Yuri Shatunov

Yuriy "Yura" Vasilevich Shatunov, commonly anglicized as Yuri, Russian:Юрий "Юра" Васильевич Шатунов, is a Russian singer, best known as being the former frontman of the Russian 1980s band Laskoviy Mai (Ласковый май). He was born on 6 September 1973 in the city of Kumertau, Bashkir ASSR, in the former Soviet Union.

Yuriy Shatunov
Born	(1973-09-06) 6 September 1973 Kumertau, Russia, USSR
Occupation	Singer
Years active	1986–present
Spouse(s)	Svetlana Shatunova[1]
Children	2 (son Dennis (2006), daughter Estella (2013)[2]
Awards	Pesnya goda (2002, 2009, 2012, 2013)
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Name

Commonly spelled "Yuri Shatunov" in English, his official website, Shatunov.com, lists his name as "Yuriy" (which is the most precise transliteration of Russian), "Yury," and "Yuri." The English pronunciation of all three is identical.[3] Yuri took his mother's, Vera Shatunova, surname at a young age due to the lack of a relationship with his father, Vasiliy Klimenko.

Personal life

Shatunov was born on 6 September 1973 in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic of the former (USSR), in the autonomous Republic of Bashkortostan. At the age of three he was abandoned by his father and was raised by his mother. When he was eleven his mother died of heart disease, and he lived with his aunt and maternal grandparents, who soon found themselves unable to cope with his behavior.

Shatunov was sent to Orenburg Children's Home Number 2 in Orenburg, where he had a reputation for poor behavior, such as running away from the orphanage, playing guitar and singing on the streets to get money and cigarettes, getting into fights, and avoiding work.

Regardless of his troubled childhood, Shatunov sang very well. He met with Sergei Kuznetsov, a music teacher in the orphanage, and they created a band, "Laskoviy Mai" ("Tender May"). In this group they frequently sang about unfortunate love, which was not typical at that time, and was especially unusual for the young band members in their early teens in 1986.[4] This group, in which Shatunov was the frontman, existed from 1986 to 1992, and was very popular in Russia. In 1996, Shatunov moved to Germany, where he went to complete his education, which was unfinished due to his turbulent youth and early career in music, and to learn how to become a music producer.

Shatunov has a wife named Svetlana and two children, a son named Dennis (born 5 September 2006) and a daughter named Estella (born 13 March 2013). Shatunov and Svetlana got married in 2007 in Germany after seven years of dating.

Shatunov is currently busy working on his solo career, and performs frequently in Russia, Germany and in Eastern European countries, as well as some of the former Soviet block countries in Central Asia such as Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

Discography

Belye rozy – White roses : 1986 demo, 1988, 1996 remix, 2003 remix, 2004, 2005, 2019 Zabud – Forget : 2001, 2002 remix, 2004, 2019 Tet-a-tet – One-in-one : 2011, 2019 A leto cveta – The summer colors : 2012, 2018 Detstvo – Childhood : 1992, 2002, 2005, 2019 Sedaya noch – Gray night : 1986 demo, 1988, 1996 remix, 2001, 2019 Ne boisya – Do not be afraid : 2003, 2005, 2018 Rozovyi vecher – Pink evening : 1988, 1996 remix, 2003 remix, 2005, 2019 Gryozy – Dreams : 2014, 2018 Leto – Summer : 1986 demo, 1988, 1996 remix, 2001 remix, 2004 Vecher holodnoyi zimy – Cold winter evening : 1986 demo, 2002, 2019 Ryadom s nei – Next to her : 2014, 2018 Chto zh ty, leto – What are you, summer : 2002, 2019 Nu chto zhe ty – Well, what are you : 1986 demo, 1988, 1996 remix, 2004 Zvyozdnaya noch – Starry night : 1992, 2018 Poezda – Trains : 2014 Pust budet noch – Let it be the night : 1986 demo, 1988, 2004 Glupye snezhinki – Silly snowflakes : 1988, 2011 Zhizn moya – My life : 2014, 2018 Zapishi moi golos na kassettu – Write down my voice on tape : 2005, 2018 Medlenno uhodit osen – Slowly autumn leaves : 1986 demo, 1988, 2002, 2005, 2019 Odnoklassniki – Classmates : 2015, 2018 Maiskii vecher – May evening : 2008, 2012 Zvezda – Stars : 2015, 2018

Padayut listya – Fall leaves : 2001, 2002 remix, 2005 Ot belyh roz – From the white rose : 2011 Tayuschii sneg – Melting snow : 1986 demo, 1988, 1996 remix, 2005 I ya pod kitaru – And I play guitar : 2015, 2017 Ty prosto byl : You just had : 1988 Ya otkrovenen – I frankly : 1986 demo, 1988, 1996 remix, 2004 Posle vypusknogo – After graduation : 2005 Ne molchi – Do not be silent : 2018 Privet – Hello : 2012 Esli hochesh – If you want to : 2004 Ya teryayu – I lose : 2001, 2002 remix S dnjom rozhdenija : Happy birthday – 2017 I upav na koleni – And falling on his knees : 1993 Ya veryu – I believe : 2012 Ty prosti menya, prosti – Forgive me, forgive : 2005 V pozhdestvo – The Christmas : 2018 Bez tebya – Without you : 2012 Skolko mozhno – How much : 2005 A pomnish – The remember : 1999, 2005, 2019 A ty vosmi i pozvoni – And you take it and call : 2018 Ya peressorilsya v dozhdyom – I quarreled in the rain : 2001 Ne hochu – I do not want : 2012, 2019 Mama – Mother : 1993 Ty mne ne verish – You do not believe me : 2018 Romashki – Daisies : 2012, 2019 Pismo – Letter : 1993, 2019 remix

References

1. Официальная биография
2. У Юрия Шатунова родилась дочь
3. Yuri Shatnov's website
4. Кузнецов. Моя история

External links

• Yuriy Shatunov reveals secret of his family Russian News (6 September)
• "Ласковый май", popsa.info. (in Russian)
• Shatunov.com, official site