Semyon Tchernetsky
Major General Semyon Tchernetsky | |
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A monument to Tchernetsky at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow. | |
Native name | Семё́н Черне́цкий |
Born |
Odessa, Ukraine, Russian Empire | October 24, 1881
Died |
April 13, 1950 68) Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union | (aged
Buried | Novodevichy Cemetery |
Allegiance |
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Service/ | Red Army |
Years of service | 1924-1949 |
Rank | Major General |
Commands held | Central Military Orchestra of the People's Commissariat of National Defense |
Major General Semyon Alexanderovich Tchernetsky (Russian:Семё́н Алекса́ндрович Черне́цкий) was a Soviet military conductor and the founder of modern Russian military bands. He served as the Senior Director of the Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1950.
Early Life and Carrer
Tchernetsky was born on October 24, 1881 in Odessa to a musical family. From 1892-1893, Tchernetsky studied the trombone in the orchestra of the 24th Dragoon Lubny Regiment in Chisinau, where his uncle was the conductor. In 1911 he entered the St. Petersburg Conservatory, which he graduated in 1917. In 1918 Chernetsky joined the Red Army and was appointed as the head of the military bands of the Petrograd military district. He quickly rose through the ranks, eventually being appointed as the director of the Military Band of the Workers and Peasants Red Army in 1924. After more than 10 years in this position, he formed the Central Military Orchestra of the People's Commissariat of National Defense, which later became the first separate military orchestra of the Ministry of Defense, of which he directed until 1949. On June 24, 1945, Tchernetsky led the massed bands during the Moscow Victory Parade of 1945 on Red Square.
In 1946, he suffered from a paralysis, which resulted in his retirement from active service after 25 years in the armed forces. Tchernetsky died on April 13, 1950 in Moscow. He is buried at Novodevichy Cemetery.[1][2][3][4][5]
Awards
- Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1936)
- Stalin Prize (1946)
- Order of Lenin
- Order of the Red Banner
- Order of the Patriotic War
- Order of the Red Star
- Medal "20 Years of the Red Army" (1938)
See also
References
- ↑ http://yiddishmusic.jewniverse.info/chernetskysemen/index.html
- ↑ http://www.jewmil.com/biografii/item/518-chernetskij-semen-aleksandrovich
- ↑ http://www.rgali.ru/object/10908107#!page:1/o:10908107/p:1
- ↑ http://rgali.ru/object/11044794#!page:1/o:11044794/p:1
- ↑ http://www.sovmusic.ru/person.php?idperson=48