In 1993 , the ensemble became an item of pop culture by performing with the Finnish band Leningrad Cowboys in Helsinki , Finland where they performed on the Senate Square in front of 70,000 listeners , and in Berlin . In the German capital , the concert of the Leningrad Cowboys with the ensemble took place on the central Lustgarten and gave the former Red Army 's farewell to Berlin and the whole Germany an optimistic overtone . The Finnish concert was made into a rockumentary '' Total Balalaika Show '' by film director Aki Kaurismäki . That year they also made a CD and played a concert with French singer Jean-Jacques Goldman . The ensemble and the Leningrad Cowboys performed " Sweet Home Alabama " at the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards
1994 MTV Video Music Awards
1994 MTV Video Music Awards
Alexandrov Ensemble