Lev Leshchenko
Lev Valerianovich Leshchenko (born 1 February 1942), is a Russian singer, who is best known for his rendition of "Den Pobedy" and the 1980 Summer Olympics closing ceremony theme song "Do svidanya, Moskva".
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Lev Leshchenko

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- Full name
- Лев Валерьянович Лещенко.
- Born
- 1942. · Moscow.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union and Russia.
- Occupation
- actor, singer, poet, record producer, composer, manufacturer and music educator.
- Fields
- estrada.
- Education
- Russian Institute of Theatre Arts.
- Honours
- Order of the Badge of Honour, Order For Merit to the Fatherland, 2nd class, Order For Merit to the Fatherland, 3rd class, Order For Merit to the Fatherland, 4th class, Order of Friendship of Peoples and Lenin Komsomol Prize.
- Languages
- Russian.
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Lev Valerianovich Leshchenko (born 1 February 1942), is a Russian singer, who is best known for his rendition of "Den Pobedy" and the 1980 Summer Olympics closing ceremony theme song "Do svidanya, Moskva".
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Lev Leshchenko (born 1942) is an actor, composer and manufacturer, among other activities, of Russian and Soviet nationality. The actor was born Лев Валерьянович Лещенко in Moscow. Lev Leshchenko was educated at Russian Institute of Theatre Arts.
The work spans estrada. Languages used include Russian. Honours include Dostyk Order of grade II, Golden Gramophone Award and Honored Artist of the RSFSR, among others.
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Biography
Biography
Lev Leshchenko studied at Russian Institute of Theatre Arts. The recorded working language is Russian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are estrada. Distinctions recorded are Order of the Badge of Honour, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class and Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class.
Lev Leshchenko was born on 1 February 1942 in Moscow, Soviet Union. His father, Valerian Andreyevich Leshchenko (1904–2004), was a Red Army officer who was at war outside of Moscow. His grandfather was from the village of Nizy in the Kharkov province, which at that time was part of the Russian Empire. In 1900, he moved to the Kursk province, where he got a job as an accountant at a factory. Grandfather Leshchenko was a musical person: he sang in the church choir, played many instruments. Lev Valeryanovich's father moved to Moscow in 1931. Having gone through the Winter War, and then the Great Patriotic War, he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel and was awarded many orders. He was awarded medals for his participation in the Second World War. His mother, Klavdiya Petrovna Leshchenko (née Fedoseyeva; 1915–1943), died shortly after Lev was born, so he was raised by his stepmother Marina Mikhailovna. His grandparents, along with his stepmother Irina Pavlovna Leshchenko, whom his father married in 1948, brought Leshchenko up in Sokolniki, Moscow. During his childhood, he was introduced to classical music and theatre, and began performing songs by Leonid Utyosov. Between 1959 and 1960, Leshchenko worked as a stagehand at the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre, and before being conscripted into the army in 1961, he worked as an adjuster at a precision measuring instrument factory. Leschenko served in the mechanical vehicle division of the Soviet Army, positioned in the German Democratic Republic. On 27 January 1962, Leshchenko (then a private) became a soloist within the Soviet Red Army Ensemble, and received an offer to remain in the army. Leshchenko accepted every role offered to him by the ensemble, from singing in a quarter, conducting concerts and even reading verses, where it is said his entertainment career began. At the same time, he was preparing for the theatrical examinations of the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (abbreviated as GITIS), the most respected theatrical school of the Soviet Union, which he passed and was successfully admitted to in September 1964. Leshchenko began touring with concert bands, visiting some of the more isolated parts of the country. In 1969, Leshchenko was admitted as a member of the Moscow Operetta Theatre. He took up many minor musical roles, but was aware of his musical gift and was constantly looking for soloist acts. On 13 February 1970, having won a contest held by the state radio station, Leshchenko became a solo vocalist for the Soviet state radio station. In 1975, Leshchenko performed "Den Pobedy", an immensely popular Soviet song dedicated to Victory Day, which was initially disliked by the authorities due to its unconventional music style. His rendition has become by far the most well known. In 1999 Leshchenko was given a star on the Star Square in Moscow. In March 2014 he signed a letter in support of the position of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin on the Russian annexation of Crimea. For this he was banned from entering Ukraine. Crimea has been under dispute by Russia and Ukraine since March 2014.
Popular Songs
Popular Songs
• "Solovyinaya roshcha" ("Соловьиная роща") – "Nightingale Grove" • "Proshay" ("Прощай") – "Good Bye" • "Prityazhen'ye Zemli" ("Притяжение Земли") – "Gravity of the Earth" • "Den Pobedy" (День победы) – "The Day of the Victory" • "Ni Minuty Pokoja" (Ни минуты покоя) – "Not a Minute's Peace" • "Rodnaya zemlya" ("Родная Земля") – "Native Land" • "Roditelskiy dom" ("Родительский дом") – "The Parental Home" • "Ne plach' devchonka" ("Не плачь, девчонка") – "Don't Cry, Girl" • "Ty moya Moskva" ("Ты моя Москва") - You are my Moscow
Personal life
Personal life
From 1966 to 1976, he was married to Alla Abdalova. The marriage lasted 10 years, and ended in divorce, initiated by Abdalova. Since 1978, he has been married to Irina Bagudina (born 15 May 1954). Leshchenko is a member of the United Russia party.
Life and career
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Life and career
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Lev Leshchenko born at Moscow.
Honours and awards
• Illustration — President Vladimir Putin awards the 1st Degree Order of Merit for the Fatherland to Leshchenko, 27 November 2018. • Illustration — President Dmitry Medvedev awards the 2nd Degree Order of Merit for the Fatherland to Leshchenko, 22 February 2012. • Orders • Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 1st class (24 October 2017) • Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 2nd class (30 January 2012) • Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 3rd class (1 February 2007) • Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 4th class (31 January 2002) • Order of Friendship of Peoples (14 November 1980) • Order of the Badge of Honour (17 August 1989) • Order of Friendship (Kazakhstan) • Titles • People's Artist of the RSFSR (1983) • Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1977) • Honoured Artist of the Transnistria (2015) • People's Artist of the South Ossetia (2010) • People's Artist of the North Ossetia-Alania (2015) • Honorary Citizen of Kursk Oblast (2012) • Awards • Lenin Komsomol Prize (1978) • Belarus president award Through Art - to Peace and Understanding (2012)
References ==== External links
References ==== External links
• Official website • Softpanorama c links • Lev Leshchenko at iTunes • Lev Leshchenko • Сайт поклонников творчества Льва Лещенко

Песня «День Победы» признана лучшей песней о войне на фестивале «Катюша». Приз народному артисту вручает начальник главного управления по работе с личным составом Минобороны РФ генерал-майор Михаил Смыслов.
Министерство обороны Российской Федерации · Mil.ru

Церемония вручения премии "Импульс добра" в области социального предпринимательства в конгресс-парке гостиницы "Украина", Москва, 17 мая 2017
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- 1.David MacFadyen, Red Stars: Personality and the Soviet Popular Song, 1955–1991 McGill-Queen's Press, 2001, , 319 p.
- 2.Панорама. fakty.ua.
- 3.Archived copy.
- 4.Аргументы и Факты — последние новости России и мира сегодня. aif.ru.
- 5.Russiansabroad.com
- 6.Лев Лещенко – Золотой голос советской эстрады. www.peoples.ru.
- 7.Ministry for Culture of Russian Federation. Деятели культуры России — в поддержку позиции Президента по Украине и Крыму.
- 8.SBU issues entry ban against 140 Russian artists, UNIAN (5 November 2016) Ukraine’s State Security Service bans 140 Russian cultural figures from entering country, TASS news agency (5 November 2016)
- 9.Gutterman, Steve. Putin signs Crimea treaty, will not seize other Ukraine regions. Reuters. 18 March 2014.
- 10.Тяжкий грех Льва Лещенко. 9 September 2010.
- 11.Лев Лещенко, певец, Народный артист России.
- 12.Ценный список. Сергей Шинкарев. 2011-09-12.
- 13.Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 24.10.2017 № 512 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации» // Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации
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