXVI). No. numer 3 . P. 157–168.

Glaser M., Michail C.

This paper provides a detailed description of history and theory of the Russian military

music education. The origins of Russian military education go back to the Russian Empire,

and its evolution initiated in the USSR and is still an ongoing process. It is stated that the

Military Band Service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (Военно-ор-

кестровая служба Министерства обороны Российской Федерации) is an individual

structural unit of the Armed Forces of Russia which mission is to ensure national security

of the country and to carry out combat and special training tasks. It is shown that any military

band of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation can be denoted both an

individual combat unit and a band crew – i.e. soft power instrument of the Russian foreign

policy. In such a manner, the military music education holds its special place in the

Russian military education structure.

Keywords: Россия, Russia, армия, мягкая сила, security, "soft power", army, безопасность авиаперевозок, military music, military education, военная музыка, военное образование