Real name: Семён Александрович (Соломон Исаевич) Чернецкий

Effective period / Period of releases: 1969 - 1975

Born: October 12 (24), 1881, Odessa, Russian Empire
Passed away: April 13, 1950, Moscow, USSR
Semyon Aleksandrovich Chernetsky (until 1917 Solomon Isaevich Chernetsky) - military conductor, composer, organizer and leader of the first Soviet military orchestras, one of the creators of the Soviet military march, music teacher. Laureate of the Stalin Prize, second degree (1946). Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1936). Professor (1946). Major General (1943), inspector of military bands of the Red Army in 1924-1949.