Samotsvety
Sign in to saveSamotsvety (, which means "Semiprecious Stones") is a Soviet VIA band formed in 1971, in Moscow. It became one of the more successful and better known VIA bands, recording a number of hits and serving as a springboard to fame for several Russian musicians, including Dmitry Malikov, Vladimir Presnyakov Sr., and Alexander Barykin.
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- Instance of
- musical ensemble
- Country
- Russia
- Genre
- beat music
- Country of origin
- Russia
- Record label
- Melodiya
- Official website
- www.samotsvetu.ru
- Image
- ВИА «Пламя» 1976.jpg
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- location of formation
- Moscow
- Commons category
- Samocvety
- inception
- 1971-01-01
- start of work period
- 1971-00-00
- social media followers
- 21100
- has characteristic
- VIA
- director / manager
- Yuriy Malikov
- language used
- Ukrainian
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Samotsvety (, which means "Semiprecious Stones") is a Soviet VIA band formed in 1971, in Moscow. It became one of the more successful and better known VIA bands, recording a number of hits and serving as a springboard to fame for several Russian musicians, including Dmitry Malikov, Vladimir Presnyakov Sr., and Alexander Barykin.
== History == The band Samotsvety, was founded by Yuriy Malikov, a Recognized National Artist of Russia and the father of Dmitry Malikov. The group produced a string of hits in the 1970s, including "" (My address is the Soviet Union), "" (There, beyond the clouds), "" (My whole life is still ahead), "" (Something like this will never happen again), "" (All that I have in my life), "" (School dance), and "" (There lives love on this earth), among others.
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