Artur Vyacheslavovich Mikheev (, born 24 May 1962), better known under his

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Arthur Berkut (Russian: Артур Беркут), is a Russian singer. Throughout his career, he has participated in numerous bands, with the most notable being

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, Mavrik, and

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. Berkut was born in

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, to a family of

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troupers during their Ukrainian tour. Since 1984, Berkut has performed under his stage name, "Berkut", which is Russian for

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. Together with Autograph, Berkut toured over the United States in 1989, but in 1990, during the tour, Autograph disbanded. Berkut remained in the US and tried himself in different projects, formed a short-lived

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band ZOOOM. In 1997, Berkut returned to Russia. He was a sessional vocalist in

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European tour, and together with some of Master musicians tried to resurrect ZOOOM. But a year after he dissolved the band and left to sing in Sergey Mavrin's solo project Mavrik. Berkut joined Aria in November 2002, replacing the band's former vocalist, Valery Kipelov. In 2011, he left Aria and formed a new band, Arthur Berkut, with whom he has recorded two albums so far.

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