current_members website years_active label article_title background genre origin name
diana Иван Иволга -rrb- dmitry gorelov -lrb- Дмитрий Горелов -rrb- andrei arbenina titkov -lrb- Андрей Титков -rrb- -lrb- Диана Арбенина -rrb- ivan ivolga -lrb- -lsb- http://www.snipers.net www.snipers.net -rsb- 1993 -- present real records nochniye snaiperi
 group_or_band rock saint petersburg , russia nochniye snaiperi -lrb- Ночные Снайперы -rrb-
nochniye snaiperi

nochnyie snaipery -lrb- , literally `` night snipers '' -rrb- is a russian rock group .
it was founded in 1993 as an acoustic female duo of diana arbenina -lrb- -rrb- and svetlana surganova -lrb- -rrb- .
the ladies played guitar and violin respectively , sharing the vocal and songwriting duties evenly , eventually adding amplification to the band .
since its inception the band has participated in a variety of russian musical festivals -- from the underground -lrb- such as `` babye leto '' and `` moguchaya kuchka '' -rrb- to the major events -lrb- nashestvie , maxidrom , `` krylya '' -rrb- , as well as touring extensively domestically and abroad .
`` night snipers '' best known singles are `` tridtsatpervaya vesna '' -lrb- `` 31st spring '' -rrb- , `` rubezh '' -lrb- `` frontier '' -rrb- , `` stolitsa '' -lrb- `` capital '' -rrb- , `` asfalt '' -lrb- `` asphalt '' -rrb- , and `` aktrisa '' -lrb- `` actress '' -rrb- .
the majority of the songs in the band 's repertoire is written by arbenina and surganova , but some use the poetry of such famous authors as joseph brodsky , anna akhmatova , and federico garcia lorca .
in 2002 svetlana surganova left the band to create her own group `` surganova i orkestr '' -lrb- `` surganova and orchestra '' -rrb- , and diana remained the headliner of `` night snipers '' .
