Encyclopedia - Bulat Okudzhava: Encyclopedia Ii - Bulat Okudzhava - Life
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...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bard Soviet Union: Encyclopedia - Bard Soviet Union
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 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Russian Rock: Encyclopedia Ii - Russian Rock - History
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...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Russia - Classical Opera And Ballet
Russia has a long history of classical music innovation. The first important Russian composer was Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857), who added r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bard Soviet Union: Encyclopedia Ii - Bard Soviet Union - Types Of Songs
Bard Soviet Union - Tourist song. During the Brezhnev era of stagnation in the history of the Soviet Union, camping, especially its ext...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ussr State Prize: Encyclopedia Ii - Ussr State Prize - Recipients Of The State Stalin Prize In Arts By Year
USSR State Prize - 1941. Alexander Dovzhenko: film Shchors (about Nikolay Shchors) Isaak Dunayevsky: Music from the films Circus and V...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Young Pioneer Organization Of The Soviet Union: Encyclopedia Ii - Young Pioneer Organization Of The Soviet Union - History
After the October Revolution of 1917, some Scouts took the Bolsheviks' side, which would later lead to the establishment of ideologically...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vladimir Vysotsky: Encyclopedia Ii - Vladimir Vysotsky - Biography
Vladimir Vysotsky was born in Moscow, Russia, USSR. His father was an army officer and his mother a German language translator. His paren...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boris Grebenshchikov: Encyclopedia Ii - Boris Grebenshchikov - Worth Noting
BG has virtually always been able to skillfully combine his interests into a cohesive, if highly eclectic, whole. His lyrics can feature ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yuri Vizbor: Encyclopedia Ii - Yuri Vizbor - Music
Vizbor is often compared with his contemporaries Vladimir Vysotsky and Bulat Okudzhava. The topics of Vizbor's songs were observational, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Singer-songwriters: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Singer-songwriters - Traditional Singer-songwriters
This list enumerates people who record and perform in the traditional singer-songwriter approach. These performers write their own materi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yuri Vizbor: Encyclopedia Ii - Yuri Vizbor - Political Context
Vizbor composed at a time when the rules regarding censorship were still in place yet were not as vigilantly enforced as in the past. Viz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Young Pioneer Organization Of The Soviet Union: Encyclopedia Ii - Young Pioneer Organization Of The Soviet Union - Structure
Its main grouping of members until 1942 was the "Young Pioneer detachment," which then typically consisted of children belonging to the s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yuri Vizbor: Encyclopedia Ii - Yuri Vizbor - Early Years
Vizbor's father was a commander in the Red Army of Lithuanian descent. His family name was originally Vizborus. His mother was an ethnic ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Young Pioneer Organization Of The Soviet Union: Encyclopedia Ii - Young Pioneer Organization Of The Soviet Union - Awards
The Young Pioneers who excelled in academic study, work, sports or social activity were elected to the self-governing institutions, were ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Young Pioneer Organization Of The Soviet Union: Encyclopedia Ii - Young Pioneer Organization Of The Soviet Union - Main Goals And Requirements Of Membership
The main goals and duties of Young Pioneers and requirements of membership were specified by the Regulations of the Young Pioneer organiz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yuri Vizbor: Encyclopedia Ii - Yuri Vizbor - Summary
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 corres...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ussr State Prize: Encyclopedia Ii - Ussr State Prize - Recipients Of The State Stalin Prize In Science And Engineering By Year
USSR State Prize - 1941. Nikolai Burdenko: neurosurgeon Mikhail Gurevich: for aircraft design Andrey Kolmogorov: mathematics Dmitri Ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boris Grebenshchikov: Encyclopedia Ii - Boris Grebenshchikov - Going West
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 c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boris Grebenshchikov: Encyclopedia Ii - Boris Grebenshchikov - Classical Years
BG's big break (or, in retrospect, his and the band's "watershed" moment), however, came in 1980, when Artem Troitzky (web site in Russia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boris Grebenshchikov: Encyclopedia Ii - Boris Grebenshchikov - Early Years
The first six years of Aquarium's history lacked cohesion as Grebenshchikov and his various bandmates followed the Soviet equivalent of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boris Grebenshchikov: Encyclopedia Ii - Boris Grebenshchikov - Returning East
Disillusioned in the possibility of exporting the Russian song-writing tradition to the West, BG returned to Russia and entered a phase o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boris Grebenshchikov: Encyclopedia Ii - Boris Grebenshchikov - And Back To Basics
As of 1997, however, the Russian nationalism seems to have run its course for BG. His 1997 album "Lilith" is still mostly Russian in lyri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ussr State Prize: Encyclopedia Ii - Ussr State Prize - Recipients Of The Ussr State Prize In Science And Engineering By Year
USSR State Prize - 1964. Hanon Izakson USSR State Prize - 1967. Vladimir Chelomei USSR State Prize - 1968. Pavel Soloviev US...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Russia - Post-soviet Music
Pop Rock: Mumiy Troll, t.A.T.u., Virus, Zemfira, Linda Electronic: Deadushki, Messer FM Alternative: Dolphin, Psichea, FAQ, 7000$ Ska Pun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Russia - Soviet Era
In the 1910s romances (in exotic Russian, Caucasian, Gypsy and Italian styles) became very popular. The greatest and most popular singers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vladimir Vysotsky: Encyclopedia Ii - Vladimir Vysotsky - Music
The poet accompanied himself on the guitar, with an intense voice singing ballads of love, peace, war, and every-day Soviet life. He had ...   » Read the article