Aleksandr Novikov

Alexander Vasilievich Novikov - Soviet and Russian performer of his own songs in the style of "Russian chanson"; a musician who three times refused to be awarded the title of Honored Artist of Russia.

Alexander was born in the military town of Burevestnik, which is located on the island of Iturup, part of the Kuril archipelago. The Novikov family ended up there thanks to the service of their father, a military pilot. The mother of the future singer was engaged in housekeeping. A few years later, the Novikovs moved to Kyrgyz Bishkek, where Sasha went to school. But the young man graduated from the senior classes already in the capital of the Urals - Yekaterinburg.

Alexander, as a teenager, began to have a negative attitude towards the Soviet political system. Sasha even refused to join the Komsomol, which is why he got problems with teachers and law enforcement agencies. This fact was the reason why Novikov never received higher education. The young man entered institutes three times - first at the Ural Polytechnic, then at the Sverdlovsk Mountain, then at the forestry. But every student was expelled.

However, the young man was not too upset, since by that time he decided to plunge headlong into rock music, and then into chanson. The musical career of Alexander Novikov was already gaining momentum when the artist was unexpectedly arrested.

The primary charge was the anti-Soviet lyrics of his songs. But since even with a strong desire to pass off wishful thinking was impossible, the investigation replaced the accusation. Novikov was convicted of alleged speculation and falsification of musical technique.

Of the 10 years that were given, the singer spent six in prison. Moreover, despite the fact that Alexander was offered more or less comfortable occupations in the zone, for example, a job as a librarian, Novikov refused and, on an equal basis with others, worked at a construction site and logging.

The artist with dignity overcame the difficult period of his own biography, for which he earned the respect of the rest of the prisoners. Only in 1990 was Alexander released ahead of schedule, as the Supreme Court found the sentence to be false, and the arrest had no basis.

In the early 80s, Alexander Novikov became interested in music and decided to organize his own team, which he called "Rock-polygon". For the group, the musician wrote songs, performed and played the guitar. The style of the singer's first compositions was very different from what fans later got used to. The guys played rock and roll, which even had a small proportion of punk rock.

In 1981, the first magnetic albums were created at the Novik Records recording studio. And in 1984, Alexander drastically changed the genre and recorded a collection of soulful songs "Take me, cabby", which included musical compositions "Where the paths lead", "Ancient city", "Ruble-pennies", "Telephone conversation". Then there was a long pause in his career, associated with being in prison camps.

Returning, Novikov republishes the previous album. The songs "Remember, girl! .." and "Vostochnaya street" are becoming popular. Later, the songs "Urban Romance", "Chansonette", "Part with Her" were recognized as hits. Alexander writes his own songs himself. For hits, the artist creates clips that are popular with viewers.

But the singer has a number of albums based on poems by other authors. In 1997, the disc "Sergei Yesenin" was released, where the lyrics of the great Russian poet became the lyrics of the hits. Later, the chansonnier repeated this experience. The disc “I remember, beloved” was released again on the verses of Yesenin and “Pineapples in champagne”, in which the authors of the texts were various poets of the Silver Age. In total, the performer has more than 20 studio works.

Since the mid-90s, the singer has regularly been creating solo programs and giving concerts. The artist records music from performances in the form of concert albums. A total of fifteen such discs were created. During his musical career, Alexander Novikov was nominated for the Chanson of the Year award twelve times, of which he received the award nine times.

In 2010, Alexander Novikov was appointed artistic director of the Variety Theater in his native Yekaterinburg. First of all, the musician looked through the repertoire and banned the production of "Blue Puppy", which was beloved by the Ural theater-goers. The artist saw in the performance a hint of pedophilia, low-grade and bad taste of the artistic presentation of the material.

In 2011, Novikov, together with opposition politician Alexei Navalny, urged the residents of Yekaterinburg not to ignore the elections and to vote on their conscience. There was even a video parody of the standard electoral advertisement "GOLO ... SUI!" And in the summer of 2016 it became known that Alexander Vasilyevich was going to run for the deputies of the Legislative Assembly of the Sverdlovsk Region.

It is also worth noting that Novikov directed several documentaries - "I just got out of the cage", "Gop-stop show" and "Remember, girl?" The most popular was the biographical film "Oh, this Farian!" about the founder of the group "Boney M" Frank Farian. True, this picture was never shown on Russian television, although it was a success abroad.

Alexander Novikov met his only wife, Maria, even before the tragic page of fate. Both were students of the Geological Institute and were doing geodetic practice. When the singer went to prison, the woman did not turn away from her husband. Maria, together with Alexander, went through the difficulties of life and now the couple are happy for 41 years. In his own interview, Novikov said that he was grateful to his wife and would not change anything in his personal life.

In this marriage, two children were born - a son, Igor, who is professionally engaged in photography, and a daughter, Natalya, a designer and art critic. Thanks to the children, the singer has already become a grandfather.

Alexander Novikov is a deeply religious person. But the singer did not confine himself to prayers and going to church. Together with a bellmaker from Uralsk, in 1993 the chansonnier personally cast seven large bells and decorated with bas-reliefs various princes from the Romanov family. The belfry was unselfishly transferred to the men's monastery, where it still serves people.

On behalf of the artist, there is an official website, on the pages of which photos and videos with the participation of Alexander Novikov are posted.

In 2016, the artist delighted fans with new works - the album "Thug" and the collection "Hooligan songs", which included popular hits of the past and new musical compositions.

In 2015, a criminal case was initiated against Aleksandr Novikov under the article “large-scale fraud committed by a group of persons by prior agreement” in connection with the loss of 50 million rubles during the construction of the Queens Bukhta housing construction cooperative. The case also involved Mikhail Shilimanov, the former Deputy Minister of Economy of the Sverdlovsk Region.

The case was resolved within two years. In August 2017, the court of Yekaterinburg delivered the final verdict to the musician about his involvement in the crime. Alexander Novikov disagreed with the accusation, providing evidence of his own innocence, one of which was the completion of construction and the handover of real estate to the shareholders of the housing complex.

After the trial, Channel One went on to broadcast Let the Talk, where the public spoke out about the scandal. In turn, in October, the singer sued the creators of the TV show and TV presenter D. Borisov, accusing them of slander and denigrating the artist's reputation. Alexander announced this from the page of his own Facebook account. Now the verification of the legality of the actions of the TV crew has begun.

1993 - "Take me, cab" 1995 - "Chansonette" 1995 - "City romance" 1996 - "Embracing a beauty" 1997 - "Sergei Yesenin" 1999 - "Burlak" 2000 - "Wall" 2000 - "Beautiful-eyed" 2003 - "Real" 2005 - "Ponty Cupid" 2007 - "Luali" 2008 - "I remember, darling ..." 2010 - "Pineapples in champagne" 2012 - "Part with her" 2013 - "E-album" 2016 - "Thug"

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