You can love it or hate it. But in many respects it was thanks to Artemy Troitsky that attention was paid to Russian rock. About life, career, family and political views disgraced journalist - in this article.

Artemy Troitsky. Well-known journalist and music critic. At times Soviet Union he actively advocated the introduction of rock music to the masses. Artemy Troitsky is friends with Boris Grebenshchikov, Andrei Makarevich and other eminent musicians. The critic has been engaged in educational activities for several decades, and it is largely thanks to him that such styles as techno, indie and rock gained popularity in the 80s and after the collapse of the USSR.

Biography of Artemy Troitsky

One of the first domestic rock journalists was born in Yaroslavl on June 16, 1955. His father, Kiva Majdanik, was a respected political scientist, an adherent of Marxist views. Mother - Rufina Nikolaevna Troitskaya, later the son took her last name. Some ill-wishers of the critic claim that Artemy Troitsky is a Jew by nationality, and often call him a Russophobe for impartial remarks about Russia and the current government. According to the official version, the famous critic and journalist comes from a family of Byzantine priests. The ancestors of their family came to Russia during the reign of Grand Duke Ivan Vasilyevich. Troitsky is proud of his origin and the fact that he was born in Yaroslavl. The youth of music critic Artemy Troitsky passed in the capital of the Czech Republic, where his parents worked in one of the journalistic publications. Subsequently, Artemy's mother and father divorced.

How it all began

For the first time Artemy Troitsky tried himself in the writing field when he was a little over ten years old. He wrote his opinion about one of the albums of the famous Liverpool four "The Beatles" in one of the little-known publications. After graduating from high school, Artemy Troitsky entered the MESI (now MSUESI) at the Faculty of Mathematics. In the late 70s, he worked for several years as a junior research fellow at the Institute of Art History. Even before defending his Ph.D. thesis, he was fired for "special" views. He helped in organizing underground concerts of groups that at that time had difficult relations with the Soviet authorities. "Aquarium", "Kino", "Time Machine" - they all had to hide from the government.

Continuing a career after a break

For the rebellious spirit, the journalist often fell out of favor, he was forbidden to publish his texts and tried in every possible way to survive from the country. He was able to do what he loved again only in the late 80s on Latvian television, where he was offered a job as a co-host in the Videorhythms program. Then he tried himself as a rock performer with the assistance of an old friend Vasily Shumov. In the early 90s, Leonid Parfyonov invited Artemy to work on the NTV channel. The author's program "Cafe "Oblomov" fell in love with viewers and subsequently appeared on the RTR channel. At the same time, in the 90s, he was organizing concerts of foreign singers and groups.

Life position

For many years, Artemy Troitsky has been criticizing Vladimir Putin and his supporters, he attended the rally "For Fair Elections" in 2012 on Bolotnaya Square. As the disgraced critic stated in one of the interviews: "Putin prevents almost everyone from living."

Where does Artemy Troitsky live now and what does he do? The journalist and his family left Moscow a few years ago after he was fired from the music journalism department of Moscow State University, where he lectured to students for thirteen years. Troitsky says that all this time he was in Moscow only because of work, because he does not like the city and never had warm feelings for him. He was rarely invited for interviews, publications became irregular. Suddenly the opportunity to live and work in Estonia presented itself, the journalist, of course, agreed.

Now a public figure and journalist lectures at a local university and broadcasts on Estonian television. The main goal of the program is to counter official Russian propaganda in Eastern Europe. In one of the broadcasts, he admitted that he largely shares the views of Alexei Navalny, and if you are afraid and follow the lead of the authorities, you will not be able to become a real politician. Troitsky considers it absurd that the Russian movement has been criticized because of its position on the war in Ukraine. According to the disgraced journalist, the Kremlin has created its own nationalist parties, like Anti-Maidan, and is doing its best to root out other movements whose goals and thoughts differ from the Kremlin's.

Personal life of a journalist

Troitsky married for the first time already in adulthood. Little is known about the critic's first love.

The second wife of Troitsky was art critic Svetlana Kunitsyna, who also worked on one of the central channels and in publications that published articles about fashion and style.

The third wife, Marianna, also a journalist, was the deputy editor-in-chief of the Gastronom magazine about delicious food, in addition, she worked in the Izvestia newspaper and the fashion publication Cosmopolitan.

Artemy has four children from different wives. The eldest daughter is already studying at the university, she inherited her father's talent for writing: she writes stories, draws well. The rest of the children are still in school.

Artemy was married four times. Vera Troitskaya, the fourth wife of Artemy Troitsky, has Estonian roots.

Life in Estonia

The journalist himself has been to Estonia many times, as a child he often came to his grandmother for vacations. Comparing Estonia and Russia, Troitsky notes that there is no bureaucracy in Estonia, the city streets are clean and comfortable, and Tallinn is even somewhat similar to his native Yaroslavl. The youngest daughter Lidia has been growing up bilingual since childhood: when they first moved to Estonia, she was assigned to be bilingual Kindergarten where the teachers spoke both Estonian and Russian. The journalist is also pleased with the local Russian schools. According to him, they are equipped with the latest technology, and the level of education is high.

Musical preferences

Many people are interested in what Artemy Troitsky thinks about music. The critic has a negative attitude towards pop artists, especially towards Stas Mikhailov. According to Troitsky, "Stas has nothing," and he sincerely does not understand what gave him such fame and fame as a people's favorite.

The place of one of his favorite musicians in his heart is still occupied by Viktor Tsoi. The leader of the Kino group, who died untimely in 1990, had been a friend of the journalist since the days of the Soviet underground. Troitsky notes that two natures were combined in Viktor - a fighter and romance, and his songs were and remain a ray of light, especially in the current political situation. The songs of the Kino group are relevant both 20 years ago and now.

The well-known journalist and culturologist Lipnitsky recalls that Troitsky himself tried to try himself in music and even sang along with the Center group in a rock opera called Arthur Rambo, ”but, according to Artemy, despite the fact that in his youth he played in the Sounds of Mu group, he never wanted to achieve fame as a musician. “It is possible that music critics and journalists are failed musicians. But this does not apply to me,” Troitsky emphasizes.

Interesting facts from the life of a critic and a public figure

• His work, which is known abroad as "Back to the USSR", written in 1987 and published in England, was allowed to be published only after the collapse of the USSR, in 1991, and is the first publication in the world dedicated to Russian-language rock. This book has also been published in Europe, USA and Japan.
• Criticizes the President of Russia for foreign policy and the "Crimean referendum". Despite the success of his participation in the Special Opinion program on the Ekho Moskvy radio station, he was suspended due to a conflict with the leadership.
• He hosts the program "Colorful News" on Estonian television.
• Artemy is one of Viktor Tsoi's closest friends. In 2002, he independently organized a concert in one of the sports complexes in St. Petersburg, dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the leader of "Kino", invited all the meters of Russian rock and acted as a host at this event.

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Biography of Artemy Troitsky

According to the official website of Artemy Troitsky, he was born in the city of Yaroslavl, in 1955. His parents were associated with journalism.

In his youth, Artemy Troitsky was invited to lead discos. But he received his education at the Institute of Economics and Statistics, graduating from the specialty of a mathematician-economist. For five years he worked as a junior researcher at the Institute of Art History. But he was fired and he could not even defend his candidate.

Since 2001, he began to share his experience and give lectures. And then at the Faculty of Journalism at Moscow State University, he began to teach his master class in music journalism. If you are interested in this direction, you can order Artemy Troitsky to your event. Today he continues to lecture, and not limited to Russia.

Music journalism

According to information from the official website of Artemy Troitsky, his debut in journalism took place in 1967. Then he wrote his first review of the album of the legendary Beatles. He has written many articles on the subject of music. His publications were sometimes so harsh and critical that they were even banned for some time from appearing in the Soviet press.

Artemy Troitsky was the editor-in-chief of the Russian version of the well-known publication PlayBoy, although he is far from music journalism, which was much closer to him. Therefore, he worked a lot with well-known musical projects. He also became the creator of his programs on the radio. And in 2011 he began to lecture on the history of popular music "Direct speech". You can also order Artemy Troitsky with these lectures - we are sure you will be delighted.

Concert organization

Artemy Kivovich has tremendous experience in organizing concerts. He started with underground concerts and festivals. In the eighties, he initiated performances outside of Russia. And since 1999, Troitsky has been known as one of the best organizers of club concerts. He has worked with legendary performers and bands. And in the 2000s, he came to organize his own company that organizes concerts. And you have a unique opportunity to organize a master class with Artemy Troitsky, one of the most professional people not only in the world of music journalism, but also in the field of organizing major events.

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Vladimir Polupanov:"AiF"- Artyom, they say that you are now a rare guest in Moscow, what made you move to Tallinn? Has the capital of Estonia become a musical Mecca?

Artemy Troitsky:- I moved to Tallinn with my whole family, first of all, due to the fact that there is clearly not enough work for me in my homeland, and in Estonia I was offered it. In addition to teaching, I host a music radio program and write columns for Estonian newspapers. I am still Russian citizen, I visit Moscow and St. Petersburg every month. And I'm on the waiting list. Communicating with people in my professional circle, I see that they all also live under the sword of Damocles: they are afraid of being fired, lowering their wages. So working in Russia has become very unsettling and unsteady because of the crisis.

— In your opinion, what is the future scenario for the development of events in Russia?

- The most likely one is that Russia will become a third world country and a raw material appendage, on the one hand, of the West, on the other, of China (as if geographically dispersed Saudi Arabia or Iran). This does not mean that the people will necessarily live badly. A country can be quite rich, since there is still oil, gas, metal, timber, fresh water, etc., but not very advanced, conservative and backward in terms of science and education, all the achievements of which are in the past, and not in future.

The scenario in which Russia can experience a real dawn, I can connect with the rise of science, technology, education, culture, economic reforms, etc. This is my dream. But I am not sure that even if we urgently begin to carry out some urgent reforms, we will have time to jump on the bandwagon of the last carriage of the outgoing train.

- As far as I understand, life in America is also hard. You yourself said that she “deceives many with false complacency and general comfort. But in fact, there is a terribly stressful life, and there are holes behind the facade of well-being.

— Yes, there are no ideal places to live in the world. America is also full of problems. I have been there many times, even worked a couple of times, and I lecture there all the time. I don't really like the American way of life - it's exhausting. There is not a nominal one, as it was in the USSR, but a real labor cult. And if a person wants, without any kind of financial support, to live for his own pleasure, to be creative, to switch off from this gigantic money-making mechanism, he has a hard time there. For me, the image of America from the film is still relevant. Charlie Chaplin"New Times", where he is first thrown to the conveyor, and then sucked into the mechanism with gears.

- With age, as I see it, your optimism has greatly diminished?

— Undoubtedly, I became more pessimistic. The main reason for pessimism is that, looking at what is happening in the world (not only in Russia), I see that life in the 21st century, our human civilization has gone somewhere in the wrong direction. It is obvious to me that, despite all the technological advances (Internet, iPhones, etc.), people today live much less happy, much more anxious, stressed than they lived, say, in the 80s and even 90s. . This applies to both Europe and the United States no less than Russia. And since I have children, it worries me. All the hopes of parents, of course, are connected with the fact that their children will live better or at least as cheerfully as their parents. I don't have that feeling. On the contrary, we are very worried about the future of our children.

— Hasn't a great ideological catastrophe happened to your generation (I mean not only you, but also Makarevich, Shevchuk, Grebenshchikov, etc.)?

- You formulated it quite correctly, but I would say that this is not so much an ideological catastrophe as a personal drama. I look at it rather abstractly, as opposed to Makarevich, Shevchuk and BG. It is incomprehensible and mysterious to me how millions of our people, who for 40 years loved the same Makarevich, adored him, sang his songs, and not on orders from above, suddenly managed to hate him and call him a traitor? The BG song “Harvest Festival in the Palace of Labor” begins with the line: “No matter how much we sang, it’s the same as being silent.” The whole message of Russian rock - freedom-loving, anti-war, love each other - has evaporated somewhere. You might think that all these years people listened only to the song “Get up, the country is huge”, and not “New turn”, “For those who are in the sea”, etc. And Makarevich, and Shevchuk, and Grebenshchikov thought that they , at least, people who were not only listened to, but also heard, understood, approved. Now, of course, all these hopes of theirs lie in ruins. They suffer very much. Although the blow is kept.

- In the public mind, you are a music critic, because it is in this area that you have made a career. Are you still interested in this area today, or has it become boring to write about music, analyze it and listen to it?

— With full confidence I can say that I still love music and listen to it a lot. First of all, new. I don't get hung up on my favorite music of my youth. I am constantly trying to learn new things. If we talk about the profession of music criticism, then I would say that now it is in demand no less than before. But sharpened in a slightly different way. If music criticism used to involve some kind of analytics or historiography, it was more serious, but now music criticism is, first of all, navigation through the boundless space of the music Internet. Since people in this space, including rather cunning music lovers, tend to get lost, it is very important that there are navigator guides who can somehow orient listeners in this confusing and difficult musical world. I must say that most of my professional activity is still connected with music. I have three music radio programs "Stereowoodu" in Moscow, "New Music for Adults" (in Tallinn) and "Rock and Roll in breadth and depth" (in St. Petersburg). All three programs are musical. In addition, I have not yet given up trying to revive the Steppenwolf Award. Well, sometimes there are publications on a musical theme. Although I haven't written any serious articles about music for a long time.

- At the universities of Tallinn and Helsinki, you give a course of lectures on youth movements in Russia - dandyism, Decembrism, hipsterism. Is there a great interest among students in the topic of Russian youth movements?

- One of the courses of lectures that I read is entitled: "Youth Movements and Subculture of Russia from the beginning of the 19th to the beginning of the 21st century." And there really can be a subtitle "From dandies and Decembrists to gopniks and hipsters." Since the students are young people, and all these movements are youth, there is great interest in these lectures, and they are surprisingly fun for me.

— Do you think there are any interesting youth movements in Russia today? In my opinion, hipsterism is not so much Russian as an international phenomenon and is more focused on external manifestations than on the manifestation of the spirit?

- I agree, hipsterism is not a very interesting movement and is more external than having internal philosophical nourishment. Pretty decorative I would say. As for the ideologically motivated movements, here they can be listed for quite some time. On the one hand, there is a nice volunteer movement. Guys who volunteer to help people. A sort of Timurov twenty-first century. And the missing people are searched for, and fires are extinguished, and the elderly are taken care of. This is a very correct move. On the other hand, there is a less attractive movement, as a rule, sponsored from above - the ever-memorable Nashi, Anti-Maidan. And there is something to talk about.

- Do you agree that such a phenomenon as the Decembrists is impossible in Russia today?

- This is, of course, a very difficult question. Studying both the Decembrist movement and the Narodnaya Volya movement (since it is still closer to today's realities, including the movement of young Marxists, to which Lenin once belonged), of course, I draw attention to the fact that people who were the same age, and sometimes less than today's hipsters, were obsessed with completely different ideas and much more serious than today's youth. What is it connected with? In many ways, with some kind of general infantilization of society, and not only in Russia. This is partly due, of course, to the attitudes of the consumer society, which, of course, have largely reconfigured people from the idealistic to the materialistic. By the way, I don’t think at all that people, including young people, have become so small that they can’t do anything at all. We now have both devotees and people who are ready to take risks and hardships for the sake of an idea. Another thing is that they are in a clear minority. And they are not yet able to shake the total amorphous mass.

- I was at the recent Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna and, frankly, I was very surprised at how popular Thomas Neuwirth (in a female form and with a Conchita Wurst beard) is among Europeans. I thought that this popularity is local. Well, they giggled and forgot. An no. He (or she) advertises banks, appears on TV, visits kindergartens and schools in Austria, telling about the success story. Do you think the Europeans went too far with tolerance in this case?

- If you look at all this objectively, then the entire vector of development of today's Western civilization is aimed at tolerance, tolerance, including in terms of sexual orientation. Theoretically, this is true, since it is not good to rank or segregate people based on their sexual orientation. On the other hand, and this is already my subjective opinion, I believe that the pathos that is now available in Europe and North America around the gay movement is unnecessary. It seems to me that, in principle, the topic of sexual orientation, as well as the topic of delicate illnesses or religion, should remain in the sphere of the personal, intimate and not splash out to such a degree as it is being done now. I don't like it, not because I'm a homophobe or a homophile (laughs), but simply because I sincerely believe that no one should care what other people's sexual orientation is. In the same way, the subjects of this same sexual orientation, in my opinion, are completely unnecessary to impose their homo-aesthetics on everyone around them. For example, when people ask me from time to time whether I am against or for the so-called gay parades, I answer: I don’t understand about gay parades: a) why should they be banned? b) why should they be carried out?

Artemy Troitsky with his daughter Photo: www.russianlook.com

What moods prevail in Europe today regarding Russia? Are we afraid, hated, respected?

- I think that in relation to Russia, sentiments are very different. It largely depends on geography. In Estonia, where I spend most of my time, the attitude towards Russia among the Estonian majority is rather wary. Estonia is one of the border countries. People, in general, are afraid of Russia. As for the countries of southern, western and central Europe, they didn’t have much to do with Russia, and still don’t. I have not met with any cases of Russophobia. From time to time I attend some conferences where scientists, Kremlinologists, political scientists, experts, analysts gather... here the attitude towards Russia is quite critical. Although there are also different approaches. There are people who believe that Russia needs to be actively opposed because it behaves offensively aggressively. There are people who believe that one can give up on Russia, the main thing is to ensure the integrity of the border states and the inviolability of their borders. But, in general, I would say that the attitude towards the Russian people has not changed at all. Much more cool and indifferent in the bad sense of the word was the attitude towards the Russian state.

- Do you notice obvious age-related changes in yourself, not external, but internal?

- Naturally. I became calmer and more careful in my assessments. More restrained in speeches. And in this sense, he became, perhaps, not as reckless and radical as he was until recently. In part, perhaps, the lawsuits taught me something (and there were 7 in total and all in one year - 2011). In part, perhaps, the wisdom that came over the years. Although I still feel very young. I am, after all, a young dad. The youngest daughter of Lydia was not yet 5 years old. So I can’t say that I feel completely elderly.

The hero of our first essay from the series "Russia and "Persons of the Jewish-Liberal Nationality" declared in its title" will be one of the most odious and typical - in our subjective opinion - representatives of the native Jewish-liberalism, Artemy Kivovich Troitsky (aka, "nee ", Maydanik).

One day "Troitsky" will regret this very much

This is his mother Rufina Nikolaevna Troitskaya, and his father ... his father, Kiva Lvovich ... that's right, a political scientist and Hispanic historian. Maidanik. Well, it's like Zhirinovsky's father is a lawyer. You yourself understand everything very well.

And Artemy Kivovich himself is not just anyone and not just how, but a whole music critic and even a journalist. In any case, this is how he has positioned himself over the past few decades. And it is not so important that at the same time, the gentleman "music critic" with a diploma in mathematics and economics himself somehow very, very painfully perceives any criticism addressed to himself and - paradoxically - thoroughly "floats" in modern musical styles and trends.

Here something else is important. It is important that the former guitarist of "Sounds of Mu" Artemy Kivovich - all of himself is so brave and independent. That is why it is still in demand in certain circles. Like a journalist. With a seriously ill soul, so to speak. Mentally ill, that is. For the fate of Russia. Maybe. Because, a) he permanently lives in Tallinn, and b) with the same enviable constancy he sticks his long nose into affairs and events that are certainly far beyond his understanding and sound, rational comprehension. Over and over again, appearing either on the air of the Ekho Moskvy radio station (well, of course!), or at all sorts of official (and not so) events that are of a terry anti-Russian, Russophobic character. In the company of ardent Russophobes like himself. Not to mention his repeated statements of a very definite nature addressed to us.

"Jewish racial music critic, Honorary Udmurt, rock journalism, non-dissident redneck..."
Well-known resource "Lurke" about Artemy Troitsky

Well, here, for example, is the recent so-called. The "Free Russia Forum", which took place not in Moscow, well, what are you, but in Vilnius, where Troitsky was assigned the role of one of the speakers. Other speakers and participants were a match for him: here you have Masha Gessen, and Ilyushenka Ponomarev, and Zhenechka Chichvarkin and his namesake Kiselyov (this bespectacled nit is now working outside the so-called Ukraine), and even the hyperactive Alfred Koch almost in an embrace with the "mad pussy" Masha Alyokhina, the "woman"-plunger Bozhena Rynskaya and the former mistress of the late Nemtsov, the lady "civil activist" Zhenechka Chirikova... and part-time politician, head of the Council of the "Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights" Kasparov (aka, we recall, "nee" Weinstein). And so on and so forth. In a word, one solid classic of the genre, all familiar "faces", demons of all calibers and stripes.

Simply put, a civilian garbage dump for the "humiliated and emasculated offended." Which, nevertheless, at the aforementioned forum was clearly patronized by those looking from Uncle Sam, as it were, a political scientist, publicist, leading employee of the Brookings Institution Lilia Shevtsova and a certain Natalya Arno, whose position (or passion of a lifetime ?!) is indicated very modestly: "Free Russia foundation (Washington)".

We note in passing that the Brookings Institution (formerly the "Institute of Government Studies") is considered one of the most important think tanks in the United States, specializing in the social sciences, municipal government, foreign policy and the world economy. Since 2004, its president has been Strobe Talbott, a bosom friend of Bill Clinton, a former US Deputy Secretary of State and also a former (?) member of the notorious Skull & Bones, the oldest secret society of Yale University students ...

All familiar faces. Senator John McCain, Natalia Arno and Mark Feigin

And the aforementioned slanted (and, apparently, not very popular with people of the opposite sex - you don’t have to be Freud here) Natalia Arno is the head of this very Free Russia foundation, another emigre non-governmental organization whose main task, as stated on their official website, is - no more and no less - "the unification of the efforts of the citizens of Russia to build freedom and democracy, protect basic human rights and values, etc." That is, again, solid demagogy of yet another fighters with the regime from across the ocean, like another offended by Russia, stealing in his time, Sergei Aleksashenko (in December 1995 - September 1998 - First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of Russia), since 2013 a permanent resident in the USA and is currently one of the leaders of the said Free Russia foundation.

Speaking of demagogy and demagogues. I remember very much how the so-called. "Forum Free Russia", slightly leaning back in his chair, languishing under the spotlight from his own "reckless courage" gopnik from allegedly Judeo-liberalistic journalism Troitsky. Again, about you and me: " ... In short, you will see a quilted jacket, immediately write it out in the "scoreboard", and if he is still with a smartphone, take the smartphone away and on the ground ... uh ... and so that he does not resurrect(an approving greasy chuckle of Jewish "colleagues"). What a depth of thought, you just feel it! Yes, this is Lucius Seneca of our days. His mother is in that very place ...

So what is the reason for such a pathological dislike of Mr. Troitsky for Russia and for all of us? Upon closer inspection, it turns out that everything is outrageously simple. The native grandfather of the subject, Lev Abramovich Maidanik (1902-1975) worked in the field of jurisprudence, was a lawyer and was married to a certain Adele Isaakovna Barats (1902-2000). That is, in fact, we have all the same "Russian Laws of Moses" as before. But this is so, by the way, as they say, without "presenting" (in the language of the political gopnik Troitsky himself).

But their son, Kiva Lvovich Maidanik (1929 - 2006), at one time had problems with career growth, since exactly by the time he graduated from the history department of Moscow State University, Stalin's "struggle against rootless cosmopolitanism" began. Simply put, the fight against Jewish dominance in government bodies and state structures of the USSR. And Maidanik Jr., of course, was himself a 100% Jew, and even his supervisor was none other than Ivan Maisky himself, once a Menshevik and even formally Minister of Labor in the government of Kolchak, who, Maisky, that is, in February 1953 , that is, literally on the eve of Stalin's death, there were serious problems with the state security agencies and personally with Lavrenty Beria (Maisky was arrested and charged under Article 58 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR, later released and rehabilitated).

"Sobsna" subject. The facial expression delivers

As a result, Lyova Maidanik was not recommended for graduate school, but was sent to work at a school. For three years he taught history at a school in the city of Nikolaev (Ukrainian SSR), the next two - in Moscow ... Simultaneously with his work at school, Maidanik nevertheless entered the correspondence graduate school, from where, however, he was already expelled as a graduate student of the aforementioned Maisky. No repressions were applied to the young man by the state security organs of the USSR. Moreover, shortly after Stalin's death, he was reinstated in graduate school and successfully defended his Ph.D.

But the "sediment" in the Maidanik family, apparently, remained. How else to explain such "deviant behavior" of Artemy Kivovich... khe-khe... Troitsky? In a word, everything is as always - they are completely d "artagnans, and we are shit, which, by definition, must bear collective responsibility to the" God's chosen people. "True, everything is exactly the opposite.

And in conclusion, a few more lines about the subject from a material with a very telling title

0 June 16, 2012, 10:00 am

Today marks the 57th birthday of the famous rock journalist, music critic, one of the first promoters of rock music in the USSR - Artemy Troitsky! Congratulations!

Artem Kivovich Troitsky was born on June 16, 1955 in Yaroslavl in the family of the famous Soviet historian and political scientist Kiva Maidanik. However, the future music critic spent all his childhood in Prague, where his parents worked in the journal "Problems of Peace and Socialism".

Even at school, Troitsky became interested in rock music, and when he was 12 years old, the enterprising boy set about creating his own handwritten magazine about music. It was then that he made his debut as a rock journalist - the boy wrote a review of The Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Having moved to Moscow, however, the seventeen-year-old young man decided to get a more "solid" profession and entered the Moscow Institute of Economics and Statistics, from which he graduated in 1977 as a mathematician-economist.

Troitsky did not leave his love for music and, as a student, worked as a DJ and led discos at Moscow State University for two years. He also continued to write reviews for various magazines, including the cult publication "The Same Age", for which, for example, in 1975 he wrote an article about the group Deep Purple.

From 1978 to 1983 he worked as a junior research fellow at the Institute of Art History. However, he was fired from there, not having time to defend his Ph.D. thesis on the sociology of popular music.

While rock music was out of favor with the authorities of the USSR, Troitsky tried with all his might to make her way to the masses. In the late 70s and early 80s, he organized underground concerts and festivals of young Soviet rock bands, among which were "Time Machine", "Dynamik", "Zoo", "Kino". He was the organizer and jury member of the festival "Spring Rhythms. Tbilisi-80", thanks to which the groups "Time Machine", "Magnetic Band", "Aquarium" and "Autograph" became widely known. Troitsky was one of the first to notice the talent of Vasily Shumov and the Center group, whom he later helped and patronized in every possible way.

In addition to organizing concerts, Artemy continued to engage in journalism: since 1981 he wrote for the samizdat magazine Zerkalo, but his publications were banned in the Soviet press. Troitsky also wrote an English-language music column for the Moscow Times in the 1990s.

In 1987, in England (then in America, Japan and European countries), his book "Back to the USSR" was published about the history of Soviet rock music, which was published in our country under the title "Rock in the Union: 60s, 70s , 80s..." only in 1991. This book went down in history as the first in the world dedicated to Russian rock.

His next book "Tusovka. What happened to the Soviet underground" (1990) was completely banned in Russia, it was published only in some European countries. Then Troitsky released an encyclopedia of modern pop musical terms "Pop Lexicon", and in 2009 supplemented the publication and re-released it under the name Poplex.

Artemy Troitsky with Marianna Maksimovskaya

Troitsky also continued a successful career on television: he worked on Latvian TV, where he hosted a program dedicated to video clips "Video Rhythms". In the 80s-90s, he participated in the creation of the TV show "Program A", in which he led the heading "Avant-garde".

Despite the fact that Troitsky has been stuttering since childhood, he managed to become a famous TV presenter. Since 1991, he became responsible for all musical broadcasting of Russian television, and in 1994 he switched to the NTV channel, where he began to host the popular author's program "Cafe Oblomov". In 1997, this program, in turn, "moved" to RTR.

Troitsky also works on the radio: from 1990 to 1996 he produced the author's radio program "Uncle Ko's Ark". And since 1997, he hosted the author's radio program "FM Dostoevsky", which is now broadcast on the radio "Finam FM".

Artemy Troitsky on "Echo of Moscow"

Thanks to his connections in the international environment, in the late 80s, Troitsky took up the organization of concerts of Soviet rock bands outside the USSR. And in the early 90s he organized the British electronic music festival "Britronica" in Moscow. Artemy said in an interview:

In the late 80's and early 90's, I was a highly itinerant cosmopolitan. In America, in England, I spent quite a lot of time and had friendships and professional relationships with a lot of big names of the time, ranging from Richard Branson to Rupert Murdoch. In general, he was a well-known person in the international context.

Artemy Troitsky in the film "Down House"

In 1995, Troitsky received an offer to become the first editor-in-chief of the Russian version of Playboy magazine. The music critic himself believes that at that time he was the most suitable candidate for the American Playboy bosses, despite the lack of editorial experience:

I was young, but not too young, that is, quite experienced. He was well-behaved, well owned English language, was a trendy person. In addition, he was not too burdened by either family or work. My family then was rather absentee: my then wife Svetlana lived mainly in London, but I was still in Moscow most of the time.

The American bosses of the magazine completely entrusted the Russian version of Playboy to Troitsky, the main thing for them was the covers, the presence of the main headings and the "girl of the month". Otherwise, Artemy was not limited in any way. Despite the general tendency of the nascent Russian gloss to "stay away from politics," Troitsky nevertheless took risks and did many interviews with politicians.

Artemy Troitsky in the film "Gloss"

In parallel, Troitsky collaborated with other publications, including Novaya Gazeta and the Moscow Times. Artemy Troiysky left the post of chief editor of Playboy in 1999.

In the same year, Troitsky continued to organize club concerts of musical groups in Moscow. He has patronized performances by such bands and artists as Julie Cruise, Fantastic Plastic Machine, StereoTotal, Mouse On Mars, De Phazz, Suicide, Sonic Youth and others.

Artemy Troitsky with Anfisa Chekhova

In 1999, Troitsky published in Finland a collection of political dissident commentaries about the 1990s in Russia called "Interesting Times". In subsequent years, other books of his authorship were also published: "Moscow" from dawn to dawn. Party leader "(2003)," I will introduce you to the world of Pop ..."(2006)," Rattlesnake skeletons in the closet "(part I - "The West is rotting", part II - "The East is turning red", 2008) and the audiobook "Back in the USSR. The true history of rock in Russia" (2009).

Since 2001, Troitsky has also been introducing the younger generation to musical culture: he lectures on the subjects "History of the Entertainment Industry" and "Music Press" at the Faculty of Producing and Management in Music Show Business of the State University of Management. Troitsky also conducts a master class in music journalism at the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University, and since 2011 he has been lecturing "Direct Speech" on the history of pop music.

Troitsky also appeared in small roles in Russian cinema: he played in the films Down House, Young and Happy, Arye, Day Watch, Tumbler, Gloss and Alias ​​for the Hero.

In the mid-2000s, he organized several music labels - "Priboy", "Zenith", "Zakat", which release music little known in Russia.

Artemy Troitsky in the movie "Tumbler"

Troitsky is known for his malicious comments and scathing criticism: he has been sued more than once. First, ex-police major Nikolai Khovansky, and then on May 3, 2011, the Moscow World Court opened a criminal case under the article "Insult" against Artemy Troitsky at the request of Vadim Samoilov, a former member of the Agatha Christie group. Troitsky on television called Samoilov "a trained poodle", but the court rejected the musician's claim, which demanded a million rubles.

However, no lawsuits overshadow the life of Artemy Kivovich, and he is now happy with his family: his fourth wife Vera and children - 11-year-old Ivan and two-year-old Lydia. Troitsky also has a 14-year-old daughter, Alexandra, from a previous marriage. The journalist admits that he tries to maintain good relations with all his wives, and his children get along well with each other.

Artemy Troitsky with his wife Vera

With daughter Alexandra

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