SHEVCHUK, Yuriy Yulianovich

SHEVCHUK, Yuriy Yulianovich (b.16.5.1957, Posуlok Yagodnoye of Magadan Obl.), Musician, Songwriter. People's Artist of the RB (2003). Graduated from the BSPI (1980). The founder and leader of the DDT rock‑group (Ufa, 1980). Since 1985, he has lived and worked in St. Petersburg. The key themes of Sh.'s creative work are civic and patriotic lyrics, social satire and protest. Among Sh.'s songs that gained wide popularity, there is Agidel (White River), Last Autumn, Don’t Shoot, Actress Spring, Autumn. He is the author of soundtracks for such films as Vovochka, Dear Officers and Ice Age. He starred in such films as White Monday (Lenfilm Film Studio, 1990), Vovochka (Svet Film Studio, 2002).