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25 gru 2016 · MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military choir that lost most of its singers in a plane crash Sunday is often described as the Kremlin’s “singing weapon.” The Alexandrov Ensemble, sometimes referred to as the Red Army choir, was founded in the 1920s.
All 92 passengers and crew on board, including 64 members of the Alexandrov Ensemble choir of the Russian Armed Forces, were killed. The aircraft had flown from Chkalovsky Airport and had landed at Sochi to refuel.
On 25 December 2016, its artistic director, Valery Khalilov, and 63 other members of the Ensemble were killed in the Russian Defence Ministry aircraft crash of a 1983 Tupolev Tu-154 into the Black Sea just after takeoff from the southern resort city of Sochi, Russia. [ 1 ]
28 gru 2016 · Ralina Gilmanova. Dancer Ralina Gilmanova hailed from Kazan, capital of the Russian republic of Tatarstan. Ralina Gilmanova, 22, was a ballerina in the ensemble and died with her boyfriend...
25 gru 2016 · Russia is mourning its “cultural paratroopers” after more than 60 members of the world famous Alexandrov Ensemble were apparently killed in a plane crash Sunday. The Russian army’s official ...
27 gru 2016 · Among those killed on a Russian plane that crashed this weekend were 64 members of the Red Army Choir. We hear some of the group's greatest music.
25 gru 2016 · Dec. 25, 2016. SOCHI, Russia — A Russian aircraft bound for Syria carrying a famed military band to entertain Russia’s forces there crashed into the Black Sea moments after takeoff on Sunday,...
