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February 19, 2008
Yegor Letov, Russian singer-songwriter (born 1964)
Yegor Letov
Igor "Yegor" Fyodorovich Letov (Russian: И́горь "Его́р" Фёдорович Ле́тов, IPA: [ˈiɡərʲ ˈfʲɵdərəvʲɪtɕ jɪˈɡor ˈlʲetəf]; was a Russian singer-songwriter, best known as the founder and leader of the post-punk/psychedelic rock band Grazhdanskaya Oborona, as well as the founder of the conceptual art avant-garde project Kommunizm and psychedelic rock outfit Yegor i Opizdenevshiye. Letov collaborated with singer-songwriter Yanka Dyagileva and other Siberian underground artists as a record engineer and producer.