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FROM THE HISTORY OF THE BAND 'OBLACHNY KRAY'. CHAPTER 18: MY COMPUTER
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FROM THE HISTORY OF THE BAND 'OBLACHNY KRAY'. CHAPTER 18: MY COMPUTER

The time has come for the final chapter in the story of the Arkhangelsk band Oblachny Krai — about the work that is currently nearing its logical conclusion. It's a good thing it i...
11 min read 1048 #Oblachny Kray #Arkhangelsk #2000s #Rock #Magnitizdat #Studio #History #Band history
FROM THE HISTORY OF THE BAND 'OBLACHNY KRAY'. CHAPTER 16: EXILE FROM PARADISE. A GREBENSHCHIKOV TRIBUTE
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FROM THE HISTORY OF THE BAND 'OBLACHNY KRAY'. CHAPTER 16: EXILE FROM PARADISE. A GREBENSHCHIKOV TRIBUTE

To be completely honest, when recounting the story behind the creation of our last album, it is impossible to ignore my relationship with alcohol. I see it as an integral part of t...
11 min read 968 #Oblachny Kray #Andrey Tropillo #Boris Grebenshchikov #Leningrad #2000s #Magnitizdat #Studio #History #Cover #Band history
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 3035 #Oblachny Kray #Arkhangelsk #Moscow #1980s #Rock #Concert #Festival #Soviet rock #Magnitizdat #Studio
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 3419 #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 3173 #Oblachny Kray #Andrey Tropillo #Arkhangelsk #Leningrad #Moscow #Rock #Hard rock #Concert #Underground #Magnitizdat #Studio #Memories #Stremya i Lyudi #Composers' Union
Chapter 9, Part 1: 'Wanted Freedom'
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Chapter 9, Part 1: 'Wanted Freedom'

The year 1989 arrived. By that time, our ranks had been joined by a new drummer, Yura Korablev, from the band "Autodafe," following bassist Andrei Lukin, who had switched over to u...
20 min read 2523 #Oblachny Kray #Andrey Tropillo #Arkhangelsk #Leningrad #1980s #Rock #Magnitizdat #Studio #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 878 #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 2936 #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 6, Part 1: The Drive and the People. 'Shevchuk's Portwine, BG's Guitar, and Sologub's Bass'. Popular
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Chapter 6, Part 1: The Drive and the People. 'Shevchuk's Portwine, BG's Guitar, and Sologub's Bass'.

Chapter 6, Part 1: The Drive and the People. 'Shevchuk's Portwine, BG's Guitar, and Sologub's Bass'. - Photo 1As I had expected, the recording of “Ubluzhya Dolya” made an impressio...
23 min read 3557 #Oblachny Kray #Andrey Tropillo #Konstantin Kinchev #Boris Grebenshchikov #Yuri Shevchuk #Arkhangelsk #Leningrad #1980s #Rock #Concert #Festival #Soviet rock #Rock club #Magnitizdat #Stremya i Lyudi #Band history
Chapter 3: How "Oblachny Kray" Got Wasted with the Band "Aquarium". Popular
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Chapter 3: How "Oblachny Kray" Got Wasted with the Band "Aquarium".

In January 1982, a band from Leningrad came to visit us in Arkhangelsk. Until then, they were unknown to us—a certain group called "Aquarium". We were maximalists, and it seemed to...
23 min read 3420 #Oblachny Kray #Andrey Tropillo #Arkhangelsk #Leningrad #1980s #Rock #Concert #Soviet rock #Rock club #Magnitizdat #Band history
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