Vladimir Isaakovich Lantsberg () (1948–2005) was a Russian poet, songwriter,
bard
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, and teacher.
Vladimir Lantsberg was born on June 22, 1948, in the city of
Saratov
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. In 1971, he graduated from Saratov Polytechnical Institute. He worked as a mechanical engineer until 1979, when he moved to
Tuapse
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Tuapse i ...
. Lantsberg held many jobs—a video game machine engineer, a lab manager in a school, a musician in a resort, etc. Additionally, he was a guitar player who wrote and performed his own songs. Lantsberg became a laureate of many KSP festivals, including four times laureate of the
Grushinsky festival
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. He published several audiotapes, compact disсs, and books with poetry and songs.
Lantsberg died on September 29, 2005, in
Nuremberg
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after prolonged illness.
1948 births
2005 deaths
Russian male poets
Russian Jews
Jewish poets
Russian bards
20th-century Russian male singers
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