Lev Barashkov

Biography Born December 4, 1931 in Moscow in the family of a military pilot Pavel Nikolayevich (1905–1965) and a worker of aircraft repair workshops Anastasia Yakovlevna (1906–2004) Barashkov's. Children's years of Lyova were held in the Moscow region of Lyubertsy, where the military unit of his father was stationed. Like all friends, he dreamed of becoming a pilot and fighting in the sky with enemies. During the war, the boy fled the house and, calling himself an orphan, tried to become the son of a regiment. But in the village near Podolsk, where he was already driven by his height, the fugitive identified his father's colleague and sent him back.

Alexandra Pakhmutova's song The Main Thing, Guys, Do Not Get Old With a Heart, on the verses of Nikolai Dobronravov and Sergei Grebennikov became the singer's card. It is noteworthy that he was the first performer of this song.

In the period from 1959 to 1974 he played several roles in films, recorded songs for the films Silence and The Elusive Avengers.

He was married to actress and ballerina Lyudmila Barashkova (Butenina). They had a daughter, Anastasia.

Died on February 23, 2011. He was buried at Vagankovskoye Cemetery (23 plot).