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Yegor Letov

1964 - 2008

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Igor "Yegor" Fyodorovich Letov (Russian: И́горь "Его́р" Фёдорович Ле́тов, IPA: [ˈiɡərʲ ˈfʲɵdərəvʲɪtɕ jɪˈɡor ˈlʲetəf]; (10 September 1964 – 19 February 2008) was a Russian singer-songwriter, best known as the founder and leader of the post-punk/psychedelic rock band Grazhdanskaya Oborona (Russian: Гражданская Оборона, lit. 'Civil Defense'), as well as the founder of the conceptual art avant-garde project Kommunizm and psychedelic rock outfit Yegor i Opizdenevshiye. Letov collaborated with singer-songwriter Yanka Dyagileva and other Siberian underground artists as a record engineer and producer. Letov was one of the key figures of the Siberian punk scene. Posthumously, Letov has been called the "father" and "patriarch" of Russian punk rock, a "musical legend", and one of the most influential figures of the punk movement in Russia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yegor Letov is the 1,774th most popular musician (down from 1,380th in 2019), the 2,176th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,839th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Russian Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Yegor Letov ranks 1,774 out of 3,175. Before him are Mike Mills, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Chuck Mangione, Rick Allen, Glenn Cornick, and Camilla Wicks. After him are José Antonio Labordeta, Herb Ellis, Avishai Cohen, Joe Morello, Rex Brown, and Peter Tork.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Yegor Letov ranks 344. Before him are Pierre Morel, Filip De Wilde, Agnès Jaoui, Yasmin Le Bon, Pascal Hervé, and Linus Roache. After him are Søren Malling, Krzysztof Warzycha, Rex Brown, Gigi Fernández, Aviv Kochavi, and Šarūnas Bartas. Among people deceased in 2008, Yegor Letov ranks 309. Before him are Larry James, Igor Dmitriev, Carl Kaufmann, Árpád Orbán, Jean-Jacques Guissart, and Gordon B. Hinckley. After him are Margaret Truman, Harvey Korman, Rubén Héctor Sosa, Jo Stafford, Ai Iijima, and Edie Adams.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yegor Letov ranks 2,176 out of 3,761. Before him are Yuri Samarin (1819), Sofia Muratova (1929), Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin (1953), Igor Lediakhov (1968), Mikhail Yefremov (1963), and Vasily Belov (1932). After him are Igor Akinfeev (1986), Vladimir Belousov (1946), Viktor Krovopuskov (1948), Ansa Ikonen (1913), Roman Pavlyuchenko (1981), and Ekaterina Gordeeva (1971).

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Among MUSICIANS In Russia

Among musicians born in Russia, Yegor Letov ranks 39. Before him are Maxim Vengerov (1974), Vasily Andreyev (1861), Josef Lhévinne (1874), Nikolai Lugansky (1972), Pyotr Mamonov (1951), and Mikhail Krug (1962). After him are Vernon Duke (1903), Marina Tchebourkina (1965), Boris Berezovsky (1969), Igor Presnyakov (1960), Arcadi Volodos (1972), and Maxim Fadeev (1968).

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