Viktor Vladimirovich Saltykov (russian: link=no, Ви́ктор Влади́мирович Салтыко́в, ; born November 22, 1957, Leningrad) is a Soviet and Russian singer. He is known as a solo artist, as well as the singer with the bands ,
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Electroclub.
Biography
In 1977–1979, while serving in the Soviet Army in the
German Democratic Republic
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(Group of Soviet Forces in Germany), Saltykov played and sang in an army band.
After the army he enrolled into the
Petersburg State Transport University, graduating in 1985 with a degree in electrical engineering.
In 1983, Viktor Saltykov with the rock band Manufaktura took part in the first Leningrad Rock Festival and won the Grand Prix of the festival as the best singer. He moved to the Forum group in 1984. It is with Forum that Viktor performed his most famous songs (White Night, You Marry Him Do Not Go, Uleteli listya). In 1987, Saltykov joined the Electroclub group.
Since 1990, as a solo artist, Saltykov released four studio albums; his old material has been re-released in numerous compilations.
Family
* First wife singer
Irina Saltykova
Irina Ivanovna Saltykova (''née'' Sapronova, russian: Ирина Ивановна Салтыкова (Сапронова), , born 5 May 1966) is a Russian pop singer and a former member of the music group Mirage, which was popular in Russia in th ...
(1966)
** Daughter Alisa (1987)
* Second wife Irina Metlina
** Daughter Anna (1995)
** Son Svyatoslav (2008)
References
External links
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Peoples.ru
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1957 births
Living people
Singers from Saint Petersburg
Soviet male singers
Soviet pop singers
Russian rock singers
Russian pop singers
20th-century Russian male singers
20th-century Russian singers