The Velikorussian orchestra as a unique phenomenon of the Russian musical culture of the second half of the XIX of the beginning of the XX centuries

The article is devoted to the history of the formation of Russian folk music performance as a unique phenomenon of culture of the XIX beginning of the XX-th century. The history of the origin and the design development of folk instruments is described. The estimation of the activity of the creator of the Great Russian Orchestra V.V. Andreev and his associates.