Shooting Talkov, we got to Russia

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

A poet in Russia is always a prophet. And it does not matter what kind of regime in the country: monarchic, communist or, as it is now, democratic. But one cruel pattern is being repeated. Saying goodbye to Nikolai Rubtsov, the last romantic of the great Russian poetry, Viktor Astafyev said: "Human life begins the same for everyone, but ends differently. And there is a strange, bitter tradition in the death of many great Russian poets. All great singers died early and usually not of their own free will. " Pushkin, Lermontov, Yesenin, Rubtsov, Talkov. Poets of the national spirit of different centuries and eras.

As if by lightning struck in 1991, two months later, as the Union collapsed, news from St. Petersburg: the poet, singer, composer Igor Talkov was killed by a shot in the heart. Although the presentiments that trouble could happen to him did not leave. When his "Russia" ("Leafing through the old notebook of a shot general.") Was first played on the air, at first I thought: maybe this song is just an accident in the artist's repertoire, who is so remembered for the lyrical "Chistye Prudy". But then there appeared "The Former Posesaul", "My Motherland", "I Will Return" - civil, philosophical, warlike songs, and it became clear that a nationally-minded singer, capable of awakening the self-consciousness of the masses, had come to the stage. The phenomenon among rock musicians is unprecedented. It was this that predetermined the inevitable reprisal against him. The singer himself did not hide his purpose: "I would only pour myself out in a song, my soul, pain for the Russian people."; "Russia is the pain of my soul. Social songs are the cry of my soul. The fight for good is the essence of my life. Victory over evil is the goal of my life."

It is well known how difficult it is for our talent to break through, the more truly popular, how many obstacles and obstacles are on the way to its recognition:

Igor Talkov was destined to bring the truth to the people from the stage, affirming the lofty concepts of truth, love and eternity. Only less than three years: from 1989 to 1991, wading "through the dense jungle of the law," he confided in her everything that hurt her soul. And the impact on the masses was overwhelming. Video recordings of Igor Talkov's concerts have been preserved. With what attention, empathy, with what spiritualized people people listened to the artist's performances. How beautiful he was, harmonious, noble on stage. “Different people are drawn to me,” the singer said, “young and mature, and elderly, and kind, and evil, and smart, and stupid, and girls, and boys, and men, and women, and grandfathers and grandmothers.. ". Not knowing rest, Talkov traveled all over the country with concerts. And sold out everywhere. He was killed on takeoff, when popularity grew day by day.

The singer understood that the clouds were gathering over him. "I will be killed in front of a large crowd of people and the murderer will not be found." And so it happened. Shooting Talkov, we got to Russia. But the killers miscalculated in one thing. During his short life, Igor Talkov fulfilled his mission, passing the earthly path destined for him. He often repeated: "You can kill the body, but you cannot kill the soul." How it is impossible to destroy faith in the future greatness of Russia in one of his songs.