Laskovyi Mai

Laskovyi Mai
Laskovyi Mai
Background information
Also known as	Laskovyi Mai
Origin	Orenburg, Soviet Union
Genres	Pop, rock, disco
Years active	1986–1992; 2009–present
Members	Andrei Razin ; Sergey Serkov ; Andrei Kucherov ; Sergei Lenyuk
Past members	Sergei Kuznetsov ; Yuri Shatunov; Vladimir Shurochkin

Laskovyi Mai (Russian: Ласковый май, lit. 'Tender May') is a Soviet boy band from Orenburg founded by Russian songwriter, composer and musician Sergei Kuznetsov. The group's best-known member was Yuri Shatunov, who subsequently went on to some solo success. The group disbanded in 1992. Laskovyi Mai once had been called "the legends of the 80–90s".^[1]

Career

Laskovyi Mai was formed in the middle of the 1980s when Sergei Kuznetsov decided to create a group of musicians with orphan children from an orphanage in Orenburg.^[2]

In November 2022, Sergey Malinkovich, the Chairman of the Communists of Russia political party, accused musician Andrey Razin of treason for selling the rights to the songs of Laskovyi Mai to an American company.^[3]

Members

(Russian names in parentheses)

1986–1992 period

Vocalists

Yuri Shatunov (Юрий Шатунов) (died 2022)
Andrei Razin (Андрей Разин)
Andrey Gurov (Андрей Гуров)
Anton Tokarev (Антон Токарев)
Viktor Kulikov (Виктор Куликов)
Vlada Moscovskaya (Влада Московская) (died 2006)
Oleg Krestovsky (Олег Крестовский)
Konstantin Pakhomov (Константин Пахомов)
Vladimir Shurochkin (Владимир Шурочкин)
Rafael Isangulov (Рафаэль Исангулов) – also keyboardist
Yuri Barabash (Юрий Барабаш) (died 1996)
Yuri Gurov (Юрий Гуров) (died 2012)
Anna Kuznetsova (Анна Кузнецова) — founder, lyricist, composer, arranger, keyboardist (died 2022)

Vocalist Andrei Razin

Key staff

Vladimir Boyko (Владимир Бойко) – musical director, composer
Alla Goltseva (Алла Гольцева) – lyricist (for Razin, Shatunov, Krestovskiy and other soloists)
Rashid Dayrabaev (Рашид Дайрабаев) – band's first director (died 2013)
Arkady Kudryashov (Аркадий Кудряшов) – band administrator
Anatoly Meshaev (Анатолий Мешаев) composer, arranger
Natalia Grozovskii (Наталья Грозовская) – vocal group "Белые розы" "Belye Rozi" (meaning "White Roses") – after a famous song by the band
Eugene Zakulaev (Евгений Закулаев) – deputy general director of the orphanage

Musicians

Igor Anisimov (Игорь Анисимов) – main keyboardist of the first band (1986–1991)
Alexei Burda (Алексей Бурда) – keyboards
Alexander Priko (Александр Прико) – keyboards (died 2020)
Evgeny Bychkov (Евгений Бычков) – keyboards
Sergei Kulagin (Сергей Кулагин) – keyboards
Arvid Yurgaytis (Арвид Юргайтис) – keyboards (died 2004)
Mikhail Sukhomlinov (Михаил Сухомлинов) – keyboards (died 1993)
Vyacheslav Ponomarev (Вячеслав Пономарёв) – bass guitar
Igor Safiullin (Игорь Сафиуллин) – saxophone
Igor Igoshin (Игорь Игошин) – drums, percussion engineer (died 1992)
Sergei Lenyuk (Сергей Ленюк)- drums
Sergei Kuznetsov (Сергей Кузнецов) — founder, lyricist, composer, arranger, keyboardist (died 2022)

Technicians

Oleg Andreev (Олег Андреев) – sound engineer
Alexander Egunov (Александр Егунов) – sound engineer
Vladimir Hozyaenko (Владимир Хозяенко) – sound engineer
Pavel Tomov (Павел Томов) – sound engineer

2009 reformed band members

Andrei Razin (Андрей Разин)
Sergei Serkov (Сергей Серков)
Andrei Kucherov (Андрей Кучеров)
Sergei Lenyuk (Сергей Ленюк)

Discography

White Roses/Tender - 1 May (Russian: Белые розы/Ласковый май — 1) (1988)
Autumn is slowly leaving/Tender - 2 May (Russian: Медленно уходит осень/Ласковый май — 2) (1988)
A little about myself/Old Forest (Russian: Немного о себе/Старый лес) (1988)
Broken Love (Russian: Разбитая любовь) (1988)
8 March (Russian: 8 марта) (1989)
Pink Evening (Russian: Розовый вечер) (1989)
On the roof (Russian: На крыше) (1989)
Goodbye Baby (Russian: Гудбай, беби) (1989)
Tender Summer (Russian: Ласковое лето) (1989)
Fairy Shore (Russian: Сказочный берег) (1989)
October Album (Russian: Октябрьский альбом) (1989)
Stupid snowflakes (Russian: Глупые снежинки) (1990)
Matryoshka Masha (Russian: Машка-матрёшка) (1990)
Naughty girl (Russian: Озорная девочка) (1990)
Come back (Russian: Возвращайся) (1990)
Island for two (Russian: Остров на двоих) (1990)
Close the door on me (Russian: Закрой за мной дверь) (1991)
Chance Encounter/Younger Sister (Russian: Случайная встреча/Младшая сестрёнка) (1992)
The Best (Russian: Лучшее) (1996)
CPR (Russian: Искусственное дыхание) (1996)
Legends #1 (Russian: Легенды #1) (2000)
Legends #2 (Russian: Легенды #2) (2000)
Legends #3 (Russian: Легенды #3) (2000)
Star (Russian: Звезда) (2007)
All hits (Russian: Все хиты) (2008)
New songs (Russian: Новые песни) (2016)

Feature film

In 2009, Russian film director Vladimir Vinogradov released his film titled Laskovyi Mai, a biographical drama film about this band's career.

Cast

(in alphabetical order)

Vyacheslav Manucharov as Andrei Razin
Vasiliy Belokopytov as Nach. Okhrany
Dmitriy Blokhin as Chairman of the Kolkhoz
Danila Chvanov
Ekaterina Fedulova as Lilya
Raisa Konyukhova as Mariya Gorbacheva
Maksim Kostromykin as Maksim
Maksim Litovchenko as Sergei Kuznetsov
Viktoriya Matveyeva as Mother of Viti
Aleksandr Nekhoroshikh
Marina Oryol as Katenka
Sergei Romanovich
Raisa Ryazanova as Direktrisa Detdoma
Petr Skvortsov as Kolya
Nikita Slepchenkov
Vladimir Steklov
Inga Strelkova-Oboldina
Viktor Verzhbitsky
Lyudmila Zaytseva as Grandmother Andrei Razin

References

^ Turdaliyeva, Muhayyo. "Takhir Sadikov and Yuri Shatunov: About the '90s (in Russian)". Ziyo Net. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
^ ""Ласковый Май" попал в кадр". Mk.ru. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
^ ""Communists of Russia" accused Andrey Razin from "Tender May" music group of treason". en.newizv.ru. 2 November 2022.

External links

[1] Turdaliyeva, Muhayyo. "Takhir Sadikov and Yuri Shatunov: About the '90s (in Russian)". Ziyo Net. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2011.

[2] ""Ласковый Май" попал в кадр". Mk.ru. Retrieved 3 September 2020.

[music-3] ""Communists of Russia" accused Andrey Razin from "Tender May" music group of treason". en.newizv.ru. 2 November 2022.

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