Alexander Rosenbaum

Rosenbaum graduated from the First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Peterburg in 1974, Rosenbaum worked in the medical field for four years. His musical education consists of piano and choreography courses at a musical school. In 1968, while still a student, Rosenbaum started writing the songs for which he is famous. His early songs were for student plays, but he soon also wrote for rock groups and started performing as a singer-songwriter in 1983, sometimes under the pseudonym "Ayarov". In the 1980s, during the Afghan war, he travelled to Afghanistan several times to sing for the Soviet troops. He dedicated one of his most famous songs, Black tulip, to the Soviet soldiers who participated in that war. ==Political career==

On December 7, 2003, Alexander Rosenbaum took office as a member of the Russian parliament (the fourth Duma) for United Russia and deputy chairman of the State Duma Culture Committee. When asked by a journalist about what he had to sacrifice to be able to run for MP, Rosenbaum answered: He was not listed as an MP in the fifth Duma. He is also a supporter of Yisrael Beiteinu Israeli political party and sang the theme tune for the party in the 2009 Israeli legislative election. Rosenbaum expressed support for the annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014, and stated, "Crimea is ours." For this he was banned from entering Ukraine. ==Business ventures==

Rosenbaum is co-owner of a growing (as of 2007) network of beer-halls in Saint-Petersburg, called "Tolstiy Frayer". The name has a humorous, as well as gangster slang air to it and can roughly be rendered as "Fat patsy". The name is a reference to one of Rosenbaum's songs. ==Songwriting and performing characteristics==

He has stated that his wide lyrical scope is due to his being a sort of medium. For example, he wrote many crime-related songs using their jargon, but he never lived the criminal life in reality. Similarly, many of his songs about the Cossacks were written without the benefit of ever having a single relative from that community. Rosenbaum's most popular and culturally relevant song to-date, and his greatest hit, is "Vals-Boston" (Russian: Вàльс-бостòн), which translates to "The Boston Waltz." The title refers to a dance called the American Waltz, or alternatively the Boston. ==Legacy==

On May 16, 2001, by president Putin's decree, Rosenbaum was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia, probably the highest title in the artistic field of activity in Russia. ==Discography==

• Pamyati A. Zvezdina-Severnogo (In memory of A. Zvezdin-Severny; April 1982) • '' (New Songs''; November 1983) • '' (Epitaph''; 1986) • '' (My Courtyards''; 1986) • '' (Paint Me a House''; 1986) • Doroga dlinoyu v zhizn (The Life-long Road; 1988) • '' (Cossacks Songs''; 1988) • '' (Anathema''; 1988) • '' (A New-York Concert''; 1987) • '' (Gop-stop''; 1993) • '' (Hot Ten''; 1994) • A. Rozenbaum i "Bratya Zhemchuzhniye" 11 let spustya (A. Rosenbaum and the "Zhemchuzhnye Brothers", 11 years after; 1994) • Veshchaya sudba (Prophetic Fate; 1994, compilation) • '' (Nostalgia''; 1994) • Vyalotekushchaya Shizofreniya (Sluggishly progressing schizophrenia; December 1994) • Byloye i diski (The Past and the Disks; volumes 1, 2 and 3) • Antologiya 1. (Anthology 1. A Home Concert; 1981) • Antologiya 2. Posvyashcheniye posvyashchayushchim (Anthology 2. Devoted to the Devoters; 1983) • Antologiya 3. (Anthology 3. A Concert in Vorkuta; 1984) • Antologiya 4. Kontsert na LOMO (Anthology 4. A Concert at LOMO; 1987) • '' (Pink Pearls''; August–November 1995) • '' (On Plantations of Love''; March–May 1996) • '' (A Birthday Concert''; September 1996) • '' (The Return to Argo''; February 1997) • '' (July Heat''; November 1997) • Luchshiye pesni (The Best Of; 1982–1997, compilation) • Transsibirskaya magistral (Trans-Siberian Railway 1999) • Odinokiy volk (Lonesome Wolf; 2001, compilation) • '' (Real Soldier''; April 2000) • Staraya gitara (Old Guitar; 2001) • Ya lyublyu vozvrashchatsya v svoy gorod... (I Love Coming Back to My Town…; 2003) • '' (Strange Life''; 2003) • Ya vizhu svet (I See the Light; December 2005) • '' (Fellow travellers''; October 2007) • '' (The Dream of an Underworld Poet'' November 2009) • '' (Unbuttoned Shirt'' November 2010) • '' (Coast of pure brotherhood'' with Grigory Leps; December 2011) • '' (Metaphysics''; December 2015) • Simbioz (Symbiosis; 2019) (collection of poems performed by the author) • '' (Rhythm Love Blues''; 2020) == Films about Alexander Rosenbaum ==

• 1987 — (private) • 1987 — (private) • 1990 — (private) • 1994 — • 1996 — • 1997 — • 1997 — • 2003 — "The Philosophy of the Way" 20 years later ( and ) • 2004 — • 2010 — • 2011 — • 2011 — • 2016 — • 2021 — • 2021 — • 2021 — ==References==