born July 17, 1932, Mr.. in village. Syasstroy Volkhov district of the Leningrad region. Until 1973. lived in Peterhof. Since 1973, Mr.. living in Leningrad (St Petersburg).
In 1954 he graduated with honors from the Leningrad State twice ordenonosny Institute of Physical Culture (GDOIFK) they. P.F. Lesgafta. He worked as a coach in figure skating in children's sports schools Petrodvorets, Lomonosov, Leningrad, physical education instructor in CDB "Meridian". Several field seasons (from 1963 to 1966) worked as a technician, geophysicist at the party 21 All-Russia Institute of Exploration Geophysics. Since 1971, he worked in the Leningrad Oblast Philharmonic, from 1979. - In Lenkontserte, from 1988. - At the Leningrad theater-studio "Benefis".
Songs began writing in 1946, Mr.. first for jazz, where he played on a drum, then - for the institute п?п°п©я?я?я?пҐп?п?пЎп?. One of the first songs "The heat, the sands are like an ocean ..." the music of D. Duke Ellington's "Caravan" was written for jazz in 1946. In 1963 appeared songs written in geological expeditions to the mountain Shoriyu, the Pamirs, in Kamchatka, Far East.
The most famous songs
Yuri Kukina "In the mist," "The Wizard", "Paris," "City", "The old storyteller," "The Little Dwarf", "Still a pity that the summer is ended"
. In 1965 he became the winner of the 1 st of the Leningrad city contest sponsors and amateur artists songs (was marked by the song "Over the fog"), . Tourism Song Contest II All-Union campaign youth in Moscow (1966 and 1967, . 1 place, . awarded the song "Paris"), . II of the Leningrad city contest sponsors and amateur artists songs in Leningrad (1967, . awarded the song "Train" - 1 place),
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Send 2 discs giant "Tune:" Autumn Letter (1988) and "Mirage" (1990).
5 CD-ROM: "The best songs," St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg studio recording, 1994, "Let me go to him," Moscow: Russia Instrument, 1995, "The Return", Moscow: Russia Instrument, 1995, "In the mist" St. Petersburg, 1998; "Favorites", M.: music. Publishing House "MO", 1999.
5 books of songs: "Only songs / [Sost. A. Krylov]. - Moscow: Physical Culture and Sports, 1990; "halfway house": Sb. / Sost. and notes a. and M. Levitanov. - Moscow: The Soviet Cultural Foundation, 1990; Night Orchestra / [Sost. V. Vaskovsky]. - M.: Mini, 1993; "And I'm going, but I'm going for the fog:" / [Sost. V. Kavtorin]. - St. Petersburg: Publishing House Penates, 1997, "Treatise on the songs". - Minsk: MP "BIT", 1997.
6 cassettes: "But still sad that the summer is ended:" - M., 1994, "Let me go to him". - Vienna, Austria, "FSI"; RI 020 MS "Russia's tool," 1995 "," Return ". - Vienna, Austria, "FSI"; RI 021 MS "Russia's tool," 1995; "For the fog". - M., 1994, "Best Song. - M., 2001.
3 videocassettes: a series of "Bards tell" 1. YU.
Kukin the time, his friends and himself. 2. YU.
Kukin in the House of Scientists TsAGI (r. Zhukovsky, 26 March 1998). 3. YU.
Kukin in DC Meridian 25marta 1998. - The Central Archive of author's song PZT Studio-17 "d. Moscow.
In addition to numerous performances in various cities of the country and neighboring countries, toured the United States, Canada, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Israel and France.
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Photo Kukina Yuri Alekseevich