From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Leonid Derbenyov
Leonid Derbenyov
Leonid Derbenyov na ("Live, the Country", "Let Me In the Himalayas", "I’ll
Come Back").
Born Leonid Petrovich Derbenyov Songs with Derbenyov’s lyrics were included in nu-
April 12, 1931
Moscow, USSR merous soundtracks for films like "There is But a Mo-
ment" from the The Sannikov Land or "The Bears’ Song"
Died June 22, 1995 (age 64) from Kidnapping, Caucasian Style.
Moscow, Russia
In 1978 Derbenyov became an International Song
Contest in Sopot’ laureate. His songs won the annual
Leonid Petrovich Derbenyov (Russian: Леони́д Петро́вич
"Song of the Year" competition in the years of 1963, 1964,
Дербенёв; April 12, 1931 – June 22, 1995) a Russian poet
1965 and 1973.
and lyricist widely regarded as one of the stalwarts of the
Leonid Derbenyov died on Thursday, June 22, 1995
20th century Soviet and Russian pop music.
in Moscow after a serious illness and was buried at the
Vostryakovsky cemetery.
Biography On Friday, November 22, 2002 a memorial sign bear-
ing the name of Leonid Derbenyov was installed at the
Leonid Derbenyov was born on April 12, 1931 in Moscow.
Square of Stars by the Russia concert hall.
During the German-Soviet War he lived in the village
of Ulovo, Vladimir Oblast. His first ever poem appeared
in Pionerskaya Pravda; the author being a seventh-grade References
schoolboy at the time.[1]
[1] www.malezhik.ru Leonid Derbenyov
Having graduated from the Moscow Law Academy in
1954, Leonid Derbenyov worked as a lawyer for various
organizations, writing poetry. Some of his works were External links
published in Komsomolskaya Pravda, Izvestia, Moskovskij • Leonid Derbenyov at the Internet Movie Database
Komsomolets and other periodicals.
Persondata
Since 1959, Derbenyov, a highly prolific writer, cre-
ated more than two thousand poems, hundreds of which Name Derbenyov, Leonid
have become song lyrics. Among the composers he Alternative names
worked with were Alexander Flyarkovsky, Arno Baba- Short description
janian, Aleksandr Zatsepin, Maksim Dunayevsky, Vyach-
Date of birth April 12, 1931
eslav Dobrynin.
Derbenyov’s songs were performed by many a Russ- Place of birth Moscow, USSR
ian pop star, among them Muslim Magomayev ("The Best Date of death June 22, 1995
City on Earth"), Alla Pugacheva ("The Kings Can Do What-
Place of death Moscow, Russia
ever They Will", "You have to light"), Mikhail Boyarsky
("Everything will be", "Urban flowers", "Fast train"), Lev
Leshchenko ("Native Land", "Goodbye"), Masha Rasputi-
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