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Duet with Mikhail Krug and Svetlana Ternova

Mikhail Krug was a Russian singer, one of the leading singers of the style of songs known as blatnaya pesnya (songs about criminals), or shanson, which has been part of Russian culture since the beginning of the twentieth century.

Mikhail Krug was born in Morozovskiy Gorodok, a suburb of the city of Tver on April 7th, 1962. By 1994, he had recorded three albums. A significant portion of Mikhail Krug's songs invoke the secret code of Russian prisons. They describe the emotional emptiness and the despair of the prisoners who are separated from their families and loved ones. He also wrote many love songs, and songs about Tver. Krug liked to associate with criminal elements.

June 30, 2002, Mikhail Krug was murdered in his Tver mansion by acquaintances he had made in the criminal circles.

- the masoria papers