MOSCOW, 23 Jul. People's Artist of the RSFSR, one of the first performers of the song «Victory Day» Eduard Labkovsky died at the age of 85, representatives of the Alexandrov Ensemble of the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the social network «VKontakte».
«With heartache, we inform you. .. Yesterday, July 22, at the 85th year of his life, People's Artist of Russia Eduard Maksovich Labkovsky, soloist of the Academic Song and Dance Ensemble of the Russian Army named after A.V. Alexandrov and the Central Border Ensemble of the Federal Security Service of Russia, the first performer of the song «Victory Day» passed away «, — the publication says.
Eduard Labkovsky was born on July 24, 1938 in a family of Soviet employees in Kazakhstan. He worked in the Soviet Song orchestra under the direction of Alexei Mazhukov. The artist performed such famous songs as «Victory Day «, «Our service is both dangerous and difficult» and «Song of the paratroopers». -ratio=»1.333884297520661″ data-crop-width=»600″ data-crop-height=»800″ data-source-sid=»not_rian_photo» title=»Eduard Labkovsky» class=»m-vertical lazyload» width=» 1920″ height=»2561″ decoding=»async» />