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Venya D'rkin (Russian: Веня Д’ркин; 11 June 1970 in Dolzhansky, Luhansk Oblast, Soviet Union, now Dovzhanske [uk], Ukraine – 21 August 1999 in Korolyov, Moscow Oblast, Russia), real name – Alexander Mikhailovich Litvinov (Russian: Александр Михайлович Литвинов), was a Russian language bard, poet, artist, painter and writer of fairy tales.[1][2] He wrote over three hundred songs.[3] As usual in the bard genre, the songs bear deep and imaginative lyrics, but, less commonly, are also very melodic. During the late 1990s, he performed some of his songs with accompaniment of other musicians, notably violinist Veronica Belyayeva.

Venya D'rkin Литвинов Александр Михайлович
Also known as	Venya D'rkin, Drantya
Born	(1970-06-11)11 June 1970 Dolzhansky, Luhansk Oblast, USSR
Died	21 August 1999(1999-08-21) (aged 29) Korolyov, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Genres	Folk rock, sung poetry
Occupation(s)	Bard, poet, songwriter, singer, composer, painter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion, harmonica, bard
Years active	1991—1999
Labels	Russian: Дрдом, Отделение Выход, Выргород
Website	http://drdom.ru/

In his 1998 interview (Russian Rock-n-Roller newspaper, 4 November 1998) the name was explained by his "agent" Natalia as follows. At one festival he jokingly registered himself as "Venya Dyrkin from Maksyutovka" (Веня Ды́ркин из Максютовки; funny sounding names from an old local joke). Surprisingly he became a prize winner of the festival, his fake name was shown on big screen, and in this way it became his stage name.[4][5]

Venya Drkin died of cancer (Hodgkin's lymphoma) on 21 August 1999.[2]

Even though Drkin wasn't widely known in his lifetime, he has since become a significant name in the genre.[6] This can be attributed to the fact that before Venya's death, just two of his albums were released, and even those were distributed in very small number of copies. He also never played in front of a large audience; most of his public performances were in music festivals and in house concerts.

Since his death, a story in song he had written before his death was released on CD.[7]

References

External links

• DrDom project to handle Venya Dr'kin's creative heritage. "DrDom" is a pun with durdom, a colloquial Russian term for mental asylum, literally, "crazy house"/"house of crazies"

На других языках

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- [en] Venya D'rkin

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[fr] Venya D'rkin

Venya D'rkin (en russe : Веня Д’ркин ; né Alexander Litvinov le 11 juin 1970 à Dolzhansky dans l'oblast de Louhansk, et décédé le 21 août 1999 à Korolev en Russie) est un poète, musicien, peintre et écrivain de contes en langue russe, dans la tradition des bardes.

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[ru] Веня Д’ркин

Ве́ня Д’ркин (настоящее имя Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Литви́нов; 11 июня 1970, пос. Должанский, Луганская область, УССР — 21 августа 1999, Королёв, Московская область) — поэт, музыкант, рок-бард, певец[1].

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