Bulat Okudzhava was born in Moscow on 9 May 1924 into a family of communists who had come from Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, for study and work connected with the Communist Party. Son of a Georgian father and an Armenian mother, Bulat Okudzhava spoke and wrote only in Russian. This was because his mother, who spoke Georgian, Azeri, and of course Armenian, had always requested that everyone who came to visit her house "Please, speak the language of Lenin - Russian". His father, a high Communist Party member from Georgia, was arrested in 19 ...

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The term bard (барды) came to be used in the Soviet Union in the early 1960s (and continues to be used in Russia today) for popular poets and singers who wrote songs outside the Soviet establishment. Bard poetry differs from other poetry mainly in the fact that it is sung along with a simple guitar melody as opposed to being spoken. Another difference is that this form of poetry focuses less on style and more on meaning. This means that fewer stylistic devices are used, and the poetry often takes the form of narrative. What separ ...

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Russian rock - The early 60's. Prior to the late sixties, music in the Soviet Union was divided into two groups: music published by the Melodya, and everything else. Under this second group were the bards, underground folk singer-songwriters. Bards such as Vladimir Vysotsky and Bulat Okudzhava created the style that is referred to as "author's song" (avtorskaya pesnya), mostly played on unaccompanied acoustic guitar and characterized by a strong accent on lyrics that sometimes carried a subversive meaning. Their ...

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Russian rock, Russian rock - History, Russian rock - The early 60's, Russian rock - The late 60's and 70's, Russian rock - The 80's and 90's, Russian rock - Present day, Russian rock - Characteristics

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Russia has a long history of classical music innovation. The first important Russian composer was Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857), who added religious and folk elements to classical compositions, composing pioneering operas like Ruslan and Lyudmila and A Life for the Tsar; though these operas were distinctively Russian, they were based on the Italian tradition. Glinka and the composers who made up The Mighty Handful after him (Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, Balakirev, Borodin and César Cui) were often influenced by Russian fol ...

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Music of Russia, Music of Russia - Classical opera and ballet, Music of Russia - Soviet Era, Music of Russia - Perestroika Music, Music of Russia - Post-Soviet Music, Music of Russia - Folk music, Music of Russia - Adygea, Music of Russia - Altai, Music of Russia - Armenia, Music of Russia - Bashkir, Music of Russia - Belarus, Music of Russia - Buryatia, Music of Russia - Chechnya, Music of Russia - Dagestan, Music of Russia - Karelia, Music of Russia - Russia, Music of Russia - Sakha, Music of Russia - Tatarstan, Music of Russia - Tuva, Music of Russia - Ukraine

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Bard Soviet Union - Tourist song. During the Brezhnev era of stagnation in the history of the Soviet Union, camping, especially its extreme forms such as alpinism, kayaking/canoeing, and canyoning, became a form of escapism for young people, who felt that these occupations were the only ways of life in which such values as courage, friendship, risk, trust, cooperation and mutual support still mattered. (Similar occurrences can be found in His ...

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Bard Soviet Union, Bard Soviet Union - Types of songs, Bard Soviet Union - Tourist song, Bard Soviet Union - Political song, Bard Soviet Union - Outlaw song, Bard Soviet Union - Other songs, Bard Soviet Union - Famous bards of Soviet epoch, Bard Soviet Union - Pictures

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USSR State Prize - 1941. Alexander Dovzhenko: film Shchors (about Nikolay Shchors) Isaak Dunayevsky: Music from the films Circus and Volga-Volga Uzeyir Hajibeyov: Ker oghlu, opera Aram Khachaturian: Violin Concerto Nikolai Myaskovsky: Symphony No. 21 Vsevolod Pudovkin and Mikhail Doller: film Suvorov Yuri Shaporin: On the Field of Kulikovo, cantata Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Quintet Mikha ...

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After the October Revolution of 1917, some Scouts took the Bolsheviks' side, which would later lead to the establishment of ideologically-altered Scoutlike organizations, such as “ЮК” (Юные Коммунисты, or young communists; pronounced as yuk) and others. During the Russian Civil War from 1918 to 1920, most of the Scoutmasters and many Scouts fought in the ranks of the White Army and interventionists against the Red Army. Those Scouts who did not wish to accept the new Soviet system eit ...

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Young Pioneer organization of the Soviet Union, Young Pioneer organization of the Soviet Union - History, Young Pioneer organization of the Soviet Union - Structure, Young Pioneer organization of the Soviet Union - Main goals and requirements of membership, Young Pioneer organization of the Soviet Union - Symbols attributes rituals and traditions, Young Pioneer organization of the Soviet Union - Songs, Young Pioneer organization of the Soviet Union - Awards

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Vladimir Vysotsky was born in Moscow, Russia, USSR. His father was an army officer and his mother a German language translator. His parents divorced not long after his birth, and he was brought up by his stepmother of Armenian descent, "aunt" Yevgenia. For two years during his childhood he lived on the military base at Eberswalde in Germany's Soviet occupied zone (later GDR). On return, he went to school in Moscow. During 1955/1956, he attended the Moscow Institute of Civil Engineering but only stayed for the first half of the academi ...

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Vladimir Vysotsky, Vladimir Vysotsky - Biography, Vladimir Vysotsky - Music, Vladimir Vysotsky - Filmography, Vladimir Vysotsky - Bibliography, Vladimir Vysotsky - Discography, Vladimir Vysotsky - Lifetime, Vladimir Vysotsky - Post mortem

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BG has virtually always been able to skillfully combine his interests into a cohesive, if highly eclectic, whole. His lyrics can feature Hinduism, Russian Orthodoxy, and drug use in the same quatrain and not make one blink an eye. The ability has only grown stronger over the years. 1999's "Psi" switches from detailed references to samurai culture to mentions of a certain carpenter's son to data storage on hard driv ...

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Vizbor is often compared with his contemporaries Vladimir Vysotsky and Bulat Okudzhava. The topics of Vizbor's songs were observational, focusing on his love of nature and of travel. By using his extremely varied professions as a template, Vizbor attempted to document various aspects of "normal life" at the height of Brezhnev's period of stagnation. His trademark was a relaxed singing style that often sounded on the verge of laughter. Vizbor would record songs with a traditional Russian seven string guitar ...

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Yuri Vizbor, Yuri Vizbor - Summary, Yuri Vizbor - Early Years, Yuri Vizbor - Professional Activities, Yuri Vizbor - Music, Yuri Vizbor - Political Context, Yuri Vizbor - Illness and Death, Yuri Vizbor - Films

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This list enumerates people who record and perform in the traditional singer-songwriter approach. These performers write their own material, accompany themselves on guitar or keyboards, usually perform solo or with limited and understated accompaniment, and are known as much or more for their songwriting skills as for their performance abilities. List of singer-songwriters - Australia. Delta Goodrem Eric Bogle Tim Freedman Lisa Miller Missy Higgins Paul Kelly Alex Lloyd

Vizbor composed at a time when the rules regarding censorship were still in place yet were not as vigilantly enforced as in the past. Vizbor's songs and writings rarely had an overt politcal content. His style could more accurately be described as anti-political. ...

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Yuri Vizbor, Yuri Vizbor - Summary, Yuri Vizbor - Early Years, Yuri Vizbor - Professional Activities, Yuri Vizbor - Music, Yuri Vizbor - Political Context, Yuri Vizbor - Illness and Death, Yuri Vizbor - Films

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Its main grouping of members until 1942 was the "Young Pioneer detachment," which then typically consisted of children belonging to the same secondary school. From 1942 to October 1990 (when the organization was broken up) the "detachment" was made up of children belonging to the same class within a school, while a school was refered to as a "Young Pioneer group." There was also an age-scale structure: children of 10-11 years were called Young Pioneers of the first stage; 11-12 years were Young Pioneers of the second stage; 13-15 years were Young Pioneers of the third stage. Young Pioneers of 15 year ...

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Vizbor's father was a commander in the Red Army of Lithuanian descent. His family name was originally Vizborus. His mother was an ethnic Russian from Krasnodar. In 1937 his father fell victim to Stalin's purges and in 1941 he moved with his mother to Siberia. This period influenced the artist's distaste for politics and his fascination with wilderness. In 1951, he graduated from high school and was accepted at the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute. It was here that he wrote his first ...

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Yuri Vizbor, Yuri Vizbor - Summary, Yuri Vizbor - Early Years, Yuri Vizbor - Professional Activities, Yuri Vizbor - Music, Yuri Vizbor - Political Context, Yuri Vizbor - Illness and Death, Yuri Vizbor - Films

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The Young Pioneers who excelled in academic study, work, sports or social activity were elected to the self-governing institutions, were sent as delegates to the Young Pioneers gatherings (including All-Union ones). The most notable were recognized in organization's Book of Honor. During World War II, many Young Pioneers fought against Nazis in partisan detachments, which existed near their homes on the territories occupied by Nazi Germany. Nearly 30 thousand of them were awarded vario ...

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The main goals and duties of Young Pioneers and requirements of membership were specified by the Regulations of the Young Pioneer organization of the Soviet Union; by the Solemn Promise (given by each Young Pioneer joining the organization); by the Rules of the Young Pioneers; by the motto. Although membership was theoretically optional, almost all the children in the Soviet Union belonged to the organization; it was a natural part of growing up. ...

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Yuri Vizbor was born in Moscow where he lived for most of his life. He worked as a teacher, a soldier, a sailor, a radio and press correspondent, a ski instructor, and an actor in many famous Russian films and plays. He participated in and documented expeditions to remote areas of the Soviet Union. His compositions included songs, poetic prose, plays, screenplays and short stories. ...

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Yuri Vizbor, Yuri Vizbor - Summary, Yuri Vizbor - Early Years, Yuri Vizbor - Professional Activities, Yuri Vizbor - Music, Yuri Vizbor - Political Context, Yuri Vizbor - Illness and Death, Yuri Vizbor - Films

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USSR State Prize - 1941. Nikolai Burdenko: neurosurgeon Mikhail Gurevich: for aircraft design Andrey Kolmogorov: mathematics Dmitri Maksutov: astronomic optics Nikolai Myaskovsky Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov: for aircraft design Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov: chemical physics Sergei Sobolev: mathematics Aleksey Shchusev, architecture USSR State Prize - 1942. Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksa ...

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Perestroika has ushered in a new era of opportunity for rock musicians; several of the more prominent ones got breaks in the West. BG's came from Dave Stewart (of Eurythmics fame). Stewart-produced "Radio Silence" was released in 1989, featuring covers of Alexander Vertinsky's "China" amid songs by BG, including a song written to Sir Thomas Malory's "Death of King Arthur". Annie Lennox and Chrissie Hynde helped o ...

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Boris Grebenshchikov, Boris Grebenshchikov - Early years, Boris Grebenshchikov - Classical years, Boris Grebenshchikov - Going West, Boris Grebenshchikov - Returning East, Boris Grebenshchikov - And back to basics, Boris Grebenshchikov - Worth noting, Boris Grebenshchikov - Singles

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BG's big break (or, in retrospect, his and the band's "watershed" moment), however, came in 1980, when Artem Troitzky (web site in Russian), the first public Russian rock critic and the enabling figure in many a Russian rock musician's carrier, invited Aquarium to perform at the Tbilisi Rock Festival. The festival was a state-sanctioned attempt to channel the then-burgeoning Russian rock music movement into a controllable ideological vessel. If featured a laundered list of party-proof bland rock bands, but also Kraftwerk, whose ...

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Boris Grebenshchikov, Boris Grebenshchikov - Early years, Boris Grebenshchikov - Classical years, Boris Grebenshchikov - Going West, Boris Grebenshchikov - Returning East, Boris Grebenshchikov - And back to basics, Boris Grebenshchikov - Worth noting, Boris Grebenshchikov - Singles

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