For the Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of Russia , the 2017 parade was the first for its current Senior Director of Music , Colonel Timofey Mayakin , who was appointed in this capacity last August 2016 , succeeding the now deceased Lieutenant General Valery Khalilov , the former Senior Director of Music and conductor of the Moscow area massed bands for the holiday parades for a record 14 years , who was in the 2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash
2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash
2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash
2017 Moscow Victory Day Parade