In one of the detachments of the Moscow Cheka , a special musical platoon was created to provide cultural activities for troops . The band was officially organized in the spring of 1940 at the Moscow Garrison . Three years later , the group was given the title of Exemplary Band of the 236th Regiment of the 36th NKVD Division . Since July 1951 , the band has worked with ceremonial services in the Soviet Army , including the Dzerzhinsky 1st Motorized Rifle Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs . On November 29 , 1956 , the Council of Ministers of the USSR ordered the band begin its existence as the Exemplary Military Band of the Guard of Honor . Since 1999 , the band has been known and bas operated under its current name . It is best known for playing at the welcoming ceremony of Yuri Gagarin , the 1980 Summer Olympics , and the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences . It serves as a band for the wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow 's Alexander Garden
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Yalta Conference
Special Exemplary Military Band of the Guard of Honor Battalion of Russia