Булат Окуджава Russian Federation
Biography
Bulat Shalvovich Okudzhava (Russian: ?????? ????????? ?????????, Georgian: ????? ???????) (May 9, 1924 - June 12, 1997) was one of the founders of the Russian genre called "author's song" (????????? ?????, avtorskaya pesnya). He was born in Moscow and died in Paris. He was the creator of about 200 songs, set to his own poetry. His songs are a mixture of Russian poetic and folksong tradition
