Nikolai Dobronravov Explained

Nikolai Dobronravov
Birth Name:	Nikolai Nikolayevich Dobronravov
Birth Date:	22 November 1928
Birth Place:	Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR
Death Place:	Moscow, Russia
Nationality:	Russian
Native Name Lang:	ru
Spouse:	Aleksandra Pakhmutova
Occupation:	Poet, lyricist, schoolteacher

Nikolai Nikolayevich Dobronravov (ru|Николай Николаевич Добронравов; 22 November 1928 – 16 September 2023) was a Soviet and Russian poet and lyricist.^[1] He collaborated with his wife Aleksandra Pakhmutova.^[2]

Dobronravov had two higher educations: in 1950 he graduated from the Moscow Art Theatre School, in 1952 the Moscow City Pedagogical Institute named after Vladimir Potemkin.^[3] He died in Moscow on 16 September 2023, at the age of 94.^[4]

Selected compositions

• And the Battle Is Going Again^[5]
• ^[6]
  • • • Nezhnost'^[7]
• No Coward Plays Hockey!^[8]

Selected discography

• 1971 – Gagarin's Constellation (EP, Melodiya Д 00029947-8)
• 2013 – Nikolai Dobronravov. Best… (CD, Melodiya, MEL CD 60 02162)^[9]

Filmography

• Sporting Honour (1951) as Platon Platonovich (uncredited)
• The Return of Vasili Bortnikov (1953) as Seryozha
• O Sport, You Are Peace! (1981) as the author of the script (the text and the lyrics)

Awards and honors

• Lenin Komsomol Prize (1978)
• Order of the Badge of Honour (1978)'^[10]
• USSR State Prize (1982)
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1984)
• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class (2003)^[11]
• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class (2008)^{[12] [13]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Екатерина Чеснокова . Биография Николая Добронравова . ru . ria.ru . . 1 March 2020 . 6 November 2021 . 6 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211106000457/https://ria.ru/20131122/978421952.html. . In Russian
2. Web site: «Николай Добронравов. Нам не жить друг без друга…». Документальный фильм . ru . 1tv.com . . 22 November 2008 . 6 November 2021 . 6 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211106000519/https://www.1tv.com/announce/6178.
3. Web site: По законам драматургии. Интервью с Николаем Добронравовым на «Радио России» . ru . viperson.ru . Рейтинг элиты России . 1 December 2007. . In Russian
4. https://www.eg.ru/showbusiness/3597082-skonchalsya-nikolay-dobronravov/ Скончался муж Александры Пахмутовой, поэт Николай Добронравов
5. Web site: Andrei Vasyanin. 29 October 2009. Рок Пахмутовой. Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Russian. 12 September 2019.
6. Web site: 15 самых известных песен Александры Пахмутовой. 8 November 2013. Комсомольская правда. Елизавета Мельчук. 13 April 2015. 25 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150825214353/http://www.kp.ru/daily/26156/3044716/.
7. http://www.pakhmutova.ru/songs/obnim.shtml#Нежность Песня «Нежность» на сайте А. Н. Пахмутовой
8. Web site: Умер первый исполнитель песни «Трус не играет в хоккей». РБК. 2 May 2018. 3 May 2018 .
9. https://www.records.su/album/40159 Николай Добронравов. Лучшее (2013)
10. Web site: Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР от 21 ноября 1978 года. 14 November 2018 . 14 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180714164757/https://naukaprava.ru/catalog/1/127/700/51908?view=1 .
11. Web site: Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 22 декабря 2003 года. 14 November 2018 . 14 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181114224645/http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/20327.
12. Web site: Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 20 ноября 2008 года. 14 November 2018 . 14 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181114224757/http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/28333.
13. http://www.vz.ru/news/2008/11/24/232062.html Николай Добронравов отмечен орденом «За заслуги перед Отечеством»