- Yuri Shevchuk
Infobox musical artist
Name = Yuri Shevchuk
Img_capt = Yuri Shevchuk in Kiev, Ukraine 2007.
Img_size = 220px
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Yuri Yulianovich Shevchuk
Born = birth date and age|1957|5|16Yagodnoye ,Magadan Oblast ,Soviet Union
Instrument =Guitar
Genre = Rock
Occupation =
Years_active =
Label =
Associated_acts =DDT (band)
URL = [http://www.ddt.ru/ www.ddt.ru]Yuri Yulianovich Shevchuk ( _ru. Юрий Юлианович Шевчук), born
16 May 1957 , is aRussia n singer/songwriter who leads the rock band DDT, which he founded with Vladimir Sigachev in1981 . Shevchuk was born in the village of Yagodny in Magadanskaya oblast and raised inUfa , Russia, though he now resides in St. Petersburg, Russia. Shevchuck was an art teacher before founding DDT. He is best known for his distinctive, somewhat gravely voice. His lyrics detail aspects of Russian life with a wry, humanistic sense of humor. DDT concerts are usually remarkable for the audience singing along to the well-known lyrics. He is also very famous for openly opposing pop music. He is often accredited for being the greatest song-writer in present-Russia .Shevchuk is highly critical against the undemocratic society that has grown in
Putin 'sRussia . On March 3, 2008 he participated in aDissenters March inSaint Petersburg against the president elections where no real opposition candidates were allowed to run. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/russian/russia/newsid_7277000/7277471.stm BBC Russian March 4, 2008] ]On September 24 and 26, 2008 he organized two peace concerts in Moscow and Saint Petersburg as a protest to the Russian-Georgian war. The name of the concerts "Don't Shoot" was taken from his song "Ne Strelyai" that he had written in 1980 as a response to the
Soviet war in Afghanistan . Together with his band DDT he performed with both Ossetian and Georgian musicians as well as the Ukrainian band Bratya Karamazovy that he calledpeacekeeper s. Parts of the profits from the concerts were given to those who suffered from the war, both Ossetians and Georgians. [cite news
url=http://www.svobodanews.ru/Article/2008/09/24/20080924123515100.html
title=«Не стреляй!» Музыканты требуют мира
publisher=Svobodanews.ru
date=2008-09-24
accessdate=2008-09-27
last=Timasheva
first=Marina ]Notes
External links
* [http://ddt.ru/ Official website of DDT] Languageicon|ru|Russian
* [http://www.russmus.net/band.jsp?band=DDT About DDT - Lyrics and English translations]
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