Igor Nikolayev

Biography Nikolayev was born in Kholmsk, Sakhalin Oblast, into the family of the Sakhalin marinist poet Yury Nikolayev. He graduated from the pop branch (class of the composer Igor Yakushenko) of the Moscow Institute of Culture. In the early 1980s, he worked in Alla Pugacheva’s ensemble “Recital” as a keyboardist and arranger. In 1983, Pugacheva and Nikolayev recorded the songs “Iceberg” and “Tell, Birds!”, which established him as a celebrated composer. He has a daughter, Yulia Igorevna Nikolaeva, from his first marriage. His second marriage was to the singer Natasha Koroleva. He has a further daughter, Veronika Igorevna Nikolaeva, from his second marriage to the singer Yulia Proskuryakova, who in 2021 attracted public attention after insulting a neighbour who had occupied her parking space. * “Ozero nadezhdy” (, Hope Lake) by Alla Pugacheva * “Ne obijay menya” () by Alla Pugacheva * “Paromshik” () by Alla Pugacheva * “Rasskazhite, ptitsy” () by Alla Pugacheva * “Parahody” () by Valery Leontiev * “Tri minuty” (, Three Minutes) by Valery Leontiev * “Komarovo” () by Igor Sklyar * “Strannik Moy” () by Irina Allegrova * “Zheltye Tyulpani” () by Natasha Koroleva * “Malenkaya strana” (,