Kukin Bard Biography

Yuri Kukin - biography of Yuri Kukin - Soviet and Russian poet, bard, musician. Kukin is the author of the text of the anthem of domestic geologists, which, however, is not officially recognized, namely a song called "Fog". Chanceon himself said that his song, which has gained great fame, tells about the fate of not mineral seekers and is even devoted not to tourists, as the hero of the work collects a suitcase, not a backpack on the road.

Yuri liked when he was called the "last romantic of the era." Children's and youth years Yuri was born in the village of Syasstroy, which is located in the Leningrad Region on July 17. When the musician was 60 years old, his small homeland received the status of the city. Being a schoolboy, Kukin wrote poems, and, having reached the summer of the age, the young man began to practice as a drummer in a jazz ensemble organized by lovers of music by the Petrodvorets watch factory.

After graduating from school, Yuri became a student of a technical university, where he mastered the profession of optics-mechanic. But, having studied only one semester, the guy realized that he had no talent of a drawingman and decided to deduct. Yuri Kukin in his youth at 22 Yuri received a diploma of graduation from the Leningrad Institute of Physical Education named after In the year, he became a graduate of the educational institution, becoming a teacher of figure skating.

When the guy was offered to choose a distribution place, Yuri expressed a desire to work in Petrodvorets and Leningrad. From the age of 16, the young man began to compose and perform songs to the accompaniment of the seven -string guitar. Most of these works have gained wide recognition among geologists and tourists. Over time, Yuri was able to become the winner of various music competitions and festivals.

In the summer of the year, a festival called "White Nights" took place in the northern capital. Then the organizers decided to organize an “amateur” contest that they planned to hold as part of the 5 Leningrad festival of youth, planned for a year. At this creative event, 2 compositions performed by Kukin - “Paris” and “Behind the fog” were made. Four years later, Kukin became an artist of the Len Concert, simultaneously operating with this as an instructor in physical education in the Club of Leningrad called Meridian.

In the youth, Yuri was the coach of Stanislav Zhuk, who in the future became a multiple champion of union championships. Kukin was the first in the USSR to make an offer to take from the skaters-Yuniors payment for training. Also, the man became the supplier of the first in the Union of children's ballet on ice, which was based on Pushkin’s poem called “The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish”.

Since the year, the man worked in the Leningrad Regional Philharmonic, and 8 years later in the Len Conf this, from a year he carried out labor activities in the Leningrad Studio Theater, which was called “Benefis”. Bard discography-2 records released by the company "Melody", which saw light in and in years, as well as CDs, audio cassettes and songs of songs. In winter, Yuri worked without loking his strength, training future skaters and earning a lot of money, but in the summer months the young coach suffered idle: artificial rollers were created in very small quantities.

The poet Gorbovsky, who was a friend of Yuri, invited the future bard to make a trip to the expedition as part of the geological group during the summer vacation. The search for mineral reserves was not so romantic and much harder than the poet described it. But already the second expedition contributed to the fact that Yuri returned from it with written compositions.

You may surprise you, but the bard, whose biography you read, considered his main hit to be unworthy of attention, and he treated himself as a bad singer and guitarist. The author, in an interview with journalists, recalled the negative characteristics that the composition “behind the fog” received from the eminent bards of Gorbovsky and Okudzhava. The phrase “And I am going to colleagues in creative craft, for the reason that in it they saw a repeat of 3 vowels.

The expression and sound combination “finished eccentric”, “behind the smell” were also critically perceived. The creative heritage of the Bard, according to critics, was subjected to significant influence from Vysotsky’s poems. For example, in the hit of Kukin “On the dangers of drunkenness on the water”, critics saw the response of the composition of the eminent bard from the Taganka called “Dear Transfer”.

Both compositions are talking about the “Bermuda Triangle”, as well as such an artistic technique as listing tragicomic nuances. When the power of the Soviets completed its existence, 2 records with Kukin’s songs were released by the company Melody. In the same period of time, Yuri Alekseevich became an artist of the theater called “Benefis”, who carried out his creative activity in the northern capital.

Even when the bard was already at a respectable age, he received invitations to the festivals of the Barda song.However, Yuri, despite the fact that he liked to be an honorary guest, but did not like to be a member of the jury. They may be familiar.