Claim: The band was transformed in October 1944 as a training band unit of the Soviet Navy; then in February 1993, in honor of the 150th birthday of Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (born on March 18, 1844), the orchestra was given its current honorary name of the Central Concert Band of the Navy Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
Evidence: In order to improve the training of the musicians of the bands of the navy (especially the fleet forces and the naval infantry), the band was transformed in October 1944 as a training band unit of the Soviet Navy. In February 1993, in honor of the 150th birthday of Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, the orchestra was given its current honorary name of the Central Concert Band of the Navy Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (Russian: Николай Андреевич Римский-Корсаков, IPA: [nʲɪkəˈlaj ɐnˈdrʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ˈrʲimskʲɪj ˈkorsəkəf (listen); 18 March 1844 – 21 June 1908) was a Russian composer, and a member of the group of composers known as The Five.