And the detainee’s relatives and friends refuse to believe that he was involved in the attack.

Terrible news for fans of the group "Lube" - in in serious condition The band's permanent bass guitarist Pavel Usanov was hospitalized. He worked in the Luber company since 1996, and true fans adored him no less than the soloist, the legendary Nikolai Rastorguev. And now Pavel’s life hangs by a thread. After a banal domestic conflict, he was hospitalized in critical condition at the Sklifosovsky Institute.

Pavel Usanov.

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Pavel Usanov was born in Novocheboksarsk. Graduated from the Kirov School of Arts, Academy of Music. Gnessins and graduate school. He played jazz in Moscow in the Manhattan group, then in the Phonograph Jazz Band of Sergei Zhilin. In 1996, an advertisement appeared in newspapers that, in connection with the tragic death of bass guitarist Alexander Nikolaev, the Lyube group was announcing a competition for a new performer. After he was noticed as part of a jazz quartet, Pavel passed the competition and became the bass guitarist of “Lube”. Actively writes music for documentaries, including about the military. He is the founder and leader of the Cultural and Educational Movement Foundation creative education", the movement "Native Spaces". He also gives concerts with his own group “Counter Boy”, but in 2012 he changes the composition and then becomes a soloist in his group.

Evil irony of fate - . And many friends of the detainee claim that the character of Maxim the Good fully corresponds to his last name: he won’t hurt a fly, he won’t say too much...

Maxim Dobry.

But, apparently, that evening the word dropped by someone clearly turned out to be superfluous.

The Lyube group recently returned from tour; a concert was scheduled for April 3 in Ramenskoye, near Moscow. And on the eve of the weekend, Pavel was invited to a celebration with his best friend Alexander. The men are not only friends, but also neighbors: they live in the same house in the “Dream” residential complex, in the village of Ozeretskoye, Dmitrovsky district, Moscow region. Alexander invited Pavel to a restaurant to celebrate the birth of his son.

The event began in the afternoon and continued until the establishment closed. Despite the fact that the comrades were already pretty “under the driver” by the time the restaurant closed, everyone behaved with dignity. The hero of the occasion, unable to withstand the stress of such a joyful day for himself, fell asleep in the billiard room, and the musician went home (luckily he lives nearby).

Everything happened on the way to the house, almost at the entrance. Unexpectedly, Usanov was attacked by three unknown men. Perhaps there was some reason - someone hurt someone or hooked someone with a word. In any case, the forces were absolutely unequal, and the bass guitarist got a lot of trouble. It is unclear how all this would have ended if the nearby security guards of the residential complex had not paid attention to the screams and noise. They recaptured the musician from the hooligans.

Pavel was hospitalized in critical condition. Alas, not right away. He himself did not want to disturb the doctors, he told his family that he would get better. But on Saturday Usanov became very ill. First he was taken to a local hospital, then urgently transported to Sklif. Diagnosis: brain contusion, skull fracture. On Sunday night the musician had emergency surgery. Doctors gave cautiously optimistic forecasts.

The entire Lyube team is in shock. But despite this, the artists had no intention of canceling the concert in Ramenskoye until Sunday evening. Paul would not forgive them for this.

The police, after viewing video cameras and interviewing witnesses, quickly detained the suspect. But there are still more questions than answers here. 38-year-old Maxim Dobry lives in the village of Chashnikovo, and is a transportation manager for a freight company. From Chashnikovo to Ozeretskoye it takes no more than half an hour, but it is completely unclear why the man went to the neighboring area. Looking for adventure? But the characterization of friends and acquaintances looks almost perfect: a true gentleman, loves children, dotes on his daughter (born in December). Breeds dogs. In a word, he doesn’t look at all like a person who gets into a fight for no reason.

The remaining participants in the attack are still being sought. Perhaps they will deign to explain why Usanov did not please them so much. Dobry refused to testify.

Shortly before his death, the musician sent his beloved to the television project “The Voice”

A month ago the Lyube group lost a talented bass guitarist Pavel USANOV. For two and a half weeks, doctors in the capital fought for his life after a severe head injury that the musician received in a fight, but on April 19 his heart stopped.

This tragic story It immediately became overgrown with rumors. Someone said that the drunk artist himself started a brawl in a bar not far from his home in the Moscow region. Some believe that 40-year-old Usanov was killed for Political Views, because he traveled to Donbass more than once with concerts.

His widow Juliana told Express Gazeta about the life and death of Pavel.

Everyone who lives next door to Usanov, they unanimously repeat: they have never met a more decent, kind and sympathetic person. Pavel, despite the fact that he played in Lyube for 20 years, did not even have a hint of star fever. Between tours, he managed to teach local children how to play the guitar, helped orphanages, organized music festivals...

Pasha had a dream - to make me an artist,” Yuliana smiles through tears, “He always joked: “When you become a star, you will support the whole family!” He passed on his experience to me, and shortly before his death he signed me up for the casting of the television project “The Voice”. Now I don’t know how I’ll go there, but for Pavlusha’s sake I have to try. He really wanted this. We lived in love and harmony for three years. Who would have known that ours happy relationship they will end up so absurdly.

- There are various rumors surrounding Pavel’s death...

That is why I want to tell the truth through your newspaper. The fact that Pasha ended up in the bar that evening was an absolute coincidence. Lent was in full swing, and my husband, a deeply religious man, did not even leave the house without prayer, not to mention drinking during such a sacred time for Orthodox Christians. Everything that Pasha did that day was not typical of him.

In the morning we decided to go for honey, but before that we stopped in for a cup of coffee at a cafe near the house. There he received a call from his mother. She had a bad dream. We reassured her, because Pashka was alive and well and simply glowing with happiness.

At that moment, Alexander, our neighbor, with whom we periodically met in the temple, appeared on the threshold of the establishment. We were never friends with him, but the news that Sasha became a dad brought Pashka into wild delight. Previously, he would never have celebrated anything with a person he knew only briefly. And then I decided. I didn’t try to dissuade him and left on business. And when she returned, she found her husband at Alexander’s house drinking cognac, which, like other strong drinks, he never really liked.

I became very tense and began to persuade him to go home. The husband promised that he would be there soon, but he never came.

At three o'clock in the morning he was brought to the threshold by the guards of our village. They said he drank too much. When I undressed him, I noticed that there was not a single abrasion on his body. In the morning, calls from “Lube” began: Pasha was supposed to fly to St. Petersburg for a concert.

I started waking him up, because he had never missed a single performance in his life. But he couldn’t get up, complained of a headache and was somehow lethargic.

When neighbor Alexander called with questions: “What’s wrong with Pasha? They told me he was beaten,” everything fell into place. I dialed Rastorgueva, he ordered to urgently call an ambulance. I was worried that the journalists would make a fuss, saying that the Lyube guitarist was drunk to death, but Kolya said that all this was nonsense.

The doctors who arrived examined my husband and found nothing, but recommended that he go with them to Dmitrov for gastric lavage. Pasha himself got into the car, and to my questions about the fight he replied that he didn’t remember anything.

At the hospital it turned out that he had a fracture of the frontal bone and numerous brain contusions. I started calling Rastorguev again. Kolya immediately called an ambulance to transport us to Moscow. On the way, Pasha was conscious and even joked. When we were taken to Sklif, he was immediately sent to the operating room. Nine hours later, the doctor said that everything went fine and that tomorrow he would be taken out of an induced coma.

I went home, and after a while the Internet was filled with ridiculous rumors that Usanov was dying, and doctors could not find his relatives. I immediately rushed to the hospital. There they told me that my husband’s injury was incompatible with life. Like, even if a miracle happens, he will remain a “vegetable”, he will only lie there. The ground disappeared from under my feet... It’s good that there were people nearby who loved Pasha very much and even began to raise money for his rehabilitation. Until the very end they believed in miracles.

Fatal blow

- Did you find out why your husband was beaten?

After I went home, Pasha and his neighbor stopped by a local bar. There, the husband began to tell Alexander about his trip to Donbass. Last year he carried humanitarian aid there and participated in a competition to identify young talents“Native Spaces” to distract children from the war and give them a holiday. It was a difficult trip, its participants constantly came under fire.

Pasha’s story was accidentally heard by two Odessa residents sitting at the next table. The peace-loving Pavlusha very soon turned the verbal skirmish into a joke. Even in the video that has spread around the Internet, it is noticeable that the fuss at the bar counter is ordinary tomfoolery. Yes, one of the Odessa residents dropped Pasha on the floor, and I suspect that my husband could have hit his head, but after that he got up and talked with these guys for a long time.

At some point, the husband accidentally hit a completely stranger behind the bar with his elbow. It was Maxim Dobry(who is now suspected of brutally beating Pavel. - A.K.). He had nothing to do with Odessa residents, but for some reason he reacted aggressively towards my husband. Maxim's friend tried to calm him down. This seemed to be the end of the incident. The men hugged each other and drank beer.

Our neighbor, whose son Pasha celebrated, fell asleep on the table, and when the establishment began to close, Alexander, without saying a word, got up and went home. Odessa residents also left. Pasha, Dobry and his friend remained at the bar, who had just called a taxi.

When the car arrived, Dobry refused to leave. But I know for sure that if he had attacked my husband alone, Pasha would have instantly laid him down on his shoulder.

He was definitely attacked by several people, which is confirmed by a witness who watched everything from the window of his house. He heard screams on the street. On the road not far from the checkpoint of our village there was a car in which Pasha, Dobry and two others were noisily sorting things out. I don’t know who they are—whether Dobrogo’s help or returning Odessa residents. One thing is clear - Pasha was beaten professionally, so that no traces were left. Experts say they were beaten either with a bat covered in rubber or with something heavy wrapped in cloth. That is, at that moment they were already purposefully killing him.

- Didn’t the village guards hear the screams?

Pasha even dropped in to ask for help. While the guards were running out, the two jumped into the car and fled. Dobry hid from Pasha, and when he turned around and went home, he struck him in the head. Seeing the guards, Dobry tried to hide, but the guys managed to photograph him. This man was in prison twice - for robbery and drugs. But all of Pasha’s personal belongings, except for the wedding ring, remained with him. And the ring may have been lost in the fight. After fatal blow the husband went limp, but was still able to walk on his own for some time. And then he lost consciousness. Security picked him up and brought him home. They did not think that this blow would be fatal.

I worried for a long time: what if we lost precious time by not immediately calling an ambulance. But doctors said the injury was so serious that it was impossible to prevent the brain-damaging processes.

Guitar as an inheritance

- There were rumors that Pasha was going to leave Lyube.

Pasha always said that without this group he would not have existed. After all, he is a simple boy from Novocheboksarsk, who graduated from Gnesinka with honors and decided to try his luck at the casting in “Lube”. Naturally, he - a Russian hero with blue eyes - was immediately noticed. For 20 years, Pasha stood behind Rastorguev’s left shoulder, who always felt his support. Of course, the husband had no intention of leaving. He just wanted to do a solo project at the same time. We wrote songs together, which we then performed with pleasure.

Kolya is having a hard time with his friend’s departure and is trying in every possible way to help me - both morally and financially. I am grateful to him for a lot. Together with Rastorguev, we did everything to ensure that the case of the murder of our Pasha was transferred to the Investigative Committee.

- Many people see something mystical in this story.

Pasha had a guitar, which he inherited from the previous musicians of “Lube” - they also died tragically. He didn’t play it, but literally before his death for some reason he starred with it in a video. I try not to think about it, otherwise I might go crazy. The only thing I believe is that that evening Pasha was left without protection, because for no apparent reason he suddenly took off his pectoral cross, although he had never done this before. And what was lost in the fight wedding ring I wore it for him at the wedding. I know: my husband’s killer will answer for everything before God!

- Pasha has a son Vasya and a daughter Sonya from his first marriage. Is there a question about the division of inheritance?

Many people think that since Pasha is from “Lube”, it means he doesn’t have a lot of money. In fact, he and I lived quite modestly. The husband is generally unmercenary. I was very afraid to get involved in any business projects, because where there is a lot of money, little is done according to the law. Although people often approached him with all sorts of proposals, because they knew “Lube” - the president’s favorite group. He and I started with clean slate- everything that was acquired earlier was decided to be left in the past. Pasha provided the children with housing, and we rented this house. He walked around with a very simple telephone; he only needed money for strings. So we have nothing to share. Except his guitars...

However, none of this matters. Soon I’m going to Donbass with Pasha’s “Native Spaces” competition. The husband really wanted his business to live and develop. For me, this is the most important inheritance.

In Moscow, Pavel Usanov, the 40-year-old bass guitarist of the Lyube group, died without emerging from a two-week coma. Usanov was severely beaten on the night of April 2 after a quarrel in a bar near Moscow. The investigation claims that the cause of the fight was “personal hostility” between Usanov and his alleged offender. Friends of the murdered musician talk about political position Paul, which could lead to tragedy. Ruposters has collected all versions of the tragedy and memories of the musician “Lube”.

Fight and hospital

It all started in a bar near Moscow in the Dmitrovsky district, where the musician celebrated the birthday of his son good friend. “MK,” citing an anonymous source, writes that Pavel quarreled with two men, possibly from Ukraine, over the situation in the South-East of the country. The first clash happened in a bar, but it ended quickly, journalists say.

The video, which Life published on April 22, shows that the situation was quite peaceful until Usanov and one of his offenders began to take turns “as a joke” to practice hand-to-hand combat techniques on each other. It is obvious that everyone in the bar was in varying degrees of intoxication. Their fight stopped for a few seconds, the men bickered for a while. Then (perhaps there was a splice or delay in the recording at this point) an unknown man with short hair in dark clothes, he picks up Usanov and abruptly throws him to the floor.

MK claims that the clash continued near Usanov’s house. The three attackers hit him from behind and beat him until they were driven off by security guards at the apartment complex. Although it is likely that serious injury The musician received his head after falling in a bar. At the same time, Usanov cannot be called an unsportsmanlike person. The musician regularly supported physical fitness, doing hand-to-hand combat and going to the gym.

After the attack, Pavel asked his family not to be scared and refused to go to the hospital, claiming that he would recover on his own. The very next day, Usanov was forced to see doctors - his condition worsened sharply. After examination, Usanov was urgently sent to Sklif for surgery, after which the musician fell into a coma, from which the doctors were unable to get him out.

The next day, police detained one of the suspects in the attack. He turned out to be a 39-year-old resident of the Solnechnogorsk district of the Moscow region, Maxim Dobry, who works as a transportation manager. In the Life video, it is difficult to determine how old Usanov’s offender is. Initially, the suspect faced eight years in prison for causing grievous bodily harm, but now the charge has been reclassified as “grievous bodily harm resulting in the death of the victim through negligence.”

For Donbass

Even before the start of the Ukrainian events, Usanov took a pronounced patriotic position. In particular, he, together with Evgeny Fedorov and Nikolai Starikov, took part in the all-Russian action “Media - stop lying,” which was carried out by the National Liberation Movement in 2013. During the rally, Usanov unequivocally condemned the policy Western countries in the post-Soviet space.

Young Pasha Usanov during one of Michael Jackson's visits to Russia

According to MK, the Investigative Committee was initially confident in the “Ukrainian” version of the conflict. But journalists wrote about this, citing an “unnamed source”; there were no official statements during the two weeks that Usanov was in a coma.

MK’s version was also confirmed by Usanov’s close friend Zakhar Prilepin. He was the first to announce a “Ukrainian trace” in the conflict that led to the death of the musician, in a blog on REN-TV:

“Pasha was sitting in a bar, discussing exactly the same topics that we discussed with him - Donbass. It hurt us with him - and, there is nothing to hide, we talked and talk about it often. In the cafe there was someone who , apparently, they didn’t like the conversation. They approached Pasha and hit him on the head. Face to face with him, the killer had much less chance to stand up for himself.

Result: fracture of the base of the skull and intracerebral hematoma. Three weeks in a coma. The other day his wife Yulia asked him to pray for the doctors. Today Pasha died without waking up from a coma. People have multiplied who kill for a word, for a position, for courage.

He did not take up arms. He helped the children."

Prilepin’s publication was picked up by the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova. On her Facebook, she wrote that Usanov’s killers will have neither respect nor European values ​​until they “stop shooting people on Maidans, burning in trade union houses and killing in bars on national and ideological grounds,” clearly hinting at the ethnicity of the attackers :

A few hours after the publication of “MK” and almost a day after Prilepin’s post, the Investigative Committee released an official statement from its representative Vladimir Markin. He rejected the version about the interethnic background of the conflict, citing the “personal enmity” that arose between Usanov and Dobry:

“Of course, as part of the investigation, all versions of what happened will be checked, but at this stage It is premature to draw clear conclusions about the motive and circumstances of the crime. Moreover, the investigation can now state that the version of the conflict due to differences in views on the situation in Donbass has not been confirmed. So far, the version of the conflict based on personal hostility is confirmed."

Contrary to the statement of the Investigative Committee, on April 22, Life published information about the attacker’s membership in one of the nationalist groups, which was established after analyzing his body tattoos. If Usanov came into conflict with representatives of Russian or Ukrainian right-wing radical associations, a “political” version of the murder is more than likely. Many neo-Nazi associations sharply criticized the Donbass militias, and some radicals (for example, Roman Zukhel and other Azov militants) went to the South-East of Ukraine to fight the “Russians” and “Vata”. On April 22 with his new publication this confirmed and Zakhar Prilepin:

“Progressive publicists, I see, have become excited and are writing long letters about the murdered Pasha. It is clear to them in advance that Pasha was “simply killed.” I repeat to you once again that there was a wild, almost to the point of a fight, argument with two trans-Ukrainians on the topic of Donbass. There is there are many witnesses to this. Then Pasha came out and was attacked from behind. If this is such a coincidence, then... But I don’t really believe in such coincidences, no matter what Markin says.”

In August last year, the lead singer of “Lube” Nikolai Rastorguev was banned from entering the country by the Ukrainian authorities, and in January of this year, the entire work of the group was subject to sanctions - their songs were prohibited from being played in public places and even from being sung in karaoke bars. In a comment to Gazeta.ru, the leader of Lyube asked not to rush to conclusions until the investigation is completed. According to him, the band's bassist was “completely non-aggressive and an open person, who did a lot of charity work and creativity.”

Alexander Shaganov, the author of the lyrics of the hits of the Lyube group, also remembers the human qualities of the musician. He is sure that Usanov “died in battle”:

Music in war

The bass guitarist of "Lube" has never hidden his position regarding the conflict in Donbass. Back in 2014, when the DPR declared its independence, Pavel, along with a small group of artists, went there to perform at a festive concert.

Acquaintances and friends of Usanov say that the musician not only paid great attention to the topic of Donbass, but was closely involved in the fate of children who did not become refugees and remained to live in war conditions. In 2015 took place a charity concert“Big Donbass”, and in the same year the musician twice held children’s musical competition“Native Spaces”, which was broadcast right during the bombing of Donbass cities. Usanov also helped organize excursions for children from Donbass to Russian cities, and in an interview he shared his impressions of communicating with young talents, whom he tried to arrange as leading music universities countries.

Usanov at the "Big Donbass" festival, August 15, 2015

Artem Artemov, editor-in-chief of the magazine “ Russian word”, in an interview with MK, he emphasized that Pavel never took up arms - all his trips to Donbass concerned exclusively children and charity. According to him, in 2014, when the Ukrainian army was constantly bombing the Donetsk region, Usanov went to orphanages and hospitals to see sick and wounded children.

Fans of the band and Pavel himself took the tragedy in the musician’s family very closely. When he ended up in intensive care, many responded to the request of Usanov’s wife and sent money to his family.

Pavel Usanov, who left behind a wife and two children (he spoke very touchingly about their upbringing in one of latest videos), was buried in his native Novocheboksarsk on April 21.

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The widow of Pavel Usanov, a member of the Lyube group, who died on April 19, Yuliana is experiencing the loss of her loved one. According to the woman, what happened to the bass guitarist in a bar near Moscow was a complete accident. However, the day before, Pavel's mother had a bad dream about her son.

Juliana and Pavel got married in 2013. The musician's wife also played the guitar and sang songs. Shortly before his death, Usanov signed up his wife for the casting of the television project “The Voice”. Juliana says that now she will have to go there for Pavel. The woman remembered that on the day when the fight occurred, Pavel did everything that was unusual for him.

According to Yuliana, during Lent, Usanov agreed to go with his friend Alexander to celebrate the birth of his daughter.

“I didn’t try to dissuade her and left on business. And when she returned, she found her husband at Alexander’s house drinking cognac, which, like other strong drinks, he never really liked. I became very tense and began to persuade him to go home. The husband promised that he would be there soon, but he never came,” said Usanov’s wife.

Pavel was brought home intoxicated by the village security officers. Only in the morning at Dmitrov’s hospital it became clear that he had a fracture of the frontal bone and numerous brain contusions. Thanks to the leader of the Lyube group, Nikolai Rastorguev, Usanov was taken by ambulance to the Sklifosovsky Research Institute.

Usanov’s wife said that her husband became involved in a brawl with two residents of Odessa in a bar. Pavel and his neighbor Alexander celebrated the birth of their son there. Usanov accidentally hit a man behind the bar with his elbow. The bar visitor reacted aggressively to such a gesture. It turned out to be Maxim Dobry, who is now suspected of brutally beating the musician.

“When the establishment began to close, Alexander, without saying a word, got up and went home. Odessa residents also left. Pasha, Dobry and his friend remained at the bar, who had just called a taxi. When the car arrived, Dobry refused to leave. But I know for sure that if he had attacked my husband alone, Pasha would have instantly laid him down on his shoulder. He was definitely attacked by several people, which is confirmed by a witness who watched everything from the window of her house,” Yuliana revealed the details of what happened to Usanov. According to the woman, the musician was beaten professionally - so that no traces were left.

Pavel's wife recalls that that evening Pavel left home without pectoral cross, that is, left without protection. And shortly before that, he starred in a video with a guitar that he inherited from a tragic accident. deceased participant"Lyube." Nikolai Rastorguev previously also claimed that there is something mystical in the death of the bass guitarist.

“I worried for a long time: what if we lost precious time by not immediately calling an ambulance.” But the doctors said that the injury was so serious that it was impossible to prevent the processes destroying the brain,” Yuliana said in frank interview"Express newspaper".

Let us recall that doctors fought for Usanov’s life for about 17 days; they performed a craniotomy operation, but were unable to save the musician’s life. From his first marriage, Pavel left behind a daughter, Sofia, and a son, Vasya.