Sergey Zharov. Kuznetsov D.

created in 1920 by the Don Cossack choir under the direction of S. A. Zharov was a unique phenomenon of Russian culture. His popularity in interwar and post -war Europe was a huge, truly deafening success accompanied the tour of the famous team in the USA and Japan. The number of plates with the records of the choir exceeded 12 million copies. And with all this, the story, repertoire and even the name of the team itself, created and for many decades that spoke out only by the borders of Russia, until recently were almost unknown in our country. The book of A. Dyakonov and D. Kuznetsova closes this annoying gap, telling the story of the Creator, Regent and the leader of the world's most famous Russian choir.