Aleksandr Bashlachyov(1960-1988)
Russian poet, author and performer of songs. One of the most prominent representatives of Russian rock. In 1977-1978, Aleksandr worked as an artist at the Cherepovets Metallurgical Plant. In 1978-1983 he studied at the Ural State University at the Faculty of Journalism. After university, he returned to Cherepovets, where he worked for a year in the newspaper "Communist". In September 1984, in Cherepovets, at the apartment of Leonid Parfyonov, he met Artemiy Troitskiy, at the invitation of whom he played a series of tenants in Moscow and Leningrad. In the fall of 1984, he left Cherepovets, first to Moscow, then to Leningrad. In March 1985, he held his first public appearance in Leningrad together with Yuriy Shevchuk in the 6th auditorium of the Leningrad Veterinary Institute (Moskovsky Prospekt, building No. 99). This concert was held immediately after the III festival of the Leningrad Rock Club, so it received the name "Fourth Day of the Festival." A recording of this concert was published under the name "Kochegarka". At the same time, he recorded his first album, the recording was organized by Sergey Firsov in the home studio of Aleksey Vishnya, later this recording was released under the name "Third Capital". From this moment, Firsov considers himself the director of Bashlachev. The next year, he finally settled in Leningrad, where he joined the "Rock Club". With the help of Firsov, since March 1986 he was officially employed in the "Kamchatka" boiler house. In June 1987 at the Fifth Leningrad Festival received the prize "Hope." Spring 1987 - filming in the documentary film by Aleksey Uchitel "Rock". In the process of filming, he refused to participate in them. Later, when Bashlachyov died, his funeral was filmed by a group of Aleksey Uchitel and included footage of this event in one of the film's versions. June 1987 - performance at the fifth Leningrad rock festival in LDM, performance at the rock festival in Chernogolovka. September 1987 - filming in the film "Bards leave the yards" (Kiev), which he refused to participate in. January 29, 1988 at the apartment of Marina Timasheva, the last, preserved in the recording, Bashlachev's concert took place. Passed away on February 17, 1988. He was buried in Leningrad at the Kovalyovskiy cemetery.