Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class (2022).
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Valery Yakovlevich Leontiev is a Russian singer, songwriter and actor, whose popularity peaked in the 1980s and 1990s. He was titled a People's Artist of Russia in 1996. During his career, he achieved international success in Eastern Europe, has the status of a pop icon along with Alla Pugacheva, and is a winner of ZD Awards.
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entertainment · Russian singer and actor (born 1949) · singer · film actor · composer · poet · dancer · actor · television actor · also Valery Leontiev, Valery Yakovlevich Leontyev, Valery Yakovlevich Leontiev, Leontiev
Born 19 March 1949 · Q32927
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Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class (2022).
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Published video “Валерий Леонтьев - Аэроплан”.
Published video “Валерий Леонтьев - Пожалей меня”.
Published video “Валерий Леонтьев - Я вернусь... (Видеоверсия юбилейного концерта)”.
Published video “Валерий Леонтьев - Бродяга (Официальный клип)”.
Published video “Валерий Леонтьев - На крыльях любви (Официальный клип)”.
Published video “Валерий Леонтьев - На крыльях любви (EP)”.
Published video “Валерий Леонтьев - Я вернусь (ПРЕМЬЕРА АЛЬБОМА 2019)”.
Published video “Валерий Леонтьев - Время не лечит (ПРЕМЬЕРА 2019)”.
Published video “Валерий Леонтьев концерт 'Фотограф сновидений', 1999”.
Published video “Валерий Леонтьев - Супер шоу 'По дороге в Голливуд'”.
Awarded Order of Friendship (2014).
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Was a member of the jury of Crimea Music Fest
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Awarded Through Art – to Peace and Understanding (2009).
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Awarded Order of Honour (2009).
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Eduard Fomin, a former employee of the Ministry of Education of the RSFSR, revealed that in 1987 George Veselov, the Minister of Education for the Soviet Union, brought forward the idea of Soviet participation in the EBU
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Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class (2005).
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Villa in Alicante, Spain (neighbors – Mikhail Gorbachev, Victoria Beckham)
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“For the rebirth of Russia. 21st Century”
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Awarded Prize of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia (1999).
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Leontiev was awarded the "Living Legend Award" at the Russian national music award "Ovation"
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Awarded People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1996).
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Apartment on Collins Avenue, Miami, FL, USA
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Performed on stage with Gina Lollobrigida in Saint-Petersburg concert hall "Oktyabrskiy", and in 1996 he was awarded the title People's Artist of Russia
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Leontyev headlined the Voice of Asia festival, along with Boney M and Gloria Gaynor
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Awarded World Music Awards (1991).
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Leontiev was named the "Best Selling Soviet Artist" at the World Music Awards ceremony in Monte Carlo
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Leontiev gives a series of 27 recitals
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Awarded Merited Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1987).
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Leontyev already became an Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR
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Studied at Saint Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts (1987).
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Performed in Chernobyl for the liquidators of the nuclear power plant accident
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Awarded Lenin Komsomol Prize (1985).
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The singer moves to work in the Voroshilovgrad Philharmonic (now Luhansk Philharmonic) in the Ukrainian SSR
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Leontiev underwent a serious operation to remove a tumor from his throat, which jeopardized his further singing career
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The artist won the popularity prize at the prestigious music festival Yerevan-81
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Leontiev sang in various concerts, including the Moscow Variety Theatre, Oktyabrsky and Luzhniki
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During the Vorkuta regional competition "Song-71"
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The family moved to the city Yuryevets in Ivanovo Oblast
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Born 1949-03-19.
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