Artemy Kivovich Troitsky (birth name - Artemy Kivovich Maidanik, June 16, 1955, Yaroslavl) - rock journalist, music critic, one of the first promoters of rock music in the USSR, indie (independent) and electronic music in Russia.
Jury member and organizer of numerous concerts and festivals. One of the leading specialists in contemporary music in Russia. In the mid-2000s, he organized several music labels - Priboy, Zenith, Zakat, which release little-known music in Russia.
Born June 16, 1955 in Yaroslavl in the family of a prominent Bolshevik and Soviet political scientist and historian Kiva Lvovich Maidanik. Mother - Rufina Nikolaevna Troitskaya.
He spent his childhood in Prague, where his parents worked as employees of the journal "Problems of Peace and Socialism".
From 1972 to 1974 he led discos in the main building of Moscow State University, in the cafe B-4.
In 1977 he graduated from the Moscow Institute of Economics and Statistics with a degree in mathematics and economics.
From 1978 to 1983 he worked as a junior research fellow at the Institute of Art History. He was fired before he could defend his Ph.D. thesis on sociology popular music(Moreover, as he wrote in the book “Rattlesnakes in the closet. The East is turning red”, he threw the text of the dissertation into the dustbin).
From 1982 to 1983 he was the guitarist of the Sounds of Mu band. One of the founders of the label "General records". Wife Vera, three children (Alexandra, born in 1998, Ivan, born in 2002 and Lydia, born in 2010).
Since 2001, he has been lecturing on the subjects "History of the Entertainment Industry" and "Music Press" at the Faculty of Producing and Management in Music Show Business of the State University of Management.
He taught a master class in music journalism at the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University.
Since mid-September 2014 lives in Tallinn, Estonia.
Artemy Troitsky. A story about how I sang at a wedding
Artemy Troitsky - journalist
Troitsky's debut as a rock journalist took place in 1967, he wrote a review of The Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, published in a school self-made magazine. He wrote articles about rock music in the peer magazine at a time when rock music was out of favor with the USSR authorities. The first such publication was an article about the Deep Purple group "Dark Purple Five" in 1975.
In 1979, he visited Elton John's concerts in Moscow in order to personally feel the difference between the performances of this performer in Europe and in the USSR (according to him, shortly before that, he had attended a concert in Austria).
In 1981, he was a member of the editorial board of the samizdat magazine Zerkalo. His publications were banned from the Soviet press from 1983 to 1985.
From 1995 to 1996 he was the first chief editor of the Russian version of Playboy magazine. Later, he collaborated with other publications, including Novaya Gazeta (since 1997, the head of the Novaya Gazeta. Monday weekly column, a member of the editorial board and author of the Moskovsky Beat musical supplement).
Music columnist for the Moscow Times newspaper.
In 2000, he began editing the column "Diversant-Daily" on the portal estart.ru, which grew into a separate Internet project of Troitsky "Diversant-Daily" (currently not supported). He is an expert of the International Expert Council of the Virtual Producer Center "Record v 2.0".
In 2010, a conflict broke out between Troitsky and Sergei Buntman, deputy editor-in-chief of the Ekho Moskvy radio station, over the Noize MC song “Mercedes S666”, released in connection with the death of the famous obstetrician V. M. Sidelnikova in an accident.
Artemy Troitsky. Cold season trash parade
In the late 1970s - early 1980s, he organized underground concerts and festivals of Soviet rock bands, among which were "Time Machine", "Dynamik", "Zoo", "Kino", A. Bashlachev. He was the organizer and jury member of the festival “Spring Rhythms. Tbilisi-1980", thanks to which the groups "Time Machine", "Magnetic Band", "Aquarium" and "Autograph" gained wide popularity. He was one of the first who noticed the talent of Vasily Shumov and the Center group, whom he later helped and patronized in every possible way.
In the late 1980s, he initiated concert performances outside the USSR of such groups as AVIA, Sounds of Mu, Games, TV, Bravo, Automatic Satisfiers.
In 1994 he organized the Britronica Festival of British Electronic Music in Moscow. Since 1999 he has been organizing club concerts in Moscow. He organized and patronized the performances of such bands and performers as Julie Cruz, Fantastic Plastic Machine, StereoTotal, Mouse On Mars, De Phazz, Suicide, Sonic Youth and others, whose tours were organized by the Moscow company Caviar Lounge. With his suggestion, the Finnish group Eläkeläiset performed for the first time in Moscow, after which an official CD release of this group was released in Russia and Finland.
In 2003-2004 he was the chairman of the jury of the International Festival of Ethnic Music "Sayan Ring" in Shushenskoye (since 2012 the festival has been called "The World of Siberia"). Together with Irina Shcherbakova, he founded the Caviar Lounge company, which has been organizing concerts by foreign musicians in Russia for 10 years now.
Artemy Troitsky on television
Until 1986, together with Janis Šipkevis and Juris Podnieks, he hosted the program “Videorhythms” dedicated to video clips on Latvian television.
In the 1980s - 1990s, he participated in the creation of the TV show "Program A", in which he led the heading "Avant-garde".
From 1991 to the beginning of 1994, he worked at the Artel of the Russian Television, heading the department of music programs. He was involved in such television programs as "Rock Cafe", "Silence Number 9", "Music in the Style of Pepsi", "Exotica", "Program A", "Rosmusimport".
From 1994 to 1996 he worked on the NTV channel, where he hosted the popular author's program Cafe Oblomov.
In 1997, Cafe Oblomov appeared on RTR.
AT different years hosted the programs "Cultural Goods" and "Kings of the Song" on the Kultura TV channel.
In 2004, he made the program "Signs of Life" for Ren-TV.
In the late 2000s, he hosted the program “Professor Troitsky and Comrade Artyom” on Style TV.
Since 2010, he has been hosting the TV program Rock Experience: Year After Year on TVJam Internet TV.
Artemy Troitsky - musician
Alexander Lipnitsky mentions that the first singing experience of Artemy Troitsky took place in 1986 in the recreation center of the Kurchatov IAE, when they, together with Vasily Shumov's group "Center", performed the rock opera "Arthur Rambo". Then, out of embarrassment, the rock master hid behind a speaker.
Artemy Troitsky recorded several songs as part of his own project "Soviet Porn". The first recording was a cover on (the song "Queen"), recorded together with Roman Belavkin (Solar X).
The second track was the song "Snow from her hair", recorded with musician Oleg Nesterov for the film Down House.
The third track, "I gave you spring", was recorded together with Andrey Samsonov for the collection dedicated to the memory of Dyusha Romanov "My Musician Friend".
With Misha Vivisectors (The Vivisectors) Artemy Troitsky recorded two tracks - "Agent 008" and "Sha Pu Na Na".
Artemy Troitsky on the radio
The main radio broadcast of Artemy Troitsky is a program that was first called "Uncle Ko's Ark" (1990-1996), then for a very long time - "FM Dostoevsky" (1996-2013), and since March 2013 it has been called "Stereo Voodoo". In the program, the author introduces listeners to recently released music that does not fit the formats of other radio stations and is not released by major labels. Another concern of the presenter is that this music be of the most different points Earth. Over the years of the program's existence, melodies from 80-90% of the world's countries, including island microstates, have been played in it.
Under the name "Uncle Ko's Ark", the program was broadcast on radio stations: "All-Union Radio", "Radio Maximum" and "Radio 101" (1990-1996).
Under the name "FM Dostoevsky", the program was broadcast on radio stations: "Europe Plus", "Radio 101", "Echo of Moscow" and "Finam FM" (1996-2013).
Under the name "Stereo Voodoo", 131 episodes of the program were released on Rock FM radio (from March 25, 2013 to December 28, 2015).
Since 2016, Artemy Troitsky plans to work for Radio Imagine.
In the mid-2000s, Artemy Troitsky on Ekho Moskvy released another weekly music program - Red Corner. In addition, the journalist several times a year becomes a guest in the Special Opinion program, where he comments on current socio-political news. Artemy Troitsky's visits to Ekho Moskvy are such a success that the journalist from time to time gets into the top 7 employees of the radio station.
In 2010, he was suspended from participation in the "Special Opinion" program of the radio station "Echo of Moscow" when he tried to air the track Noize MC Mercedes S666.
Artemy Troitsky - writer
In 1987, Artemy Troitsky published in England (then in America, Japan and Europe) the book “Back to the USSR” about the history of Soviet rock music, which was published in the USSR under the title “Rock in the Union: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s...” only in 1991.
In 1990, the book “Party. What happened to the Soviet underground”, not published in Russia. According to A. Troitsky himself in an interview: "Interesting Times" - political - was published in Finland. Just recently, my new book “I will introduce you to the world ... Pop” appeared.
In 2009, the SOYUZ Publishing House published an audiobook “Back in the USSR. The true history of rock in Russia” read by Artemy Troitsky and Alexander Klyukvin.
Bibliography of Artemy Troitsky:
1987 - “Rock in the Union: 60s, 70s, 80s ...” (first published in England under the title “Back to the USSR”, published in the USSR only in 1991). Considered the world's first publication dedicated to Russian rock
1990 - “Party. What happened to the Soviet underground"
1990 - "Pop Lexicon"
1999 - "Interesting Times"
2003 - "Moscow" from dawn to dawn. Party leader"
2006 - "I will introduce you to the world of Pop ..."
2007 - "Back in the USSR" Reissue of the book "Rock in the Union: 60s, 70s, 80s ..."
2008 - "Rattlesnake Skeletons in the Closet" (Part I - "The West is Rotting", Part II - "The East is Reddening", 2008)
2009 - "Poplex" Revised and expanded edition of the book "Pop Lexicon"
2009 - audiobook "Back in the USSR. The true history of rock in Russia"
The political position of Artemy Troitsky
On February 4, 2012, Artemy Troitsky took part in the rally "For Fair Elections" on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow.
On April 3, 2014, in an interview with the Special Opinion program on Ekho Moskvy radio, Troitsky sharply criticized Russia and the president personally for their foreign policy towards Ukraine, in particular, the “Russian military intervention” in Ukraine in March 2014 and the 16 March 2014 "Crimean referendum".
In January 2010, in an interview with the online magazine SLON, he said: "I consider Russian men for the most part to be animals, creatures not even of the second, but of the third grade."
Filmography of Artemy Troitsky:
1994 - "Masters of the USSR, or the Monkey's Snout" (NOMFILM)
2000 - "Down House" by Roman Kachanov - Totsky
2003 - "Paul Mccartney In Red Square" - cameo
2004 - "Young and happy" - voodoo sorcerer
2005 - Arye - crime boss
2005 - "Day Watch" - a guest at a birthday party
2007 - "Tumbler"
2007 - "Gloss" - Mark, thief in law
2011 - Star nap - Lord God
2014 - Gena Beton - party leader
Born June 16, 1955 in a Moscow intelligent family, but his childhood was spent in Prague, because at that time his parents worked in the editorial office of the journal "Problems of Peace and Socialism", located in Czechoslovakia.
Staying in an international environment of representatives of the left orientation determined the range of interests. While still at school, he became interested in rock music and in 1967, when he was twelve years old, he began to make a handwritten magazine dedicated to rock music.
After moving to Moscow, he decided to get a “solid” profession and entered the Moscow Institute of Economics and Statistics, from which he graduated in 1977 with a degree in mathematics and economics.
Also in student years Troitsky worked as a disc jockey in clubs, and after graduating from the institute he finally realized that rock music was his real vocation.
I tried to organize a record company together with partners. But the inability to adapt to the market and combine releases of profitable and unprofitable discs has led to the fact that the company is on the verge of closing.
Gained fame as an organizer of rock festivals. At first, they were held semi-underground, and already in December 1991, he became one of the organizers of the first Moscow jazz music festival Gagar in-Party. But these big events were preceded by a long period of forbidden festivals and apartment concerts.
After the success of the festival, Troitsky began to hold similar parties on the cycle track and in other equally unusual places.
Publishing has a special place in his life. For several years, Troitsky was also the editor of the Russian edition of Playboy magazine. But work in such a well-known magazine, unfortunately, is over. As if promoting the accumulated knowledge and skills, for several years Artemy led his own program on NTV - "Cafe Oblomov". It was a kind of dialogue between the presenter and the invited guest. However, this program also ceased to be released, unable to withstand competition with more profitable projects.
Now Troitsky is passionate about radio journalism and divides his time between two programs - "FM Dostoevsky" on Europa-Plus radio, which exists both as a website on the Internet, and the program "Uncle KO's Ark" on Radio-101. Over time, Troitsky became more selective and learned to limit the scope of his interests as a leader, although omnivorousness was and remains main feature him as an observer. Troitsky's abilities have already been marked by a professional music media award, which he was awarded as the best journalist in 1997. Unlike most of his colleagues. Troitsky practically does not use a computer in his work, because he is afraid to trust technology. But he works on the Internet, although he does not hide the fact that every time he has to "break through the psychological barrier."
Music critic, journalist and concert organizer
Journalist, music critic. In 1995-1999, he was the editor-in-chief of the Russian version of Playboy magazine. In 1991-1994 he was the head of the musical editorial office of Russian television. In the late 1970s - early 1980s, he organized concerts of such groups as "Kino", "Aquarium" and "Time Machine".
Artemy Kivovich Troitsky (Maidanik) was born on June 16, 1955 in Yaroslavl. His father, Kiva Lvovich Maidanik, was a well-known scientist, Hispanic historian,. From the age of eight to thirteen, Troitsky lived in Prague, where his parents worked in the journal "Problems of Peace and Socialism",. Already in school years he became interested in rock music. So, it is known that in 1967, a young critic, publishing his own handwritten magazine, posted in it his review of the Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album released in the same year bands The Beatles, .
After graduating from school in 1972, Troitsky entered the Moscow Institute of Economics and Statistics. He himself subsequently explained that he entered there because it was the only higher educational institution where it was not necessary to take oral entrance exams - in high school, Troitsky stuttered badly,. however, already in his first year, he led discos at Moscow State University (subsequently, the press noted that Troitsky "was the first disc jockey in Moscow"). At the same time, the student began to engage in journalism, becoming "relatively known in narrow circles" after the publication of his article about the group Deep Purple in the youth magazine "Rovesnik". In 1977, Troitsky, according to him, "with great difficulty" graduated from the institute with a degree in mathematician-economist, and according to the distribution he was supposed to start working in the Central Statistical Office. But Troitsky did not work in the Central Statistical Administration, and for some time he hid from the police, fearing to be held accountable for parasitism or for evading military service. In 1978, he joined the Institute of Art History as a junior fellow, where he studied "the sociology of pop music" until he was fired in 1983. According to the memoirs of Troitsky himself, the official reason for this was his violation of labor discipline, but the real reason for the dismissal of the critic later called the "serious problems with the authorities" that he had at that time,,.
In the late seventies and early eighties, Troitsky organized unofficial performances of such rock bands as "Time Machine", "Zoo", "Kino". In addition, in 1982-1983 he was a guitarist in the Sounds of Mu band,. Subsequently, not recognizing the term "producer" in relation to himself ("this is a dirty word"), Troitsky nevertheless agreed that he "produced" Cinema "," Aquarium "," Time Machine "and so on", and, in fact, - "I just loved these bands and helped them." The critic also wrote articles for the samizdat magazines Zerkalo and Ukho. In 1983-1985, his notes were forbidden to be published in the official press. Then he began to collaborate with Latvian television, where, in collaboration with director Juris Podnieks, he hosted the Video Rhythms program, the first in the Soviet Union dedicated to video clips,.
In the late eighties, Troitsky published several books in the West on the history of Soviet rock: "Back in the USSR" (Back In The USSR; later it was republished in the USSR under the title "Rock in the Union: 60s, 70s, 80s ...") and "Tusovka. What happened to the Soviet underground" (Tusovka: Whatever Happened To The Soviet Underground Culture) , , , . In 1990, he published the book "Pop Lexicon", designed for the domestic reader. Troitsky also continued to organize concerts: on his initiative, the groups Bravo, AVIA, Sounds of Mu, Games, and TV went on tour abroad. In addition, he acted as a tour coordinator foreign groups and performers.
Since the beginning of the 1990s, Troitsky began to broadcast on the radio. In 1990-1996, he was the author of the program "Uncle Ko's Ark" on Radio Maximum, then on Radio 101. Troitsky also worked on television. In 1991, he became the head of the musical broadcasting of Russian television, organizing "Program A". In 1994, Troitsky moved to the NTV channel, where he hosted the program "Cafe Oblomov", inviting various musical performers. Since 1997, the program began to appear on the Rossiya TV channel,,,,,. Troitsky subsequently assessed his years of work on television as "badly spent." "I did not appreciate the degree of corruption in this organization," he noted.
In 1995, Troitsky founded and became the first editor-in-chief of the Russian version of the American Playboy magazine, and remained so until 1999. In addition, he himself admitted that he "had a hand" in the creation of the women's magazine Cosmopolitan, and subsequently, according to the media, "insisted on the benefits" that these magazines bring to Russian readers - "despite the fact that he himself is a fan of domestic gloss in its current form is by no means ", , , .
Work in magazines did not remain the only activity for Troitsky. In 1997, he began hosting the FM Dostoevsky program on Europe Plus radio, which aired songs that "have no place on the national radio airwaves." The transmission went to Radio 101, then to the Ekho Moskvy radio station, and since 2010 it began to go to Finam FM,,. Since 1998, Troitsky worked on the Kultura TV channel, where he made the Kultovary program for a short time,. In addition, he continued to write articles and reviews for various publications, collaborated with Novaya Gazeta, Rolling Stone magazine and The Moscow Times,. In 2000, a critic on the portal Estart.ru began to write a column "Diversant-Daily", which then became a separate Internet project. Troitsky also tried himself as a film actor: for example, in 2001 he played Totsky in the film Down House by Roman Kachanov, a modern interpretation of Dostoevsky's novel The Idiot. In addition, Troitsky also performed there as a musician: his song "Snow from her hair" was released on the soundtrack for the film.
In 2006, Troitsky published the book "I will introduce you to the world of Pop ...", in 2008 - a book in two parts "Rattle skeletons in the closet".
Troitsky was called the owner of his own music labels (Sunset, Surf, Zenith), which released music little known in Russia. He was also mentioned in the press as one of the founders of the label General records,,. The critic himself acted as a musician several times, recording four songs in different years,. In 2008, Troitsky became one of the founders of the Stepnoy Volk music award, and in September 2010 he began hosting the Song Kings program on the Kultura TV channel,.
According to media reports, Troitsky did not hesitate to use sharp expressions in relation to musicians that he does not like. So, after the victory of Dima Bilan at the Eurovision Song Contest, he live the Rossiya TV channel said that the singer was "a so-so artist", after which he proposed next year to supplement the performance of the contestant with gymnast Alina Kabaeva and backing vocals from opera singer Anna Netrebko.
Troitsky's harsh statements have repeatedly led to judicial conflicts. In 2010-2011, three lawsuits (two civil and one criminal) against the critic were filed by the former inspector of the 3rd special regiment of the traffic police, Nikolai Khovansky, who investigated the case of an accident on Leninsky Prospekt involving LUKOIL top manager Anatoly Barkov. The reason for the litigation was that Troitsky, at a concert by the DDT group, publicly called Khovansky one of the "nastiest cops in Russia", while allegedly confusing the date on which the accident happened,,. According to one of the lawsuits, the Moscow City Court in the summer of 2011 recognized Troitsky's statements as "information discrediting the honor, dignity and business reputation" of Khovansky, but did not impose any fine on the critic,; then in the spring of 2012 the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation sent this case for review. According to the results of consideration of another claim by the Gagarinsky District Court of Moscow, the defendant was obliged to pay compensation to the ex-major of the traffic police in the amount of 10 thousand rubles for moral damage caused to him. The third case (criminal) was closed at the request of Khovansky himself, after the results of a linguistic examination that acquitted Troitsky,, became known.
In March 2011, Vadim Samoilov, the former leader of the Agatha Christie group, first filed a civil lawsuit against Troitsky, and then, in May, another criminal lawsuit under the same article as Khovansky, after which Troitsky was fined. private prosecution was also prosecuted. It was noted that the musician did not like that the critic called him the "trained poodle" of the deputy head of the presidential administration of Russia Vladislav Surkov (Samoilov recorded two music albums in 2003 and 2006 to the official's verses). In October 2011, after the linguistic examination did not recognize Troitsky's statements as offensive, there were reports that Samoilov refused to accuse the music critic,. Nevertheless, in November 2011, court hearings in this case took place: the court rejected the musician's claim. On December 7, 2011, amendments were made to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, abolishing criminal liability under Article 130 (insult), on December 28 of the same year, the Magistrate's Court in Moscow, on this basis, terminated the criminal case against Troitsky at the suit of Samoilov,
Another lawsuit against Troitsky in June 2011 was filed by Vladimir Kiselev, head of the Federation Charitable Foundation. He was outraged by the critic's review of a charity concert with the participation of both Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and world-class stars (Sharon Stone, Alain Delon and Mickey Rourke), which was organized by the foundation. Reports circulated in the press that although the evening was supposed to help raise funds for the treatment of children with oncological and ophthalmological diseases, in reality no one received the money. Troitsky, according to him, "absolutely strictly, neutrally" commented on this situation to Novaya Gazeta, for which Kiselev sued him,,. In August 2011, Troitsky lost in court in this case, and was obliged to publish a refutation of the statement, as well as pay compensation in the amount of 50 kopecks. In August 2012, Kiselev filed another lawsuit against Troitsky for his words about the Federation Foundation, uttered on the radio station Ekho Moskvy.
The music critic has repeatedly demonstrated his active life position. So, in August 2010, he took part in a rally against cutting down the Khimki forest for the Moscow-St. Petersburg toll highway,. And in December 2010, he participated in recording a video message with a call to come to a rally in support of Oleg Vorotnikov and Leonid Nikolaev, members of the Voina art group arrested for hooliganism (in February 2011 they were released on bail). On December 10, 2011, Troitsky spoke in St. Petersburg at a rally against fraud in the December 4 elections to the State Duma. On December 24, Troitsky was one of the speakers at a rally against unfair elections, which was held in Moscow on Academician Sakharov Avenue and gathered, according to Novaya Gazeta, more than a hundred thousand participants. Troitsky took the stage in a carnival costume of a condom, thus reacting to the remark of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who shortly before compared the demonstrators' white ribbons (a symbol of protest against "dirty elections") with "contraceptives",.
It was noted that Troitsky is teaching, teaching students management in pop culture and music journalism in State University management and at the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University,,. The critic is actively involved in charitable work, mainly in various projects for the protection of nature. It is known that he owns his own collection of paintings.
Troitsky has a number of awards. In 1988 he was awarded the title of an honorary citizen of the "capital of rock and roll" - the city of Memphis (Tennessee, USA), in 1997 he was awarded the "Quality Mark" professional award in the nomination "Best Journalist of the Year in Show Business". ", and at the art forum "Udmurt Day" held in Izhevsk in 2008, the critic became "honorary Udmurt" - along with the artist Kazimir Malevich, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, rock musician Sergei Kuryokhin and poet Dmitry Prigov,.
Troitsky was married several times, according to 2008, he is divorced. He has daughters Alexandra, Sonya and son Ivan from different mothers,,. Troitsky's Myspace blog in 2011 noted that he lives alone, and his dog, a Scottish terrier named Churchill, was referred to on the Dogster.ru portal as "a full companion and family member for Troitsky",.
Used materials
Diana Hutsul. Federation will sue Ganapolsky, Troitsky and Ekho Moskvy. - RAPSI, 15.08.2012
The Supreme Court sent the claim of the ex-policeman Khovansky to Troitsky for review. - RAPSI, 24.04.2012
The court dismissed the criminal case on charges of insulting Troitsky. - RAPSI, 28.12.2011
Dmitry Alyaev, Svetlana Basharova. "How many of us..." - Novye Izvestia, 26.12.2011
102 thousand 486 people. We counted heads. - New Newspaper, 24.12.2011
Troitsky came to the rally dressed as a condom. - RBC daily, 24.12.2011
Alexandra Confisachor. Reach out to the top. - Business Petersburg, 12.12.2011. - 209
Federal Law of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2011 No. 420-FZ "On Amendments to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation". - Russian newspaper , 08.12.2011
On June 16, 1955, the odious and talented journalist Artemy Troitsky was born in the glorious city of Yaroslavl. He always stood out among his colleagues for his integrity and ability to tell the truth in any situation.
Biography
The father and mother of the future journalist worked in scientific institutions. Dad, Kiva Lvovich Maidanik, historian, political analyst, was on the staff of the periodical. As a child, Artemy ended up in Prague, where his father was sent on a business trip to work at the publishing house "Problems of Peace and Socialism". The son grew up smart and capable, at school he had no problems with any subject. After successfully graduating from school, he entered the Economic Institute in Moscow, where he began to get involved in music. Many fellow students remember the disc jockey Artemy, who led discos for students in the Yu-4 cafe and the main building of the university. In 1977, he successfully passed his final exams, defended his diploma and got a job at the Institute of History, where he tried to defend his dissertation work related to pop music.
But in 1983, Troitsky was fired, and out of frustration, the guy abandoned the idea of completing his dissertation. Back in 1967, Artemy Troitsky wrote a critical essay on the disc of the Liverpool four "The Beatles" called "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. But in those days, rock music was under pressure, and writing about foreign artists was only possible in underground magazines. But still, many fans of this genre remember Troitsky's work. Not everyone managed to listen to the records of legendary performers in those years, but thanks to the work and business trips of his father, our hero could boast of another novelty from abroad. In 1975, the young critic began to publish his articles in the magazine "Peer". Thanks to the "thaw", he was able to openly express his opinion about the famous rock band Deer Purple. It is also worth noting here that work in the publication became possible due to the efforts of an influential father, Maidanik. Artemy could attend concerts of rock vocalists in the countries of the socialist camp, and since then he has become an ardent admirer of new trends in European music. Having gained experience, in 1981 Troitsky went to work for the Zerkalo magazine. Here, the young critic did not restrain his emotions and spoke with might and main about the "stagnation" of the Soviet stage and incessantly praised the Western one. After several such works, the critic was fired, banned from writing in the domestic press at all. Realizing that you can’t cook porridge with the ideologists of the Union, Troitsky temporarily abandoned his journalistic work and began to collaborate with musicians. Back in the 70s, Troitsky was familiar with underground musicians. Having accumulated certain funds in the early 80s, he became the main organizer of concerts of the musical underground of the Union. Thanks to his efforts, the public got acquainted with the work of the amazing groups "Dynamik", "Time Machine", "Kino". Performers gathered entire stadiums, Troitsky organized festivals, after which the legends of Soviet rock began to openly perform for the audience. But among them, for Artemy Troitsky, the Center group was the most important. He organized performances of the ensemble many times and still maintains friendly relations with the guys. Further more. Artemy Troitsky dreamed of introducing Soviet rockers to foreign audiences at all costs and gradually began to arrange concerts in Europe for such groups as Bravo, TV, Sounds of Mu, etc. As a result, they began to cooperate with him foreign musicians, and the groups "Suicide", "De Fuzz", "Stereototal", etc. were able to come to the Union. International festivals of rock and ethno music began to be held at music venues. In addition, the journalist and concert organizer tried to make music, but never became the idol of millions. Few of the listeners remember the compositions “Snow from her hair”, “Agent 008”, but everyone knows Troitsky as a talented manager and organizer. After the collapse of the Union, Artemy returned to journalism, in 1995 he became the head of the Russian version of the Playboy publication. From 1995 to 1996 he worked on television, hosted the program "Cafe Oblomov". At the same time, his notes were published in the Moscow Times, Novaya Gazeta, and Saboteur Daily. Now a talented publicist and journalist is a frequent guest on television and radio broadcasts, the luminaries of domestic rock and pop music are considered with his opinion.
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Personal life
Artemy Kivovich was married several times. When asked if he is a loving person, he replies: “Yes!” From the elementary grades, he began to get involved in girls, and the first kiss happened in the 4th grade. For the first time he became a father at the age of 36, the daughter of Alexander was born, with whom the man constantly maintains a relationship. The girl is addicted fiction, wrote a fantasy novel, gets along well with Troitsky's children from her next marriage. The first official union concluded at the age of 40 and hoped that it would be forever.
Daughter Sonya was born, but family troubles, the constant employment of our hero led to a complete quarrel, and the couple divorced. At the age of 55, he married his longtime friend Veronica, in this marriage a son, Ivan, and a daughter, Lydia, were born. The Troitsky family recently moved to Estonia, the reason for this was their disagreement with the policy of the Russian leadership. The town was chosen by Vera's wife on the Internet, the couple lives in a spacious apartment in Myakha. The youngest daughter, Lidia, is studying the local language and has already begun to understand Estonian. Artemy himself calls his step "internal emigration." Only after the half-century anniversary, he realized what family happiness and harmony are. The journalist recalls that until the age of 40 he was not serious about relationships, he was fussing more and more, he was afraid not to be in time somewhere. Now he is absolutely a family man and oh ex-wives remembers more like good friends.
You can love it or hate it. But in many respects it was thanks to Artemy Troitsky that attention was paid to Russian rock. About life, career, family and political views disgraced journalist - in this article.
Artemy Troitsky. Well-known journalist and music critic. During the Soviet Union, he actively advocated the introduction of rock music to the masses. Artemy Troitsky is friends with Boris Grebenshchikov, Andrei Makarevich and other eminent musicians. The critic has been engaged in educational activities for several decades, and it is largely thanks to him that such styles as techno, indie and rock gained popularity in the 80s and after the collapse of the USSR.
Biography of Artemy Troitsky
One of the first domestic rock journalists was born in Yaroslavl on June 16, 1955. His father, Kiva Majdanik, was a respected political scientist, an adherent of Marxist views. Mother - Rufina Nikolaevna Troitskaya, later the son took her last name. Some ill-wishers of the critic claim that Artemy Troitsky is a Jew by nationality, and often call him a Russophobe for impartial remarks about Russia and the current government. According to the official version, the famous critic and journalist comes from a family of Byzantine priests. The ancestors of their family came to Rus' during the reign of Grand Duke Ivan Vasilyevich. Troitsky is proud of his origin and the fact that he was born in Yaroslavl. The youth of music critic Artemy Troitsky passed in the capital of the Czech Republic, where his parents worked in one of the journalistic publications. Subsequently, Artemy's mother and father divorced.
How it all began
For the first time Artemy Troitsky tried himself in the writing field when he was a little over ten years old. He wrote his opinion about one of the albums of the famous Liverpool four "The Beatles" in one of the little-known publications. After graduating high school, Artemy Troitsky entered the MESI (now MSUESI) at the Faculty of Mathematics. In the late 70s, he worked for several years as a junior research fellow at the Institute of Art History. Even before defending his Ph.D. thesis, he was fired for "special" views. He helped in organizing underground concerts of groups that at that time had difficult relations with the Soviet authorities. "Aquarium", "Kino", "Time Machine" - they all had to hide from the government.
Continuing a career after a break
For the rebellious spirit, the journalist often fell out of favor, he was forbidden to publish his texts and tried in every possible way to survive from the country. He was able to do what he loved again only in the late 80s on Latvian television, where he was offered a job as a co-host in the Videorhythms program. Then he tried himself as a rock performer with the assistance of an old friend Vasily Shumov. In the early 90s, Leonid Parfyonov invited Artemy to work on the NTV channel. The author's program "Cafe "Oblomov" fell in love with viewers and subsequently appeared on the RTR channel. At the same time, in the 90s, he was organizing concerts of foreign singers and groups.
Life position
For many years, Artemy Troitsky has been criticizing Vladimir Putin and his supporters, he attended the rally "For Fair Elections" in 2012 on Bolotnaya Square. As the disgraced critic stated in one of the interviews: "Putin prevents almost everyone from living."
Where does Artemy Troitsky live now and what does he do? The journalist and his family left Moscow a few years ago after he was fired from the music journalism department of Moscow State University, where he lectured to students for thirteen years. Troitsky says that all this time he was in Moscow only because of work, because he does not like the city and never had warm feelings for him. He was rarely invited for interviews, publications became irregular. Suddenly the opportunity to live and work in Estonia presented itself, the journalist, of course, agreed.
Now a public figure and journalist lectures at a local university and broadcasts on Estonian television. The main goal of the program is to counter official Russian propaganda in Eastern Europe. In one of the broadcasts, he admitted that he largely shares the views of Alexei Navalny, and if you are afraid and follow the lead of the authorities, you will not be able to become a real politician. Troitsky considers it absurd that the Russian movement has been criticized because of its position on the war in Ukraine. According to the disgraced journalist, the Kremlin has created its own nationalist parties, like Anti-Maidan, and is doing its best to root out other movements whose goals and thoughts differ from the Kremlin's.
Personal life of a journalist
Troitsky married for the first time already in adulthood. Little is known about the critic's first love.
The second wife of Troitsky was art critic Svetlana Kunitsyna, who also worked on one of the central channels and in publications that published articles about fashion and style.
The third wife, Marianna, also a journalist, was the deputy editor-in-chief of the Gastronom magazine about delicious food, in addition, she worked in the Izvestia newspaper and the fashion publication Cosmopolitan.
Artemy has four children from different wives. The eldest daughter is already studying at the university, she inherited her father's talent for writing: she writes stories, draws well. The rest of the children are still in school.
Artemy was married four times. Vera Troitskaya, the fourth wife of Artemy Troitsky, has Estonian roots.
Life in Estonia
The journalist himself has been to Estonia many times, as a child he often came to his grandmother for vacations. Comparing Estonia and Russia, Troitsky notes that there is no bureaucracy in Estonia, the city streets are clean and comfortable, and Tallinn is even somewhat similar to his native Yaroslavl. The youngest daughter Lidia has been growing up bilingual since childhood: when they first moved to Estonia, she was assigned to be bilingual Kindergarten where the teachers spoke both Estonian and Russian. The journalist is also pleased with the local Russian schools. According to him, they are equipped with the latest technology, and the level of education is high.
Musical preferences
Many people are interested in what Artemy Troitsky thinks about music. The critic has a negative attitude towards pop artists, especially towards Stas Mikhailov. According to Troitsky, "Stas has nothing," and he sincerely does not understand what gave him such fame and fame as a people's favorite.
The place of one of his favorite musicians in his heart is still occupied by Viktor Tsoi. The leader of the Kino group, who died untimely in 1990, had been a friend of the journalist since the days of the Soviet underground. Troitsky notes that two natures were combined in Viktor - a fighter and romance, and his songs were and remain a ray of light, especially in the current political situation. The songs of the Kino group are relevant both 20 years ago and now.
The well-known journalist and culturologist Lipnitsky recalls that Troitsky himself tried to try himself in music and even sang along with the Center group in a rock opera called Arthur Rambo, ”but, according to Artemy, despite the fact that in his youth he played in the Sounds of Mu group, he never wanted to achieve fame as a musician. “It is possible that music critics and journalists are failed musicians. But this does not apply to me,” Troitsky emphasizes.
Interesting facts from the life of a critic and a public figure
- His work, which is known abroad as "Back to the USSR", written in 1987 and published in England, was allowed to be published only after the collapse of the USSR, in 1991, and is the first publication in the world dedicated to Russian-language rock. This book has also been published in Europe, USA and Japan.
- Criticizes the President of Russia for foreign policy and the "Crimean referendum". Despite the success of his participation in the Special Opinion program on the Ekho Moskvy radio station, he was suspended due to a conflict with the leadership.
- He hosts the program "Colorful News" on Estonian television.
- Artemy is one of Viktor Tsoi's closest friends. In 2002, he independently organized a concert in one of the sports complexes in St. Petersburg, dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the leader of "Kino", invited all the meters of Russian rock and acted as a host at this event.
