Alexander Bashlachev (
Александр Башлачев) (May 27, 1960 – February 17, 1988) was a Russian poet, musician, guitarist, and singer-songwriter. Bashlachev was born in Cherepovets, Soviet Union, the son of Nikolai Bashlachev and Nellie Bashlacheva. In 1977, Bashlachev graduated from Cherepovets High School in Cherepovets, and worked as a painter at the Cherepovets Metallurgical Plant with his father. In 1978, he resigned from the plant to enroll at the Ural State University in Sverdlovsk Oblast as a journalism major. Bashlachev graduated in 1983. In early 1983, Bashlachev wrote a song e…
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