Vladimir Begunov

Vladimir Begunov was born in the Crimean Oblast to a family of an accountant and an aircraft engineer. As a teenager his family moved to the small town Lakhta near Arkhangelsk. At that time he played in a Tsunami band. Among his favourite bands were The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Doors and T. Rex.^[1] When he was in 10 grade his family moved to Sverdlovsk, where he became Vladimir Shakhrin's classmate. In 1978–1980 he served in the Army reaching the military rank of a sergeant. In 1981 he graduated from Sverdlovsk building technical secondary school.

In 1985, he became a member of Chaif. He has also played the contrabass in Pyotr Beryozkin's country band.^[2]

Begunov played in the roles of the forest dryaba Bryaka in the radio play "Zhuzha. Drandalyot's travelling" which is based on Aleksandr Korotich's tale in 2009^[3] and in that of the herald in a movie called "Legenda Ostrova Dvid" in 2010.^[4] Begunov was awarded the insignia of the Merit of Sverdlovskaja Oblast.^[5]