Veniamin Nechayev (russian: Вениамин Нечаев; 20 March 1915 – 15 August 1987) was a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...

musician (guitarist) and film actor, the member of the estrada duet of Nechayev & Rudakov, which was popular in the 1950s. He was the Merited Artist of the

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

(1961).

Early life

Veniamin Nechayev was born in

Novonikolayevsk Novosibirsk (, also ; rus, Новосиби́рск, p=nəvəsʲɪˈbʲirsk, a=ru-Новосибирск.ogg) is the largest city and administrative centre of Novosibirsk Oblast and Siberian Federal District in Russia. As of the 2021 Census, ...

on 20 March 1915. He graduated from music school. In 1938, he became a laureate of the All-Union contest of artists-instrumentalists. He worked in Novosibirsk radio committee's orchestra. He fought in

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

Duet Nechayev & Rudakov

He met

Pavel Rudakov Pavel Rudakov (russian: Павел Рудаков; 15 July 1915 – 16 January 1993) was a Soviet musician (concertina player) and film actor, the member of the Estrada (music genre), estrada duet of Rudakov & Nechayev, which was popular in the ...

in Khabarovsk during their military service in the post-war years. After demobilization they worked in Far East Philharmonic Hall for about three years. In 1948, Nechayev and Rudakov formed a estrada duet and gave first concert 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 ...

. They accompanied themselves; lyrics for them were written by Konstantinov, Ratser, Grey, Merlin. Lyrics were written on topical issues (''In newspaper at morning – in verse at evening'') thus shaping the popularity of the duet which had become the one of the signs of the times of the Khrushchev Thaw. Even

Nikita Khrushchev Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (– 11 September 1971) was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and chairman of the country's Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. During his rule, Khrushchev s ...

himself treated Nechayev and Rudakov with sympathy; artists were invited to important meetings on cultural issues. In 1962, the duet was dissolved. The duet was reunited one time specifically for filming in ''

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears ''Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears'' (russian: Москва слезам не верит, Moskva slezam ne verit) is a 1980 Soviet romantic drama film made by Mosfilm. It was written by Valentin Chernykh and directed by Vladimir Menshov. The leadi ...

'' – director invited them to participate in the movie, with a view to recreation the atmosphere of 1950s.

Later years and death

After 1962, Nechayev worked as master of ceremonies. He died on 15 August 1987 in

Filmography

* 1959 – ''Не имей сто рублей...'' – head stage director of the theatre * 1980 – ''

'' – cameo

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