11 Dec 1953
He was born in Moscow to a family of an architect and a doctor. Andrey Makarevich. Poet, musician, one of the "Beatles of Perestroika." He turns 71.
We all came from who knows where
And turned into what we are,
Life wasn't worth anything before,
But at least honor was valued
At the age of 12, he was already writing poetry and playing bard songs on the guitar. He listened Okudzhava, Vysotsky и The Beatles.
It felt like I'd been wearing cotton wool in my ears and it had suddenly been removed. I listened to the Beatles from morning until night. Sometimes, my Beatles-weary parents would throw me out on the balcony with the tape recorder, and then I'd turn the volume up so everyone around me could listen to the Beatles too.
At 14, he founded the band "The Kids," and at 15, he took it to the big stage, performing covers of foreign pop songs. At 16, he and his classmates formed "Time Machine."
After school, he studied architecture but was expelled in his third year for playing rock music. He worked at the State Institute of Theatre Design and completed his studies in the evening department.
Since the late 70s, he has completely turned to music: even then, the whole country was singing along to “For Those Who Are at Sea,” “Conversations on the Train,” and “The Candle.”
He criticized the Soviet system, but did not consider himself a dissident.
During the August 1991 coup, Mashina Vremeni performed at the barricades in front of the White House defenders. It later served as Yeltsin's confidant during his presidential campaign.
In the 2000s, he endorsed the policies of Putin and Medvedev and performed at concerts in their support. He explained that society itself, which had inherited Soviet-era stereotypes, was to blame for the country's problems.
I don't think Soviet power will return. The Soviet power you're talking about is present in the hearts of perhaps the majority of our country's population, and to a greater degree than in the hearts of, say, Putin and Medvedev.
In 2010, he drank beer with President Medvedev and other rock musicians in his Moscow bar (he was not invited to that meeting). Shevchuk). In the same year he spoke in defense Khodorkovsky, calling his case "a protracted disgrace for Russia."
In 2011, after Putin's nomination for a third term, he wrote the song "Putin is Coming to Us in Kholuyevo." He also stated in an interview that Russians were being deprived of choice.
Our path to the top is infinitely difficult
Sometimes with my forehead against the wall, sometimes vice versa
Putin is coming to visit us in Kholuyevo
To see how people live
The people are in the key of such a turn
Rising to great deeds
And the church changed its work plan
And the executive committee rang the alarm
The song was cut from the recording of the concert on Channel One.
In 2014, he spoke out against Crimea's annexation by Russia. Afterward, he complained to Putin about harassment and concert cancellations, but the Kremlin failed to help.
What a delight this united system is!
Once you're in place, rise and shine.
Wow, what power!
It turns out together
Report to the top together
If the enemy is hiding somewhere
And also to keep silent together
If something, pardon me, is not right
(Make Me Laugh, Petrosyan, 2013)
After February 24, 2022, he moved to Israel. In September, he was added to the register of foreign agents.
When some people constantly lie and others pretend to believe them, it always smells bad.
He tours the world, produces his own brand of wine, organizes exhibitions of his paintings, and writes stories.
At 68 he became a father again.
Even though I have driven my fate,
But no matter what land I sing in,
It all seems to me that I
I'm standing on you again
(Crossroads, 1994)