Михаил Круг

Mikhail Vladimirovich Krug (real name - Mikhail Vorobyov), was born in the old district of the city of Tver, which was called Morozovsky town, now has the name "Yard of the Proletarian" about which the song "My dear city" was written.

Mikhail wrote his first poems at the age of 14, which he dedicated to his classmate. At that time, Mikhail's idol was V.S.Vysotsky. After the army, Mikhail, impressed by his songs, began to play the guitar and sing in his style.

Mikhail graduated from the 39th school in the city of Tver on Sominka as a mechanic-car repairman by profession. Coming from the army, Mikhail got married, his wife's parents insisted that he go to college, because their daughter graduated with honors from the institute of light industry, and his education did not correspond to their principles. In 1987, Mikhail successfully entered the institute, where he learned about the author's song competition, took part in it and took first place. After that he is seriously engaged in songwriting, but EI Klyachkin, who was the chairman of the jury at the 8th festival of author's songs, played an important role in this, where he saw the hidden talent in Mikhail, and said: "Misha, you have to work ..." ...

Mikhail recorded his first album "Tverskiye Streets" at the "Tver" studio, then the second album "Katya" was recorded, and the third album without a title, all of them had no release, but were stolen and sold in a pirate way. Almost all the songs from these albums were rewritten and sung in the albums: "Green Prosecutor" "Madame" "Rose" "Mouse". In 1994 the first official album "Zhigan-Lemon" was released.

The ring with three diamonds, which he always wore, was presented to him by the thief in law Trunk.

Mikhail takes the thieves' expressions for his songs from a dictionary issued in 1924 for the internal use of the NKVD, which he acquired by accident.

On March 27, 1998, at the Cosmos Hotel, Mikhail took part in the Ovation Award ceremony and received it in the Russian Chanson category.

On the night of Monday, July 1, 2002. in Tver, the house of the singer and composer was attacked. The criminals fired several shots at the singer, mortally wounding him. The singer's wife, mother-in-law and child who were in the house were not injured. Mikhail Krug died on the same day after surgery in the hospital.