Yuri Antonov

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| name = Yuri Antonov

| image = Yuri Antonov (musician) (2015-12-10) 04.jpg

| caption = Antonov in 2015

| native_name = {{nobold|Юрий Антонов}}

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| birthname = Yuri Mikhailovich Antonov

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|2|19|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union

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| occupation = Singer, composer, sound engineer

| years_active = 1965–nowadays

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| title = People's Artist of Russia {{small|(1997)}}

| awards = {{plainlist |

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" {{small|(Russia, 4th class)}}
Order of Honour {{small|(Russia)}}
Order of Friendship {{small|(Russia)}}
Order of Francysk Skaryna {{small|(Belarus)}}

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Yuri Mikhailovich Antonov ({{langx|ru|Юрий Михайлович Антонов}}; born 19 February 1945) is a Soviet and Russian composer, singer and musician, People's Artist of Russia (1997).[http://www.peoples.ru/art/music/stage/antonov/ Biography] {{in lang|ru}}

Biography

Yuri Mikhailovich Antonov was born into the family of an officer of the Soviet Army, Mikhail Vasilievich Antonov, who after World War II stayed to serve in the military administration of Berlin.[http://star-magazine.ru/yurij-antonov/ Звёздный журнал: биография Юрия Антонова] Yuri's sister, Zhanna (Jane) was born there. His mother, Natalya Mikhailovna (Litovchenko), who was from Kremenchuk (Poltava Region), died in 2008 at age 85.

Antonov is one of the most popular and successful artists on Soviet 70's-80's pop scene despite the fact that some of his songs (especially in early period) were banned by Soviet censorship. He appeared to an international television audience as a performer in the opening ceremony of the Moscow 1986 Goodwill Games.

Awards

Distinguished Artist of Chechnya-Ingushetia (1983)
People's Artist of Russia (1997){{Cite web |title=Юрий Антонов биография, фото, карьера, личная жизнь |url=https://www.rbc.ru/person/649420b79a7947911019bca9 |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=РБК |language=ru}}
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (3rd class)
Order of Honour (Russia)
Order of Friendship (Russia)
Order of Francysk Skaryna

In 1997 Yuri Antonov received a star on the Star Square in Moscow. He also received the Living Legend Award at the Ovation Awards in 2000.

Discography

Yuri Antonov (1979)
Krysha doma tvoyego (1983)
Pover v mechtu (1985)
Dolgozhdannyy samolyot (1986)
Ot pechali do radosti (1987)
Lunnaya dorozhka (1990)
Nesyot menya techeniye (1993)
Net tebya prekrsney (2008)

He wrote music for the films "Take Care of Women" (1981), "Beauty Salon" (1985), "Fools Die on Fridays" (1990) and others.

Filmography

{{ill|Why don't we sing!|be|Чаму ж нам не пець!..}} (1968)
{{ill|Where will he go!|ru|Куда он денется!}} (1981)
"An unfamiliar song" (1983)
{{ill|Before we break up|ru|Прежде, чем расстаться}} (1984)

References

External links

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[http://www.antonov.ru Official site (in Russian)]
[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXm1Yu8rvUPDMj0F6dQu7BA Official page] on Youtube
[http://www.forbes.ru/profile/yurii-antonov Yuri Antonov at the Forbes]
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