Oleg Gazmanov
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Oleg Mikhaylovich Gazmanov ' onMouseout='HidePop("54495")' href="/topics/Gusev">Gusev
Gusev
Gusev is a town and the administrative center of Gusevsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Pissa and Krasnaya Rivers, near the border with Poland and Lithuania, east of Chernyakhovsk. Population: -History:...

) is a Russian pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 singer, composer and poet, specializing in patriotic songs that glorify Russia and Russian history. Gazmanov is leader of rock-group "Эскадрон" (Squadron). His songs have been covered by others in the chanson
Chanson
A chanson is in general any lyric-driven French song, usually polyphonic and secular. A singer specialising in chansons is known as a "chanteur" or "chanteuse" ; a collection of chansons, especially from the late Middle Ages and Renaissance, is also known as a chansonnier.-Chanson de geste:The...

 style, such as Mikhail Shufutinsky
Mikhail Shufutinsky
Mikhail Zakharovich Shufutinsky is a pop Russian singer, citizen of the USA. He is the pre-eminent current singer of Russian chanson music....


Awards

  • Meritorious Artist
    Meritorious Artist
    Meritorious Artist , also translated as Merited Artist, Deserved Artist or Distinguished Artist or Honorary Artist or Honorable Actor) is an honorary title in the Soviet Union, Russian Federation, Union republics, and Autonomous republics, also in some other Eastern bloc states, as well as in a...

     of Russia (1995)
  • People's Artist of Russia
    People's Artist of Russia
    People's Artist of Russia, also sometimes translated as National Artist of Russia, is an honorary title granted to citizens of Russia.It succeeded both the all-Soviet union award People's Artist of the USSR , and more directly the local republic award, People's Artist of the RSFSR , after the...

     (2002)
  • Order of Honour (2006)

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