Anatoly Gunitsky
Anatoly Avgustovich Gunitsky (Анато́лий А́вгустович Гуни́цкий; 30 September 1953 – 5 June 2025), also known as George and Old Rocker (Старый рокер), was a Russian writer, journalist and poet. He was one of the founders of the band Aquarium. From the foundation of Aquarium in 1972 he was the drummer of the group and the author of many lyrics.
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Anatoly Gunitsky
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- Name
- Anatoly Gunitsky
- Birth Name
- Anatoly Avgustovich Gunitsky
- Born
- 30 September 1953
- Birthplace
- Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR
- Died
- 5 June 2025
- Place of death
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Occupation
- Writer, poet, musician
- Nationality
- Russia and Soviet Union.
- Fields
- literature, journalism, dramatic game and poetry.
- Education
- Russian State Institute of Performing Arts.
- Languages
- Russian.
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Anatoly Avgustovich Gunitsky (Анато́лий А́вгустович Гуни́цкий; 30 September 1953 – 5 June 2025), also known as George and Old Rocker (Старый рокер), was a Russian writer, journalist and poet. He was one of the founders of the band Aquarium. From the foundation of Aquarium in 1972 he was the drummer of the group and the author of many lyrics.
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Anatoly Gunitsky (1953–2025) was a journalist, musician and playwright, among other activities, of Russian and Soviet nationality. The journalist was born and died in Saint Petersburg. Anatoly Gunitsky was also known as Бенедикт Бурых and Джордж.
Anatoly Gunitsky was educated at Russian State Institute of Performing Arts. The journalist was a member of Aquarium and worked in Soviet Union. Activity centred on dramatic game, journalism and literature. Languages used include Russian.
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In 1975 he left the group and participated in absurd theatre actions. Gunitsky died on 5 June 2025, at the age of 71.
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• Name — Anatoly Gunitsky • Birth Name — Anatoly Avgustovich Gunitsky • Born — 30 September 1953 • Birthplace — Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR • Died — 5 June 2025 • Place of death — Saint Petersburg, Russia • Occupation — Writer, poet, musician
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1953
Anatoly Gunitsky was born on 30 September 1953.
2025
Anatoly Gunitsky died at Saint Petersburg.
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• To the Very Heights (1989) • Death to the Stowaway! (1991) • Practice of Private Phenomena (1992) • Metamorphoses of a Positive Hero (1996) • Hook-shapedness Is My Motto. Aquarium Poems (2000) • Works in 2 Volumes: v. 1 Songs, v. 2 Non-songs (2002) • Notes of an Old Rocker (2005) • Book of Songs (2006) • Stories about Sashka (2006) • The Shore of Words (2009) • ¾ of Half the Moon (2012) • Airplanes, But Presidents (2015) • Twelve Years Later (2015) • My Aquarium (2015) • Caution! Aquarium Is Playing! (2018) • My Ant (2018) • Time Is Running Out (2022)
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He also worked under the names Джордж, Старый Рокер and Бенедикт Бурых. The authorities additionally record the headings Anatoly Avgustovich Gunitsky, George Gunitsky, Old Rocker and Anatolii Gunitskii. His recorded language was Russian. Gunitsky worked in literature, journalism, dramatic game and poetry. He belonged to Aquarium. He worked at Soviet Union. Recorded with the occupation prose writer. Recorded as writer, journalist, poet, playwright and musician.
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