How did the destinies of the members of the group “Tender May. National Mutual Search Service I would like to hope

20.10.2019

Was taken down a few years ago Feature Film entitled " Tender May”.
I watched this film. I can say that what was shown in this film... is all very different from what I personally remember about the events of that time. ;)
It’s so strange to realize that several generations of people have already grown up who learn about this whole story only from other people’s words and retellings. These people never saw with their own eyes what happened then. :(

In fact, around “Tender May” there was real mass hysteria, the like of which has never been and never will be in our country.
Many have heard that the Kino group was a cult group.
But what happened around the Kino group and Viktor Tsoi could not even be compared with the mass insanity that accompanied Tender May.
(And, by the way, “Kino” was already after “May” ;))

Many people know about the Christmas meetings of Alla Borisovna Pugacheva.
But they don’t know that at the same time there was a series of Lasskov May concerts called “White Roses in White Winter.”
These concerts brought together the entire Olympic sports complex for two weeks in a row and completely overshadowed all other concerts.
(as far as I remember, the concerts were held annually from December 30 to January 10)
White Roses in White Winter was a really cool show for that time: decorations, costumes, ice show... everything in full.

So what was the secret of such resounding success?

Tell us about yourself…

The music was, as they say, too much for me... the level of noise, no more and no less.
I studied at a music school, had good hearing, but I hated music with a fierce hatred... until I first heard the group “Tender May”.
So what got me so hooked?

I personally have never fallen in love with pop stars.
This was not typical for me then and is not typical to this day.
I was hooked by the energy! For the first time in my life, as they say, I caught an emotion.

No amount of professionalism can replace emotions!
If it is not there, then no amount of purity of execution can compensate for this.

Of all the arts, music is most closely associated with emotional perception.

I almost never listen to text. Most of the time he just doesn't interest me.
The text for me, first of all, is a continuation of the melody... something that makes the melody more prominent and expressive.
And the voice is an absolutely equal (but leading!) musical instrument.
I have very high requirements for texts, and, frankly speaking, not much meets these requirements. So in most cases I simply ignore the text.
The main thing is that he should not be so stupid or vulgar that he openly begins to irritate.

I don’t believe in love lamentations in songs and poems.
I never took it all seriously.
No matter how it’s written, it’s all faked and artificial... so I never liked romances and didn’t listen to them in principle.

Personally, I have always been interested in another... mood!
And “Tender May” had it!

You need to understand what it is Soviet Union, and what a time it was.
People were very enslaved. Any freedom in clothing or behavior was condemned. Boys had their hair cut short. Girls were not allowed to wear earrings (let alone make-up) at school.
The children sang exclusively children's songs, written by Pakhmutova or Shainsky, or patriotic songs.
I still remember some of what we learned in the choir:

“Do you hear, comrade, a storm is approaching,
Our troops are fighting with the whites,
Only in struggle can happiness be found,
Gaidar walks ahead.
Gaidar is walking ahead...”

“Sunny bunny plays on the desk
Calling us to pioneer summer
We will soon put routes on the map
And let's go on a long hike
We'll walk along the roads where once upon a time
There were battles, the war was raging
To the nameless dead soldiers
The Youth Army members will return their names..."

And suddenly, against the backdrop of all this, like a bolt from the blue, the group “Tender May” appears.
These are not nerdy boys in glasses and with daddies under their arms.
Here are completely relaxed street boys, active and energetic... the kind to whom I personally, due to my internal structure and temperament, have always been drawn. It was these guys who were my childhood friends, and for me personally they were, as they say, on the board.

These were not at all the people who should have been on stage.
Children from orphanages... who had no chance of anything in life at all.
(In childhood, such things are not particularly realized, and yet...)
And now these orphans rise on stage and literally blow up the whole country.

1) Energy, unusual lyrics for that time...
(Children were simply not supposed to sing what LM sang, not musically or textually.
Children were not supposed to be on stage at all, if you don’t take into account children’s choirs and groups, where they were treated with condescension, as children, and not as equals)…

2) Fashionable music (in fact, not much different from the music of Modern Talking, which was admired by people of the older generation)…

Not many people knew English; only a few traveled abroad (usually diplomats and some particularly successful artists)…
Foreign languages no one was interested, and people did not seek to study them.

You need to understand that foreign music at that time there was practically no airplay, there were no music channels, no radio stations, most people’s TVs were still black and white and showed only two channels: the first and the second.
These channels constantly broadcast endless broadcasts of the congresses of the CPSU Central Committee.
My parents watched this crap all the time, and I simply hated these conventions.
I remember being very angry with my parents for their passion for politics. I didn’t understand why they were spending so much time on this... despite the fact that they themselves told me: “It doesn’t matter who we vote for. They will choose the right people anyway.”

Against the backdrop of all this, the Russian analogue of fashionable foreign group(there were only five of them at that time) was much closer and more understandable to our listener.

3) Unusual relaxed behavior for entertainers of that time, age,
fashionable clothes, style... all this played a role.

In essence, “Tender May” was a cultural protest of the younger generation against the stiffness that reigned in cultural space USSR in those years.
It was something absolutely fresh, alive and new.
And with all this, there is no vulgarity in the lyrics.
In essence, the songs are kind, childish and almost naive...
If we compare with what modern “stars” are now singing to us from the TV screen... a completely understandable misunderstanding arises, why, in fact, in the late eighties, LM was attacked with such fierce hatred and aggression?

I remember in 1989 I was on vacation with my parents in Kyrgyzstan.
The main hit of all discos was this song
They played every day. Constantly!

Yuriy Shatunov

About him this biography nothing is completely known. According to one version, Yuri Shatko (according to his passport) was born in Kumertau, Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, at the age of 8 the boy’s mother died, his aunt raised him for another four years, and then sent Yura to Orphanage. It was there, after meeting the head of the amateur artistic circle Sergei Kuznetsov, 13-year-old Yura became the first soloist of the group “Tender May”.

The group was created by Sergei Kuznetsov in December 1986 at Orenburg boarding school No. 2, where he was the head of the music club.

In 1992, after Shatunov left, the group broke up. Yura had 10 million rubles left in his account, with which he was able to buy himself a house in Germany. Shatunov moved to live there and has no plans to return. In 2000, he met his future wife, Svetlana. The Shatunovs have two children, a boy and a girl. He believes that he himself was very lucky: “the party could not swallow me up, since I myself did not want it.”

Andrey Razin

Razin's parents died in a car accident, so Andrei also grew up in an orphanage. He started his creative path from the group “Mirage”, and when in 1988 he accidentally came across a cassette of “Tender May”, he became imbued with Shatunov’s songs and persuaded the guys to move to Moscow. Realizing that such songs would not be played on radio and television, Razin began distributing cassettes to conductors of long-distance trains and paid them extra to play “Tender May” all the way.

The team consisted of minors and was therefore considered amateur and not professional. As soon as the group administrators turned 18, Razin fired them. Razin was also in charge of the cash register. He was considered a relative of Gorbachev and an underground millionaire, but he was simply a shrewd entrepreneur. When popularity began to go off scale, Andrei Razin began to create fake groups “Tender May”, sending similar boys to concerts throughout the country who simply opened their mouths to the soundtrack.

Since 1991, Andrei Razin went into politics: he founded the International Association of Children from Orphanages and Boarding Schools, was a confidant of Gennady Zyuganov, and then he himself was elected to the State Duma of the Stavropol Territory. In 2014, he tried himself as a banker: he became president of Doninvest Bank, and then resigned 8 days before the license was revoked.

In March 2017, Andrei Razin experienced a real tragedy: his 16-year-old son Alexander died of cardiac arrest.

Alexander Shurochkin

The ex-lead singer of the group became a successful producer and made a star out of his own daughter, Anna Shurochkina, singer Nyusha.

The remaining members of the legendary team were much less fortunate.

“If Tender May had not existed, everything would have been simpler,” says Shatunov, “this group ruined the lives of many. Some are no longer alive, some went to prison, and some drank themselves to death.”

Sergey Kuznetsov

The founder of the group and the author of the main hits subsequently created several more musical groups, but was never able to repeat the popularity of “Tender May”. He continued to make music and launched many projects. However, according to rumors, he lives in his native Orenburg, has a 2nd group disability and suffers from alcohol addiction. At the end of 2016, it became known that Kuznetsov had cirrhosis of the liver.

Igor Igoshin (died at 19)

Drummer Igor Igoshin died in 1992. He played in Tender May for 2 years. After a fight at a friend’s wedding, he was taken home, but soon Igor fell out of a fourth-floor window. It was not possible to save him. It is still unknown what happened then. According to one version, he was deliberately pushed from a height.

Mikhail Sukhomlinov (died at 18)

The 18-year-old keyboard player of the original lineup was killed in 1993. at the entrance of Shatunov’s house. According to Andrei Razin, the killer turned out to be a mentally ill man, who was found only in 2000. According to one version, the killer wanted to shoot Shatunov, but accidentally hit Mikhail.

Yuri Petliura (died at 22)

In 1992, he performed in “Tender May” under the name Yura Orlov, but then left the group and became a chanson performer. In 1996, he died in a car accident after losing control of the car.

Arvid Jurgaitis (died at 34)

Keyboardist who worked in the group from 1988 to 1992. Died in a fire caused by an unextinguished cigarette in 2004.

Vyacheslav Ponomarev (died at 37)

The band's bass player died at age 37 from tuberculosis.

Alexey Burda (died at 37)

Keyboardist of "Tender May" - died of alcohol poisoning in 2012.

IGOR ANISIMOV (DIED AT 40)

Keyboardist, died in 2013 from stab wounds in a drunken fight with a friend.

Yuri Gurov (died at 41)

Was the vocalist of the group for 5 years. After the collapse of Tender May, he became a businessman. But in 2012 he died in an accident as a result of a collision with a truck.

Kostya Pakhomov

After leaving “Tender May,” he founded his own group, which was called “Kostya Pakhomov’s Group,” which included former members of “Tender May.” Then he entered Theatre Institute, successfully starred in several films. After this nothing is known about him. A couple of years ago, the film crew of the talk show “Let Them Talk” tried to contact him, but no one opened the door to his apartment in Orenburg.

Konstantin Mikhailovich Pakhomov(born January 13, 1972 in Orenburg, USSR, Russia) - Soviet and Russian musician, singer, former member group "Tender May", businessman.

Biography

Born January 13, 1972, grew up in prosperous family. Parents have nothing to do with music and creativity. Father - Mikhail Pakhomov (born 1946). Mother - Natalya Pakhomova (born 1949). In 1977, Konstantin’s younger brother, Sergei Pakhomov, was born, who is now the administrator of the Konstantin forum. Kostya's parents were against him musical career.

From 1979 to 1988 Konstantin studied at the Secondary secondary school No. 55 in the city of Orenburg on Tkachev Street, building 20. At school I studied in a literary special class - it was enough through the roof. For some time he worked as a DJ at the local recreation center "Orbita".

He joined the “Tender May” group in 1988, without even knowing it. One day, at the Orbita cultural center, where all the May recordings were held, local schoolboy Kostya Pakhomov knocked on the door. By that time, he had already graduated from music school, knew music theory well and had a trained voice.

In May-June 1988, he took part in the group’s tour for the first time as part of the Russian Field festival. He performed his songs to the public of the Orenburg region. He wrote the lyrics of the song “Evening cold winter", "Well, summer", "Flowers" and "First flight".

Pakhomov performed in more than 50 concerts as a duet with Sergei Kuznetsov. In July 1988, he moved to Moscow on the advice of Andrei Razin, but a year later he left the group due to a conflict with Razin: according to Sergei Kuznetsov, Konstantin was a very independent and self-sufficient artist, which irritated Razin.

In 1989, in the television program “Wider Circle!” Kostya Pakhomov performed the song “What are you doing, summer?”

In August 1989, Pakhomov released his solo album“Ballad of Love”, most of the songs of which were written by Sergei Kuznetsov.

In 1991, Konstantin participated in Rostov in Sergei Minaev’s “50/50” program, where he performed the song “You, Me and the Sea.”

After touring with Sergei Serkov, he ends his musical career and begins acting in films. His first and last leading role became a role in Vitaly Makarov’s film “Mannequin in Love”. The film can be classified as an adventure comedy with chases, racketeers and, of course, romantic story. Anna Tikhonova also stars in the film together with Konstantin (film “In the City of Sochi” dark nights"), Boris Shcherbakov (film "Case in square 36-80", "Shore", "Groom from Miami", " Apple saved"), Mikhail Svetin (film "The Man from Capuchin Boulevard", "Twelve Chairs"), Svetlana Nemolyaeva (film "Garage", " Love affair at work"), Lyudmila Khityaeva (film "Ekaterina Voronina", "Virgin Soil Upturned", "Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka", "Evdokia") and Ilya Oleinikov (TV show "Town"). The songs heard in the film, namely “I Love” and “On a Motorcycle,” were not written by Konstantin. Lyrics by Simon Osiashvili, and music by Victor Chaika. His partner was Anya Tikhonova, the daughter of the famous intelligence officer Vyacheslav Vasilyevich Stirlitz. Filming took place in Sevastopol and Yalta, due to which all economic activity of the Crimean region was paralyzed because All the people did was hang around the set and watch Kostya. These are the things that happened... “Instead of the planned three months, filming lasted for a year. But I think the film will to some extent be able to compensate for my year-long silence, because it contains my songs, one old one - “The Evening Lights the Lights”, and two new ones, written specifically for the cinema.” Later this film began to be shown on TV3.

After this wonderful debut, Pakhomov completely left the stage.

Few knew that Pakhomov had seven years behind him music school violin class. Nowadays, when everything is bought and sold, almost anyone can take up violin lessons. Previously this was impossible. Only those with the finest ear for music were taken to the violin.

Konstantin Pakhomov is not involved in show business at all now, and he does not like to talk about his field of activity. He has his own forum on the Internet, although he rarely appears there, perhaps due to his busyness. It is known that the former public favorite is partial to oriental sports. He reads a lot and loves the works of Gumilyov, Pasternak and Mandelstam. The most beloved movie character is the Count of Monte Cristo played by Gerard Depardieu. Interested in Russian history. Owns English language. Konstantin likes to relax with a small, cozy company. Mostly he likes to relax in nature and away from the bustle of the city. There are several favorite places - the Czech Republic, for example. Previously, Kostya plunged into the ice hole at Epiphany. Now only from the bucket ice water rolls around. Konstantin does not wear bracelets or various gold chains on his arm, because he does not see the point in it. Konstantin loves the Russian bathhouse and visits it periodically. But not every winter there is such snow that you can jump into it. Insofar as his birthday falls on Old New Year, then on January 13, Constantine celebrates a double holiday.

One of the site participants asked in a personal message interest Ask for Konstantin. Question: Why doesn’t Kostya try to earn extra money from his past glory? For example, re-release your songs, make modern cover versions, sing at an 80s disco, give a dozen interviews. Konstantin’s answer: “What do attempts to make extra money on past glory lead to? To the fact that this fame (read recognition) is returning. Shows on TV, rotation on Radio, interviews with photographs in the press begin. Accordingly, this is followed by invitations to tour. This is something, and I don’t really want to go on tour. And the glory was because the departure from the stage was Conscious. And then, it took a very decent period of time for people to stop recognizing and to be able to breathe freely. That is, I am not going to make money from this. And if I do decide to go on tour, it will be only for my own pleasure. And when will I have such a desire, and whether it will appear... I cannot predict this.” And he adds that he will not organize meetings with fans and admirers, unless only with like-minded people. And he also adds that a book about him will never be published, since he himself categorically does not want this and he keeps his whole life a big secret and never wants to tell these secrets to anyone and is unlikely to ever want to! It is only known that Konstantin is still not married and he also does not have children yet, but financially he feels great. “I'm not married, I have no children. I do not want yet. Still young. I did a lot of things, including music. I’m a fairly secretive person; I don’t like to let others in on the details of my life.”

In 2006, a CD of Konstantin Pakhomov with the best songs was released as part of the "Grand collection" series.

In 2007 he graduated from the Moscow State Institute of Culture (MGIC) and now MGUKI in Khimki on Bibliotechnaya Street, 13.

Pakhomov was a balanced boy. Somewhat proud. Very well read. He did not smoke and was categorically against alcohol (it seems that he still does not indulge in these things). Of course, in everyday life such a bouquet of advantages only adorns a person. But on the stage, in my opinion, you need a rebel. At least I needed a rebel... I saw that Pakhomov had his own musical path. And he will definitely find her if he gets a little help and support.

Kostya and I talked about all this - about his future, about music, pop and classical - in rare moments of rest between concerts. It turned out that he doesn’t like disco and isn’t a fan of pop music. He was attracted to serious music. Was it possible to discuss the classics with Shatunov?.. Yes, he would have fallen asleep in two seconds!.. Kostya was wondering which of the Greats were my idols. And I told him why I love Antonio Vivaldi, why I only like Ludwig Ivanovich Beethoven’s 14th, and why I hate Prokofiev and Scriabin. - Because they are atonal? - Kostya guessed, and this was not a question from the boy, but from the husband.

Even in our abstruse conversations we touched on astral issues. But I still didn’t go for revelations with Kostya. He didn't need them. He was self-sufficient. Kostya and I didn’t eat a pound of salt during the Russian Field festival. Fire and water did not pass. Copper pipes- too (we didn’t tour in a brass band). But the exhausting work schedule, the exhausting loading and unloading of the apparatus - they survived it all. And Kostya turned out to be a reliable colleague."

Sergey Kuznetsov

Awards

Pakhomov served under contract in 1995-1996 as a reconnaissance machine gunner, commander of a special forces group in the Chechen Republic, in 2001-2002 as a senior reconnaissance machine gunner, commander of a special forces group, special forces detachment in the Chechen Republic. Awarded medals“For military valor” and “For courage.”

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Konstantin Mikhailovich Pakhomov(born January 13, 1972 in Orenburg) - Russian and Russian musician, singer, former member of the group “Tender May”.

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Biography

Born on January 13, 1972, he grew up in a completely prosperous family. My ancestors have nothing to do with music and creativity. Father - Misha Pakhomov (born 1946). Mother - Natalya Pakhomova (born 1949). In 1977, Konstantin’s younger brother, Sergei Pakhomov, was born, who this moment is the administrator of the Konstantin forum. Kostya's ancestors were against his musical career.

From 1979 to 1988, Konstantin studied at Secondary School No. 55 in the town of Orenburg on Tkachev Street, house 20. At school he studied in a literary special class - it was enough above the roof. For some time he worked as a DJ at the local recreation center "Orbita".

He joined the Tender May group in 1988, when it was already popular. One day, at the Orbita cultural center, where all the May recordings were held, a local schoolboy, Kostya Pakhomov, knocked on the door. By that time, he had already graduated from music school, knew music theory very well and had an established voice. After listening to him, Sergei could not help but appreciate his capabilities and took him into the group. “It all started with the ordinary school ensemble. It didn’t even have a name, just VIA, as it was stylish then. We played anything, from the Beatles to the then modern music. I was the vocalist. Surely this ensemble gave me something. Since after 8th grade I managed to get a job at the Orenburg Philharmonic and worked with famous group"Alpha" (when Sergei Sarychev was still there). I immediately studied at school. I immediately took the risk of gaining a steeper altitude for the “first flight” and recorded an album in “Tender May”....”

In May-June 1988, he took part in the group’s tour for the first time as part of the Russian Field festival. He performed his songs to the public of the Orenburg region. He wrote the lyrics of the songs “Cool Winter Evening”, “What are you, Summer”, “Flowers” and “First Flight”.

In 1989, in the TV show “Wider the Circle!” Kostya Pakhomov performed the song “What are you doing, summer?”

In August 1989, Pakhomov released his own solo album, “Ballad of Love,” most of the songs of which were written by Sergei Kuznetsov.

In 1991, Konstantin participated in Rostov-on-Don in Sergei Minaev’s program “50/50” where he performed the song “You, Me and the Sea”.

After touring with Sergei Serkov, he ends his musical career and begins acting in films. His first and last major role was in Vitaly Makarov’s film “Mannequin in Love.” The film can be classified as an adventure comedy with chases, racketeers and, of course, a romantic story. Together with Konstantin, the film also stars Anna Tikhonova (film “Black Nights in the Town of Sochi”), Boris Shcherbakov (film “Case in Square 36-80”, “Shore”, “Groom from Miami”, “Apple saved"), Misha Svetin (film “The Man from Capuchin Boulevard”, “Twelve Chairs”), Svetlana Nemolyaeva (film “Garage”, “Office Romance”), Lyudmila Khityaeva (film “Ekaterina Voronina”, “Virgin Soil Upturned”, “Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka”, “Evdokia”) and Ilya Oleynikov (program “Town”). The songs heard in the film, specifically “I Love” and “On a Bike,” were not written by Konstantin. Lyrics by Simon Osiashvili, and music by Victor Chaika. His partner was Anya Tikhonova, the daughter of the famous spy Vyacheslav Vasilyevich Stirlitz. Filming took place in Sevastopol and Yalta, which is why all economic activity in the Crimean region was paralyzed. All people did was hang around the set and watch Kostya. These are the things that happened... “Instead of the planned 3 months, filming lasted for a year. But I think the film will to some extent be able to make up for my year-long silence, because my songs are heard in it, one ancient - “The Evening Lights the Lights”, and two new ones, written specifically for the cinema.” Later, this film began to be shown on TV3.

After this beautiful debut, Pakhomov completely left the stage.

Few knew that Pakhomov had seven years of music school experience in violin class. At the moment, when everything is bought and sold, virtually anyone can take up violin lessons. Previously this was unrealistic. Only those with the narrowest ear for music were taken to the violin.

Konstantin Pakhomov is currently not involved in show business at all, and he does not like to talk about his own field of activity. He has his own forum on the Internet, although it appears there occasionally, perhaps due to his own busyness. Konstantin registered on the forum on October 2, 2011 at 17:49. It is clear that the former favorite of the public is partial to oriental sports. He reads a lot, loves the works of Gumilyov, Pasternak and Mandelstam, as well as Bulgakov and Rybakov. The most beloved hero of the film is The Count of Monte Cristo performed by Gerard Depardieu. Interested in Russian history. Speaks English. Konstantin likes to relax with a small, cozy company. Most importantly, he likes to relax in nature and away from the bustle of the city. There are several favorite places - the Czech Republic, for example. Previously, Kostya plunged into an ice hole for Epiphany. Now only ice water is thrown from a bucket. Konstantin does not wear bracelets and various gold chains on his wrist, because he does not see the point in it. Konstantin loves the Russian bathhouse and goes there from time to time. But not every winter there is enough snow to jump into. Since his Birthday falls on the Old New Year, Konstantin celebrates a double holiday on January 13, although he no longer really likes the New Year and no longer believes in fairy tales. And in childhood, our ancestors put gifts under the Christmas tree for Seryozha and Kostya. Even at this moment, many years later, the Pakhomov family still has such a good Russian tradition of putting gifts under the Christmas tree.

Zodiac symbol: CAPRICORN.

One of the website members asked a fascinating question for Konstantin in a private message. Question: Why doesn’t Kostya try to earn extra money from his past glory? For example, re-release your songs, make modern cover versions, sing at an 80s disco, give a dozen interviews. Konstantin’s answer: “What do attempts to make extra money on past glory lead to? To the fact that this fame (read Recognition) is returning. Shows on TV, rotation on Radio, interviews with photos in the press begin. Accordingly, this is followed by invitations to tour. That’s it, but I don’t feel like going on tour at all. And that’s why she WAS famous, because her departure from the stage was Conscious. And then, it took a very significant period of time so that they wouldn’t find out and you could breathe freely. In other words, I'm not going to make money from this. And if I do decide to go on tour, it will be only for my own pleasure. And when will I have such a desire, and will it appear... I don’t undertake to predict this.” And he adds that he will not organize meetings with admirers and fans, unless only with like-minded people. And he also adds that a book about him will never be published, because he himself categorically does not want this and he keeps his whole life a big secret and never wants to tell these secrets to anyone and is unlikely to ever want to! It’s clear that Konstantin is still unfortunately not married and, unfortunately, he doesn’t have any children yet, but materially he feels great. “I'm not married, I don't have kids. I don't want to yet. Still young. I did a lot of things, including music. I’m a rather secretive person; I don’t like to let others in on the details of my own life.”

In 2006, a CD by Konstantin Pakhomov with the best songs was released as part of the "Grand collection" series.

In 2007, he graduated from the Metropolitan Municipal Institute of Culture (MGIC) and now MGUKI in Khimki on Bibliotechnaya Street, 13 and holds a senior position in the capital’s ice cream company “Ais-Fili”.

Representation

Pakhomov was a balanced boy. Somewhat proud. Very well read. He did not smoke and was categorically against alcohol (it seems that to this day he does not indulge in these things). Naturally, in everyday life such a bouquet of advantages only decorates a person. But on the stage, in my opinion, you need a rebel. At the very least, I needed a rebel... I saw that Pakhomov had his own musical path. And he will certainly find her if he gets a little help and support.

Kostya and I talked about all this - about his future, about music, pop and traditional - in the rarest moments of rest between concerts. It turned out that he doesn’t like disco and is not a fan of pop music. He was drawn to harsh music. Could it be possible to talk with Shatunov about the classics?.. Yes, he would have fallen asleep in two seconds!.. Kostya was curious which of the Great Ones was my idol. And I told him why I love Antonio Vivaldi, why I only like Ludwig Ivanovich Beethoven’s 14th, and why I can’t stand Prokofiev and Scriabin. - So how are they atonal? - Kostya wondered, and this was not a question from the boy, but from his wife.

Even in our own abstruse conversations we touched on star issues. But I still didn’t go for revelations with Kostya. He didn't need them. He was self-sufficient. Kostya and I didn’t eat a ton of salt during the Russian Field festival. Fire and water did not pass. Copper pipes too (we weren’t touring in a brass band). But the exhausting work schedule, the exhausting loading and unloading of the apparatus - they survived it all. And Kostya turned out to be a reliable employee." Sergey Kuznetsov

Merits

Pakhomov served under a contract in 1995-1996 as a reconnaissance machine gunner, commander of a special purpose group unit in the Chechen Republic, in 2001-2002 as a senior reconnaissance machine gunner, commander of a special purpose group unit, special purpose detachment in the Chechen Republic. He was awarded the medals “For Military Valor” and “For Courage.”

Legendary musical groups and there are many solo singers from the 80-90s era. At the same time, for some reason the Soviet stage was reluctant to accept newcomers into its ranks. And only in the post-perestroika period was it possible to shake this entrenched clan. And who succeeded! A group of orphan teenagers with their lyrical repertoire, to whom they later took off their hats to the no less legendary “Na-na”.

The idea for writing this post was inspired by the ringtone of a work colleague's phone call. Silence. Her phone rings loudly, she is not at her workplace at that moment, we enjoy the beautiful melody for some time. Then we asked her what the melody was, it turned out to be Kostya Pakhomov’s song “Birds”. Later, during the lunch break, it turned out that in her youth she was a fan of “Tender May,” but not Yura Shatunov, but Kostya Pakhomov. She told how she had been to concerts more than once, how Shatunov, to put it mildly, did not behave very correctly with these sobbing girl fans, which cannot be said about his unspoken competitor K. Pakhomov.

It turns out that the army of Tender May fans was secretly divided into two groups. Some idolized Shatunov, others were captivated by Pakhomov’s bewitching voice. Two stars, two brightest personalities, but completely different.

Yu. Shatunov is a difficult teenager who learned the cruel laws of the street early, was abandoned by his father, survived alcoholism and the death of his mother, betrayal of relatives, and all the “delights” of life in a boarding school. Today the singer lives and works in Germany and rarely gives interviews.

K. Pakhomov grew up in a prosperous family, was older and the only one in the group who had musical education and delivered voice. As a schoolboy, I studied in a special literary class and was a well-read, calm, intelligent child. Kostya’s parents were against Kostya’s musical career; nevertheless, his rapid rise to the Olympus of the rudimentary show business took place, albeit at a very a short time(1988-1991). Giving the impression of a serious, adult, self-sufficient person, Pakhomov in the videos looks like a prince from a fairy tale. Today, we know almost nothing about his life. All that is known for sure is that he took part in hostilities in the Caucasus in the late 90s and has awards. There are suggestions that he lives abroad and has his own business. It is also assumed that he lives safely in his homeland, in Orenburg, under a different name.

Few people know, but it was with the appearance of Pakhomov in the group (1988) that a split occurred, and Shatunov even yielded leadership to him for some time. An entire album was recorded with songs performed by Pakhomov, which for some reason did not become widely known. And it included only one song performed by Shatunov.

Who knows, perhaps if A. Razin’s strategy to keep Yu. Shatunov in the first positions in the group by any means had not been so manic, we would have known a completely different “Tender May”. Professional, intelligent, discreet, as he was, even if only for a moment, but still made it. K. Pakhomov...

Which one of them is closer to you personally? The choice is not easy. But let’s, at least within the framework of Maycharm, try to imagine the true leader of “Tender May”.

Who would you like to see as the leader of the group "Tender May"

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