Vadim Stepantsov

{{Infobox musical artist

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1960|9|9}}

| birth_place = Uzlovaya, Tula Oblast, USSR

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| occupation = singer, musician, poet

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| website = {{url|stepantsov.ru}}

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Vadim Yurievich Stepantsov ({{langx|ru|link=no|Вадим Юрьевич Степанцов}}; born 9 September 1960) is a Russian poet and musician. Stepantsov is the founder of the Order of Courteous Mannerists and the musical group Bakhyt-Compot. He is also the author of texts for the groups Bravo, Na Na, and t.A.T.u.{{cite web|url=http://magazines.russ.ru/kreschatik/2009/1/ma12.html|title=Садовник судеб|author=Григорий Марговский.|publisher=«Крещатик», 2009, № 1|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030193927/http://magazines.russ.ru/kreschatik/2009/1/ma12.html|archivedate=2013-10-30|access-date=2016-07-08|url-status=live}}

Stepantsov is graduated with honors from Maxim Gorky Literature Institute.{{cite web|url=http://www.litinstitut.ru/index.php?area=1&p=static&page=alumnus1988|title=Литературный институт им. А. М. Горького. Выпуск 1988 г.|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130223042048/http://www.litinstitut.ru/index.php?area=1|archivedate=2013-02-23|access-date=2016-07-08|url-status=live}}