Eduard Savelievich Kolmanovsky (; 9 January 1923 – 27 July 1994) was a

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and

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. He was awarded a

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in 1984 and named a

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in 1991. A large part of his songs are dedicated to the themes of patriotic consciousness and civic awareness. Among them are: ''I Love You, Life'' (1958), '' Do the Russians Want War?'' (1961), '' Alyosha'' (1966).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kolmanovsky, Eduard 1923 births 1994 deaths People from Mogilev 20th-century Belarusian Jews Soviet film score composers Russian male film score composers Russian male songwriters Recipients of the USSR State Prize People's Artists of the USSR People's Artists of the RSFSR 20th-century Russian composers 20th-century Russian classical musicians Soviet songwriters 20th-century Russian male musicians