Willi Tokarev | |
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 Tokarev in 2012 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Vilen Ivanovich Tokarev |
| Born | 11 November 1934 Chernyshev, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 4 August 2019 (aged 84) Moscow, Russia |
| Genres | Russian chanson |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Website | willitokarev |
Willi Ivanovich Tokarev (Russian: Вилли Ива́нович То́карев; 11 November 1934 – 4 August 2019) was a Russian-American singer-songwriter.[1] In the 1980s, he became famous throughout the Soviet Union for his songs about life as a Russian émigré in New York in Brighton Beach.[2]
- ^ "The New Emigration". The Moscow Times. 2 January 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
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