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Peeter Volkonski (born 12 September 1954 in

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) is an Estonian rock-musician, composer, actor, and theatre director.

Biography

He became famous with the

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band

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, founded in 1978. In 2015 Volkonski was

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's candidate in the

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constituency for Estonian

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. He received 916 votes, which was not enough for a seat in the parliament.

Ancestry

Peeter Volkonski's paternal ancestry comes from the Russian noble Volkonsky family; his father was the Russian composer and harpsichordist Prince Andrei Volkonsky. His paternal grandfather was the noted Russian opera baritone Prince and his great-great-great-grandfather was Prince Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky,Latest on: Peeter Volkonski
/ref> thus, being a descendant of the princely Rurikid dynasty. His maternal ancestry is Estonian; his mother was the Estonian translator and writer Helvi Jürisson, who was a noted poet and author of children's literature.

Decorations

*2001 Fifth Class

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of the

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References

External links

* * * *Potpourri Volkonski/Propeller https://web.archive.org/web/20110720131601/http://www.volk.ee/24345.mp3 1954 births Living people Peeter Nobility from the Russian Empire Estonian people of Russian descent Estonian rock singers 20th-century Estonian male singers Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni 21st-century Estonian male singers Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 5th Class {{Estonia-singer-stub