Ilya Reznik
Honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts. Ilya Reznik was born in Leningrad, he is the lyricist of popular pop songs to the music of Gennady Gladkov, Maksim Dunayevsky, Alexander Zhurbin, Vladimir Feltsman, Raimonds Pauls and other composers, known by Nikolai Karachentsov, Mikhail Boyarsky, Edita Piekha, Alla Pugacheva, Sofia Rotaru, Tamara Gverdtsiteli, Laima Vaikule, Alexander Gradsky, Eugene Martynov, Irina Ponarovskaya and many others. He wrote texts for parodic Viktor Chistyakov.
Also recorded as Ilya Rakhmielevich Reznik · Ilya Rahmielevich Reznik · Ilya Rahmielevich Reznik
Ilya Reznik
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- Born
- 1938. · Saint Petersburg.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union and Russia.
- Occupation
- poet, writer, songwriter, entrepreneur, actor, screenwriter, lyricist and theatre director.
- Fields
- lyrics, acting and film screenwriting.
- Education
- Russian State Institute of Performing Arts.
- Honours
- Honored art worker of the Russian Federation, Order of Honour, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, Order For Merit to the Fatherland, 4th class, Order of Friendship and Medal In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow.
- Languages
- Russian.
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In 2013 Reznik was awarded the title People's Artist of Ukraine. In January 2025 he was stripped of this title.
Ilya Reznik studied at Russian State Institute of Performing Arts. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is lyrics, acting and film screenwriting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are song. Distinctions recorded are Honored art worker of the Russian Federation, Order of Honour, People's Artist of the Russian Federation and Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class.
He was born on 4 April 1938 in Leningrad to a Jewish family. His father, Leopold Iosifovich Izraelson (1916-1944), was a native of Copenhagen, a furrier. Served in Karelia as a member of the 142nd Rifle Division. In August 1941 he was surrounded, listed as missing in action, was severely wounded at the front and died on 15 April 1944. In 1942, Ilya Reznik and his mother Genya Borisovna Izraelson (Evelson, 1914-2001) were evacuated from besieged Leningrad to Sverdlovsk. In 1944, he returned to Leningrad. After school, he worked as a lab technician at a medical school. In 1958 he entered the Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinema. Graduated in 1962. Since 1965 he has been working in the troupe of the Komissarzhevskaya Theatre. In 1972 he retired from the theatre and engaged only in song poetry.
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Ilya Reznik (born 1938) is described as a theatre director and songwriter in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Ilya Reznik was born in 1938 in Leningrad.
Илья Резник- советский и российский поэт-песенник, Народный артист России. День славянской письменности и культуры у памятника Кириллу и Мефодию в Москве.
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Ilya Reznik born at Saint Petersburg.
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- 1.Резник ушел из общественного совета при МВД из-за «травли»
- 2.Состав РАХ.
- 3.Илья Рахмиэлевич Резник / Ilia Reznik: «Поэт должен хорошо пахнуть» (всеукраинский еженедельник Телескоп)
- 4.Илья Резник — Биография — Актёры советского и российского кино — Фото и биография Ильи Резника
- 5.Указ Президента України № 196/2013 від 4 квітня 2013 року «Про присвоєння І.Рєзніку почесного звання „Народний артист України“»
- 6.Zelensky enacts NSDC decision on sanctions. Ukrinform. 19 January 2025.
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