{{Infobox musical artist | name = Vadim Stepantsov | image = Stepantsov3-1.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1960|9|9}} | birth_place = Uzlovaya, Tula Oblast, Soviet Union | years_active = | occupation = singer, musician, poet | instruments = | genre = | associated acts = | website = {{url|stepantsov.ru}} }} '''Vadim Yurievich Stepantsov''' ({{langx|ru|link=no|Вадим Юрьевич Степанцов}}; born 9 September 1960) is a Russian poet and musician. Stepantsov is the founder of the Order of Courteous Mannerists and the musical group Bakhyt-Compot. He is also the author of texts for the groups Bravo, Na Na, and t.A.T.u.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://magazines.russ.ru/kreschatik/2009/1/ma12.html|title=Садовник судеб|author=Григорий Марговский.|publisher=«Крещатик», 2009, № 1|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030193927/http://magazines.russ.ru/kreschatik/2009/1/ma12.html|archivedate=2013-10-30|access-date=2016-07-08|url-status=live}}</ref>
Stepantsov is graduated with honors from Maxim Gorky Literature Institute.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.litinstitut.ru/index.php?area=1&p=static&page=alumnus1988|title=Литературный институт им. А. М. Горького. Выпуск 1988 г.|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130223042048/http://www.litinstitut.ru/index.php?area=1|archivedate=2013-02-23|access-date=2016-07-08|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Filmography == *1992 – For the Diamond Spray Jets *1994 – Music for December *1999 – Who should I{{snd}}I forgive all *2000 – Editorial *2001 – Women's Happiness
== Awards == *1996 – Ovation{{snd}}songwriter
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|3128828}} * [http://www.radiomayak.ru/person/show/id/2266 Вадим Степанцов на радио «Маяк»] * [http://magazines.russ.ru/ra/2008/5/tr18.html Елена Трофимова. Бурлеск, травестия, центонность куртуазных медитаций Вадима Степанцова] «Дети Ра» 2008, № 5 (43) {{Authority control}}
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