Alexander Gorodnitsky

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Alexander Gorodnitsky

Alexander Moiseevich Gorodnitsky (??????´??? ?????´???? ???????´????) (b. March 20, 1933 in Leningrad

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a types of inhabited localities in Russia and a federal subjects of Russia of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea....
) is a well-known Russian bard

Bard (Soviet Union)

The term bard came to be used in the Soviet Union in the early 1960s, and continues to be used in Russia today, to refer to singer-songwriters who wrote songs outside the Soviet establishment....
and poet. Professionally, he is a geologist

Geologist

For other uses, see Geologist .A geologist is a contributor to the science of geology, studying the physical structure and processes of the Earth and planets of the solar system ....
and oceanographer.

Gorodnitsky graduated with a degree in Geophysics

Geophysics

Geophysics, a major discipline of the Earth sciences, is the study of the Earth by the quantitative observation of its physical properties, especially by Seismology, Electromagnetism, Radioactive decay, galvanic and potential field methods....
from Leningrad University in 1957, and received a Ph.D.

Doctor of Philosophy

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Alexander Moiseevich Gorodnitsky (??????´??? ?????´???? ???????´????) (b. March 20, 1933 in Leningrad

Saint Petersburg

Bard (Soviet Union)

Geologist

Geophysics

Doctor of Philosophy

Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated Ph.D. or PhD for the Latin , meaning "teacher of philosophy", is an postgraduate academic degree awarded by University....
in geological and mineralogical sciences in 1982. He became a professor in 1991 and has published over 130 scientific papers.

Since 1962, he has participated in Arctic geological expeditions and sailed on board various scientific research vessels. Gorodnitsky’s first songs appeared during his expedition in 1953. For a long time his songs were distributed via samizdat

Samizdat

Samizdat was the clandestine copying and distribution of government-suppressed literature or other media in Soviet-bloc countries. Copies were made a few at a time, and those who received a copy would be expected to make more copies....
tape recordings, and often performed by other singers. Like Alexander Galich

Alexander Galich

Alexander Galich , was a Russian poet, screenwriter, playwright, and singer-songwriter. Galich is a pen name, a sort of acronym of his last name, first name, and patronymic: Ginzburg Alexander Arkadievich....
, and unlike other bards, Gorodnitsky composed and sang his songs a cappella

A cappella

Acappella music is vocal music or singing without musical instrument accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance music polyphony and Baroque concertato style....
for several decades; later, he started playing the guitar. Most of his songs are of the Tourist Song sub-genre and are based on his personal experiences. In concert, he usually performs with a professional guitarist accompanying him.

Gorodnitsky currently resides in Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
and regularly performs at concerts and various bard festivals.

External links

— official site.
— biography and photographs.