Spasskaya Tower Military Music Festival and Tattoo

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annual event international military tattoo military music festival music festival in Russia

The Spasskaya Tower Military Music Festival and Tattoo is an annual international military music and marching show held on Red Square in Moscow, featuring military bands, honor guards, and cultural performances from around the world.

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Label	Occurrences
Kremlin Zorya International Military Music Festival	1
Spasskaya Tower Military Music Festival and Tattoo canonical	1

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Target entity: Spasskaya Tower Military Music Festival and Tattoo
Context triple: [Spasskaya Tower, hasEvent, Spasskaya Tower Military Music Festival and Tattoo]

A. Slavianski Bazaar international arts festival
The Slavianski Bazaar international arts festival is a major annual cultural event in Vitebsk, Belarus, showcasing music, dance, and other performing arts from Slavic and international artists.
B. Theatre Square, Moscow
Theatre Square in Moscow is a historic central square renowned as a cultural hub, surrounded by landmark institutions including the Bolshoi Theatre.
C. Ploshchad Revolyutsii
Ploshchad Revolyutsii is a famous Moscow Metro station renowned for its distinctive Soviet-era architecture and bronze statues depicting idealized Soviet citizens.
D. Nevsky Gate
Nevsky Gate is a historic riverside entrance of the Peter and Paul Fortress in Saint Petersburg, notable as one of the fortress’s main water gates and a former site of prisoner executions.
E. The Motherland Calls statue
The Motherland Calls statue is a colossal World War II memorial in Volgograd, Russia, depicting a sword-wielding woman symbolizing the Motherland’s call to defend the nation.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Spasskaya Tower Military Music Festival and Tattoo
Target entity description: The Spasskaya Tower Military Music Festival and Tattoo is an annual international military music and marching show held on Red Square in Moscow, featuring military bands, honor guards, and cultural performances from around the world.

A. Slavianski Bazaar international arts festival
The Slavianski Bazaar international arts festival is a major annual cultural event in Vitebsk, Belarus, showcasing music, dance, and other performing arts from Slavic and international artists.
B. Theatre Square, Moscow
Theatre Square in Moscow is a historic central square renowned as a cultural hub, surrounded by landmark institutions including the Bolshoi Theatre.
C. Ploshchad Revolyutsii
Ploshchad Revolyutsii is a famous Moscow Metro station renowned for its distinctive Soviet-era architecture and bronze statues depicting idealized Soviet citizens.
D. Nevsky Gate
Nevsky Gate is a historic riverside entrance of the Peter and Paul Fortress in Saint Petersburg, notable as one of the fortress’s main water gates and a former site of prisoner executions.
E. The Motherland Calls statue
The Motherland Calls statue is a colossal World War II memorial in Volgograd, Russia, depicting a sword-wielding woman symbolizing the Motherland’s call to defend the nation.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	annual event ⓘ international military tattoo ⓘ military music festival ⓘ music festival in Russia ⓘ
audienceType	general public ⓘ international tourists ⓘ
broadcastOn	Russian television ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
features	Russian military bands ⓘ children’s ensembles ⓘ drill teams ⓘ folk dance ensembles ⓘ foreign military bands ⓘ honor guard units ⓘ vocal soloists ⓘ
formerName	Spasskaya Tower Military Music Festival and Tattoo self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kremlin Zorya International Military Music Festival
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	marching music ⓘ military music ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://spasstower.ru ⓘ
hasPart	cultural performances ⓘ drill shows ⓘ fireworks show ⓘ honor guard displays ⓘ light and laser show ⓘ military band performances ⓘ parade of participants ⓘ
hasTheme	international cultural exchange ⓘ military traditions ⓘ patriotic music ⓘ
inception	2007 ⓘ
language	Russian ⓘ multilingual commentary ⓘ
locatedIn	Moscow Kremlin vicinity ⓘ
location	Moscow ⓘ Red Square ⓘ
mainVenue	Red Square grandstands ⓘ
namedAfter	Spasskaya Tower ⓘ surface form: Spasskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin
organizer	Government of Moscow ⓘ Kremlin commandant’s service ⓘ Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation ⓘ
relatedTo	Basel Tattoo ⓘ Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo ⓘ surface form: Edinburgh Military Tattoo
significance	one of Russia’s major military music events ⓘ one of the largest military tattoos in the world ⓘ
typicalTime	early September ⓘ late August ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Kremlin Zorya International Military Music Festival

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