Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Boris Chernyshov presented to the head of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation Olga Lyubimova a proposal to confer the title of People’s Artist of Russia to Mikhail Shufutinsky. This has been reported DEA News.
He recalled that after Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the founder of the Liberal Democratic Party, addressed the president, Shufutinsky received the title of Honored Artist. It’s been 10 years since then.
“On September 3, it is completely clear to everyone that Mikhail Zakharovich was absolutely a people’s artist, in the literal sense of the word “people’s” … He sent the corresponding (title-claim) appeal to the Minister. Culture of the Russian Federation Olga Lyubimova, ”said Chernyshov.
In 2023, Shufutinsky’s hit film “September Three” turns 30. For many years, the song and the lines from it have been a popular meme – until the corresponding date, new jokes about it appear on the network, as well as the turn of the calendar and the mountain ash bonfires mentioned in the text.
Despite the track’s popularity, Shufutinsky stated that he did not earn “a million dollars” from the song.
In 2022, Yandex.Music users most shared among themselves the track “Third September” by Yegor Creed and Mikhail Shufutinsky.
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