Yuri Heifetz (pen-name Boris Berg; ; born 31 October 1953, in Sverdlovsk) is a Russian poet, singer-songwriter, and

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Biography

Yuri Heifetz wrote his first poem at age of 11, and his first song at age of 14, while studying at a

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in Sverdlovsk. In 1978 he created rock group "Eternal Spring", however the group was accused of ideological subversion by the

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and disbanded. After graduating from medical school in Sverdlovsk, he worked as an

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and a

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. In 1989 he left medicine and started working in the entertainment business. In 1989, he released first

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with his songs, "Bytovuha", in the genre of

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. He then traveled during three years through the Soviet Union as a member of

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band ''Anons'' ("Announcement") under pen name of Boris Berg.Doctor-wrecker forced Butuzov to cry
''Express-newspaper'' He wrote texts of almost all songs for the band. He considered this period of his work mostly as creation of

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. The band was directed by Aleksander Kasimov and reached its peak of popularity in the late 1980s - early 1990s by performing songs like "Olya and AIDS", which were seen as challenge to official Soviet stage. In late 1989, Heifetz recorded and released his second album, "Abroad" . In 1992, he returned to medicine, but continued writing poetry, music and songs, and released new album, "Topol", in 2007. In addition to poetry, he wrote a fiction book, ''Epitaph''. He is also active as internet blogger and conduct regular discussions on Russian politics, history and culture on a

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, "Arbat Sitters", together with journalists Andrei Barkhatov and Alexander Orlov. He appears with his songs at

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in a program created by

Natella Boltyanskaya Natella Savelievna Boltyanskaya (; born 20 May 1965) is a Russian journalist, singer-songwriter, poet and ex-radio host on Echo of Moscow. She is author and performer of songs mostly on her own poetry. She published four music albums, ''Warning ...

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Heifetz now lives in Moscow. He is married and has three children.

References

External links

Official websiteFacebook accountHis disks
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Links to his disksHis LiveJournal accountBlog of Boris BergYuri Heifetz at bards.ruHis songs with Dmitry Lumelskiy
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