Panyushkin, Yuri Mikhailovich

He wrote poetry from the school he graduated in 1969. Unsuccessfully entered the Shchepkin Theater School , after which he worked at the Progress Samara plant as a pyrometrist. He entered the Kuybyshev cult enlightenment school, from where he was drafted into the army. Demobilized, he worked as a molder at a steel plant, entered the Polytechnic Institute. He went camping with other students, studied in an amateur theater at the Palace of Culture. S. M. Kirov, where after participating in the graduation performance of the Institute of Culture “Love from a Tender Heart” he was offered to study in it.

In 1981, he graduated from the Kuibyshev State Institute of Culture , and by distribution he got to Tolyatti. He worked as a methodologist in the city methodological office, became the artistic director of the Togliatti city club song "Halt" at the Palace of Culture. 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. In 1984 he left for Kadykchan , worked as a miner, rescuer, and in 1988 he returned to Tolyatti, got a job at the Tolyatti Puppet Theater , where he played more than 40 roles, was the author of poems and music for performances. He worked in the theater for more than 15 years.

The author of seven copyright collections. His works are included in the “Anthology of the author’s song. 100 bards. 600 songs ”(EKSMO, 2008),“ This must be preserved. Works by Samara composers for voice and vocal ensemble. Issue 2 ”(Samara, 2007), a collection of“ Poetry of the 20th Century ”- a textbook material for students in grades 11 (Samara, 1996).

Laureate of the All-Union Festival of Political Songs in Memory of Victor Hara (Tolyatti, 1978). Laureate of the Grushinsky Festival (1978) for the song “The Preserved Country”, later on an honored guest and member of the Grushinka jury, as well as festivals of the author’s song in Norilsk , Chelyabinsk , Ulyanovsk , Kazan , Noyabrsk , Nizhnevartovsk . He performed with tours in many cities of the country.

In 2004, he took up dramaturgy, writing a play in the poems "King Kondrat, or Who is to Blame?"

Member of the Union of Theater Workers of the Russian Federation (1995), Union of Russian Writers (1999). Master of Sports in Water Tourism .

In 1990, the All-Union record company “ Melody ” released a disc with the songs of Yuri Panyushkin “There is such a country - Zhiguli” ^[2] . In 1997, an audio cassette and a CD “White Snows” were released, in 2001 - an audio cassette “The Last Rain Season” and a disc “My Century is inexplicable”, in 2002 - a disc and an audio cassette “Hunter for Luck”, 2004 - a disc “Everything was like this ... "

He died on July 31, 2017 as a result of a heart attack. He was buried at the Banykinsky cemetery in Togliatti . ^[3]

Awarded the certificate of honor of the City Council of Togliatti “For significant results in social activities, the development of culture of the city district of Togliatti and in connection with the 60th anniversary” (2012)

In 2014, he was awarded the title of laureate of the national public award “Recognition” in the field of songwriter with the award of the gold medal “BARD of Russia” for outstanding creative achievements.

• Panyushkin U. Where my boat rocked. - Tolyatti: Alternative, 1995 .-- 234 p.
• Panyushkin U. Beer, sex and songwriter. - Tolyatti: Parus, 1996 .-- 37 p. - ISBN 5-85234-051-0 .
• Panyushkin Yu. About Nina-Komsomol, bully and cell secretary. - Tolyatti: Lit. agency of Vyacheslav Smirnov, 2000. - 191 p.
• Panyushkin U. On my shore. - St. Petersburg: Boyanych, 2000 .-- 143 p. - (guitar of the time).
• Panyushkin Yu. To be most understandable: poems, songs, aphorisms. - St. Petersburg: All-Russian Cathedral, 2007. - 252 p. - ISBN 978-5-8114-0792-7 .
• Panyushkin U. "At the beginning of the repetition of the path ...". - 2nd, rev. and more .. - Tolyatti: Project of the Autograd Library “Tolyatti. Favorites, 2011. - 316 p.
• Panyushkin U. Good tale of our childhood. Poems for children. - Volgograd, 2013.

• Historical and Cultural Encyclopedia of the Samara Territory: Personnel. M-Cm / Ed. N. D. Kurdina. - Samara, 1995 .-- S. 182;
• Sergey Rusov. I learn to choose words to be most understandable // Free city: newspaper. - Tolyatti, 2012-03-02. - No. 16 (729) .
• Anna Kondratieva. Tired of being humble // Freedom Square : newspaper. - Tolyatti, 2014-05-23. - No. 90 (5731) . - S. 4 .

• Yuri Panyushkin (neopr.) . International portal of author’s song. Date of treatment May 26, 2014.
• Panyushkin, Yuri Mikhailovich (neopr.) . Autograd Library. Date of treatment May 26, 2014.