{{family name hatnote|Borysovych|May|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Zakhar May | native_name_lang = uk | native_name = {{nobold|Захар Май}} | image = 200px | alt = | caption = <!-- Only use to add context to the image. Do not repeat just the person's name here. --> | birth_name = <!-- Use only if different from name in header --> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|6|25|df=yes}} | birth_place = Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR,<!-- DO NOT LINK, see MOS:GEOLINK for further guidance --> Soviet Union<!-- DO NOT LINK, see MOS:GEOLINK for further guidance --> | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = <!-- use only when necessary per WP:INFONAT --> | other_names = | occupation = {{flatlist| * Singer * Songwriter}} | genre = Rock | instrument = Singing | background = solo_singer | years_active = 1987{{ndash}}present | associated_acts = Shiva | website = [https://www.facebook.com/ZaxarBorisych ZaxarBorisych] }}
'''Zakhar Borysovych May'''{{efn|name=spelling|{{bulleted list|{{langx|uk|Захар Борисович Май|{{transliteration|uk|ukrainian|Zakhar Borysovych Mai}}}}|{{langx|ru|Захар Борисович Май|{{transliteration|ru|Zakhar Borisovich May}}}}}}}} (born June 25, 1969) is a Ukrainian musician, author of such songs as "Nahui", "Nashi Tanki" and "Russo Matrosso" and participant in festivals like Nashestvie 2002 and {{ill|Krylya (festival)|lt=Lrylya|ru|3=Крылья (фестиваль)}} 2003.
==Biography== Zahar Borisovich May was born in Kharkiv, USSR, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1969. He wrote his first song "Holodilnik pust" ("Empty refrigerator") in 1987, during first year in the University of Tartu. In 1988 his family moved to the United States where he continued to make music and worked as a programmer. Three of his albums, ''...i nikogo drugogo'' (1995), ''Zavtrak na trave'' (2000) and ''Zolotoy pizdy volos'' (2002), were recorded here. From 2002 to 2012, he lived in Russia and played with St. Petersburg group Shiva, along with Sergey Chigrakov from Chizh & Co, Andrey Vasilyev from Raznyie Lyudi and Igor Dotsenko and {{ill|Pavel Borisov (musician)|lt=Pavel Borisov|ru|3=Борисов, Павел Сергеевич}} from DDT. Before moving back to the United States, where he is a citizen,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://echo.msk.ru/programs/argentum/19656/|title=Interview by Echo of Moscow}}</ref> he participated in numerous protests against the 2011 Russian legislative election results.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.novayagazeta.ru/news/2012/05/09/56278-aktsii-protesta-7-8-i-9-maya-aktivisty-gulyayut-na-chistyh-prudah-i-manezhnoy-ploschadi-onlayn-translyatsiya-foto|title=Новая газета|newspaper=novayagazeta.ru|access-date=2017-02-19|language=ru-RU}}</ref>
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==Social media== *{{in lang|ru}} [https://www.facebook.com/ZaxarBorisych Facebook] *{{in lang|ru}} [https://vk.com/zaxarborisych VK] *{{in lang|ru}} [https://twitter.com/#!/ZaxarBorisych Twitter] *{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.livejournal.com/users/zaxar_borisych/ LiveJournal]
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