Vladimir Georgievich Mulyavin (russian: Влади́мир Гео́ргиевич Муля́вин; be, Уладзімер Георгіевіч Мулявін (Uladzimer Heorhijevič Muliavin); 12 January 1941 – 26 January 2003) was a Belarusian and Russian

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ian and the founder of the folk-rock band

Pesniary Pesniary (also spelled Pesnyary, be, Песняры, ) was a popular Soviet Belarusian folk rock VIA. It was founded in 1969 by guitarist Vladimir Mulyavin. Before 1970, the band was known under the name Liavony (Лявоны). Style Pesniary ...

Biography

Vladimir Mulyavin was born in Sverdlovsk (now

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) in the family of a worker at the Uralmash plant. He started playing the

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at the age of 12. In 1956, after graduating from

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, he entered Sverdlovsk Musical School, department of

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. He was expelled from the school for

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and an overt interest in

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, nevertheless he was reinstated after some time, and he left the school by own initiative. Between 1958 and 1963, he worked as a staff musician at different regional

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s. In 1963, he was offered a job with the

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ian State Philharmony and moved to Belarus. In 1965—1967 Mulyavin conducted his compulsory two-year military service, near

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. He founded a vocal quartet in the company and took a part in the Belarusian military district

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foundation.

With the Pesniary

After his discharge from the

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returned to the Belarusian State Philharmony and in 1968, he created the

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and

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group " Liavony". In 1970, he became its leader and the group was renamed

. The band gained significant popularity across the whole USSR and was among the first successful and officially recognized Soviet rock bands. For his work, Vladimir Mulyavin was awarded the title People's Artist of the USSR. An ethnic

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himself, Muliavin was inspired by Belarusian folklore. He later also recorded several Belarusian national songs as ''Pahonia'' on the lyrics by Maksim Bahdanovich. He died on 26 January 2003 in Moscow, suffering results of a car accident of 8 months before.Мулявин Владимир Георгиевич
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Appraisal

In 2011 beZ bileta's frontman Vitaly Artist called Mulyavin “''the cosmonaut No. 1 in Belarusian music.”''

Personal life

Mulyavin had a brother Valery, who played with the Pesniary; he died in 1973 in

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. Vladimir Mulyavin married three times, first to Lidia Karmalskaya, with whom he had a daughter Maria (born 1961) and a son Vladmir Mulyavin Jr. (1975–2006). Mulyavin left Karmalskaya in 1975 and had little contact with his son. After the death of his father, Mulyavin Jr. played

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with the Pesnyary in 2004–2005. He was sentenced in 2005 for a brawl and distribution of narcotics, and died in jail in 2006. After leaving Karmalskaya, Mulyavin married Svetlana Slizskaya; they had a daughter Olga born in 1976. He divorced Slizskaya in 1981 and married actress Svetlana Penkina; they had a son Valery born in 1982.

Legacy

*In July 2004, a street in

(Bulvar Mulyavina) was named after Vladimir Muliavin. * in 2001 Mulyavin and "Pesniary" get star on the Star Square in Moscow. *In 2006, a monument of Mulyavin was raised at his grave. The same year, a commemorative plaque was installed in Yekaterinburg, and a monument of Mulyavin will be completed in the city around August 2014. *A documentary of Mulyavin was filmed in 2007.ПРОЩАНИЕ С ПЕСНЯРОМ. ВЛАДИМИР МУЛЯВИН. Документальный фильм (2007г.)
''yandex.ru''. Retrieved 20 July 2014. *Belarusian postal stamp dedicated to Mulyavin was issued in 2009.

References

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Валерий Мулявин: Отец всех подбадривал, что с ним все будет в порядке
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Валерый Мулявін: Я нават падчас пералётаў заўважаў, як бацька ў паўдрымоце выстукваў пальцамі нейкі рытм
zviazda.by (13.01.2021)

External links

МУЛЯВИН Владимир Георгиевич
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