Denis Maidanov

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Denis Maidanov
Денйс Майдaнов
Member of State Duma
Denis Maydanov crop.jpg
Maidanov in 2017
Member of the State Duma
Assumed office
September 19, 2021
PresidentVladimir Putin
ConstituencyOdintsovo (2021–present)
Personal details
Born
Denis Vasilievich Maidanov
Денйс Васйльевич Майдaнов

(1976-02-17) 17 February 1976 (age 45)
Balakovo, Saratov Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
NationalitySoviet (1976–1991)
Russian (1991–present)
Political partyUnited Russia
Spouse(s)Natalya Kolesnikova
Children2
ResidenceOdintsovo, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Alma materMoscow State Art and Cultural University
ProfessionMusician
Awards
WebsiteMusical act
Political office

Denis Vasilievich Maidanov (Russian: Денйс Васйльевич Майдaнов, born 17 February 1976, Balakovo, Saratov Oblast, Russian SFSR) is a Russian singer, songwriter, actor, and politician. An accomplished artist known throughout the CIS region, Maidanov has served in the Russian State Duma as a representative of the Odintsovo constituency of Odintsovsky District, Moscow Oblast since 2021. He is a member of United Russia. Maidanov's accolades as an artist include the title of Merited Artist of the Russian Federation,[1] as well as the Golden Gramophone,[2] Song of the Year, and Chanson of the Year. In his political life, Maidanov has vocally supported the policies of Vladimir Putin.

Early life and education[]

Maidanov performing with a military band in a concert for members of the Main Military Medical Directorate on Medical Worker Day in 2018.

Denis Maidanov was born on February 17, 1976 in the city of Balakovo, Saratov Region, to a family of petrochemical workers. His father was born in the Mogilev Region of Belarus, but moved to Balakovo in the Saratov oblast of southwest Russia to work as an engineer in the state petrochemical industry.[3] Maidanov's mother, Evgenia Petrovna,[4] was born in the suburbs of Luhansk, in the Donbas region of Ukraine;[3] when she moved to Balakavo at the age of 20[5] she worked as an inspector in Saratovgasstroy, later as head of the personnel department in Zhilstroy.[6] When Denis was eight, his parents divorced, leaving Denis to be raised by his single mother. At an early age he was forced to work to provide for the two of them: when he was 13 years old he worked as a janitor, security guard in a kindergarten, and washed cars.[7][4]

By the time of his parents divorce at the age of eight, Maidanov had already begun composing poetry: he wrote his first poems to his mother for International Women's Day.[4] At 13, he learned to play guitar from a neighbor. At that point, he stopped playing the bayan, which he had studied at music school, and began to write his own songs. Alongside the guitar lessons, Maidanov taught himself the piano,[4] and began to get involved in the poetic and theatrical circles of the Balakovo House of Culture, taking part in the vocal-instrumental ensemble.[6] In 1992, at the age of 16, he earned third place at a city competition of variety art with a performance of his own song.[8] As a result, Maidanov secured a spot among the young performers of the studio "MUZ-A" at the city's House of Creativity, and learned to become a songwriter for soloists. Since then he has maintained his affiliation with the House of Creativity, as head of the VIA, methodologist, and head of the "Club of High School Students".[6] In school Denis was successful,[6] but after his ninth year he was forced to drop out and enter a chemical technical college in order to provide for himself and his mother.[7][6]

While studying at the technical school, the future artist decided to enter the Moscow State Art and Cultural University (MGUKI); he studied at the evening school in parallel with the technical school with the intention to receive a certificate a year earlier before the official deadline. In 1995, when he succeeded, Denis entered the correspondence department of MGUKI in the specialty "Manager-director of show programs"; At admission he had significant competition – 72 people for 6 seats.[6] In MGUKI he studied directing and acting.[9] In parallel to his studies Maidanov worked; first at a car-wash, then his mother managed to arrange him a job as a repairman-fitter at the Syzran oil refinery. Despite the good salary, Denis left the factory after a year of work, realizing that this is not his profession.[6] Also during this period he directed the VIA and theater studio in the Balakovo House of Creativity;[6] There was a recording studio which Denis used to record his first songs and for subsequently selling them to local Volga musicians.[6][7] He graduated from MGUKI in 1999, afterward becoming director of the musical theater and the head of the music department of the House of Creativity.[10][11]

Musical career[]

Vladimir Putin bestowing the title Meritorious Artist of the Russian Federation on Maidanov in 2017

In 2001, Maidanov moved from Balakovo to Moscow, working as a composer-songwriter for other Russian performers. In his first two years living in Moscow, Maidanov had little stable earnings or housing, moving more than 15 times, and couch surfing with friends from college, sometimes sleeping at railway and metro stations.[6][4] His first significant earnings (US$150) came from producer Yuri Aizenshpis for writing the lyrics to the song "Behind the Fog" for singer Sasha Gradiva. The song became a hit, winning the "Song of the Year 2002" festival, and bringing Maidanov his first musical award.[4] Gradually Maidanov received recognition, and many Russian artists began singing his songs, in particular, Nikolai Baskov, Filipp Kirkorov, Turetsky Choir Art Group, Alexander Buinov, Mikhail Shufutinsky, Aleksandr Marshal, Lolita Milyavskaya, Jasmin, Joseph Kobzon, Tatiana Bulanova. He also wrote songs and soundtracks for a number of Russian films and serials.[9]

In 2008 Maidanov switched from songwriting to recording and performing his own songs. After being commissioned by the president of AvtoRadio Alexander Varin to write "This radio is Avtoradio", Varin invited Maidanov to put the song "Eternal Love" on the air, insisting that Maidanov should start his own performing career.[12] Within six months of debut, the track made the rotation of major Russian radio stations, and the song would go on to earn Maidanov the Golden Gramophone. "Eternal Love" was Maidanov's first hit, and remains among his most famous songs.[13][14] In June 2009, he released his first album "I'll Know That You Love Me ... Eternal Love", and soon after appeared on stage as a solo artist for the first time at the Moscow International House of Music.[4] Over the next decade he would go on to release albums "World for rent" (2011), "Flying over us" (2013), "Flag of my state" (2015), "Half a lifetime on the road: Unreleased" (2015), and "What will the wind leave" (2017).

In October 2013, Maidanov joined a group of Russian performers who participated – at the invitation of Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu – in the new performance of the National anthem of Russia. Along with Maidanov, Valeriya, Oleg Gazmanov, Larisa Dolina, Aleksandr Marshal, Jasmin, Alsou, Dina Garipova, Vitas and other artists took part in the recording[15]

In 2017, he was given the honorific Merited Artist of the Russian Federation.

On April 12, 2021, in honor of the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight to space, audioservice Sberzvuk and Roscosmos included tracks from Maidanov among a playlist of music sent to orbiting International Space Station cosmonauts Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Oleg Novitsky, accompanied by a personal note from Maidanov and each of the other artists.[16]

Musical themes[]

Maidanov performing in Simferopol.

Many of Maidanov's songs feature Russian nationalist and irredentist themes, with several songs about the VDV, OMON, and Spetsnaz, and corresponding music videos which feature soldiers and equipment of the units performing tactical demonstrations.[17] He has performed on many occasions for Russian troops and national pride events, including at the Kremlin.[18] When asked whether the values he espouses in his music would carry over to his political career, Maidanov told Gazeta.Ru:

"many of my songs are of a patriotic and social nature, which is an important cultural contribution to the country's ideological agenda."[19]

In January and June 2016, Maidanov held concerts for Russian servicemen at Khmeimim Air Base in Syria.[20] In 2019 he performed on Lenin Square in Simferopol, at a concert in the Crimean city to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.[21] In the 2021 music video for the song Spetsnaz, Maidanov sings that "Spetsnaz operates from Moscow to New York", while surrounded by FSB officers and Russian soldiers.[22]

Political career[]

Maidanov was politically active prior to beginning his own political career, having been a member of the All-Russia Popular Front, a winner of the  [ru] and  [ru], and a reported confidante of President Vladimir Putin. He is also Deputy Chairman of the Public Council within the Ministry of Culture, and a member of the Cultural Council of the Rosgvardia Russian Army ensemble.

State Duma[]

In March 2021, Maidanov announced his decision to run for the State Duma in the 122nd Odintsovo single-mandate district of the Moscow Oblast, as a member of the incumbent United Russia party.[23] After prevailing in the internal party primaries in May, he was officially registered as the party’s candidate on July 29.[24] In the elections held September 17–19, 2021, he received a majority of votes - 40.39% (102,124 votes), ahead of Communist Party candidate Sergei Tenyaev (19.06%).[25]

On September 22, 2021, Maidanov attended the inauguration of Aleksey Dyumin, following his re-election for a second term as governor of Tula Oblast.[26]

Committees[]

Upon taking office Maidanov was assigned to the State Duma Committee on Culture as First Deputy Chairman of the Committee.[27]

Legislation[]

In 2021, Maidanov proposed legislation to enshrine Father's Day as a holiday across the Russian Federation. Later in the year President Vladimir Putin took up the idea, announcing it would be celebrated on the third Sunday in October.[28] The legislation served to create a de jure day of celebration, though since the early days of the Soviet Union the traditional celebration of Defender of the Fatherland Day on February 23 had been treated as a de facto Father's Day, often referred to as "Man's Day." Separately, 28 of the Russian Republics had already adopted Father's Day as a regional holiday prior to the national legislation.[28]

Political views[]

Putinism[]

Maidanov vocally supports the policies of Russian President Vladimir Putin, describing him as a "strong man and leader."[29] He reportedly became a close confidant of Putin during the Russian leader’s 2018 presidential campaign.[30] In an interview in February 2018, he reiterated his support for Putin, describing him as a man who tore Russia out of the devastation of the 1990s and restored order, and saying he would put Putin "on par" with Peter the Great.[31]

In 2012, when Putin ran for a third presidential term, Maidanov participated in two political rallies in support. Three times, in 2013, 2015 and 2017, he spoke to the guests of the international professional combat sambo tournament "Plotform S-70", with Putin – a staple among the tournaments guests – in attendance.[32]

Just before the 2013 federal elections, Maidanov took part in a concert rally in support of Moscow mayoral candidate Sergey Sobyanin at the Sochi Olympic Park.[33]

Ukraine[]

Maidanov is an outspoken supporter of the Russian annexation of Crimea, calling it a "trajectory of historical justice".[34] He took part in a number of mass events in support of Russia's policy in Crimea, including a public concert and rally in Moscow in March 2014, and a subsequent appearance in Sevastopol in July. The following year, Maidanov held a public concert in Donetsk, repeating the event in 2016.[29] In 2017, he was banned from entering Ukraine.[35] Despite this, in 2019 he performed on Lenin Square in Simferopol, at a concert in the Crimean city to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the annexation.[21]

In 2017, Maidanov condemned the refusal of the Ukrainian authorities to allow Russian representative Yulia Samoilova to enter the Eurovision Song Contest held that year in Kiev. The prior year, Maidanov served a member of the Eurovision jury from Russia, alongside Anastasia Stotskaya and Oscar Kuchera.[36]

Personal life[]

Maidanov is married to Natalya (née Kolesnikova). Born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR in 1981,[37] she has acted in his music videos on occasion, and serves as his creative director. The two met when Natalya went to support her friend in an audition for "Star Factory" (Fabrika Zvyozd), an influential televised talent competition which Maidanov was attending.[38] Together they have two children, Vlada, born in 2008, and Borislav, born in 2013.[18][39]

Discography[]

  • I will know, that you love me... Eternal love (Я буду знать, что ты любишь меня… Вечная любовь) (2009)
  • World for rent (Арендованный мир) (2011)
  • Flying over us... (Пролетая над нами…) (2014)
  • Flag of my nation (Флаг моего государства) (2015)
  • Half of life on the road... Unpublished (Полжизни в пути… Неизданное) (2015)
  • What wind leaves (Что оставит ветер) (2017)

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