Lev Oshanin

The recorded working language is Russian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are song and verse. Employment is recorded with Maxim Gorky Literature Institute. Works named in the authority record are May There Always Be Sunshine and Roads. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of Lenin and Order of the October Revolution.

• Name — Lev Oshanin • Birth Name — Lev Ivanovich Oshanin • Born — 30 May 1912 • Birthplace — Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Governorate, Russian Empire • Died — 30 December 1996 • Place of death — Moscow, Russia • Resting Place — Vagankovo Cemetery, Moscow

Lev Oshanin is one of the most popular and officially recognized songwriters of the Soviet era, with many of his verses and poems being set to music and widely used by Soviet forces during WWII. The song “Roads" became popular; “Song of Troubled Youth” performed by Yuri Gulyaev, “The Volga River Flows ” performed by Vladimir Troshin and Lyudmila Zykina, and the cycle “And there is a girl in our yard alone” performed by Joseph Kobzon also gained enormous popularity and Maya Kristalinskaya, “Solar Circle” (“Let there always be sunshine”), “Why did you call me?”, “Oh, Natasha,” “People in white coats,” “I’m just working as a magician.” The song based on the verses “Sunny Circle” (composer - Arkady Ostrovsky), performed by Tamara Miansarova, won at the Polish song festival in Sopot in 1963.

Lev Oshanin is recorded with the occupation playwright. Recorded with the occupation songwriter. Recorded with the occupation lyricist. Recorded with the occupation writer. Recorded with the occupation poet. Classed in the genre verse. Classed in the genre song. Recorded as poet, playwright, writer, songwriter and lyricist.