Sony Music Entertainment (RUS): version 1

Saved 2026-09-26 13:47 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added the Russian/Ukrainian CD of System of a Down – Mezmerize (82876 70949 2), completing a variant row of family/mezmerize. Sources: the Discogs release records carrying this barcode (Russia & CIS 3. This is the current version.

Source of v1

# Sony Music Entertainment (RUS) <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Sony Music Entertainment (RUS)
disambiguation: Moscow company of Sony Music Entertainment, operating from February 2000; not Sony Music Entertainment in the United States
summary: Russian company of Sony Music Entertainment in Moscow, operating from February 2000 and succeeded by Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Russia) in 2005.
country: RU
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role       | target                      | market | from | until | ended | status  | source          | note                                                                                                             |
| ---------- | --------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | --------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| parent_org | company/sony-music-holdings |        |      |       |       | derived | ^discogs-smerus | Discogs gives Sony Music Entertainment Inc., the name Sony Music Holdings Inc. bore from 1991 to 2009, as parent |
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## Establishments <!--establishments-->
| mark | kind   | address                                                    | country | source          | note                             |
| ---- | ------ | ---------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------- | -------------------------------- |
|      | office | ул. Большая Дмитровка, 10/2, стр. 4, 107031 Москва, Russia | RU      | ^discogs-smerus | Contact address given on Discogs |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                            | type | locale | from | until |
| ------------------------------- | ---- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Сони Мьюзик Энтертэйнмент (РУС) | name | ru     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref            | url                                      | title                                                                                 | accessed   | publisher | kind      | published | record_id | locator                                                   | licence | attribution | upstream |
| -------------- | ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | --------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| discogs-ru-cis | https://api.discogs.com/releases/3574854 | Discogs release 3574854: System Of A Down – Mezmerize (CD, Album, Russia & CIS, 2005) | 2026-09-26 | Discogs   | catalogue |           | 3574854   | identifiers, labels, companies, notes, credits, tracklist |         |             |          |
| discogs-smerus | https://api.discogs.com/labels/396775    | Discogs company 396775: Sony Music Entertainment (RUS)                                | 2026-09-26 | Discogs   | catalogue |           | 396775    | profile, contact, parent label                            |         |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Sony Music Entertainment (RUS) is the Russian company of Sony Music Entertainment, based at Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street in Moscow; Discogs dates its operation from February 2000 to at least 2005 and names Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Russia) LLC as its successor in 2005, followed by OOO Sony Music Entertainment in 2009.[^discogs-smerus] Discogs credits it as record company on the Russian pressings of System of a Down's Mezmerize, catalogue number 82876 70949 2.[^discogs-ru-cis]
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