Nikolai Dobronravov
Soviet-Russian poet (1928–2023)
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Nikolai Nikolayevich Dobronravov (Russian: Николай Николаевич Добронравов; 22 November 1928 – 16 September 2023) was a Soviet and Russian poet and lyricist.[1] He collaborated with his wife Aleksandra Pakhmutova.[2]
Born
22 November 1928
Nikolai Nikolayevich Dobronravov
22 November 1928
OccupationsPoet, lyricist, schoolteacher
SpouseAleksandra Pakhmutova
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Dobronravov in 2004 | |
| Born | Nikolai Nikolayevich Dobronravov 22 November 1928 |
| Died | 16 September 2023 (aged 94) |
| Occupations | Poet, lyricist, schoolteacher |
| Spouse | Aleksandra Pakhmutova |
Dobronravov had two higher educations: in 1950 he graduated from the Moscow Art Theatre School, in 1952 the Moscow City Pedagogical Institute named after Vladimir Potemkin.[3] He died in Moscow on 16 September 2023, at the age of 94.[4]
Selected compositions
- And the Battle Is Going Again[5]
- Belovezhskaya Pushcha (song)[6]
- Do You Know What Kind of Guy He Was
- Hope (Soviet song)
- How Young We Were
- Nezhnost'[7]
- No Coward Plays Hockey![8]
- The Main Thing, Guys, is Not to Grow Old by Your Heart
- The Team of Our Youth
Selected discography
- 1971 – Gagarin's Constellation (EP, Melodiya Д 00029947-8)
- 2013 – Nikolai Dobronravov. Best... (CD, Melodiya, MEL CD 60 02162)[9]
Filmography
- Sporting Honour (1951) as Platon Platonovich (uncredited)
- The Return of Vasili Bortnikov (1953) as Seryozha
- O Sport, You Are Peace! (1981) as the author of the script (the text and the lyrics)
Awards and honors
- Lenin Komsomol Prize (1978)
- Order of the Badge of Honour (1978)'[10]
- USSR State Prize (1982)
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1984)[11]
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class (2003)[12]
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class (2008)[13][14]
