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Alexander Viktorovich Kutikov(born April 13, 1952, Moscow) - famous Soviet and Russian musician, composer, vocalist, music producer. Honored Artist of Russia (1999).

He performed and performs as part of several musical groups. He is best known as the bass guitarist, vocalist and composer of the rock band “Time Machine”, of which he was a member in 1971-1974, and from 1979 to the present.

Fragment of a concert at the Moscow Art Theater, 2009. A. Kutikov and the Nuance group Video added with the personal permission of the copyright holder Alexander Viktorovich Kutikov.

Biography

Alexander Kutikov was born into a Jewish family on April 13, 1952 in Maly Pionersky Lane on Patriarch's Ponds, in the very center of Moscow.

Family

Father - Viktor Nikolaevich Petukhov - (12/09/1923), football player of the Moscow "Spartak" and Kuibyshev "Wings of the Soviets" - left the family early.

Mother - Sofya Naumovna Kutikova, sang and danced in a gypsy ensemble led by Kemalov - one of the best touring groups of the post-war period.

Uncle - Sergei Nikolaevich Krasavchenko (born December 19, 1940) - was the chairman of the Supreme Council Committee on Economic Reform and Property, as well as the first deputy head of the Presidential Administration of Boris Yeltsin

• Maternal grandfather - Naum Mikhailovich Kutikov (Naum Moiseevich) - (1902), at the age of 14 he left to make a revolution. In 1919, when he was 17 years old, he already commanded a regiment. By the year 1928 he was one of the leaders of the Kamchatka Cheka. Career in the Cheka. He was expelled from the party twice, reinstated twice... The first time he came under repression in the late 1930s, but he remained alive only because he was closely acquainted with Alexander Nikolaevich Poskrebyshev and he was only expelled from the party, but not shot or imprisoned, then he became deputy director of the 19th Aviation Plant, now called the Khrunichev Plant, during the war, he worked in the Ministry of Arms, and then received his highest position, Administrator of the People's Commissariat of Aviation Industry of the USSR, this People's Commissariat was headed by Mikhail Moiseevich Kaganovich, brother of Lazar Kaganovich. after the debunking of Stalin's personality cult, he was expelled from the party for working with Kaganovich. He was unemployed for two years, then became deputy head of the trust for high-rise buildings and hotels and was reinstated in the party. Alexander Ivanovich Maksakov helped him.

• Maternal grandmother - Galina Isaakovna Kutikova (Glikka Isaakovna), graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics of Moscow State University, was the chief accountant of the factory in Sokolniki.

Childhood

Alexander Kutikov spent his childhood in Maly Pionersky Lane on Patriarch's Ponds. beginning of quote Until I was 7 years old, I lived in a separate 4-room apartment on Patriarch's Ponds. Grandfather Naum Mikhailovich Kutikov was a very big administrative worker. It’s just that after my grandparents separated, this apartment was exchanged. Everyone went to small rooms. My grandmother stayed to live

Birthday April 13, 1952

composer, poet, bass guitarist, vocalist

Biography

Alexander Kutikov was born on April 13, 1952 in Maly Pionersky Lane on Patriarch's Ponds, in the very center of Moscow.

Family

Father - Viktor Nikolaevich Petukhov - (12/09/1923), football player of the Moscow "Spartak" and Kuibyshev "Wings of the Soviets" - left the family early.

Mother - Sofya Naumovna Kutikova, sang and danced in a gypsy ensemble led by Kemalov - one of the best touring groups of the post-war period.

Uncle - Sergei Nikolaevich Krasavchenko (born December 19, 1940) - was the first deputy chairman of the Supreme Council, as well as an assistant to President Boris Yeltsin

• Maternal grandfather - Naum Mikhailovich Kutikov (Naum Moiseevich) - (1902), at the age of 14 he left to make a revolution. In 1919, when he was 17 years old, he already commanded a regiment. By the year 1928 he was one of the leaders of the Kamchatka Cheka. Career in the Cheka. He was expelled from the party twice, reinstated twice... The first time he came under repression in the late 1930s, but he remained alive only because he was closely acquainted with Alexander Nikolaevich Poskrebyshev and he was only expelled from the party, but not shot or imprisoned, then he became deputy director of the 19th Aviation Plant, now called the Khrunichev Plant, during the war, he worked in the Ministry of Arms, and then received his highest position, Administrator of the People's Commissariat of Aviation Industry of the USSR, this People's Commissariat was headed by Mikhail Moiseevich Kaganovich, brother of Lazar Kaganovich. after the debunking of Stalin's personality cult, he was expelled from the party for working with Kaganovich. He was unemployed for two years, then became deputy head of the trust for high-rise buildings and hotels and was reinstated in the party. He was helped by Alexander Ivanovich Maksakov.

• Maternal grandmother - Galina Isaakovna Kutikova (Glikka Isaakovna), graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics of Moscow State University, was the chief accountant of the factory in Sokolniki.

Childhood

Alexander Kutikov spent his childhood in Maly Pionersky Lane on Patriarch's Ponds.

Famous people visited the Kutikovs' house: Mark Bernes, Pyotr Aleinikov, and famous athletes, among them, Vsevolod Mikhailovich Bobrov. Studied at music school. He played various wind instruments - trumpet, alto, and tenor saxophone. classical music. He was a bugler in a pioneer camp and won competitions. At the age of fourteen he began playing the guitar. In his youth, he was involved in boxing (boxed in lightweight weight at the Moscow Youth Championship and received bronze), hockey and football. He was the secretary of the Komsomol organization of the school, but at the age of 16 he wrote a letter of resignation from the Komsomol. Because of this, I did not enter any institute.

Education

He studied trumpet at a music school and successfully completed it.

He studied at the Moscow Radio Mechanical College (MRMT) at the Faculty of Radiolocation, dropped out, and graduated from Working Youth School No. 97.

Creative biography

In 1969 he worked as a radio controller; since 1970 - sound engineer and sound engineer at the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company.

In 1971, Sergei Kavagoe invited Kutikov to “Time Machine” instead of bassist Igor Mazaev, who had gone into the army. As Makarevich recalled, Kutikov “introduced the spirit of major, cloudless rock and roll into the team.” Under his influence, the group’s repertoire was replenished with joyful songs “Seller of Happiness”, “Soldier”, etc. At the same time, Kutikov did everything to ensure that the first concert of “Time Machine” took place on the stage of the Energetik cultural center - the cradle of Moscow rock.

In 1974, Kutikov left the group after a conflict with Kawagoe, played for some time in the Leap Summer group, then returned, but in 1975 he left again - he was invited to the VIA at the Tula Philharmonic. The fact that during this period Kutikov did not officially work anywhere and was threatened with prosecution for parasitism also played a role in the decision to leave Mashina. After working for 8 months on the professional stage and, in his own words, having learned a lot there, he quits. From 1976 to 1979 - bass guitarist and vocalist of the group “Leap Summer”. In 1979, Leap Summer disbands.

Kutikov was born on April 13, 1952 in Moscow; his childhood was spent in Maly Pionersky Lane on Patriarch's Ponds. In his youth he practiced boxing.

As part of musical groups

Sergei Kavagoe brought him to the Time Machine in 1971, but in 1974 Kutikov left the group to try his hand at the Tula Philharmonic. From 1976 to 1979, bass guitarist and vocalist of the Leap Summer group. Then, together with the drummer of this group, Valery Efremov, he enters new line-up"Time Machines", since 1979, together with Makarevich and Efremov, has been its permanent participant. In the group he is the author of the music, vocalist, and bass guitarist. He composed the music for the songs “Turn”, “Horses” (both - together with Pyotr Podgorodetsky), “For those who are at sea” (together with Andrei Makarevich), “In good hour”, “Music under the snow”, “Going down to great river", "He plays at funerals and dances" and others.

Sound engineer

He worked as a sound engineer at the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, and as a radio equipment adjuster. Recorded the first albums of the groups "Resurrection" and "Secret". He still records and mixes for the studio albums of the Time Machine group. Student of Viktor Borisovich Babushkin. He runs the recording company Sintez Records. Producer music albums“Time Machines” and the project “Old Songs about the Main Thing”.

Solo activities

In 1987, he recorded his first solo songs, “Let me dream” and “Who’s with me?” based on poems by Margarita Pushkina. In 1990 he released a solo vinyl record"Dancing on the Roof", which was re-released on CD in 1996. The album was recorded in collaboration with guitarist Dmitry Chetvergov and Andrei Derzhavin (future keyboard player of the Time Machine). It consisted of songs based on poems by Karen Kavaleryan. Kutikov himself explained the release of his solo record by saying that he had accumulated a lot musical material, and Makarevich, who takes his creative activity, will not be able to quickly write lyrics for new songs. Since December 2003, Kutikov resumed his solo activities, this time together with the group “Nuance”, at whose concerts he performs songs from his solo album and the “Time Machine” repertoire. He performed with the Nuance group at the Phoenix festival in Grozny. In an interview, Kutikov talks about the release of a new solo album.

Solo discography

* 1989 (1996 re-release) - Dancing on the Roof (recorded 1990)

* 1996 - Leap Summer. Shop of Miracles

* 2002 - Alexander Kutikov, The Best. Time machine

* 2002 - Happy Birthday! Favorites, volume I. Exclusive gift edition. Project with the participation of A. Kutikov

, “Leap Summer”, “Nuance”

Alexander Viktorovich Kutikov(born April 13, Moscow) - Soviet and Russian musician, composer, vocalist, music producer. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (). He has performed and continues to perform in several musical groups. He is best known as the bass guitarist, vocalist and composer of the rock band Mashina Vremeni, of which he was a member in 1971-1974 and from 1979 to the present.

In 1974-1979 he played in the group Leap Summer.

Owner, founder and president of the recording company “Sintez records” (founded in 1987).

Biography

Alexander Kutikov was born into a Russian-Jewish family on April 13, 1952 in Maly Pionersky Lane, on Patriarch's Ponds, in the very center of Moscow.

Family

Childhood

Alexander Kutikov spent his childhood in Maly Pionersky Lane on Patriarch's Ponds.

Until I was 7 years old, I lived in a separate 4-room apartment on Patriarch’s Ponds. Grandfather Naum Mikhailovich Kutikov was a very big administrative worker. It’s just that after my grandparents separated, this apartment was exchanged. Everyone went to small rooms. My grandmother stayed to live

adjacent to the premises that used to be our luxurious apartment. My mother, sister and I first moved to Bolshoi Kozikhinsky Lane, then to Malaya Bronnaya. But these were already rooms in communal apartments. After I had nannies and rations, getting into a communal apartment with 11 other neighbors was a shock, of course.

M. Margolis. "Long Turn"

Famous people visited the Kutikovs’ house: Mark Bernes, Pyotr Aleinikov, and famous athletes, among them Vsevolod Mikhailovich Bobrov. Studied at a music school. He played various wind instruments - the trumpet, the alto, and the tenor saxophone and performed classical music. He was a bugler in a pioneer camp and won competitions. At the age of fourteen he began playing the guitar. In his youth, he was involved in boxing (boxed in lightweight weight at the Moscow Youth Championship and received bronze), hockey and football. He was the secretary of the Komsomol organization of the school, but at the age of 16 he wrote a letter of resignation from the Komsomol. Because of this, I did not enter any institute.

Education

He studied trumpet at a music school and successfully completed it.

Margolis. "Long Turn"

Back in 1970, GDRZ was the youngest sound engineer in the broadcast and field recording workshop. And at the age of 18, he went to broadcasts and recordings of concerts with the participation of stars. They trusted me to record Karel Gott, VIA "Singing Guitars", Helena Vondrachkova and other famous performers.

At the age of 19, he met 17-year-old Andrei Makarevich, then a first-year student at the Moscow Architectural Institute. By his own admission: “We immediately discovered that we had a lot of common musical tastes, including the Beatles.<…>I have always been attracted to people who have a higher intelligence, outlook, and level of education than me.<…>Andryusha was just one of those people. For example, he was brilliantly versed in literature, in particular poetry. When I talked a little with Andryusha, I realized how much he had read, how many magnificent poems he knew by heart, and how much I had missed while skating and running around the yards as a child.”

Solo activities

• - “Monkeys. Garland of babies »
• - “How the monkeys dined”
• - "Monkeys and Robbers"

Filmography

Year		Name	Role
	doc	"Six Letters about Beat"	plays himself
	f	"Soul"	cameo
	f	"Start over"	cameo
	f	"Glass Labyrinth"	cameo
	doc	"Rock and Fortune"	plays himself

— In 2014, “Time Machine” turned 45 years old. Did you think, while rehearsing the first songs in your apartment, that the group would live to see such a significant anniversary?

“We never thought at all about dates, or milestones, or accomplishments, or even about our role in art. And to this day we don’t think so. I decided a long time ago that the best thing to do is to live what today has brought you, without looking back at yesterday and without thinking too much about tomorrow.

— What did today bring to the Honored Artist of Russia Alexander Kutikov?

- The same thing that I brought for many years in a row - my favorite job. Over the music, over the songs, over the sound, over the arrangements. And above yourself. Even, probably, in to a greater extent than all of the above. But at the same time, I never tried to somehow change or break myself. I am who I am. Sometimes withdrawn. Sometimes unrestrained: I can react, say, to rudeness and express myself in words that are familiar to me from childhood. Since I grew up in the yard, on occasion I masterly use specific street expressions, but this happens extremely rarely - it’s not my language. I can physically respond to the offender - I once had a good blow.

— You, a child from an intelligent Moscow family, claim that you grew up in the yard?

- There are no contradictions here. In our time, all life took place in the yard. And I think it’s normal for a child to undergo training real life in a real environment, and not just in a greenhouse family environment. And if you went through fights and swearing as a child, you realized that life is not sweet molasses, then it’s easier to live.

— What did you learn at home, in your family?

- Everything else that he is rich in now. At the age of four, for example, I listened to Tchaikovsky’s “Seasons” and it struck me like thunder. Instantly and forever. Then there were many other classics, and these works changed my childhood consciousness - from that moment I was completely immersed in music. Interested different genres, different eras— after the classics, pop music began, but music has since become my constant companion.

— Did you manage to study at school?

— I was never an excellent student - I thought and felt the world too abstractly. I can't say that school somehow in a key way influenced me. All the most important things began after it ended. When I was 19 years old, I met Andryusha Makarevich - he was then 17, and he was a first-year student at the Moscow Architectural Institute. We immediately discovered that we had a lot of common musical tastes, including the Beatles. But that wasn't even the main thing. I have always been attracted to people who have a higher intelligence, outlook, and level of education than me. And it was always interesting to communicate with them, to learn something new from them. Andryusha was just one of those people. For example, he was brilliantly versed in literature, in particular poetry. When I talked a little with Andryusha, I realized how much he had read, how many magnificent poems he knew by heart, and how much I had missed while skating and running around the yards as a child.

- But you don’t want to say that your own childhood passed without books at all?

- Of course not, how could we live without them! I remember that our acquaintance with Lesha Romanov, the leader of the Resurrection group, in 1970 took place precisely thanks to the book. He came to the then fashionable bar “October” on Kalinin Avenue (now New Arbat), and I was a regular there, they respected me and even forgave my non-standard appearance — long hair and jeans. And here I am sitting at the bar, reading a book and drinking coffee. At that time, such a picture in itself looked provocative - usually they didn’t read in bars and didn’t drink coffee at all. Lesha became interested, came up and asked what kind of book I had. I showed him a samizdat copy of “The Master and Margarita” made on a rotaprint. Romanov was smitten: sitting shaggy, reading forbidden literature, drinking coffee in the center of Moscow and generally not afraid of anyone. And then, by the way, only for long hair you could get the full program, not to mention the samizdat “Master...”.

- As I understand it, at that time you could get not only for the above sins?

“I was literally on the ropes—once I was almost imprisoned for parasitism.” In 1970, I waited three months for the position promised to me as a sound engineer and sound designer at the Film Studio of the Ministry of Defense. They told me: “Wait a little, you are a great specialist, the place will definitely be yours, just be patient.” And so on, day after day, until my case reached the head of the personnel department. He invited me to his place and literally said the following: “What, should I explain it in words or will you understand it yourself? There are no Yavreevs at the film studio and there never will be!” And I must say, I never hid my Jewishness, because I did not see anything reprehensible in it. And at the age of 16, when I received a passport, I did not give in to persuasion those who know life people who suggested: “Why do you want to be a Jew? You have a Russian father, you can easily not spoil your fifth count.” But I essentially never saw my father, I lived all my life with my mother and grandmother, in a Jewish family, and I absolutely did not understand what there was to be ashamed of or afraid of. I chose my mother’s nationality and became a Jew not only by birth, but also officially, by passport. And for a long time this did not bother me in any way, until I came before the clear eyes of that boss. In general, they didn’t hire me on the fifth point. Well, while I was knocking around the threshold of the film studio, one of the neighbors informed the district police officer that I was not working, and therefore an enemy of the people, and I was sent to the commission of the district party committee. The commission decided where to send anti-Soviet activists like me - to court for parasitism or to hard work not related to their specialty. I didn’t want to go to court, so I became a drag worker at the Proletarsky Trud plant. My task was to pull the wire out of the rolled stock. He moved from 18 to 20 tons of iron by hand per day. I developed arthritis in both shoulder joints. A little more - and I would have received disability or drunk myself. What saved me was that I had a guitar and I picked it up at any free moment. It was necessary to hold on, because it cost nothing there, at the factory, to merge with the general mass, which at eight in the morning drank a glass of vodka - and went to the workshop. At lunch, another glass - and off to the machine. And after the shift, take a glass for the road and go to the pub to relax. On the one hand, people

it was understandable that the work at the factory was incredibly exhausting. In addition, there was a plan that everyone was obliged to follow no matter what. In general, in Soviet era there was a lot of paradoxical nonsense. Because of one of them, for example, in mine work book The entry “Cleaning Lady” appeared. It was like this. GITIS desperately needed a sound engineer - they had their own studio, where students were taught the “Fundamentals of Radio and Television” and were told how to properly handle a microphone on the radio. So, there was a studio, but bring in staffing table No one thought of the position “sound engineer”. Management had to sign me up as a cleaner.

— At the very beginning of your career, were you a sound engineer?

- I was and remain to this day. I don’t have the corresponding entry in my diploma, and I don’t even have a diploma. It always seemed to me, even from my youth, that a university graduation certificate in itself does not solve anything. Many people think that their education ends as soon as they get their degree. But you have to study all your life, if you hesitate a little, you won’t be able to catch up... Later, when “The Time Machine” went on tour, everyone always took a book with them. I really loved reading thick magazines - “ New world», « Foreign literature“, something interesting and even bold for those times always appeared there. I remember in 1980 I came across Vladimir Orlov’s novel Violist Danilov. It completely shocked me, and I tried to grab every free minute to finish reading it.

“Time Machine” of the 1980s: Alexander Kutikov, Andrey Makarevich, Alexander Zaitsev and Valery Efremov. Photo: From the personal archive of Alexander Kutikov

— It turns out that on tour, at a time when other groups, following rock and roll traditions, tore doors off their hinges and threw furniture out of windows, “Time Machine” only read books?

- Of course, we took part in feasts, drank, not without it. True, the doors couldn’t be opened - when you work three concerts a day and exclusively live, by the evening you only have the strength to hold a fork in your hands, and even then with great difficulty. But there was so much around interesting personalities, especially at festivals where musicians from all over the Union gathered, that somehow you didn’t even feel tired.

I remember in 1980, at a rock festival in Tbilisi, we were completely amazed by Bari Alibasov’s group “Integral”. They had a very good composition: Yurka Loza played the guitar, a girl played one of the bass guitars, how! Integral was popular, the guys earned good money and spent almost everything on equipment, so they had equipment - be healthy. They carried their own apparatus with them, and when the Georgian organizers once again There were problems with providing sound for the concert, Alibasov generously allowed us and the “Earthlings” to play on his equipment. A noble and chic gesture. Makar and I immediately ran to the store, bought three boxes of wine, six bottles of cognac, and after the concert we organized a colossal drinking party together. This is how our friendship with Barik began.

— Did “Time Machine” make good money at that time?

— The period of more or less decent money occurred at the end of the 1970s, during the last two years of our stay in the musical underground, that is, we did not have time to do much luxury. And everything they received was still spent on instruments. In general, we are used to living quite modestly, but fun and interesting.

— In addition to “Time Machine,” you also had side projects. For example, you wrote music for cartoons...

- Just for one single animated series. Makarevich and I, along with the then keyboard player of Mashina, Sasha Zaitsev, wrote the soundtrack for cartoons about monkeys: remember the series of cartoons about a mother monkey who is trying to raise five babies, but they are always a mischief-maker? I wrote this song about the fact that “in every little child: both a boy and a girl...” I literally wrote it in just a few hours. In general, I never stopped being a sound engineer. He recorded all the Time Machine albums, and in addition helped to record the groups “Resurrection”, “Bravo”, “Nautilus Pompilius” and many others. The first album of the group “Secret” is also my work. We met them long before the release of the record, which later became a cult classic. We really liked the guys - and their work,

and themselves. We became friends. They performed at our concerts in the first department. And in general, to put it modern language, we “promoted” them until they gained professional independence. And so, when the group got ready to record the album, I took a two-week vacation and went to Tallinn with them - I didn’t leave the studio for two weeks, 12 hours a day! And this is instead of, as expected on vacation, relaxing with a young beautiful wife. Katerina, by the way, was not offended at all - she thought over their stage images for The Secret. Katya (she once graduated from the production department of the Moscow Art Theater School) drew sketches: coats, shirts, boots, suits, the famous skinny ties - the work of my wife. And she did it by at will, just for the soul.

- Of course, we drank. True, they couldn’t take out the doors. When you work three concerts a day, the only strength left is to hold a fork in your hands, and even then with difficulty. Valery Efremov, Hovhannes Melik-Pashaev, Pyotr Podgorodetsky, Andrey Makarevich and Alexander Kutikov. Photo: From the personal archive of Alexander Kutikov

— Where did you meet such a wonderful girl?

— I went skiing to Dombay. Once I met beautiful girl, got into a conversation with her, and she told me the name of the route where I could find her tomorrow. I then combed this route like crazy for two weeks, looking for it among the skiers. Then it turned out that Katya loves to walk and enjoy the views more than skiing. Thank God, as a result, we finally met (of course, not on the highway, but on a walk), and our romance began, which has been going on for 31 years.

— Tell me the secret of how you manage to live in marriage for so long?

— It always seemed to me that the longevity of a marriage depends on the woman, on how wisely she leads the family. My family is matriarchal. But controlled matriarchy. That is, I easily make many compromises and, moreover, I believe that in family life they are necessary. Sometimes a compromise on a small matter can solve a big issue.

Wife Ekaterina and daughter Katya. Photo: From the personal archive of Alexander Kutikov

- Do you really even give all the money you earn to your wife?

- It’s more difficult here. I was brought up in a family where the attitude towards money was not quite typical for a Soviet family. There the wives were in charge of the budget. But with us it’s the other way around. My great-grandfather kept all finances in his hands. And he gave it to his family once a week - for food, clothes, candy, nuts and all sorts of “bows,” as he said. My great-grandfather was the manager of a large sawmill and was used to controlling everything. This was a long time ago, even before the revolution, which my great-grandfather, by the way, categorically did not accept and, as a result, went crazy from despair. But while he was still at work, he taught both his children and grandchildren how to manage money wisely. So I always knew how to count what I earned and didn’t throw anything away. Which, by the way, sometimes really offended people, for example, the employees of the school where my daughter (also Katya) studied. People, as we know, are generally greedy and envious and love to count other people's money. And if they know that the girl has a dad famous person, then they don’t even doubt that he has billions of extra money, which he simply must give to his child, and he must transfer it to his native school. And although I, of course, helped the school, it was considered that it was not enough. Therefore, it was not easy for Katya to study.

Now Katya is already quite an adult, she is a lawyer, works in a serious company. She is not married yet, and I try not to get involved in this part of her life - she has the right to choose her own companion. But I know for sure: if my daughter chooses as her husband a man who allows himself to offend or insult her, I will kill him. That's all. Of course, I am a peaceful person, and to begin with, when Katya brings her fiancé to our house to meet us, we will sit together, have a drink, and I will tell him about Katya and how to treat her. I won’t take it with hostility right away. But in general, my opinion is not decisive here. Katya's life is her life. If only she was happy. I prefer not to regret things that I cannot influence. We must be happy about what has already happened, and hope that there will be something interesting later in life. And don’t bother yourself with unsolvable questions that take time and take a lot of energy. As the hippies said, “a person should only do what brings him pleasure.” And somewhere in my soul I still remain a little bit of a hippie. I write music because it's just interesting to me. You can call this approach to life selfishness. That's probably true, I'm an egoist. And I will remain so as long as what I do for my own pleasure brings pleasure to other people. I think I'm living right.

Family: wife - Ekaterina, artist and landscape designer; daughter - Ekaterina (25 years old), lawyer

Education: studied at the Moscow Radio Mechanical College

Career: in 1970 he worked as a sound engineer at the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. In 1971 he joined the Time Machine group. President of the recording studio "Sintez Records". As a sound engineer, he recorded albums for the groups “Secret”, “Resurrection”, “Bravo”, “Nautilus Pompilius”, “Time Machine”. His discography includes 6 solo albums. Honored Artist of Russia. Awards: Order of Honor and Order of Friendship