Michael Krug: biography of the king of Russian chanson

The star of the Russian chanson, Mikhail Krug, whose biography, unfortunately, is too short, did not dream of a great career as a musician. He just really loved music and did not imagine his life without her. From a young age he began to play the guitar and sing songs of his own composition.

Michael Krug: biography

A detailed history of his life is described already by many admirers of his talent, but today we will try to consider the main points of his creativity and life path. A future artist appeared in Tver in 1962 on April 7. His song "My dear city" was written about these native places. The real name of the famous artist is Vorobyov. Since the age of six, Michael was very fond of listening to Vladimir Vysotsky's songs, and already at eleven, having learned to play the guitar, he successfully sang them. At the age of fourteen he wrote his first poems for a classmate, to whom he had a warm feeling. As his relatives and childhood friends recall, Mikhail was very poor at school, often ran away from school and was a real bully. For some time he studied at the music school playing the accordion, but when he got bored, he dropped out of school. After eight grades of the general education school, the future artist was educated as a repairman in the Tver School No. 39. Then he served in the army, working as an instructor in driving in a military school.

Michael Krug: biography - the beginning of a musical career

After the army, Mikhail decided to marry. But the parents of the bride have set him a condition - to obtain higher education, since their daughter is educated, and in husbands they are ready to see only an equal to her person. Michael goes to the institute, where in 1987 he participates in the contest of author's song and wins. This was the first impulse to serious work in the field of music. Soon Michael throws work as an instructor and institute and gives all his strength and time to creativity. So there was a new star of the Russian chanson - Michael Krug. The biography of the artist contains information that by 1996, when his first concert was held, he had already released four albums. Virtually all songs from them were dedicated to a girl named Marina, whom he loved the first pure youthful love.

Michael Krug: biography - personal life

The artist was twice married: the first time in 1986, the second - in 2000. His wife, Svetlana, persuaded him to make his work accessible to everyone and thus pushed him to success. She helped him in every possible way - she became the first producer of her husband and sewed him costumes for concerts. In 1988, she gave birth to his son Dmitry, and the next they broke up because of Michael's wild life. In 2000, the artist married for the second time on Irina, who later took the pseudonym of her husband - Krug - and acted with him. In 2002, she gave birth to his son Alexander.

Michael Krug: biography - a tragic end

For the entire short period of his work, the Circle has been performing in many countries of Europe and the former USSR, and has appeared in several films. In 1998 he received the "Ovation" award, earned the unspoken title of "King of Russian Chanson". But his creative work was dramatically and tragically finished - Mikhail Krug was killed. It happened on the night of July 1 in 2002 in his own house. One of the versions of his murder was robbery. The fact is that he was loved not only by ordinary citizens, but also by so-called thieves in law, one of whom gave him an expensive ring with three diamonds. According to the investigation, it was in that fateful night that the thieves made their way to his house. The mother-in-law of the artist was wounded, his wife was frightened, while Mikhail, having received several gunshot wounds, died in the morning of July 1 in the hospital. In 2008, a gang with the name "Tver wolves", which, according to investigators, related to Krug's death, was arrested. In one of the members of the group, Mikhail's wife, Irina, identified a murderer who was sentenced to life imprisonment.