Alexander Galich | |
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Александр Аркадьевич Галич | |
Born | Alexander Aronovich Ginzburg 19 October 1918 Ekaterinoslav (now Dnipro), Ukraine |
Died | 15 December 1977 Paris, France | (aged 59)
Citizenship | Soviet Union |
Occupation(s) | poet, screenwriter, playwright, singer-songwriter, and dissident |
Known for | his songs and participation in Soviet dissident movement |
Alexander Arkadievich Galich (Russian: Алекса́ндр Арка́дьевич Га́лич, born Alexander Aronovich Ginzburg, 19 October 1918 – 15 December 1977) was a Soviet poet, screenwriter, playwright, singer-songwriter, and dissident.