Zemlyane

Zemlyane
Zemlyane, circa 1984
Zemlyane, circa 1984
Background information
OriginLeningrad, Soviet Union (now St. Petersburg, Russia)
Genres
Years active1978–present
LabelsMelodiya
MembersSergey Skachkov
Oleg Khovrin
Andrey Smirnov
Andrey Ismagilov
Past membersIgor Romanov
Boris Aksenov
Pavel Borisov
Boris Dolgikh
Gennadiy Martov
Sergey Vasiliev
Yuriy Babenko
Aleksandr Krivtsov
Georgiy Tonkelidi
Andrey Kruglov
Nikolay Kudryavtsev
Viktor Kudryavtsev
Veronika Stepanova
Yuriy Starchenko
Sergey Kolchin
Websitewww.zemlyane.com

Zemlyane (Russian: Земляне, lit.'Earthlings') is a Soviet and later Russian rock band, formed in Leningrad in 1978. Most of their lyrics deal with risk, courage, and masculinity.

In 2009, Zemlyane's 1980s hit "Trava u doma" (Russian: «Трава у дома», lit.'Тhe grass at home') became the first official anthem of the Russian space program.[1]

  1. ^ Guzeva, Alexandra (7 February 2019). "Just how superstitious are Russian cosmonauts?". Russia Beyond. Retrieved 23 November 2020.