caption associated_acts years_active birth_name birth_place article_title landscape background birth_date genre image origin name occupation
ilya lagutenko , 2009 mumiy troll 1983 -- present ilya igorevich lagutenko moscow , soviet union ilya lagutenko
 yes solo_singer 16 october 1968 pop , pop rock , brit pop ilya lagutenko 2009.jpg vladivostok , soviet union ilya lagutenko singer , guitarist , composer
ilya lagutenko

ilya igorevich lagutenko -lrb- ; born 16 october 1968 -rrb- is the founder and lead singer of mtv award-winning band mumiy troll .
he was born in moscow , soviet union .
soon after his birth his father died , and the family moved to vladivostok .
in school he became engrossed in studying chinese .
he sang with a children 's choir that took him to many russian cities as they traveled through half of the country .
ilya formed his first psychedelic punk band named `` bunny pee '' at the age of 11 .
in 1992 , he graduated from the far eastern state university as a specialist in the mandarin and chinese economy .
he served in the russian air navy .
ilya worked in china and great britain with a commercial consulting firm .
in 1983 , he founded the rock group mumiy troll .
he was chosen a `` man of the year 2005 '' for november by `` glamour '' magazine and `` musician of the year '' by `` gq '' many times .
ilya lagutenko has changed not only the music but also the clothes , hairstyles and behaviour of russian young people .
the fringe à la lagutenko , soft `` meowing '' intonations , the smile people attributed a special meaning to ¬ - these features of one man were adopted by an entire generation .
lagutenko starred as a vampire in the russian blockbuster `` the night watch '' -lrb- '' Ночной Дозор '' -rrb- .
his face is on the cover of the american release .
lagutenko is a well-known supporter of siberian tiger conservation .
he is a patron of amur , a british-russian partnership to protect tigers and their habitat , and named a mumiy troll album `` amba '' , after an indigenous word for tigers in the russian far east .
mumiy troll was the first to support the activities of psi organization fighting aids in russia .
