Timur Mutsurayev
Timur Mutsurayev | |
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| Birth name | Timur Mutsurayev |
| Born | June 25, 1976 |
| Origin | Grozny, Chechen-Ingush ASSR, Soviet Union |
| Genres | , Bard (Soviet Union), Nasheed |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instruments | Voice, Guitar |
| Years active | 1991—2008 |
Timur Khamzatovich Mutsurayev (Chechen: Муцурай ХӀамзат-кӀант Темур Mucuray Hamzat-khant Temur; Russian: Тимур Хамзатович Муцураев; born June 25, 1976), or Mucuraev, is a Chechen singer and bard who sings in Russian.[1][2][3]
Biography[]
Mutsurayev was born in Grozny. Mutsurayev's first recorded song, Jerusalem, gained airplay during the 1999–2000 Battle of Grozny. It appears in movie War by Aleksei Balabanov.[4] Many Mutsurayev's songs are stridently supportive of Chechen independence, and he personally believed that peace negotiations would eventually end the Second Chechen War. More than 30 of his songs were banned by the Russian government as they were labeled "extremist".[5][6] In 2008, he returned to Chechnya.[2][7]
References[]
- ^ Тимур Муцураев (in Russian). DJ SAGA.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Тимур Муцураев: Певец джихада призывает к миру? (in Russian). REGNUM. 2008.
- ^ Oliver Bullough (2010). Let Our Fame Be Great: Journeys among the defiant people of the Caucasus. Penguin Books. ISBN 9780141956220.
- ^ Welcome to hell (Russian), by Mikhail Kazanik, Meduza
- ^ Forbidden Mutsurayev (Russian), Kavkaz.realii, RFE/RL
- ^ Федеральный список экстремистских материалов (in Russian). Министерство юстиции Российской Федерации.
- ^ Andrei Babitsky (2008). "Why has Timur Mutsurayev returned (or not returned)?". Prague Watchdog.
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Categories:
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Chechen male singers
- People of the Chechen wars
- People from Grozny
- Russian male singers
- Russian people of Chechen descent
- Chechen people
- 21st-century Russian singers
- 21st-century male singers