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Samotsvety
Samotsvety (, which means "''Semiprecious Stones''") is a Soviet VIA band formed in 1971, in Moscow. It became one of the more successful and better known VIA bands, recording a number of hits and serving as a springboard to fame for several Russian musicians, including Dmitry Malikov, Vladimir Presnyakov Sr., and Alexander Barykin. History The band Samotsvety, was founded by Yuriy Malikov, a Recognized National Artist of Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ... and the father of Dmitry Malikov. The group produced a string of hits in the 1970s, including "Moy adres Sovetskii Soyuz" (My address is the Soviet Union), "Tam, za oblakami" (There, beyond the clouds), "Vsya zhizn vperedi" (My whole life is still ahead), "Ne povtoriayetsia takoye nikogda" (Something ...
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Vladimir Kuzmin
Vladimir Borisovich Kuzmin (; born 31 May 1955) is a Russian rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Biography Kuzmin is the son of Boris Kuzmin, a naval officer, and Natalya Kuzmina, a Russian language and literature teacher. When he was young boy, Kuzmin played violin in musical school. He wrote his first song when he was six years old. He learned to play guitar on his own. He organized his first band, Aelita, in the 6th grade. Two years later, on school evenings, he performed songs of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin along with his own material. Career Then Kuzmin earned a degree in a musical college, became a lead guitarist of professional VIA bands Nadejda (1977 - 1978) and Samotsvety (1978 - 1979). Producer of Samotsvety Yuri Malikov remembered that Kuzmin arranged some songs. But, in 1979, together with vocalist and guitarist of Vesiolie Rebiata Alexander Barykin, Kuzmin organized rock band Carnaval. I ...
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Alexander Barykin
Aleksander Aleksandrovich Barykin (Byrykin) (; February 18, 1952 — March 26, 2011) was a Soviet and Russian singer and songwriter. Biography Alexander Barykin was born on February 18, 1952, in Beryozovo ( Khanty-Mansia). He was a young boy when his parents moved to Lyubertsy, a suburb near Moscow. While still in school, Barykin sang and played guitar in an amateur band called Allegro. He went to musical school and then earned a degree in the classical vocal program at the Gnesins Musical College. In the 1970s, Barykin was a member of the VIA bands Moskvichi (1973 — 1974), Vesiolie Rebiata (1974 — 1976, 1978 — 1979), Samotsvety (1976) and Jemchug (1976 — 1978). In August, 1979, Barykin collaborated with the guitarist of Samotsvety, Vladimir Kuzmin to organize a new band called Carnaval. It was considered to be the first Russian band to embrace new wave. Carnaval combined a range of styles and influences, including glam rock, rhythm and blues, and white reggae o ...
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Dmitry Malikov
Dmitry Yurievich Malikov (; born 29 January 1970) is a Russian singer, composer, occasional actor and a recent record producer. Early life Dmitry Malikov, who goes by his nickname Dima (Дима), was born in Moscow. His mother, Lyudmila Mikhailovna Vyunkova, was a dancer, and his father, Yuriy Fedorovich Malikov (Юрий Федорович Маликов), was part of a band called Samotsvety (Самоцветы). This combination of parental talent had a large influence in his becoming a musician. In the early 70s, Samotsvety became one of the most popular groups in the USSR, selling several million records. His younger sister, Inna Malikova (Инна Маликова), is also a recording artist. As his father was often on tour, Malikov was brought up by his grandparents. Music In 1985 Malikov performed two songs at the ''Soundtrack'' Concert (звуковая дорожка / Zvukovaya Dorozhka) organized by the popular Russian newspaper '' Moskovsky Komsomolets'' (Мос ...
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Vyacheslav Dobrynin
Vyacheslav Grigoryevich Dobrynin (, born Antonov (); 25 January 1946 – 1 October 2024) was a popular Russian composer and singer also known as ''Doctor Shlyager''. He was awarded the People's Artist of Russia in 1996.«Моя настоящая фамилия Антонов. Петросян — это по отцу»
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Early life

Dobrynin was born in 1946 to an father and a Russian mother. He never bore his father's surname of Petrosian – his father left the family before he was born and he used his mother's surname Antonov throughout his childhood, changing it to Dobrynin in 1972. He s ...
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Aleksey Glyzin
Alexey Sergeevich Glyzin (; born January 13, 1954, Mytischi) is a Soviet and Russian pop singer and actor. He has received various awards, including Honored Artist of Russia (2006), and the Chanson of the Year award (2016). Early life Born January 13, 1954. After studying at the correspondence department in Tambov he transferred to the Moscow State Art and Cultural University, where he studied on a full-time pop-brass faculty. In the third year he was drafted into the army in the Far East, where he served near the Chinese border, a junior aviation specialists. Then he moved to the music platoon. Career He worked in the ensemble band Dobry Molodtsy. In 1977 he joined Samotsvety. In 1978 he joined Rhythm, accompanying Alla Pugacheva. From 1979 to 1988 he played in the Vesyolye Rebyata ensemble. In August 1988, he gathered a group he named Ura and started a solo career. He released 7 albums, 3 of which were collections of his songs. In 2006, Vladimir Putin signed a decr ...
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VIA Music
VIA () is an abbreviation for Vocal and Instrumental Ensemble (). It is the general name used for popular music (pop, rock, folk, etc.) bands that were formally recognized by the Soviet government from the 1960s to the 1980s. In Soviet times, the term ''VIA'' generally meant , but it is now used in Russia to refer specifically to pop, rock, and folk groups active during the Soviet period. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union the term gradually went out of use. In Yugoslavia, the abbreviation VIS ( sh-Cyrl, ВИС), meaning (), was used in the same context. History The term ''VIA'' appeared in the Soviet Union in the 1960s and represented a model under which the Soviet government was willing to permit domestic rock and pop music acts to develop. To break through to the state-owned Soviet media, a band needed to become an officially recognized VIA. Each VIA had an artistic director () who served as manager, producer, and state-appointed censor. In some bands (such as P ...
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Vladimir Vinokur
Vladimir Natanovich Vinokur (born 31 March 1948 in Kursk) is a Soviet and Russian entertainer, humorist, singer and actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1989). Early life Vladimir Vinokur was born on 31 March 1948 in Kursk to Natan Vinokur (1919–1995), a builder of Jewish descent, and Anna Yulyevna (1922–2018), a teacher of Russian descent. His older brother, Boris (1944–2010), was an entrepreneur. Career In 1962, Vinokur was involved in the Artek camp, and won a singing competition, with his medal being given by Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. In 1975, Vinokur became involved with the parody band Samotsvety Samotsvety (, which means "''Semiprecious Stones''") is a Soviet VIA band formed in 1971, in Moscow. It became one of the more successful and better known VIA bands, recording a number of hits and serving as a springboard to fame for several Rus .... Personal life Vinokur is married to Tamara Viktorovna Pervakova, an actress and former ballerina. On 25 October 19 ...
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Sergey Belikov
Sergey Grigorievich Belikov (; born October 25, 1954, in Krasnogorsk) is a Russian singer, musician, composer and Honored Artist of Russia Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (, ''Zasluzhenny artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also known as Honored Artist of Russia, is an honorary title in the Russian Federation. The title is awarded to actors, directors, filmmakers, writers, d ... (1999). References External links Official Website* {{DEFAULTSORT:Belikov, Sergey 1954 births Living people Soviet male singers Soviet pop singers Russian pop singers People from Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast Singers from Moscow Honored Artists of the Russian Federation Russian bass guitarists Male bass guitarists 20th-century Russian male singers 21st-century Russian male singers Moscow State Art and Cultural University alumni ...
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Alternative Dance Musical Groups
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Beat Groups
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Russian Pop Music Groups
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Musical Groups From Moscow
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