Evgeny Danilovich Agranovich (Russian

Russian language

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: Евге́ний Дани́лович Аграно́вич, October 13, 1918, Oryol

Oryol

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, Russia

Russia

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 – January 29, 2010, Moscow

Moscow

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, Russia) was a Russian poet

Poet

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 and 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, similarly to beatnik folk singers of the United States...

.

He was an alumnus of the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute

Maxim Gorky Literature Institute

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. Eugeny Agranovich wrote many popular Russian songs including "Одесса-мама" (Odessa-mama, Odessa

Odessa

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 the Mother), "Я в весеннем лесу пил берёзовый сок" (Ya v vessennem lesu pil beryozovy sok, I Drank a Birch Sap

Birch sap

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 in the Spring Forest), and "Вечный огонь" (Vechny Ogon, The Eternal Flame

Eternal flame

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).

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