Special Exemplary Military Band of the Guard of Honor Battalion of Russia

Military Exemplary Band of the Honor Guard is a special military unit that performs military music for the guard of honor of Russia that greets foreign government delegations, as well as provide musical accompaniment for national events. It is a branch of the Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of Russia.The band participated in the welcoming ceremonies of more than 22 heads of state.

The band forms part of the 154th Preobrazhensky Independent Commandant's Regiment.

Heads of the Band

 * Colonel Georgiy Nikolaev (1956–1968)
 * Lt. Col. Nikolai Zubarevich (1968–1972)
 * Colonel Boris Dyldin (1972–1988)
 * Colonel Anatoliy Prihodchenko (1989–1993)
 * Colonel Sergey Gorev (1993–1998)
 * Colonel Eduard Nikolaev (1998–2003)
 * Colonel Mikhail Titov (2003–2007)
 * Lt. Col. Igor Pahomov (2008–2009)
 * Major Konstantin Petrovich (2009–2015)
 * Major Pavel Gernets (2015–present)

History
The band was created in fall of 1956 by order of the Council of Ministers of the USSR. It played its music at many memorials in the country. It is most 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.