Yuri Barabash is a famous performer of Russian chanson. For fans of his musical work, he is known as Petlyura. Yuri Barabash, whose biography is eventful, not only performed songs, but also was their author. But the busy life of this creative person ended very tragically.
Childhood
Yuri was born in mid-April 1974. His whole family at that time lived in the Stavropol Territory. In addition to him, the daughter of Lolita was already raised in the family of Vladislav and Tamara Barabash.
Yuri's parents were constantly busy with their work. The father of the future singer is an officer of the Navy, and her mother first worked in the local puppet theater, and then got a job at the Stavropol Philharmonic.
Education
Yuri Barabash, whose biography interests fans of his work, went to first grade in his hometown. But already in 1982, the whole family was forced to move to Stavropol. The reason for the move was the sister's illness. Doctors found heart disease in Lolita, who was two years older than Yuri. They recommended moving to Stavropol.
Considering the detailed biography of Yuri Barabash, it is worth noting that after he entered the secondary school, the teachers had many problems with him. On the holidays in February 1984, almost immediately after the move, the boy's father died. Since then, he has not listened to anyone, and at school was considered a difficult teenager.
Stage name
Yury Barabash, whose biography is interesting to fans of his work, received his pseudonym Petlyura back in school. He delivered a lot of trouble to teachers and grew up a bully boy. Here, for his hooligan behavior, the future singer was nicknamed Yura-Petlyura.
The beginning of musical activity
Yuri Barabash never studied music anywhere. He was self-taught. So, he learned to play the guitar on his own. He made his first musical recordings at home. Once they were heard by Andrei Razin, who at that time was the producer of the famous and most popular group "Tender May." Razin invited Yuri to his music studio.
It is known that the voice of Yuri Vladislavovich was often confused with the soloist of Tender May. Comparison with Yuri Shatunov did not like Petlyura. But still, since 1992, he became the soloist of the new group "Yura Orlov". Although his activities here lasted only a few months. Soon Petlyura (Yuri Barabash), whose biography is eventful, left the group.
Solo career
When Yuri leaves Razin, he decides to begin his solo career. He quickly becomes known as a chanson performer. And soon he was already performing under his stage name - Petlyura.
In 1993, his first album “Sing, Zhigan” was released, which immediately made the young artist and songwriter famous. His work of this period of life can be attributed to thieves' lyrics. By the way, this album is perfect for learning to play the guitar, since Petlyura used the simplest "pop" style. The following year he releases another album, “Benya Raider.” It is known that all these first music albums were recorded in a home studio.
And two years later, a new period begins in the life and in the musical career of the young artist. Petlyura (Yuri Vladislavovich Barabash) concludes a lucrative contract with Sevostyanov’s company. In the music firm Master Sound, many of the previous songs of the young, talented author and performer have been rewritten.
The music albums "Fast Train", "Youngster" and others were now recorded on high-quality and professional equipment. The album "Fast Train" is considered the most famous musical work of Petlyura.
After the release of the musical album "Puppets" in 1995, his song "You are alone at the maple tree" becomes very popular. A beautiful and melodic song cannot but excite. This song describes the real story, which then happened to the composer himself. After his death, the girl came to him, not knowing about death, and the mother of Yuri said that her lover was no more. The young performer seemed to feel that this would happen, and wrote about it in his song.
During the life of this talented author and performer, several more albums were recorded: “Farewell album”, but only he was released after his death, and “Sad guy”.
His songs were recorded on cassettes, then on disks. Musical creations of Petlyura, especially the song “Rain, ” were played at discos, and Yuri composed and sang everything. His musical creations were even played on Russian Radio.
Unofficial folklore of the Soviet period
A special place in the work of Yuri Barabash is occupied by unofficial folklore. At that time, Petlyura’s repertoire included not only “street songs”, but also “urban romance”. For example, these were songs such as Alyoshka or Chicken. The song of Petlyura “White Dress”, “Knitted Jacket” and others was widely known. These songs had everything: people, walls, water, birds, torment and joy. Where only songs of Petlyura did not sound! They could be heard everywhere. They sounded in the courtyards and in restaurants, in apartments and in the zone, in porches and on television.
Yuri Barabash’s song “How Many I Wandered …” became known after the viewer first heard it in the movie “Boys” directed by D. Asanova. The author of this song was Vitaly Chernitsky, and performed it in the film Petlyura. By the way, this song, like the musical composition Knitted Jacket, where the authors are Dorizo and Dolukhanyan, were so popular that they were considered folk. The whole country sang these songs at that time.
The pleasant voice of the young artist, in which notes of sadness and longing were traced, was very popular with the audience. His songs were so popular that many rumors circulated around him. Strange and unexpected death only added such conversations. And fans of his work could not understand why he no longer sings, why there are no more his new music albums. There were even suspicions that he was in prison either before the take-off of his career or after his disappearance.
