Osipov State Russion Folk Orchestra

The N. P. Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra (Государственный русский народный оркестр имени Н. П. Осипова) is a Russian folk music orchestra. It was founded in 1919 by the balalaika player B. C. Troyanovski.
The orchestra was renamed after Nikolai Petrovich Osipov who led the orchestra from 1940."Balalaikas, Piccolo to Octobass" by Allan Kozinn, The New York Times, 27 January 1989 He was succeeded by his brother Dmitri Osipov from his death in 1945 to his brother's death... meer