Dmitry Alekseevich Selivanov (russian: link=no, Дмитрий Алексеевич Селиванов, , 25 March 1964 – 22 April 1989) was a

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n rock singer. He was best known for being the guitarist for Grazhdanskaya Oborona.

History

He first started playing music in 1979. He was a member of Grazhdanskaya Oborona and

Kalinov Most Kalinov Most (Калинов мост, "guelder-rose bridge") is a Russian folk rock band, one of the most popular bands in Russia. The band was formed in 1984 by vocalist and songwriter Dmitry Revyakin in Novosibirsk, Siberia, USSR. They are w ...

and founded Industrial Architecture in June 1988. On 22 April 1989, he visited the band A'MBE, who were rehearsing at

Novosibirsk State Technical University Novosibirsk State Technical University (Abbreviation: NSTU), until 1992 the Novosibirsk Electrotechnical Institute (NETI), is one of the major research and educational centers of Russia as well as one of the top technical universities located in ...

. He said what turned out to be his last words, "Don't worry, there's more for me to do at the end of the corridor," before hanging himself from a nearby staircase. He was found dead 12 hours later. Selivanov's death is mentioned in the song "Tops and Roots" by

Yegor Letov Igor Fedorovich "Yegor" Letov (russian: link=no, И́горь Фёдорович "Его́р" Ле́тов, ; 10 September 1964 – 19 February 2008) was a Russian poet, musician, singer-songwriter, audio engineer and conceptual artist, best know ...

, which was released that same year; "The musician Selivanov hanged himself with a scarf". A live cover of the Peter, Sue and Marc song "The Birds of Paradise", recorded in 1987 with Selivanov on vocals, was released on Kommunizm''s final album, ''Chronicle of a Dive Bomber'', in 1990....Жизнь — это нечто совсем другое
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Soviet male singers 1964 births 1989 suicides Musicians from Novosibirsk Russian male guitarists Suicides by hanging in the Soviet Union {{russia-musician-stub