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OBLACHNY KRAY in 'Moskovsky Komsomolets' 06.03.1992 Popular
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OBLACHNY KRAY in 'Moskovsky Komsomolets' 06.03.1992

FANTASTIC! The Arkhangelsk band 'Oblachny Krai' knew about the upcoming coup a year and a half before the August events — even earlier than Shevardnadze himself! Otherwise, how can...
4 min read 3495 #Oblachny Kray #Arkhangelsk #Moscow #1980s #1990s #Rock #Metal #Punk rock #Concert #Underground #Magnitizdat #Vinyl
Riding the Waves of the Soviet Press. OBLACHNY KRAY. NORTHERN LEGEND. 1987 Popular
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Riding the Waves of the Soviet Press. OBLACHNY KRAY. NORTHERN LEGEND. 1987

This is how the musicians of "Kray" classify their own work: for some reason, not 5, but 7 "albums" circulated in Moscow. Most likely, this is due to the fact that the first two re...
10 min read 3033 #Oblachny Kray #Arkhangelsk #Moscow #1980s #Rock #Concert #Festival #Soviet rock #Magnitizdat #Studio
"Sergey Bogaev and His Clouds" Popular
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"Sergey Bogaev and His Clouds"

Music lovers from the late eighties have not forgotten this name. Sergey Bogaev, the leader of the band Oblachny Krai, stood at the forefront of the rock movement. Alas, this north...
7 min read 4389 #Oblachny Kray #Andrey Tropillo #Konstantin Kinchev #Arkhangelsk #Leningrad #Moscow #1980s #1990s #Rock #Concert #Studio #Memories #Ublyuzhya Dolya #Stremya i Lyudi
Oblachny Kray — Patriot — Anthropos, 2003. Popular
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Oblachny Kray — Patriot — Anthropos, 2003.

Believe it or not, Oblachny Krai was the first so-called Soviet rock band I ever heard in my life (not counting a tape of 'Radio Africa' in '84 in such terrible quality that I coul...
8 min read 3418 #Oblachny Kray #Andrey Tropillo #Arkhangelsk #Leningrad #1980s #1990s #2000s #Rock #Metal #Hard rock #Punk rock #Concert #Soviet rock #Magnitizdat #Stremya i Lyudi #Band history
Stremya and the People (Zvuki.Ru) Popular
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Stremya and the People (Zvuki.Ru)

One of the distinctive features of Arkhangelsk's Oblachny Krai was their ability to organically combine the melodious chanting of Russian folk songs with powerfully played hard roc...
14 min read 3171 #Oblachny Kray #Andrey Tropillo #Arkhangelsk #Leningrad #Moscow #Rock #Hard rock #Concert #Underground #Magnitizdat #Studio #Memories #Stremya i Lyudi #Composers' Union
Chapter 13: SHEVCHUK, KINCHEV's wives, and Sergey KUREKHIN Popular
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Chapter 13: SHEVCHUK, KINCHEV's wives, and Sergey KUREKHIN

One day, Yury Shevchuk came up with the idea to organize the "Open the Windows" festival. The event was planned to be, I would say, broad in scope, featuring a multitude of musicia...
16 min read 5683 #Andrey Tropillo #Konstantin Kinchev #Yuri Shevchuk #Sergey Kurekhin #Concert #Festival #Studio #Band history
Chapter 12, Part 1: Olga Pershina Popular
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Chapter 12, Part 1: Olga Pershina

In 1993, Olga Pershina began appearing at the studio more and more frequently. She was a legendary lady from the very heart of Leningrad's rock-n-roll scene, which by that time had...
19 min read 3446 #Andrey Tropillo #Boris Grebenshchikov #Olga Pershina #Leningrad #1980s #1990s #Rock #Concert #Soviet rock #Studio #Band history
Chapter 9, Part 2: “Yourbanny potap”
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Chapter 9, Part 2: “Yourbanny potap”

I slapped some solos onto everything very quickly, and the only thing left was the vocalist, Rautkin. Just as I had expected, all the music was ready in two weeks. We went to the c...
21 min read 2476 #Andrey Tropillo #Arkhangelsk #Rock #Concert #Rock club #Band history
Chapter 5, Part 2: Andrei Tropillo Records the Band "Oblachny Kray". — "Ublyzhya Dolya".
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Chapter 5, Part 2: Andrei Tropillo Records the Band "Oblachny Kray". — "Ublyzhya Dolya".

Chapter 5, Part 2: Andrei Tropillo Records the Band 'Oblachny Krai'. — 'Ublyzhya Dolya'. - Photo 1Every day, the city of Leningrad continued to surprise me with unusual people and ...
20 min read 877 #Oblachny Kray #Andrey Tropillo #Arkhangelsk #Leningrad #Rock #Concert #Magnitizdat #Studio #Ublyuzhya Dolya #Band history
Chapter 5, Part 1: Andrey Tropillo records the band "Oblachny Kray". — "Two Liters of Cinzano".
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Chapter 5, Part 1: Andrey Tropillo records the band "Oblachny Kray". — "Two Liters of Cinzano".

…By the spring of 1984, the situation with our group had become quite dire. We visited every cultural institution in Arkhangelsk in search of a space for recording and rehearsals, ...
20 min read 872 #Oblachny Kray #Andrey Tropillo #Arkhangelsk #Leningrad #1980s #Rock #Concert #Soviet rock #Rock club #Magnitizdat #Studio #Band history
Chapter 7, Part 1: 'The Arkhangelsk Rock Club. The 1987 Rock Festival.' – 'Preparation' Popular
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Chapter 7, Part 1: 'The Arkhangelsk Rock Club. The 1987 Rock Festival.' – 'Preparation'

By the beginning of 1987, the Arkhangelsk Rock Club had firmly established its existence. Songs approved by the literary director could now be performed at concerts that periodical...
18 min read 2935 #Oblachny Kray #Andrey Tropillo #Arkhangelsk #1980s #Rock #Metal #Concert #Festival #Soviet rock #Rock club #Magnitizdat #Studio #Ublyuzhya Dolya #Stremya i Lyudi #Composers' Union #Band history
Chapter 7, Part 2: 'The Arkhangelsk Rock Club. The 1987 Rock Festival.' – 'The kick, the snare, and the voice – that's what matters!' Popular
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Chapter 7, Part 2: 'The Arkhangelsk Rock Club. The 1987 Rock Festival.' – 'The kick, the snare, and the voice – that's what matters!'

And so, the hour struck, and the action began. Literally from the very first minutes, the hall did not quiet down until the very end. It's hard to believe, of course, but Arkhangel...
17 min read 2996 #Oblachny Kray #Konstantin Kinchev #Arkhangelsk #1980s #Rock #Concert #Festival #Soviet rock #Rock club #Band history
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