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Aleksandr Lipnitsky
Aleksandr Davidovich Lipnitsky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Дави́дович Липни́цкий; 8 July 1952 – 25 March 2021[1]) was a Soviet and Russian journalist, writer, and musician. He was one of the founders of the Soviet rock group Zvuki Mu.[2] BiographyAleksandr Lipnitsky was born on 8 July 1952 in Moscow.[1] Lipnitsky was the grandson of the actress Tatyana Okunevskaya and the homeopathic doctor Teodor Lipnitsky.[3] His father, David Teodorovich Lipnitsky (1921–1994) was also a homeopathic doctor.[4] His stepfather, Viktor Sukhodrev, was the personal translator of Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev.[5] His mother, Inga Sukhodrev (née Okunevskaya-Varlamova) (1933–2013), was an English teacher.[citation needed] His brother was Vladimir Lipnitsky (1954–1985).[citation needed] Lipnitsky became friends with Pyotr Mamonov at school and attended concerts with Mamonov and Mamonov's younger brother, Aleksey Bortnichuk.[6] In 1964, Lipnitsky was given his first Beatles record by Triloki Nath Kaul, the Indian Ambassador to the USSR, and became a fan of the band.[7] Lipnitsky studied journalism at Moscow State University. He became a specialist in jazz and began to be published in Soviet periodicals in 1975. He also became a figure in the underground music scene and dealt records.[6] In the 1980s, he hosted informal concerts by underground musicians at his dacha in Nikolina Gora.[1] His friends in the rock scene included Artemy Troitsky, Viktor Tsoi, Sergey Kuryokhin, Boris Grebenshchikov, Konstantin Kinchev, and Mike Naumenko.[1] In 1983, Lipnitsky, Mamonov, and Bortnichuk founded Zvuki Mu.[citation needed] Lipnitsky sold his art collection to buy the band's equipment and learned to play bass. Zvuki Mu's first performance took place in February 1984, at Lipnitsky and Mamonov's old school.[8] Lipnitsky played bass in the group until 1990.[citation needed] From 1990 to 1993, Lipnitsky and Joanna Stingray worked on the TV program Red Wave-21.[6] In the 2000s, he hosted the rock program Yelovaya Submarina on Nostalgiya.[9] From 2010, he hosted a program dedicated to Russian rock on the radio station Finam FM.[10] He regularly performed in groups such as OtZvuki Mu and Grozdya Vinogradovy.[9] DeathLipnitsky died on 25 March 2021. While skiing on the Moskva River near the village of Nikolina Gora, he fell through the ice and drowned.[2] It is thought that at the time of his death he was trying to save his dog, who had fallen into the water.[9] Lipnitsky's body was found in the Moskva on 27 March 2021.[11] His funeral took place on 30 March 2021 at the Aksininsky cemetery in the village of Aksinino, near Moscow.[12] References
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