Lev Leshchenko

Lev Leshchenko
Lev Leshchenko
Лев Лещенко
	Leshchenko in 2019
Born	Lev Valerianovich Leshchenko; 1 February 1942 (age 82); Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Alma mater	Russian Academy of Theatre Arts
Occupation	Singer
Title	People's Artist of the RSFSR (1983)
Awards	Full cavalier of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (Russia); Order of Friendship of Peoples (USSR); Order of the Badge of Honour (USSR); Order of Friendship (Kazakhstan); Sopot International Song Festival (Winner,1972);
	Musical career
Genres	Soviet music, operatic pop, pop, Soviet estrada
Years active	1959–present
Website	levleschenko.ru

"Prityazhen'ye Zemli"

Sample of "Prityazhen'ye Zemli" by Lev Leshchenko (1980)

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Lev Valerianovich Leshchenko (Russian: Лев Валерьянович Лещенко; born 1 February 1942), is a Russian singer,^[1] who is best known for his rendition of "Den Pobedy" and the 1980 Summer Olympics closing ceremony theme song "Do svidanya, Moskva".

^ David MacFadyen, Red Stars: Personality and the Soviet Popular Song, 1955–1991 McGill-Queen's Press, 2001, ISBN 9780773521063, 319 p.

[1] David MacFadyen, Red Stars: Personality and the Soviet Popular Song, 1955–1991 McGill-Queen's Press, 2001, ISBN 9780773521063, 319 p.

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