Arkadiy Semyonov (born 14 January 1959, Zhovti Vody,

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) is a Russian poet, founder of group Vezhliviy Otkaz. Since 1973 he lives in

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, where he finished the

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. Bеing one of the authors of songs by ''Vezhlivi Otkaz'', in the late 1980s he also became a journalist, participated in

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movement, published "Wild division" newspaper (1990–1991). In the 1990s, along with

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, he started the ''Soldat Semyonov'' project. He was the first producer of Natalya Medvedeva. He issued albums of

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and

Zoopark Zoopark (russian: link=no, Зоопарк) was one of the founding rock groups which began the Russian rock movement. The group was founded in 1981.

Discography (as Soldat Semyonov)

* 1996 — «Plan spaseniya Konstantinopolya» — CD/MC * 1997 — «Ni shagu nazad!» — CD/MC * 1998 — «Silovie polya tishini» — CD/MC * 2000 — «Parallelnie deystviya» — CD/MC * 2010 — Gusi-Lebedi (songs "Vremya" and "Tikireka")

Links

Official site

Poems by Semyonov

Semyonov on Youtube
1959 births Living people Russian male poets {{Russia-poet-stub