Nikolay Rastorguev: biography of the People's Artist

A real "people's" collective with amazing energy, patriotic all favorite songs, always a positive attitude is, of course, "Lube". Strong and courageous, with a bewitching voice and inexplicable charisma, the soloist of the band immediately became for everyone "their own", "native". Which way passed and what is he in life - Nikolai Rastorguev?

Biography of the folk star: childhood

Nikolay was born on February 21 in 1957 in the Moscow region, Ramensky district, in the village of Bykovo. At school he was a diligent child, though not an excellent student. He liked to draw, read books, listen to the legendary "The Beatles" at that time. According to him, it was their work that gave impetus to music. He was also fond of sports, like all the guys, and in his spare time he often took up a guitar. After graduation Nikolai studied at the Technological Institute of the Light Industry in Moscow, but he could not finish it, he was expelled. Few people now know that once worked as a simple locksmith talented singer, beloved Nikolai Rastorguev.

Biography of the group "Lube"

In 1989, Igor Matviyenko finally realized his idea, which existed in his head for several years, about the creation of a musical collective of a socio-patriotic orientation with a courageous serious main soloist. They became Nikolai Rastorguev. Biography of the group says that even the producer himself did not expect such a rapid growth in popularity. In the beginning of 1989 (namely, January 14), the first songs "Batka Makhno" and "Lyubertsy" were recorded, and already at the end of the year the songs "Lube" firmly occupied the leading positions in the national charts. Nikolai Rastorguev and the Lube group immediately fell in love with the Russian listener for the unusual theme of the texts, courageous performance, fascinating energy. Over three years of their work, they gave more than 1,000 concerts and gathered over 5 million people.

Everyone remembers what the stage image of the group's soloist was: a piercing voice, a serious face, an old-style military uniform, which Alla Pugacheva advised the artist to wear. So the singer-soldier Nikolay Rastorguev appeared before us. The biography of the artist contains the fact that in the army he did not serve for health reasons. The service for him was the scene.

Nikolay Rastorguev: biography - merits and titles

In 2002, the singer received the title of "People's Artist of the Russian Federation." Earlier, in 1997, he was awarded the title of "Honored Artist of Russia." In 2006, Nikolai joined the party "United Russia". He became a deputy of the State Duma of the Stavropol Territory in 2010. And during the presidential election in 2012, the artist was the official confidant then the candidate, and now the President of Russia - Vladimir Putin.

The personal life of an artist

Nikolay Rastorguev was twice married, has two sons and a granddaughter Sonechka. With the first wife (a culturologist by education), they lived for 15 years. But one day, having met on tour, as Nikolay himself says, "his" Natalia (the costume designer of the group "Architects"), he fell in love madly, formalized a divorce and immediately married a second time. The eldest son of Rastorguev - Paul - a businessman, the youngest - Nikolai - still studying at school, singing in the choir, but with the profession has not yet decided.