Army and Art: the Musical Culture in the Red Army in the first half of 1930s
The relevance of the topic is due to the modern process of reviving military and political work in the Armed forces of the Russian Federation. In the 1930s, the cultural revolution took place in the USSR. It did not pass by the basis of the country's military organization - the Red army, as well as the Red Navy. During these years, Soviet artists actively created works about Soviet military personnel, such as cantatas and songs. Some of the composers went to the army, where they searched for material for their works. Special attention was paid to the creation of modern marches. In the cultural life of the Red army and Red Navy during this period, new phenomena appear, in particular, Amateur competitions. The author tells about the most famous of these composers and their works. It is concluded that during this period mass musical art with a defensive orientation was born.