(1962 - 2002)
Mikhail Vladimirovich Vorobyov (Mikhail Krug) was born in 1962. The seventh day of April was marked by the birth of the future singer and composer, whose popularity not only outlived him, but also continues to grow over the years.
Mikhail's childhood years were spent in the old Tver district, now called "Proletarka's Courtyard" (the old name was "Morozovsky Town"). Already at the age of 14, he wrote his first romantic poems, intended for a classmate. Under the influence of the work of Vladimir Vysotsky, Mikhail began to master the guitar and try out for the first time as a vocalist.
After graduating from high school (8 grades) and the Automotive Repair School in his hometown, after serving his military service, in 1987 Mikhail continued his studies and entered college. The biography of Mikhail Krug was not at all easy. Having married immediately upon returning from the army, he was never able to establish relations with his wife’s parents: the guy did not correspond to the ideas and principles of his wife’s family, since he had neither a prestigious education nor a prestigious position.
At the institute, Mikhail takes part in a student competition, the theme of which was an original song. First place in the competition, acquaintance with E.I. Klyachkin, who chaired the Eighth Festival of Author's Song, an irresistible desire to work on himself and his own songs prompts Mikhail to leave the institute, and then refuse the position of head of the motorcade.
The starting point in the biography of Mikhail Krug was the title of laureate, which he received in 1987 at the Art Song Festival, held in Tver. From this moment on, Mikhail Krug firmly decides to forever connect his life with an extraordinary bard song.
His first albums (“Tver Streets”, “Katya” and an untitled album) were recorded in his hometown at the Tver studio. The fate of these albums is sad: without an official release, the songs were distributed pirated. Mikhail Krug rewrote all these songs and included them in the following albums “Madame”, “Mouse”, “Rose” and “Green Prosecutor”. Many of these songs were dedicated to Marina, Mikhail's first love.
In 1994, “Zhigan - Lemon”, the first official album, was released, and 2 years later Mikhail Krug performed at the Moscow festival “Russian Chanson”.
Since 1997, Mikhail Krug has been touring with Svetlana Ternova, a vocalist he heard at the Song Festival. Successful tours take place not only in the Russian Federation and CIS countries, but also in cities in Germany and the USA.
In March 1998, Mikhail Krug received the prestigious Ovation Award. This period was full of constant foreign tours, writing songs for the new album “Mouse” (2000) and filming in the feature film “April” (the role of the authority of a criminal structure). In addition, in 1999 the film “The Bard Mikhail Krug” was released, filming of which was completed back in 1994.
The work of Mikhail Krug was tragically cut short along with the life of the popular bard: the Master of Russian chanson was killed in his home on the night of July 1, 2002. Having received several gunshot wounds to the chest and heart, Mikhail Krug died in the hospital.
The funeral of Mikhail Krug took place with the participation of thousands of fans of his work, among whom were not only crime bosses and “brothers,” but also completely ordinary people who had nothing to do with “prison romance.” The variety and originality of the famous Bard's songs found a response in the hearts of millions of devoted and grateful fans, captivated by the gentle melody of the sound and the bold poignancy of the lyrics.
Those responsible for Mikhail's death have not been found, but all admirers of his talent are sure: the highest justice exists, and the murderers will be punished!
Mikhail Krug, the famous chansonnier and songwriter, was killed on July 1, 2002 in his home in Tver. There were five other people there with him at that moment: his wife, mother-in-law, daughter and two sons, one of whom was barely a month old. Before the tragic events, Krug was relaxing in one of the Tver entertainment establishments. He returned home shortly before the attack.
Robbery
One of the versions why Mikhail Vladimirovich could have been killed is a banal robbery. This version is official. Shortly before his death, Krug finished the album “Confession”. Just the other day he expected to receive a large fee for this work. Probably someone knew about this, and this “someone” decided to take advantage of the situation.
He directed the bandits to Mikhail Vladimirovich’s house, but at the same time did not accurately guess the most successful time of the robbery. The thieves were supposed to rob Krug's home when he was not at home. But the famous chansonnier returned earlier than expected and found himself right in the center of events.
The murder occurred on the night of June 30, approximately after 23:00. The first to suffer was his mother-in-law, who was closest to the door at that time. Then his wife Irina was wounded. The circle ran out to the screams of women and the sounds of shooting. He received 2 bullets, from which he died in the morning in a Tver hospital.
The version of the robbery is supported not only by the official authorities, but also by people who respected Mikhail Vladimirovich and believed that he could not be treated badly in criminal circles. In their opinion, only a fatal coincidence of circumstances caused the death of the man who wrote the song “Vladimir Central”.
Contract murder
A different opinion is shared by those who knew a little more about Mikhail Krug and his contacts with the Tver criminals. One eloquent fact confirms that the murder of Krug could have been ordered. Krug's wife Irina later identified one of the attackers that night. He turned out to be a certain A. Ageev, a member of the Tver criminal group “Tver Wolves”.
Members of this gang were widely known in Tver as executors of contract killings. This was their profile. The fact that, under the guise of a robbery, Krug was shot in his own home by a man who dealt in contract killings speaks volumes. Despite suspicions, it was not possible to find out the motives and details of the crime in 2002 (or it was not beneficial for anyone).
Details 10 years after the crime
A decade later, some details of this case began to emerge. One of the criminals, sentenced to life imprisonment, testified. For the first time, he spoke directly about what many suspected back in 2002: Mikhail Krug was destroyed by order.
Some details of the case reopened in September 2012 became known to the press. It turned out that in the spring of 2003 there was a “showdown” between members of the gangster group. A certain A. Osipov, a killer nicknamed “Volkov,” shot dead another bandit, D. Veselov, nicknamed “Vesel,” in the wilderness outside the city.
Osipov received from the future victim incriminating evidence against a certain major authority who stood in the way of another gang. But the killer had another reason to shoot Veselov. He wanted to avenge Krug, who was killed in 2002. It turned out that Veselov knew the “customer”. He was the crime boss Kostenko.
Didn't want to pay
At the height of his popularity, the Circle received very good fees. Kostenko demanded that the singer pay him a “share” from each concert. Mikhail Vladimirovich refused to pay tribute. For this, Kostenko sent thieves-killers to his house. The goal was not robbery, but to intimidate the singer so that he would become more accommodating. Racket - the reason for many murders in the 90s - put an end to the life of Mikhail Vladimirovich Krug.
Chansonnier suffered only because he was home at the wrong time. The killers were forced to shoot him. Soon the killer of the Circle himself found himself in the grave. His bones were found only 10 years later, following a tip from one “lifer” from the Tver Wolves gang. In the criminal environment, Mikhail Krug was respected, and therefore they took revenge for his murder, without waiting for proceedings from the authorities. That's how it is in this environment.
Name: Mikhail Krug
Age: 40 years
Place of Birth: Tver
A place of death: Tver
Activity: singer - bard, poet, composer, singer
Family status: Was married
Mikhail Krug: biography
The real name of the singer and Russian chansonnier Mikhail Krug was Mikhail Vladimirovich Vorobyov. He composed and performed his own musical compositions.
Mikhail had the opportunity to receive a musical education in his childhood, when he began to learn to play the button accordion, but the boy dropped out of music school. I became interested in sports and stood on the hockey goal. He often neglected and skipped schoolwork, which is why the boy’s studies were very poor. Music has been the main thing for Misha since childhood.
The boy was 6 years old when he first heard the songs of Vladimir Semenovich Vysotsky. The future bard at the age of 11 learned to play the guitar, like his idol, he firmly decided what his biography would be. As a teenager, Mikhail began writing poetry, and once performed a song by his favorite poet and performer at school.
The young man served in the army, but his love for Vysotsky’s songwriting did not diminish. Mikhail completely imitated his style of performance.
Unfortunately, the prose of life required the guy to master a profession, and Mikhail received the profession of a mechanic and car repairman at a school in the city of Kalinin. He started working as a driver on a milk tanker and worked for ten years.
After 4 years from the start of work in the motorcade, he was appointed chief. But a leadership position required higher education, and Mikhail begins to study at the Polytechnic University. Vorobyov was not satisfied with desk work, he dropped out of college and went back to work as an ordinary driver.
Music, songs
Krug joined Vladimir Zhirinovsky’s party and was his cultural assistant. There were many different turns in Mikhail’s biography, politics was one of them. Krug still decides to get a higher education again. At the institute, having heard about an art song competition, he takes part and takes first place. This victory inspired him to write his own songs.
Bard Evgeny Klyachkin chaired the jury of the festival at which the Circle performed. Vorobyov also took a pseudonym after his victory at the competition. The first albums did not take long to appear, although many of Krug’s songs were stolen, but Mikhail rewrote his works and they were officially recorded in the singer’s subsequent albums.
A documentary was made about the Circle, which was shown on the Culture channel. His video was released, Mikhail begins performing abroad. For the first time he came to Germany to the chanson festival, where he performed on the same stage with the Zhemchuzhny brothers. The next tours were to America and Israel. The performer is no stranger to charity concerts, but he has his own special contingent - colonies and prisons.
New soloist and awards
Krug decided to change the composition of its group and took on lead singer Svetlana Ternova. New songs appear in the repertoire, which were offered to the circle team by Arkady Severny and Leonid Efremov. Mikhail’s calling card was the song “Vladimir Central”. Mikhail was awarded the first significant Ovation Prize in 1998.
A year later, the performer took part in a music competition and defeated Sergei Trofimov. A year later, the bard again received an Ovation. The year two thousand was marked by the fact that Krug played in the film “April”; he got to play a crime boss.
The tragic death of Mikhail Krug
2 years passed, and the singer was attacked in his own home. It happened at night. The entire Krug family was in the house: his wife with children and mother-in-law. Two people entered the house and beat up the singer’s mother-in-law on the third floor. Hearing the screams, the owners of the house came running and the criminals started shooting. Irina managed to escape, and Mikhail was seriously wounded twice. When the Circle came to its senses, the attackers ran away. The children were sleeping at that time, the criminals did not reach them. The ambulance took Krug himself to the hospital, but Mikhail was unable to survive, he died in the morning, the doctors did everything they could. No one suspected that the singer’s biography would be so tragic.
Personal life of Mikhail Krug
For the first time, Mikhail married a woman with a musical education. Svetlana produced her husband’s performance in the future. She understood the many announced competitions. Svetlana was looking for more significant festivals and competitions and invited Mikhail to take part in them. The woman worked in the Model House. She sewed costumes for the catwalk with her own hands. A year after their marriage, the couple had a son, Dima. A year later, the couple separated because of Mikhail’s infidelities. Now Dmitry, having studied at the University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in St. Petersburg, went to serve in the police.
Despite promises, Vadim Tsyganov never became the producer of Anton Kazimir
July 1 will mark 15 years since the death of singer Mikhail KRUG (VOROBIEV). He died from a gunshot wound received as a result of a gang attack in his own home in Tver.
After the death of her husband, his young widow Irina (maiden name GLAZKO) recorded several songs in memory of the singer and even released the album “The First Autumn of Separation.” However, real success came to the former waitress after the release of the second disc, “To You, My Last Love,” where, as reported, Irina performed several duet songs with her late husband, whose voice was taken from tape recordings remaining in the family archive.
Even 10 years ago, the editor of the site received a letter from a certain Natalia Korzhova who accused Irina Krug and producer of her album “To You, My Last Love” Vadim Tsyganov(singer's husband Viki Tsyganova) in forgery ():
There was such a good person - Misha Krug,” Natalya wrote. - I knew him since childhood. He was unlucky with his first wife and had to raise his son himself. Then he met Ira Glazko. At first he lived with her in a civil marriage, then he married legally. When Misha was alive, he did not let his wife get close to the stage or music. I have never recorded a single song with her. And then the irreparable happened: Misha passed away. Before his body had time to cool down, Irina became a singer. Albums with so-called previously unpublished duets and songs of the Circle began to be released in millions of copies. People loved Misha, and these songs began to have high ratings. Thousands flowed into the pockets of producers.
Irina is now the most popular chanson star. Photo from the site irinakrug.ru
And the producers are Irina Glazko-Krug and Vadim Tsyganov. They found a young man with a voice exactly like Misha’s; he lives somewhere in the Donbass. I heard him: it’s so scary, if you close your eyes, Misha is singing alive, and that’s all!
Tsyganov quickly wrote a bunch of songs, he and Irina called this young man, recorded them, gave him some money and quickly sent him out of the city, ordering him to remain silent. This is how the duet “To You, My Last Love” was born, which gained nationwide fame, and many others.
I consider such lies and money-grubbing to be blasphemy against Misha’s memory. But now the famous “actress-singer” Irina Krug and her “business friend” Tsyganov are swimming in money, and new songs performed by Irina and “Mikhail Krug” continue to appear.
At Vadim TSYGANOV's dacha (in the center), Anton took a souvenir photo with him and Ira... Frustrated hopes
Then we were unable to find confirmation of this sensational information. Those surrounded by Mikhail Krug’s family said that this was a lie. However, we have now found a 37-year-old Anton Casimir, who confirmed that it was he who sang in Krug’s voice in that same Irina album.
Mutual friends brought me together with Vadim Tsyganov, who produced the disc “To You, My Last Love,” in September 2004,” Anton said. “They were the ones who told Vadim that there was a guy living in Donetsk whose voice was very similar to Krug’s voice. I called Tsyganov, and he immediately invited me to Moscow. Arriving at his studio, I found out that I was not the only one who auditioned. Hearing my voice, Vadim called Irina and was glad that he had found the right person. The very next day Ira rushed from Tver, and we began work.
...and also at the monument to CIRCLE, which was later installed in Tver According to Kazimir, he was twice called to Moscow for recording.
Vadim immediately explained that they needed my help in restoring the Krug’s recordings, which were stored on tape in very poor quality,” the interlocutor continues. - They say that something needs to be corrected, and maybe even re-sung. Which is what I did. As a result, I performed six compositions, imitating Krug’s voice. They did not pay any money, they only compensated for travel expenses. They also promised that I would be featured on the album as a backing vocalist, and after its release we would continue to collaborate. They say, I will sing a duet with Irina, or Vadim Tsyganov will promote me as a producer. Of course, we did not sign any documents in this regard. It was a gentleman's agreement, which Ira and Vadim, alas, completely violated.
Anton said that his person was once actively discussed by fans on the forum of the website in memory of Mikhail Krug. This resource was supervised by the chansonnier’s sister Olga, who also managed her brother’s fund.
The topic regarding me was quickly destroyed,” states Kazimir. - As for Irina, I soon met her at the Golden Domes music festival in the city of Nikolaev. As if nothing had happened, she again promised to cooperate, and Krug’s friend Leonid Teleshev took my phone number and promised to invite me to perform at the annual festival in memory of Mikhail in Tver. But that didn’t happen either. Although after the album “To You, My Last Love,” I began to record new material dedicated to the memory of the “King of Chanson” called “Cold April.” My recordings were highly appreciated by genre producers. However, even before the restoration of the album “To You, My Last Love,” I already had my original songs ready. True, I was asked not to show them to the releasing companies before the release of this disc. In addition, I received offers to pass off my songs as unreleased Krug compositions and make good money from it. But for reasons of conscience I did not do this.
At the same time, Anton assures that in any case he is proud to have taken part in the recording of Irina’s album, but adds:
I have my own path, and I never intended to become the second Mikhail Krug. I want to be the first Anton Kazimir. I continue to record songs, and you will definitely hear them in the near future.
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Biography, life story of Mikhail Circle
Mikhail Vladimirovich Krug is a poet, bard, performer of songs in the chanson style.
early years
Mikhail Vladimirovich Krug (real name Vorobyov) was born on April 7, 1962 in the old district of the city of Tver, which was called Morozovsky town (later became known as the “Proletarka’s Courtyard”; the song “My Dear City” was written about it).
Misha’s father, Vladimir Mikhailovich Vorobyov, was a civil engineer and served as head of communications at the Moscow-Riga Highway Administration in Tver. Mom Zoya Petrovna worked as an accountant at a cotton mill. Vladimir passed away in 1995, Zoya at the beginning of 2019.
Mikhail with his parents and older sister Olga lived in a small room in the barracks. When Misha was very little, he dreamed of becoming a driver. With age, the desire changed - Mikhail wanted to become a musician. On his 11th birthday, he received a guitar as a gift from his parents. Misha was extremely happy to get his own musical instrument. Their neighbor knew how to play a little, and it was he who showed the teenager a few chords. It only took Mikhail a few days to learn them.
One fine day, teachers at a local music school heard Misha improvising on the guitar, and immediately suggested that his parents send their son to study. But the Vorobyovs did not rush into this - their financial situation was not the best. They had just bought a piano for their eldest daughter Olya and were not at all ready to splurge on a music school. Fortunately, Misha turned out to be so talented that he was accepted into the school on a budget basis. So the boy became a student in the accordion playing class. True, Mikhail studied for only six months - he fell in love with playing the button accordion immediately, but the boring solfeggio lessons were difficult for him. And in the end he just quit classes.
In high school, Mikhail also did poorly. He often skipped classes and did not complete assignments. But Misha loved sports very much - he played hockey and football, stood on the goal.
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Mikhail wrote his first poems at the age of 14, which he dedicated to his classmate. At that time, Mikhail’s idol was. After the army, Mikhail, impressed by his songs, began to play the guitar and sing in his style.
Mikhail graduated from college No. 39 on Sominka in the city of Tver as an auto repairman by profession.
After the army, Mikhail Vorobyov got a job as a dairy product delivery driver. One day, a young man did an unimaginably daring act - he swapped packages of milk and sour cream for senior party leaders with packages intended for ordinary people. The quality of the products varied greatly. When they found out about Misha’s trick, they first wanted to open a criminal case against him; but then the story hesitated, and Vorobyov himself, during 10 years of work at the enterprise, rose to the position of chief.
And also, after returning from the army, Mikhail got married. His wife's parents insisted that he go to college because... their daughter graduated with honors from the Institute of Light Industry, and his education did not correspond to their principles. In 1987, Mikhail successfully entered the institute, where he learned about an art song competition, took part in it and took first place. After that, he began writing songs seriously. E.I. played a significant role in this. Klyachkin, who was the chairman of the jury at the 8th art song festival, where he saw the hidden talent in Mikhail, and said: "Misha, you need to work...".
Music
Mikhail recorded his first album “Tver Streets” at the Tver studio, then the second album “Katya” was recorded, and the third album was untitled. All of them had no way out, but were stolen and distributed in a pirate way. Almost all the songs from these albums were rewritten and sung in the albums “Green Prosecutor”, “Madame”, “Rose”, “Mouse”. In 1994, the first official album “Zhigan-Lemon” was released.
The first performance of the Circle took place in Moscow, at the Variety Theater at the Russian Chanson festival in November 1996. In the same year, the first video “It Was Yesterday” was shown.
On the cover of the Zhigan-Lemon disc, Mikhail is depicted with his musicians. On the left is Vladimir Ovcharov (left for Israel), on the right is Vlad Savosin, accordion player.
For the release of audio cassettes with the album “Zhigan-Limon” from the Soyuz studio, Mikhail did not receive a penny, but for the release of laser discs with the same album he received three thousand dollars ($3,000), although he spent much more on the recording.
The second video, “A Day Like a Day,” was shot by his friends. It can be seen on the videotape "Songs of Mikhail Krug".
The song "Kolshchik" took three years to write and had three different versions. The last option on the album "Zhigan-lemon".
Mikhail dedicated all his songs in his first four albums to his first love, Marina. The song "Pie Girl" was written in 1987 and dedicated to her.
The first time Mikhail Krug performed abroad was in 1997 at the “Russian Chanson in Germany” festival, where he sang four songs, one of which, “Madame,” was sung in a guitar version. It can be heard on the disc "Russian Chanson in Germany" released by the German company "Solo-Florentin".
In February 1997, a new soloist, Svetlana Ternova, began working with Mikhail, whom he heard at the Zavolzhye song festival and took her into the group. In parallel with his work, he wrote her an album in pop style.
Mikhail wrote the songs “Green Field” and “My Queen”, which Sveta sings, at the age of 16 and also dedicated them to Marina. He remade them to be performed from a female perspective.
On March 27, 1998, at the Cosmos Hotel, Mikhail took part in the presentation of the Ovation Award and received it in the Russian Chanson category.
The most popular song by Mikhail Krug is “Vladimir Central”. According to some reports, the Circle dedicated this song to Sasha Severov, a famous thief in law.
In 1999, Mikhail Krug participated in the TV show “Musical Ring”. At the show, the artist competed with the singer. The confrontation ended in victory for the circle. In the same year, Mikhail took part in the “Russian Chanson” competition and took an honorable second place there.
Mikhail Krug had a very extensive touring geography. He has given concerts in Israel, Estonia, Ukraine, Belarus, America, Germany and other countries.
Mikhail Krug often gave charity performances. He often organized concerts for prisoners.
Interesting Facts
Mikhail gave his first big interview, answering questions in an hour-long program in the A.L.S. cable television studio. March 9, 1998 (Moscow, Goncharova St., 17).
In the summer of 2000, filming of the film “April” was completed, in which Mikhail Krug played a crime boss.
There was prohibition in his group for three years.
One day Mikhail gave money for a new video, but they returned it to him because... his songs were banned from television.
The ring with three diamonds that he always wears was given to him by thief in law Khobot.
Mikhail takes the criminal expressions for his songs from a 1924 dictionary for internal use of the NKVD, which he acquired by accident.
In 1994, the film "Bard Mikhail Krug" was filmed. It was shown on the Culture channel only in 1999.
At a concert in Boston, the Italians gave Mikhail cool trousers.
Personal life
Mikhail's first wife's name was Svetlana. Svetlana was also a musician - she played guitar at the VIA Institute of Light Industry; worked at the House of Models. It was Sveta who gave Krug self-confidence. Before meeting her, Mikhail wrote songs only for himself; and Sveta convinced him that the works were actually talented and interesting and simply had to be presented to a wide audience. Svetlana did not just support Mikhail with words - she promoted him to music competitions, helped with recordings, and sewed concert costumes with her own hands.
Mikhail and Svetlana got married in 1987. In 1988, the couple had a son, Dmitry, and already in 1989 the couple filed for divorce. Svetlana was very tired of Mikhail’s constant betrayals and decided to put an end to their family life.
In 2001, the chanson singer married for the second time. She became his second wife (born in Chelyabinsk on March 29, 1976). Irina worked for Mikhail as a costume designer for many years. On May 26, 2002, Misha’s son was born. The boy was named Alexander. Their family also raised a daughter from her first marriage, Marina (born in 1995).
Death
On the night of June 30 to July 1, 2002, Mikhail was killed in his home in Tver. On that ill-fated night, unknown persons broke into the house of Mikhail Krug. The villains brutally beat the artist's mother-in-law. Spouse
