Avtomaticheskie udovletvoriteli Автоматические удовлетворители | |
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| Origin | Leningrad, Soviet Union |
| Genres | Punk rock |
| Years active | 1979–1998 |
| Past members | Andrey "Svin" Panov Viktor Tsoi Alexey Rybin Yevgeny Fyodorov Dmitriy Pshishliak and others |
Avtomaticheskie udovletvoriteli (Russian: Автоматические удовлетворители, lit. 'The Automatic Satisfiers', abbreviated AU) was a Soviet, and later Russian, punk band, formed in Leningrad in 1979. It is considered the first Russian punk band, and its founder, Andrei Panov, is sometimes referred to as "the first punk in the USSR".[1][2]