Yuliy Kim
Yuliy Chersanovich Kim (Юлий Черсанович Ким; born December 23, 1936) is one of Russia's foremost bardss and playwrights. His most famous works, encompassing everything from mild humor to biting political satire, include songs for movies such as Bumbarash, The Twelve Chairs and An Ordinary Miracle, as well as the songs "The Brave Captain", "The Black Sea", "The Whale-Fish", "Cursed Lips", "Captain Bering", and "Baron Germont Went to War". Since 1998, he lives in Israel and gives periodic tours through Russia, Europe, and the United States.
Early Life Kim was born in 1936 to Kim Chelsan, a Korean immigrant, and Nina Valentinovna Vsesvyatskaya. His parents were victims of the Great Purge of 1937 and 1938, in which his father was executed and his mother was sentenced to five years of labor camp and three years of exile and was rehabilitated during the Khruschev period in 1954.
From Teacher to Writer In 1959, Kim graduated from the Department of History and Philology of the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute. During his student years, he began writing poems and setting some to music. Upon graduation, he was sent to teach in Kamchatka, where he taught for three years. After returning to Moscow, Kim taught school and at the same time participated in the dissident movement, which cost him his job in 1968. Subsequently, Kim earned a living by writing songs for plays and movies as well as publishing plays under the pseudonym Yu. Mikhailov, which he used until 1986. At the same time, while he was barred from giving concerts, he continued his singing underground.
Later Life With the advent of glasnost, Kim was finally able to perform legally. Since the breakup of the Soviet Union, he has been acclaimed throughout the Russian-speaking world and has performed in numerous locations in Russia, Europe, and the United States and received numerous awards, such as the Bulat Okudzhava Prize of the Russian Federation.
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