Real name: Александр Васильевич Сулимов

Alexander Sulimov is a Russian conductor, director of the Horn Players Ensemble = Ансамбль Рожечников.
Sulimov was born in the Vladimir region, Suzdal region, the village of Vysheslavsky in 1899. At the age of 10, he went to shepherd Nikita Kamyshenkov, who was known as the most skillful horn player. Sulimov turned out to be a capable student, quickly learned several songs and began to echo the teacher. For about 20 years, A.V. Sulimov in Suzdal and Nebylovsky districts.
In 1935, being a family man, he moved to the village of Zhabrikha, Savinsky district, Ivanovo region.
In August 1936, an event occurred that changed the fate of Alexander Vasilyevich. A representative of the Red Army arrived in Zhabrikha. In one of the camps, a group of horn players had gathered; the command was looking for a leader. Sulimov accepted the offer and was enrolled in long-term service in the Red Army as the leader of an ensemble of horn players.
A year later, Sulimov’s choir performed at the district review of Red Army amateur performances. The success exceeded all expectations; all members of the choir were enrolled in the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Moscow Military District.
The repertoire of the horn players' choir consisted mainly of Russian folk songs, as well as new items with revolutionary and military-patriotic content (for example, “Katyusha”).
In the 30s, works performed by this group were broadcast throughout the Union and recorded on gramophone records. One of them contains folk songs “Oh, you’re Kalinushka”, “In the forge”, which were performed by Lidia Andreevna Ruslanova with a choir of horn players.
At the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, the ensemble performed in military units. In the difficult year of 1942, the horn players went to the front.