Konstantin Pakhomov is a tender May now. The deadly curse of the group "Tender May"

Konstantin Mikhailovich Pakhomov(born January 13, 1972 in Orenburg, USSR, Russia) - Soviet and Russian musician, singer, former member of the group “Tender May”, businessman.

Born on January 13, 1972, he grew up in a prosperous family. Parents have nothing to do with music and creativity. Father - Mikhail Pakhomov (born 1946). Mother - Natalya Pakhomova (born 1949). In 1977, Konstantin’s younger brother, Sergei Pakhomov, was born, who is now the administrator of the Konstantin forum. Kostya's parents were against his musical career.

From 1979 to 1988, Konstantin studied at Secondary School No. 55 in the city of Orenburg on Tkachev Street, building 20. At school he studied in a literary special class - it was enough through the roof. For some time he worked as a DJ at the local recreation center "Orbita".

He joined the “Tender May” group in 1988, without even knowing it. One day, at the Orbita cultural center, where all the May recordings were held, local schoolboy Kostya Pakhomov knocked on the door. By that time, he had already graduated from music school, knew music theory well and had a trained voice.

In May-June 1988, he took part in the group’s tour for the first time as part of the Russian Field festival. He performed his songs to the public of the Orenburg region. He wrote the lyrics to the songs “Cold Winter Evening”, “What are you, summer”, “Flowers” ​​and “First flight”.

Pakhomov performed in more than 50 concerts as a duet with Sergei Kuznetsov. In July 1988, he moved to Moscow on the advice of Andrei Razin, but a year later he left the group due to a conflict with Razin: according to Sergei Kuznetsov, Konstantin was a very independent and self-sufficient artist, which irritated Razin.

In 1989, in the television program “Wider Circle!” Kostya Pakhomov performed the song “What are you doing, summer?”

In August 1989, Pakhomov released his solo album “Ballad of Love”, most of the songs of which were written by Sergei Kuznetsov.

In 1991, Konstantin participated in Sergei Minaev’s “50/50” program in Rostov, where he performed the song “You, Me and the Sea.”

After touring with Sergei Serkov, he ends his musical career and begins acting in films. His first and last major role was in Vitaly Makarov’s film “Mannequin in Love.” The film can be classified as an adventure comedy with chases, racketeers and, of course, a romantic story. Along with Konstantin, the film also stars Anna Tikhonova (film “Dark Nights in Sochi”), Boris Shcherbakov (film “Case in Square 36-80”, “Shore”, “Groom from Miami”, “Apple” saved"), Mikhail Svetin (film "The Man from Capuchin Boulevard", "Twelve Chairs"), Svetlana Nemolyaeva (film "Garage", "Office Romance"), Lyudmila Khityaeva (film "Ekaterina Voronina", “Virgin Soil Upturned”, “Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka”, “Evdokia”) and Ilya Oleinikov (TV show “Town”). The songs heard in the film, namely “I Love” and “On a Motorcycle,” were not written by Konstantin. Lyrics by Simon Osiashvili, and music by Victor Chaika. His partner was Anya Tikhonova, the daughter of the famous intelligence officer Vyacheslav Vasilyevich Stirlitz. Filming took place in Sevastopol and Yalta, due to which all economic activity of the Crimean region was paralyzed because All the people did was hang around the set and watch Kostya. These are the things that happened... “Instead of the planned three months, filming lasted for a year. But I think the film will to some extent be able to compensate for my year-long silence, because it contains my songs, one old one - “The Evening Lights the Lights”, and two new ones, written specifically for the cinema.” Later this film began to be shown on TV3.

After this wonderful debut, Pakhomov completely left the stage.

Few knew that Pakhomov had seven years of music school experience in violin class. Nowadays, when everything is bought and sold, almost anyone can take up violin lessons. Previously this was impossible. Only those with the finest ear for music were taken to the violin.

Konstantin Pakhomov is not involved in show business at all now, and he does not like to talk about his field of activity. He has his own forum on the Internet, although he rarely appears there, perhaps due to his busyness. It is known that the former public favorite is partial to oriental sports. He reads a lot and loves the works of Gumilyov, Pasternak and Mandelstam. The most beloved movie character is the Count of Monte Cristo played by Gerard Depardieu. Interested in Russian history. Speaks English. Konstantin likes to relax with a small, cozy company. Mostly he likes to relax in nature and away from the bustle of the city. There are several favorite places - the Czech Republic, for example. Previously, Kostya plunged into the ice hole at Epiphany. Now only ice water is thrown from a bucket. Konstantin does not wear bracelets or various gold chains on his arm, because he does not see the point in it. Konstantin loves the Russian bathhouse and visits it periodically. But not every winter there is such snow that you can jump into it. Since his birthday falls on the Old New Year, on January 13 Konstantin celebrates a double holiday.

One of the site participants in a personal message asked an interesting question for Konstantin. Question: Why doesn’t Kostya try to earn extra money from his past glory? For example, re-release your songs, make modern cover versions, sing at an 80s disco, give a dozen interviews. Konstantin’s answer: “What do attempts to make extra money on past glory lead to? To the fact that this fame (read recognition) is returning. Shows on TV, rotation on Radio, interviews with photographs in the press begin. Accordingly, this is followed by invitations to tour. This is something, and I don’t really want to go on tour. And the glory was because the departure from the stage was Conscious. And then, it took a very decent period of time for people to stop recognizing and to be able to breathe freely. That is, I am not going to make money from this. And if I do decide to go on tour, it will be only for my own pleasure. And when will I have such a desire, and whether it will appear... I cannot predict this.” And he adds that he will not organize meetings with fans and admirers, unless only with like-minded people. And he also adds that a book about him will never be published, since he himself categorically does not want this and he keeps his whole life a big secret and never wants to tell these secrets to anyone and is unlikely to ever want to! It is only known that Konstantin is still not married and he also does not have children yet, but financially he feels great. “I'm not married, I have no children. I do not want yet. Still young. I did a lot of things, including music. I’m a rather secretive person; I don’t like to let others in on the details of my life.”

In 2006, a CD of Konstantin Pakhomov with the best songs was released as part of the "Grand collection" series.

In 2007 he graduated from the Moscow State Institute of Culture (MGIC) and now MGUKI in Khimki on Bibliotechnaya Street, 13.

Pakhomov served under contract in 1995-1996 as a reconnaissance machine gunner, commander of a special forces group in the Chechen Republic, in 2001-2002 as a senior reconnaissance machine gunner, commander of a special forces group, special forces detachment in the Chechen Republic. He was awarded the medals “For Military Valor” and “For Courage.”

Partially used materials from the site http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Yuriy Shatunov

Nothing is fully known about his real biography. According to one version, Yuri Shatko (according to his passport) was born in Kumertau, Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, at the age of 8 the boy’s mother died, his aunt raised him for another four years, and then she sent Yura to an orphanage. It was there, after meeting the head of the amateur artistic circle Sergei Kuznetsov, 13-year-old Yura became the first soloist of the group “Tender May”.

The group was created by Sergei Kuznetsov in December 1986 at Orenburg boarding school No. 2, where he was the head of the music club.

In 1992, after Shatunov left, the group broke up. Yura had 10 million rubles left in his account, with which he was able to buy himself a house in Germany. Shatunov moved to live there and has no plans to return. In 2000, he met his future wife, Svetlana. The Shatunovs have two children, a boy and a girl. He believes that he himself was very lucky: “the party could not swallow me up, since I myself did not want it.”

Andrey Razin

Razin's parents died in a car accident, so Andrei also grew up in an orphanage. He began his creative journey with the group “Mirage”, and when in 1988 he accidentally came across a cassette of “Tender May”, he became imbued with Shatunov’s songs and persuaded the guys to move to Moscow. Realizing that such songs would not be played on radio and television, Razin began distributing cassettes to conductors of long-distance trains and paid them extra to play “Tender May” all the way.

The team consisted of minors and was therefore considered amateur and not professional. As soon as the group administrators turned 18, Razin fired them. Razin was also in charge of the cash register. He was considered a relative of Gorbachev and an underground millionaire, but he was simply a shrewd entrepreneur. When popularity began to go off scale, Andrei Razin began to create fake groups “Tender May”, sending similar boys to concerts throughout the country who simply opened their mouths to the soundtrack.

Since 1991, Andrei Razin went into politics: he founded the International Association of Children from Orphanages and Boarding Schools, was a confidant of Gennady Zyuganov, and then he himself was elected to the State Duma of the Stavropol Territory. In 2014, he tried himself as a banker: he became president of Doninvest Bank, and then resigned 8 days before the license was revoked.

In March 2017, Andrei Razin experienced a real tragedy: his 16-year-old son Alexander died of cardiac arrest.

Alexander Shurochkin

The ex-lead singer of the group became a successful producer and made a star out of his own daughter, Anna Shurochkina, singer Nyusha.

The remaining members of the legendary team were much less fortunate.

“If Tender May had not existed, everything would have been simpler,” says Shatunov, “this group ruined the lives of many. Some are no longer alive, some went to prison, and some drank themselves to death.”

Sergey Kuznetsov

The founder of the group and the author of the main hits subsequently created several more musical groups, but was never able to repeat the popularity of “Tender May”. He continued to make music and launched many projects. However, according to rumors, he lives in his native Orenburg, has a 2nd group disability and suffers from alcohol addiction. At the end of 2016, it became known that Kuznetsov had cirrhosis of the liver.

Igor Igoshin (died at 19)

Drummer Igor Igoshin died in 1992. He played in Tender May for 2 years. After a fight at a friend's wedding, he was taken home, but soon Igor fell out of a fourth-floor window. It was not possible to save him. It is still unknown what happened then. According to one version, he was deliberately pushed from a height.

Mikhail Sukhomlinov (died at 18)

The 18-year-old keyboard player of the original lineup was killed in 1993. at the entrance of Shatunov’s house. According to Andrei Razin, the killer turned out to be a mentally ill man, who was found only in 2000. According to one version, the killer wanted to shoot Shatunov, but accidentally hit Mikhail.

Yuri Petlyura (died at 22)

In 1992, he performed in “Tender May” under the name Yura Orlov, but then left the group and became a chanson performer. In 1996, he died in a car accident after losing control of the car.

Arvid Yurgaitis (died at 34)

Keyboardist who worked in the group from 1988 to 1992. Died in a fire caused by an unextinguished cigarette in 2004.

Vyacheslav Ponomarev (died at 37)

The band's bass player died at age 37 from tuberculosis.

Alexey Burda (died at 37)

Keyboardist of "Tender May" - died of alcohol poisoning in 2012.

IGOR ANISIMOV (DIED AT 40)

The keyboard player died in 2013 from knife wounds in a drunken fight with a friend.

Yuri Gurov (died at 41)

Was the vocalist of the group for 5 years. After the collapse of Tender May, he became a businessman. But in 2012 he died in an accident as a result of a collision with a truck.

Kostya Pakhomov

After leaving “Tender May,” he founded his own group, which was called “Kostya Pakhomov’s Group,” which included former members of “Tender May.” Then he entered the theater institute and successfully starred in several films. After this nothing is known about him. A couple of years ago, the film crew of the talk show “Let Them Talk” tried to contact him, but no one opened the door to his apartment in Orenburg.

At first, Kostya Pakhomov studied at the Orenburg school of the Industrial District since he comes from Siberia, from the city of Orenburg. Then he started working as a DJ at the local Orbita House of Culture. Then composer Sergei Kuznetsov came to this recreation center "Orbita" and invited Kostya Pakhomov to record an album that would become the first in the history of the "Tender May" group. It was 1988! Then Kostya Pakhomov, together with Sergei Kuznetsov, participated in the “Russian Field - 88” festival, which took place in the Orenburg region. In 1989, Konstantin, together with the guys from the group (Yura Shatunov and Sergei Serkov as well as Sergei Kuznetsov) moved to Moscow to Kakhovka. In 1989, Konstantin left the group "Tender May" and created his own group, recorded a solo album, sang rock, and performed. In 1991, he starred in the film “Mannequin in Love” together with Boris Shcherbakov, young Anya Tikhonova, and Ilya Oleinikov. Then he left the stage and cinema. This was around 1993! It is known that Kostya served 2 times in the army in Chechnya. Then he received higher education at the Moscow Institute of Arts! And then any connection with him disappeared! I don’t even really know if he graduated from university, what he’s doing now, or even where he is and how his fate turned out! He was with us in Leningrad with concerts at the PETERSBURG SKK and YUBILEY SKK. I really liked him! But Konstantin suddenly disappeared!

There are many legendary musical groups and solo singers of the 80-90s era. At the same time, for some reason the Soviet stage was reluctant to accept newcomers into its ranks. And only in the post-perestroika period was it possible to shake this entrenched clan. And who succeeded! A group of orphan teenagers with their lyrical repertoire, to whom the no less legendary “Na-na” later doffed their hats.

The idea for writing this post was inspired by the ringtone of a work colleague's phone call. Silence. Her phone rings loudly, she is not at her workplace at that moment, we enjoy the beautiful melody for some time. Then we asked her what the melody was, it turned out to be Kostya Pakhomov’s song “Birds”. Later, during the lunch break, it turned out that in her youth she was a fan of “Tender May,” but not Yura Shatunov, but Kostya Pakhomov. She told how she had been to concerts more than once, how Shatunov, to put it mildly, did not behave very correctly with these sobbing girl fans, which cannot be said about his unspoken competitor K. Pakhomov.

It turns out that the army of “Tender May” fans was secretly divided into two groups. Some idolized Shatunov, others were captivated by Pakhomov’s bewitching voice. Two stars, two brightest personalities, but completely different.

Yu. Shatunov is a difficult teenager who learned the cruel laws of the street early, was abandoned by his father, survived alcoholism and the death of his mother, betrayal of relatives, and all the “delights” of life in a boarding school. Today the singer lives and works in Germany and rarely gives interviews.

K. Pakhomov grew up in a prosperous family, was older and the only one in the group who had a musical education and a trained voice. As a schoolboy, I studied in a special literary class and was a well-read, calm, intelligent child. Kostya’s parents were against Kostya’s musical career, nevertheless, his rapid rise to the Olympus of the embryonic show business occurred, albeit for a very short time (1988-1991). Giving the impression of a serious, adult, self-sufficient person, Pakhomov in the videos looks like a prince from a fairy tale. Today, we know almost nothing about his life. All that is known for sure is that he took part in hostilities in the Caucasus in the late 90s and has awards. There are suggestions that he lives abroad and has his own business. It is also assumed that he lives safely in his homeland, in Orenburg, under a different name.

Who knows, perhaps if A. Razin’s strategy to keep Yu. Shatunov in the first positions in the group by any means had not been so manic, we would have known a completely different “Tender May”. Professional, intelligent, discreet, as he was, even if only for a moment, but still made it. K. Pakhomov...

Which one of them is closer to you personally? The choice is not easy. But let’s, at least within the framework of Maycharm, try to imagine the true leader of “Tender May”.

Who would you like to see as the leader of the group "Tender May"

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