Evgeny Isaakovich Kliachkin (Russian: Евгений Клячкин; March 23, 1934 – July 30, 1994) was a Soviet and Russian

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, singer, and composer.

Biography

Kliachkin was born on March 23, 1934, in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, Soviet Union.Kli︠a︡chkin, Evgeniĭ
National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File (accessed 8 June 2022) Kliachkin graduated from the Leningrad Engineering and Building Institute in 1957 and began working as an engineer at various building organizations in Leningrad. He began to compose songs in 1961. At first his songs were based on other poets' lyrics, but he soon began to write his own as well, accompanying himself on a Russian seven-stringed guitar. In total, Kliachkin composed more than 300 songs, 70 of them set to other poets' lyrics. In 1990, Kliachkin

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d to Israel with his family. He continued to give concerts in Israel and in the United States. In 1994, he toured Russia. He died on July 30, 1994, in Israel.

Awards

*Amateur Singers and Composers contest in Leningrad –

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of the first and the second. (1965, 1967) *Tourist songs contest in

Brest, Belarus Brest ( be, Брэст / Берасьце, Bieraście, ; russian: Брест, ; uk, Берестя, Berestia; lt, Brasta; pl, Brześć; yi, בריסק, Brisk), formerly Brest-Litovsk (russian: Брест-Литовск, lit=Lithuanian Br ...

– laureate. (1965) *All-Russia tourist songs contest in Moscow – laureate of the second (1969)

Works

Books

*"Don't Look Back" song book collection (1994) *"Looking Back at My Life" (1999) *"We live till we are loved" (2000)

Discography

*"Autumn motif" (1987) *"Pilgrims" (1990) *"To Russia" (1995) *"To my contemporaries" (1995) *"Wet waltz" and "Melody to the boat's rhythm" (1995) *"To my contemporaries" (1996) *"Beginnings and ends" (1996) *"Nothing to feel sorry for". (1999) *"The best songs" (2000) *"Evgeny Kliachkin. Russian bards" (2001) His songs "Don't Look Back," "A Song About The Morning City," "Pskov," "A Child's Picture," "Coming Back," "The Wet Waltz," and "To My Contemporaries" are some of his more notable songs.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kliachkin 1934 births 1994 deaths Soviet emigrants to Israel 20th-century Russian singers Soviet male singer-songwriters 20th-century Russian male singers Saint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering alumni