What is Yuri Shevchuk?
[[File:Jurij-sjevtjuk-2007-08-14 (18.09.2008 edit).jpg|thumb|Yuri Shevchuk]] '''Yuri Shevchuk''' ({{lang-ru|Ю́рий Юлиа́нович Шевчу́к}}), born 16 May 1957, is a [[USSR|Soviet]] and [[Russia]]n singer/songwriter. He is the leader of [[Rock music|rock]] band [[DDT (band)|DDT]], which he founded in 1980. Shevchuk was born in [[Magadan]] region and raised in [[Ufa]]. Now he lives in [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]], Russia. He is known as one of the greatest song-writers in modern Russia.{{proof|date=May 2013}} Shevchuk is very critical of the [[Vladimir Putin]]'s government.<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2011/01/04/132620334/yuri-shevchuk-russias-musical-advocate-for-democracy Yuri Shevchuk: Russia's Musical Advocate For Democracy 2011-01-04]</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://ddt.ru/ Official website of DDT] {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shevchuk, Yuri}} [[Category:1957 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Russian singers]] [[Category:21st-century Russian singers]] [[Category:Rock singers]] [[Category:Magadan Oblast]]