Birth name Mikhail V. Novitsky Genres Rock music Role Singer | Name Mikhail Novitsky Instruments Acoustic Guitar | |
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Born 17 December 1963 (age 60)
Brailiv, Zhmerynka Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union ( 1963-12-17 ) Associated acts SP Babai, Avtobus, Green Wave Website Mikhail Novitsky on Facebook Similar People SP Babaĭ, Vadim Kurylev, Yuri Vizbor, Vladimir Vysotsky | ||
Mikhail V. Novitsky (Russian: Михаил Валентинович Новицкий; born 17 December 1963) is a Russian actor, singer/songwriter and guitarist, who fronts the rock band "SP Babai " (Saint Petersburg), which he formed in 1993 from the ashes of his first band "Avtobus". He is also the organizer of the Vladimir Vysotsky singer-songwriter festival "Lampushka" since 2001. Apart from music, he is an active member of his preservationist group "Green Wave", which he set up to protect St. Petersburg parks and lakes.
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Participation in Russian political protest movement
Mikhail Novitsky is a regular participant of the protest movement in Russia. From the middle of the zero's he constantly played at meetings of the democratic opposition in St. Petersburg, where he performed critical songs of his own devoted to the Russian authorities, especially Russian President Vladimir Putin. His song “Putin, skiing, Magadan” in recent years has become the unofficial anthem of the protest movement in St. Petersburg. Putin's regime cancels his concerts in Russia regularly because of irreconcilable political position of Mikhail Novitsky.