Khrapkov, Vladimir Borisovich

Vladimir Khrapkov was born on April 19, 1955 ^[1] in the village of Pokrovsky , Kamensky District , Sverdlovsk Region .

In 1972 he graduated from Pokrovsky secondary school, in 1973 he entered the Lviv military-political school at the faculty of cultural and educational work ^[2] .

After graduating from college in 1978 and receiving the military rank of lieutenant , Khrapkov was appointed to the post of instructor of the officer club. Then he held various posts on the ascending line in military cultural institutions.

In 1983, V. B. Khrapkov, as a cultural adviser, performed combat missions in the Syrian Arab Republic , as part of a group of Soviet military specialists , for which he was awarded the Syrian state award - the “For Training” medal .

In 1993 , as the deputy chief of the garrison House of Officers of the 10th Special Purpose Air Defense Corps ^{[3] [4],} Major Khrapkov took part in the competition of the Russian Ministry of Defense for the creation of new symbols of the combat arms and types of the Armed Forces, in which he won the nomination "New Symbol of the Troops Air Defense ”, which determined his further creative fate as a heraldist .

In 1994, Khrapkov became part of the heraldry and symbolism department of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation . While working as part of the department, he made a significant contribution by actively participating in activities related to fulfilling the tasks of heraldic support of the RF Armed Forces, conducting heraldic examination of projects and samples of flags, insignia, and insignia of belonging to military units and units. During the work, Khrapkov created and approved a huge number of heraldic symbols, including the sleeve insignia of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces - the President of the Russian Federation ^[5] .

Khrapkov’s contribution to military music is also invaluable. In 2000 , as an officer of the Expert Analytical Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Colonel Khrapkov initiated the creation and headed the Center for the Military Song of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation created by Order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation on April 22, 2000 ^[6] . The center was held with the active support of the head of the Expert and Analytical Department of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces, Lieutenant General A. Yu. Savin , the leadership of the Main Directorate of Educational Work of the RF Armed Forces : Lieutenant General V. N. Buslovsky and Major General N. I. Efimov. The first in Russia museum of military song and music was created on the basis of the War Song Center, and Khrapkov was also appointed head of it.

Vladimir Khrapkov created four brass and two pop orchestras, three ensembles of Russian folk instruments and 11 vocal-instrumental and even soldier jazz dixieland. The creative teams led by him repeatedly took prizes in competitions and festivals of a high level, performed at prestigious stage venues of the Armed Forces and Moscow. He himself, as a member of concert brigades, performed during exercises at training grounds, in "hot spots" and hospitals ^[7] .

Colonel Khrapkov graduated from the army in 2005 — head of the culture department of the Main Directorate for Educational Work of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation .

Currently ( 2017 ) he is the head of the military-patriotic song group of the culture department - the head of the Museum of Military Song and Music of the Central House of the Russian Army named after MV Frunze , the art director and soloist of the Golden Stars military pop ensemble ^[8] .

• The author-performer of his own songs created in various genres. The songs of Vladimir Khrapkov were also performed by the People's Artist of the Russian Federation Valentina Tolkunova , in the repertoire of the national artists of Russia: Eduard Labkovsky, theater and film artist Alexander Mikhailov , Alexander Buynov , Emin Babayev, as well as song and dance ensembles of the Airborne Forces, Strategic Rocket Forces, Red Star, VKS and other groups and performers.
• The author of many military heraldic symbols, emblems, emblems, dozens of medals and commemorative signs ^[9] .
• The author of the project of the monument "Defenders of the Airborne Frontiers of the Fatherland" installed in the General Staff of the Air Force.
• Author of patriotic projects:
  • Abnormal War Song Center of the RF Armed Forces
  • TV show “Military Lira” of the Central Television and Radio Broadcasting Studio of the Ministry of Defense of Russia on the TV channel “Star”
  • military pop ensemble "Golden Stars"
  • competition for the creation of songs of heroic-patriotic themes “War song is the pride of the Fatherland!” (2017)
  • Museum of Military Song and Music (the first in Russia in 2001)
  • song archive, music library and music library of military and patriotic songs (2002)
  • script of a theatrical concert “With a Song to Victory”, written at the request of the head of the Academic Song and Dance Ensemble of the Russian Army named after A. Alexandrov

Ranks

• Honored Artist of the Russian Federation
• Honorary Officer of the Military-Heraldic Service of the RF Armed Forces
• Diplomat of the Union of Composers of the USSR
• Master of Fine Arts
• Internationalist warrior
• War veteran
• Veteran of military service

State and departmental awards

• Order of Honor
• Medal for Military Merit
• Medal "70 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
• Medal "For Labor Valor"
• Medal "For the Strengthening of the Military Commonwealth"
• Medal “Major General Alexander Alexandrov”
• Medal "200 years to the Ministry of Defense"
• Medal "For Impeccable Service" I, II and III degree
• Memorial sign "Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov"
• Memorial sign “For the nobility of thoughts and deeds” (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia)

Letters and acknowledgments

• Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation - Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
• Gratitude of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation;
• Certificate of Rosokhrankultura of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
• Certificate of the Office of Culture of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
• Certificate of Commander of the Russian Airborne Forces
• Certificate of honor of the Military Orchestra Service of the RF Armed Forces (awarded by People’s Artist of Russia, Lieutenant General V. M. Khalilov )
• A large number of letters from management and military units

Foreign Awards

• Medal "For Preparation" (Syria)
• Badge “For Strengthening the Military Commonwealth” (Czechoslovakia)
• Diploma of the Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to the Russian Federation for the creation of the song “Moscow and Havana”

Public Awards

• Order "For the Service of Russia" (National Award "Great People of Great Russia")
• Medal "For Officer Honor" (All-Russian Organization "Officers of Russia")
• Commemorative badge “For Merits” (LLC of veterans of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation)
• Badge of Honor “For Works in Military Culture” (Central House of the Russian Army)
• Honorary silver badge of the Central Museum of the Armed Forces;
• Commemorative medal of front-line correspondent Konstantin Simonov (FSUE Krasnaya Zvezda Publishing House)
• Award badge “Order“ V.V. Mayakovsky ”for the literary and public prize“ Always shine ”(Union of Writers of Eurasia and the Union of Writers and Translators of the Moscow City and Moscow Regional Organizations of the Union of Writers)
• Medal "For works in military literature" (RPO "Union of Writers of the Battle-Marinists")
• The honorary sign "Golden Pen of Muscovy" (Union of Writers of Russia - Moscow Region)
• Honorary badge "Companion of Heraldry" 2nd degree named after A. B. Lakier

Membership in organizations

• Member of the Union of Writers of Russia
• Corresponding Member of the All-Russian Heraldry Society
• Member of the Presidium of the Russian Heraldic College
• Herald of the "Golden Lyre" of the Russian Heraldic College
• Secretary of the military heraldic group of the Main Directorate of Educational Work of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
• Cultural Advisor to the Syrian Veterans Union
• Member of the Regional Public Organization “Union of Writers of the Battle-Marinists”
• Honorary Member of the Military Scientific Society of the section "Culture and Art" of the Central House of Arts
• Member of the Union of Veterans of the Military Institute of Foreign Languages ^[10]