On October 12, 1928, in Moscow at the Central House of the Red Army, the first performance of the Red Army Song Ensemble of the CHRA named after M. V. Frunze took place (now the Alexandrov Ensemble of the Russian Army).

The ensemble was founded by cultural worker F. Danilovich, director P. Ilyin, and choirmaster A. Alexandrov, who became its leader.

Initially, the group consisted of eight singers, two dancers, an accordionist, and a reader.

The ensemble's first international success was its performance at the 1937 World's Fair in Paris. By that time, the group had grown to 274 members, including a choir, dance troupe, and orchestra.

During the Great Patriotic War, the ensemble performed for the active army over 1,400 times, including 742 performances on the front lines.

In 1949, the ensemble was officially named after its first leader A.V. Alexandrov, and in 1979, it was granted academic status.

The repertoire of the Alexandrov Academic Ensemble of Song and Dance of the Russian Army includes more than two thousand works: folk songs and dances, soldier's dances, songs by Russian composers, spiritual music, and classical pieces by Russian and foreign composers. Their performances are sung in many languages, including Chinese, Hebrew, Hindi, and others.

In every country they tour, the ensemble performs several songs in the local language.

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