Ivan Vakarchuk, ex-Minister of Education and father of Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, has died

Biography

Born on May 14, 1975 in Mukachevo, Transcarpathian region, in the family of a physicist, future rector of Lviv University and Minister of Education of Ukraine Ivan Vakarchuk.

He graduated from Lviv school No. 4 with in-depth study of the English language with a silver medal. I studied violin at a music school for two years, while simultaneously studying the accordion.

Little Slava was educated musically by his grandmother and uncle, who instilled in the boy a love of folk Ukrainian and Western music. (The Beatles, interspersed with folk motifs, did their job - truly Ukrainian music with a Western gloss emerges from under Slava’s hands) [1]

During his school years, he took part in KVN, the creation of a school theater, and was actively involved in basketball.

1991-1996 - studied at the Faculty of Physics of the Ivan Franko Lviv National University (specialization - theoretical physics). Second higher education – international economist.

1996 - entered graduate school at the Department of Theoretical Physics of the same university. The topic of the candidate's dissertation is “Supersymmetry of electrons in a magnetic field” (later S. Vakarchuk called one of the albums “Supersymmetry”, and one of the songs - “Susy” (an abbreviation for SUperSYmmetry).

On July 21, 2020, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk was elected to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the 9th convocation on the list of the “Voice” party, 1 on the list.

Income[edit | edit code]

Vakarchuk lives in one of the elite high-rise buildings in the center of Kyiv on Moskovskaya Street in a two-story apartment. His neighbors are famous politicians Vyacheslav Kirilenko, Pyotr Simonenko and Oleg Lyashko[46][47].

In December 2020, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk purchased a Range Rover SUV with a 5-liter engine, the price of which in Ukraine starts from 4.9 million hryvnia[48].

Vakarchuk’s income for 2020 amounted to 13 million hryvnia (500 thousand US dollars)[49].

For 2020, he declared more than 3.5 million hryvnia in income, two apartments, a piano and four cars[50].

Family

Lyalya Fonareva *Father - Ivan Aleksandrovich Vakarchuk (born 1947), former Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine.

• Mother - Svetlana Aleksandrovna Vakarchuk (born 1947) was a physics teacher, associate professor at the Lviv National Academy of Veterinary Medicine named after. S. Grzhitsky, enjoys painting.
• Brother - Oleg Vakarchuk (born 1980) bank employee, married, daughter Marichka (born 2005) whose godfather is Svyatoslav.[2]
• Cousin - Theodor Vakarchuk. Plays in his own rock band in Moscow.
• Wife - Lyalya Fonareva (25.04). She graduated from the Toni&Guy stylist school in London and worked there as a stylist for two years. In Ukraine she created the style for Alexander Ponomarev, Sergei Maneka, Marina Odolskaya. After the Okean Elzy group moved to Kyiv, she helped them create their own style, and later worked in the OE team as an art manager. In 2007 she left the group. He is a restaurateur who promotes his own clothing brand. He has a daughter, Diana, born in 1993.

Notes[edit | edit code]

1. Gazeta.ua
   Vakarchuk presented the party and is going to the election (Ukrainian).
   Gazeta.ua
   (May 16, 2019). Retrieved May 16, 2020. Archived May 16, 2019.
2. Officially. Vakarchuk announces list to Voice in Rada New Time
3. ↑ 1 2
   Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 1193/2005.
   On the awarding of state awards of Ukraine on the occasion of the 14th anniversary of the independence of Ukraine (unspecified)
   (inaccessible link).
   Official documents
   . President of Ukraine (August 23, 2005). Retrieved July 22, 2014. Archived July 26, 2014.
4. ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Alena Katashinskaya.
   Some facts from the life of Svyatoslav Vakarchuk (Russian). “Komsomolskaya Pravda in Ukraine” (May 14, 2014). Retrieved September 6, 2020.
5. Vakarchuk went to America to study to become a world leader
6. The musicians of “Okean Elzy” were fined in Saratov for violating migration legislation (Russian). “Mirror of the week” (November 6, 2013). Retrieved September 5, 2020.
7. “Okean Elzy” was fined for violating migration legislation (Russian). Interfax (November 6, 2013). Retrieved September 5, 2020.
8. The Ukrainian group “Okean Elzy” was fined in Russia (Russian). TSN (November 6, 2013). Retrieved September 5, 2020.
9. Olga Maliva.
   Svyatoslav Vakarchuk summed up the year in an exclusive interview
   (unspecified)
   . Show business news (January 5, 2011). Retrieved March 13, 2012. Archived June 2, 2012.
10. Varvara Kvitka.
    New Year's corporate parties: Loboda will sing in Miami, and Vakarchuk asks for $50,000 (Russian). Strana.ua (December 16, 2016). Retrieved September 18, 2020.
11. Svyatoslav Vakarchuk official (Russian). YouTube. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
12. Official portal of the Supreme Council of Ukraine (unspecified)
    . itd.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
13. Official portal of the Supreme Council of Ukraine (Ukrainian). w1.c1.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
14. Elena Galadzhiy.
    Why Vakarchuk is running for president: two main versions
    (undefined)
    . “Komsomolskaya Pravda in Ukraine” (November 24, 2017). Retrieved September 17, 2020.
15. Alexander Litvin.
    TOP 5 “stars” in the Verkhovna Rada: unsuccessful attempts by artists to enter politics
    (unspecified)
    . "Today" (November 10, 2015). Retrieved September 17, 2018.
16. Vakarchuk pishov z Radi (Ukrainian). https://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/
    . Ukrainian Truth (September 11, 2008). Retrieved June 23, 2019. Archived June 16, 2020.
17. About the pre-stroke pripinennya re-importance of the people's deputy U... | dated December 16, 2008 No. 664-VI (Ukrainian). zakon.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
18. Marina Tishchenko.
    Vakarchuk spoke about Poroshenko’s mistake, his attitude towards Zelensky and who he will take money from for the elections
    (unspecified)
    .
    https://kp.ua
    . KP.UA (May 21, 2019). Retrieved June 23, 2020.
19. Dmitry Bobritsky.
    Vakarchuk's coming out.
    What have we learned about the Golos party (undefined)
    .
    https://www.liga.net
    . Liga.net (May 16, 2019). Retrieved June 23, 2020. Archived May 19, 2020.
20. Victoria Ermolaeva.
    What the deputies' candidates lied about and what the deputies told the truth about - analysis by Vox Ukraine (Ukrainian).
    https://hromadske.radio
    . Gromadske Radio (June 13, 2019). Retrieved June 23, 2020. Archived June 19, 2020.
21. Svyatoslav Vakarchuk.
    Ukraine, for which I marched on Maidan (Russian). “New Time” (August 23, 2015). Retrieved September 14, 2020.
22. Dmitry Dobry.
    Vakarchuk is the president, Zelensky is the prime minister. Why is this not very funny (Russian). "Espresso TV" (December 8, 2017). Retrieved September 14, 2020.
23. People released Shufrich (Russian). “Komsomolskaya Pravda in Ukraine” (February 22, 2014). Retrieved September 18, 2020.
24. They wanted to bring “Regional” Shufrich by force to the Maidan, but Self-Defense created a “living corridor” that allowed him to return to the Rada - media (Russian). Interfax-Ukraine (February 22, 2014). Retrieved September 18, 2020.
25. Shufrych was shouted at the rally by Svyatoslav Vakarchuk (Ukrainian). "Espresso TV" (February 23, 2014). Retrieved September 18, 2018.
26. Vakarchuk became a Yale University fellow
27. Vakarchuk went to America to study to become a world leader
28. The leader of Okean Elzy spoke out against blacklists of artists
29. Vakarchuk criticized quotas for Ukrainian-language songs (Russian). Channel 24 (November 11, 2016). Retrieved September 20, 2018.
30. Denis Glukhov.
    Vakarchuk on music quotas: “This will create an inferiority complex among listeners” (Russian). “Komsomolskaya Pravda in Ukraine” (November 12, 2016). Retrieved September 20, 2020.
31. Svyatoslav Vakarchuk.
    Features of Ukrainian quotas (Russian). “New Time” (November 11, 2016). Retrieved September 20, 2020.
32. Galina Studennikova.
    19 by 5 gave 12. How they drew Vakarchuk’s high rating (Russian). Strana.ua (May 31, 2017). Retrieved September 13, 2018.
33. Presidential rating: Poroshenko is inferior to Zelensky and Vakarchuk - poll (Russian). "Glavred" (June 26, 2018). Retrieved September 13, 2020.
34. Vakarchuk voted in the elections and warned Ukrainians about “enemies” / obozrevatel.com, April 21, 2019
35. I’m not voting for fun: Vakarchuk has turned violent towards the Ukrainians
36. #VoteNotForFunny. Svyatoslav Vakarchuk
37. It's a matter of respect: Zelensky responded sharply to Vakarchuk's appeal
38. I’m not voting “for fun”: Why did Vakarchuk decide to “drown” Zelensky
39. Don’t vote “for fun”: who received bonuses from Vakarchuk’s statement
40. “Vote not for fun”: Vakarchuk explained what he meant
41. Vakarchuk is going to parliament: what chances does his party have?
42. Vakarchuk is no longer the head of the Golos party
43. Decree of the President of Ukraine dated January 22, 2020 No. 18/2016 “On awarding state awards of Ukraine on the occasion of Unity Day of Ukraine” (Ukrainian). Official web portal of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (January 22, 2016). Retrieved March 5, 2020.
44. Poroshenko awarded Vakarchuk and Pavlichka with the Order of Freedom (unspecified)
    . espreso.tv. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
45. Svyatoslav Vakarchuk - honorable citizen of Lvov (Ukrainian). Radio Liberty (May 2, 2015). Retrieved May 2, 2020.
46. Varvara Kvitka.
    VIP neighbors on Moskovskaya. Lyashko, Kirilenko, Simonenko and Vakarchuk (Russian). "Strana.ua" (August 17, 2016). Retrieved September 18, 2018.
47. VIP neighbors: the media showed where Vakarchuk, Kirilenko, Lyashko and Simonenko live (Russian). obozrevatel.com (August 17, 2016). Retrieved September 18, 2020.
48. Vakarchuk, Jamala and Dorn: what kind of luxury cars do Ukrainian musicians drive (Ukrainian). TV channel 24 (July 15, 2017). Retrieved September 18, 2020.
49. Brezhnev and Dorn became the richest artists (Russian). "Today" (March 18, 2016). Retrieved September 19, 2020.
50. Vakarchuk declared four cars, two apartments, a piano and more than 3.5 million hryvnias of income (Russian). www.unian.net. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
51. “A rock musician, if he loves his country, must cooperate even with the devil” (Russian) (inaccessible link). “Political diploma” (July 10, 2009). Retrieved May 2, 2020. Archived March 4, 2016.
52. ↑ 123
    Vakarchuk Ivan (Russian). liga.net (March 4, 2019). Retrieved July 9, 2020.
53. Svyatoslav Vakarchuk showed his wife Lyalya Fonareva (Russian) for the first time in a long time. "Today" (July 9, 2019). Retrieved July 9, 2020.

Private bussiness

Behind me is a music school in accordion class. There are still legends about how Slavko let his classmates copy dictations in solfeggio. Svyatoslav graduated from secondary school with a silver medal. The only B was a B in math. Surprisingly, Vakarchuk Jr., who loved humanitarian subjects at school, followed in his father’s footsteps by entering Lviv University. I. Franko, Faculty of Theoretical Physics. At the same educational institution, Slava entered graduate school and received a Candidate of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics. In 2003, at the same university, Svyatoslav received a second higher education diploma in the specialty “economist - international affairs”. In 2009, Svyatoslav defended his PhD thesis on the topic: “Supersymmetry of electrons in an electromagnetic field.”

Maidan Slava had a group whose name history has not conveyed to us.
The guys tried to play, but the very fact that they “tried” and did not play did not satisfy the ambitious and talented young man. And he began to search... At a party with his girlfriend, Svyatoslav found what he was looking for - he met Pasha, who at that time was the guitarist of the not unknown “Clan of Silence”... Subsequently, the acquaintance grew into close cooperation and resulted in what we know as called "Ocean Elzy"). Svyatoslav Vakarchuk currently continues to head Okean Elzy, collaborates with other musicians, writes songs for commercials, and music for films.

The group “Okean Elzy”, thanks to whose work S. Vakarchuk became famous (he is the author of most of the lyrics and music, vocalist, leader of the group), was created in 1994. After graduating from university, Vakarchuk could continue his studies abroad, but still chose a career as a musician. The group successfully performed at several festivals, and Svyatoslav, together with O. E., went to Kyiv to record their debut disc “There, where we are silent” (1998).

During the 1999 elections, he performed with some other artists on a tour to support presidential candidate Kuchma. In the 2004 elections, he actively supported the then opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko. Svyatoslav Vakarchuk was an active participant in the Orange Revolution, performing at concerts in support of Viktor Yushchenko on Maidan Nezalezhnosti together with Ruslana, Oleg Skripka and other musicians and singers. Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, as a Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Youth Development Program in Ukraine, takes part in many social and cultural projects.

Since November 2007, he was elected as a people's deputy of Ukraine on the lists of the Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense bloc.

On September 11, 2008, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk announced that he had submitted an application to resign as a people’s deputy of Ukraine. On December 16, 2008, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine terminated his parliamentary powers ahead of schedule.[3]

He took part in many social and cultural projects. Separately, it should be noted that all the money received from the sales of the single “Merry, brothers, times have come...” was sent to an orphanage in the city of Makeevka.[4]

Producers

In 1998, the Okean Elzy group began working with Vitaly Klimov. Having not yet stopped collaborating with Tabula Rasa, in 1997 Vitaly Klimov took up the “promotion” of Okean Elzy, a young group from Lvov. The idea of ​​cooperation with the new group came from one of the marketers of the Smak (juice) brand, Andrei Avramenko, which was part of Anatoly Yurkevich’s large holding Milkiland. Avramenko was inspired by Klimov’s successes in working with Oleg Laponogov’s team. It was Yurkevich’s holding that became the investor of the new musical project.

Russian history of Vakarchuk

In 1998, the group began working with Vitaly Klimov, signed a contract with the Nova Records label and recorded their debut album, which was released in September of the same year, entitled “There, Where We Are Mute.” The group's songs took first place in various charts. Thanks to their lyricism and the unusual vocals of Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, the group gained fans throughout Ukraine. In 1999, “Okean Elzy” performed in Paris, at the MSM Café (the performance was broadcast by the MSM International TV channel). The general producer of the Nashe Radio radio station, Mikhail Kozyrev, having heard the song “Sosni”, contacted the group to thank them for such a soulful lyrical composition and to personally notify the team that they had now taken the song into rotation. As a result, the group “Okean Elzy” took part in the Russian rock festival “Invasion”. According to Vakarchuk: “This was my first visit to Russia, after which I didn’t have to leave for a long time.” At the Tavria Games festival, the musicians won in the categories “Breakthrough of the Year” and “Best Song” (for the composition “There, Where We Are Mute”). In the same year, a re-release of the album was released in Russia. However, the group gained wide popularity in Russia after the release of Alexey Balabanov’s film “Brother-2” (banned in Ukraine), the soundtrack of which included two songs: “If You Are Mute” and “Kavachai”. After the film, 2 videos appeared on the MTV channel for the songs “There, Where We Are Mute” and “Sosni”. At the beginning of 2000, the group completed work on their second album, “I'm in the sky,” which was released on two labels at once - Ukrainian Nova Records and Russian Real Records.

Vakarchuk and Soros

American financier and philanthropist George Soros and his people want to see the leader of the Okean Elzy group Svyatoslav Vakarchuk as president, although the musician himself has not yet decided. If he announces participation in the presidential race, he will turn from a spokesman for the thoughts of the generation into “one of them.” This opinion was expressed by the famous journalist Dmitry Gordon on the air of the 112 Ukraine TV channel.[6]

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk now

Presidential elections are due to take place in Ukraine in March 2020. Since the fall of 2017, the name of the leader of Okean Elzy has appeared on the lists of possible candidates for the highest post of the country. In ratings compiled by various agencies and sociological services, Svyatoslav was certainly among the top five. At the same time, Vakarchuk never publicly declared his political ambitions. However, the release of the new song “How Much of Us” was regarded as the beginning of the election campaign.

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk and the group “Okean Elzy” - “How Much Are We” (premiere 2020)

Society has an ambiguous attitude towards the situation. Some considered the singer a “decorative candidate” whose task was to draw votes away from another election participant, hinting at Yulia Tymoshenko. Others believed that a musician with an army of fans, whose opinions are listened to, is being groomed as at least the head of a parliamentary faction. When in June 2018, Svyatoslav called to oppose the authorities and the political system in the country, the public assessed this as entry into the election race.

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk at the YES conference

Later, while giving lectures to students at a Ukrainian university, Vakarchuk said that he was not interested in his position, but in changes in Ukraine. At the YES conference, the musician said that it is the politicians who have been robbing the country for the last quarter of a century.

The composition “How Many of Us” was performed at the group’s first Independence Day concert after almost a year’s break, held at the Kiev Olympic Stadium. According to Vakarchuk, it is premature to talk about a full-fledged studio album, but new songs are already available, and he performed “To the Sky for My Wife” and “Without You.” The audience also heard “Koli Tobi Vazhko”, “My Little Independence”, “Don’t Go” and others.

Sources

1. Svyatoslav Vakarchuk / Okean Elzy
2. A man you can't help but love
3. DECISION OF THE SUPREME FOR UKRAINE / About the pre-stroke re-instatement of People's Deputy of Ukraine Vakarchuk S.I.
4. Vakarchuk, Svyatoslav Ivanovich / Wikipedia
5. Milkiland has paused the sale of a dairy plant in Russia
6. If Vakarchuk runs in the elections, then his reputation will not lose the wet place, - Gordon
7. Soros may be behind devastating articles in the West against Poroshenko - journalist

Height, weight, figure parameters, age

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk is naturally fit and slim. With a height of 176 centimeters, he consistently weighs about 75 kilograms. But men are not used to “bragging” about their figure parameters, so the press knows nothing about them.

At the moment, Svyatoslav (2018) is 43 years old.

Zodiac sign: Taurus.

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Nationality: Ukrainian.