Nikolai Mikhailov

Nikolai Mikhailovich Mikhailov (Russian:Николай Михайлович Михайлов) is a Soviet military conductor. He was the Senior Director of the Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union from 1976 to 1993.

Early Life and Carrer
Nikolay Mikhailovich Mikhailov was born in 1932 in the village Usa in the Bashkir ASSR. In 1945, he studied at the Moscow Military Music College. Being a cadet at the college, he took part in the Moscow Victory Parade of 1945 as a drummer of the school. In 1950 he graduated from the school and studied at the Institute of Military Conductors. From 1965 to 1970 he was the senior director of the central orchestra of the Volga Military District. In 1975, Mikhailov was appointed deputy chief of the Moscow State Conservatory. In 1976, Mikhailov was appointed Chief Conductor Central Military Band of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR and Chief Conductor Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union. He commanded the massed bands during Victory Parades and Revolution Day Parades for 14 years from 1976 to 1990. He was released from this post in early 1993. He died in Moscow on October 22, 2006. He was buried in Vostryakovskoe Cemetery.

Legacy
The Nikolai Mikhailov Moscow Concert Wind Brass and All-Russian Competition of Brass Orchestras is named after Mikhailov.

Awards

 * Order of the Red Star
 * Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1978)
 * Lenin Komsomol Prize (1981)
 * State Prize of the USSR (1985)
 * Honored Artist of the Russian Federation