{{Short description|Belarusian rock musician (1941–2003)}} {{For|the Ukrainian politician|Volodymyr Mulyava}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox person | image = Vladimir Muliavin 1.jpg | name = Vladimir Mulyavin | honorific_suffix = | caption = Mulyavin in 2000 | native_name = Владимир Мулявин | native_name_lang = ru | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1941|01|12}} | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2003|01|26|1941|01|12}} | birth_place = [[Yekaterinburg|Sverdlovsk]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]] | death_place = [[Moscow]], Russia | occupation = musician, composer | years_active = 1969–2003 | label_name = [[Melodiya]] | title = [[People's Artist of the USSR]] {{small|(1991)}} | awards = [[Order of Francysk Skaryna]], [[Lira (awards)#Lira 2011|Lira 2011]] }}

'''Vladimir Georgievich Mulyavin''' ({{langx|ru|Влади́мир Гео́ргиевич Муля́вин}}; {{langx|be|Уладзімер Георгіевіч Мулявін}} (Uladzimer Heorhijevič Muliavin); 12 January 1941 – 26 January 2003) was a [[Belarus]]ian [[rock music]]ian and the founder of the folk-rock band [[Pesniary]].<ref name=r1/>

==Biography== Vladimir Mulyavin was born in Sverdlovsk (now [[Yekaterinburg]]) in the family of a worker at the [[Uralmash|Uralmash plant]]. He started playing the [[guitar]] at the age of 12.

In 1956, after graduating from [[school]], he entered Sverdlovsk Musical School, department of [[string instrument|stringed instruments]]. He was [[Expulsion (academia)|expelled]] from the school for [[misconduct]] and an overt interest in [[jazz]], nevertheless he was reinstated after some time, and he left the school by own initiative.

Between 1958 and 1963, he worked as a staff [[musician]] at different regional [[orchestra]]s.

In 1963, he was offered a job with the [[Belarus]]ian State Philharmony and moved to Belarus.

In 1965—1967 Mulyavin conducted his [[Conscription|compulsory two-year military service]], near [[Minsk]]. He founded a vocal [[quartet]] in the company and took a part in the Belarusian military district [[Musical ensemble|ensemble]] foundation.<ref name=r1/>

==With the Pesniary== After his [[Military discharge|discharge]] from the [[army]] returned to the Belarusian State Philharmony and in 1968, he created the [[folk pop]] and [[Rock music|rock]] group "[[Pesniary|Liavony]]". In 1970, he became its leader and the group was renamed [[Pesniary]].

The band gained significant popularity across the whole USSR and was among the first successful and officially recognized Soviet rock bands. For his work, Vladimir Mulyavin was awarded the title [[People's Artist of the USSR]].

An ethnic [[Russians|Russian]] himself, Muliavin was inspired by Belarusian folklore. He later also recorded several Belarusian national songs as [[Pahonia (anthem)|''Pahonia'']] on the lyrics by [[Maksim Bahdanovich]].

He died on 26 January 2003 in Moscow, suffering results of a car accident of 8 months before.<ref name=r1>[http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/star/19196/bio/ Мулявин Владимир Георгиевич]. kino-teatr.ru</ref>

== Appraisal == In 2011 [[beZ bileta|beZ bileta's]] frontman [[Vitaly Artist]] called Mulyavin “''the cosmonaut No. 1 in Belarusian music.”''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sb.by/articles/prityazhenie-zemli-7.html|title=Притяжение Земли|last=Климов|first=Олег|date=2011-04-12|publisher=[[Sovetskaya Belorussiya – Belarus' Segodnya]]|language=ru|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317201023/https://www.sb.by/articles/prityazhenie-zemli-7.html|archive-date=2020-03-17|access-date=2020-03-17}}</ref>

==Personal life== Mulyavin had a brother Valery, who played with the Pesniary; he died in 1973 in [[Yalta]]. Vladimir Mulyavin married three times, first to Lidia Karmalskaya, with whom he had a daughter Maria (born 1961) and a son Vladimir Mulyavin Jr. (1975–2006). Mulyavin left Karmalskaya in 1975 and had little contact with his son. After the death of his father, Mulyavin Jr. played [[viola]] with the Pesnyary in 2004–2005. He was sentenced in 2005 for a brawl and distribution of narcotics, and died in jail in 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://izvestia.ru/news/318898|script-title=ru:Сын основателя "Песняров" умер в тюрьме от наркотиков|trans-title=The son of the founder of "Pesnyary" died in prison of drugs|work=[[Izvestia]]|date=13 November 2006|access-date=20 July 2014}}</ref>

After leaving Karmalskaya, Mulyavin married Svetlana Slizskaya; they had a daughter Olga born in 1976. He divorced Slizskaya in 1981 and married actress [[Svetlana Penkina]]; they had a son Valery born in 1982.<ref>[http://www.rusactors.ru/p/penkina/ ПЕНКИНА Светлана Александровна]. ''rusactors.ru''. Retrieved 20 July 2014.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liveinternet.ru/users/2496320/post200865913/|script-title=ru:Владимир Мулявин: Горькое счастье песняра…|trans-title=Vladimir Mulyavin: Bitter happiness of the Pesnyar...|website=liveinternet.ru|date=12 January 2012|access-date=20 July 2014}}</ref>

==Legacy== *In July 2004, a street in [[Minsk]] (Bulvar Mulyavina) was named after Vladimir Muliavin.<ref>[http://minsk.gov.by/ru/normdoc/882/ Аб найменаванні i перайменаванні вуліц г. Мінска] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809040657/http://minsk.gov.by/ru/normdoc/882/ |date=9 August 2017 }}. ''minsk.gov.by''. 30 July 2004. Retrieved 20 July 2014.</ref> * in 2001 Mulyavin and "Pesniary" get star on the [[Star Square (Moscow)|Star Square]] in Moscow. *In 2006, a monument of Mulyavin was raised at his grave.<ref>[http://bsa.by/arhitekturnyie-masterskie/unitarnoe-chastnoe-predpriyatie-tvorcheskaya-masterskaya-arhitektora-fedchenko-s.i.html Унитарное частное предприятие «Творческая мастерская архитектора Федченко С.И.»] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407083955/http://bsa.by/arhitekturnyie-masterskie/unitarnoe-chastnoe-predpriyatie-tvorcheskaya-masterskaya-arhitektora-fedchenko-s.i.html |date=7 April 2014 }}. ''bsa.by''. Retrieved 20 July 2014.</ref> The same year, a commemorative plaque was installed in Yekaterinburg, and a monument of Mulyavin will be completed in the city around August 2014.<ref>[http://www.ctv.by/pamyatnik-belorusskomu-pesnyaru-vladimiru-mulyavinu-poyavitsya-v-ekaterinburge Памятник белорусскому Песняру Владимиру Мулявину появится в Екатеринбурге]. ''ctv.by''. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.</ref> *A documentary of Mulyavin was filmed in 2007.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100327095532/http://video.yandex.ru/users/aslar/view/2297/ ПРОЩАНИЕ С ПЕСНЯРОМ. ВЛАДИМИР МУЛЯВИН. Документальный фильм (2007г.)]. ''yandex.ru''. Retrieved 20 July 2014.</ref> *Belarusian postal stamp dedicated to Mulyavin was issued in 2009.

==References== {{Reflist}} 10. [https://zviazda.by/ru/news/20190304/1551684670-valeriy-mulyavin-otec-vseh-podbadrival-chto-s-nim-vse-budet-v-poryadke Валерий Мулявин: Отец всех подбадривал, что с ним все будет в порядке] zviazda.by (4 марта 2019) 11. [https://zviazda.by/be/news/20210111/1610379961-valeryy-mulyavin-ya-navat-padchas-peralyotau-zauvazhau-yak-backa-u Валерый Мулявін: Я нават падчас пералётаў заўважаў, як бацька ў паўдрымоце выстукваў пальцамі нейкі рытм] zviazda.by (13.01.2021)

==External links== {{Commons category|Uladzimir Muliavin}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140526011104/http://who.bdg.by/obj.php?kod=343 МУЛЯВИН Владимир Георгиевич]. bdg.by

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