Sergey Vladimirovich Shnurov (russian: Серге́й Влади́мирович Шну́ров; born 13 April 1973) is a Russian musician and songwriter, best known as ''Shnur'' (lit.

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which he formed in 1997. The group disbanded between 2008 and 2010, during which time Shnur formed Rubl with other members of Leningrad. Three of Shnur's songs featured on the ''

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'' soundtrack: ''Звезда рок-н-ролла'' (Rock-n-Roll Star), ''Дикий мужчина'' (Wild Man), and ''Маленький мальчик'' (A Little Boy). Shnurov also composed music for many other movies, including the Russian cult film ''

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'' and its sequel. Art critic Artyom Rodnaryov thinks that the main audience of Shnurov are clerks who need someone to channel their aggression. Most of the Shnur's songs excessively use obscene words and have a very simple composition, thus fulfilling this function. In 2016, Shnurov reported the highest income of all singers in Russia ($11 million). In 2017, he was on the cover of the Russian edition of

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, he appeared in a music video on

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suggesting that to be a Russian was equivalent to having been a Jew in 1944 in Germany during WWII. It is unclear if the text is to be understood as ironic criticism or support of Russians abroad lamenting purported anti-Russian sentiment. He also left his post as producer at the international Russian language channel RTVI, citing as a reason possible differences in opinion around the situation.

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Sergey Shnurov in Forbes
1973 births Living people Musicians from Saint Petersburg Singers from Saint Petersburg Russian musicians Russian rock singers Russian television presenters Russian punk rock musicians Russian male actors Russian male voice actors Russian film score composers Recipients of the Nika Award 21st-century Russian singers Male film score composers 21st-century Russian male singers Russian National Music Award winners {{Russia-musician-stub

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