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Irina Krug - pop singer, who performs primarily in the genre of Russian chanson, and the second wife of the “king” of this genre. Irina has won the “Chanson of the Year” music award many times.

Childhood and youth

Irina Viktorovna Glazko was born in March 1976 in Chelyabinsk into a military family.

WITH youth Irina dreamed of becoming an artist. For this purpose, she visited the Chelyabinsk House of Culture, where she operated theater Club. But life turned out differently.

Music

Before the beginning musical career Irina was married to popular performer Mikhail Krug. The singer’s high-profile murder divided his wife’s life into “before” and “after.” It seemed that after Krug left, Irina took over the musical “baton” from him and went on stage.

A friend of Mikhail Krug and the author of many of his songs, Vladimir Bocharov, after the death of the bard, invited Irina to sing several of his songs famous husband. Irina agreed, although she had only sung along with her husband a few times before. And the husband did not see his wife as a singer, although Ira expressed a desire to study music during Mikhail’s life.

The debut of Irina Krug (as the singer was now called) turned out to be very successful. Soon the young chanson singer sang several more of her husband’s hits, which were intended for the future disc.

In 2004, the singer presented her debut album entitled “The First Autumn of Separation.” All compositions included in the disc were performed in a duet with Leonid Teleshov, a close friend of the murdered performer. So it began creative biography Irina Krug.

In 2005, Irina won the “Chanson of the Year” award and was nominated for “Discovery of the Year”. Irina Krug becomes a popular and recognized chanson performer. Fans of Mikhail Vladimirovich’s work love to attend her concerts.

Irina Krug at the festival "Chanson of the Year"

In 2006, the second album “To you, my last love" The disc includes both new and old songs by the performer. It included the composition “My Queen,” which Irina performed at concerts together with Mikhail Krug. The song can also be heard on the musician’s CD “Love Story”. With this record, Irina tried to express the pain of losing a loved one. The singer’s loneliness sounds most clearly in the composition “Where are you?”, which was also included in the album.

In 2007, the singer’s first duet album, “Hello, Baby,” was released, recorded together with. In 2009, Irina Krug recorded another joint album, “Bouquet of White Roses,” this time together with. The compositions of the joint disc gained great popularity among fans of the musicians. The video of Irina performing the song “Bouquet of White Roses” received 25 million views.

In the future, Irina Krug will record another disc with Alexey Bryantsev, which will include popular song duet “Just Come to Me in a Dream”, the singer will release two more albums together with Viktor Korolev and create one using materials from her murdered husband.

Irina Krug and Alexey Bryantsev - “Just come to me in a dream”

In 2009, she presented her first collection of songs, “What Was.” Since the same 2009, Irina has become a laureate for four years in a row music award"Chanson of the Year" The songs “Sing, Guitar”, “Write to Me”, “House on the Mountain” and “To You, My Last Love” bring her victory.

Irina Krug releases the song “I Don’t Regret”. The composition is gaining popularity among fans; fan video clips for it appear on the Internet, in which fans use fragments of their favorite melodramas and romantic TV series.

Irina Krug and Viktor Korolev - "Bouquet of White Roses"

There is a break in the singer’s series of awards for a couple of years; again Irina Krug receives the “Chanson of the Year” award only in 2014 for the song “It’s not scary to love.” She also wins next year– with the composition “I will read it in your eyes.”

In the summer of 2013, Irina told viewers about her life in the program “Let Them Talk” on Channel One.

In 2014, Irina Krug launched her own creative website, which contains selected compositions of the singer, videos from concerts, music videos, official biography and a poster with upcoming performances.

Irina Krug - "The Smell of Chanel"

In 2015, the singer released the disc “Mother Love”. Irina Krug continues to work on new compositions and presents singles.

In the same year, the singer recorded the song “Love Me” in a duet with Edgar. At the same time, she released her first vinyl record “ The Snow Queen" The new disc is not included in the list of Irina’s official albums, as it is a collection of already published songs.

Edgar and Irina Krug - “And you love me”

In 2016, Irina won the Chanson of the Year award for the third time in a row and the eighth in total. The singer receives the award for the song “Chanel”.

On January 2, 2017, Irina Krug participated in a group concert of Radio “Chanson” called “Ehh, take a walk!” At the concert, the singer performed the song “Gaps of Love.” The performance was broadcast on Channel One.

Irina Krug - "Glass of Bacardi"

On June 22, 2017, Irina Krug gave a concert in Moscow, in concert hall"Meridian". From September to November, the singer toured two dozen Russian cities.

Irina Krug is not only engaged in creativity after the death of her husband. The woman took up her education and graduated from a university in Tver in 2005, receiving a diploma with honors in the specialty “manager”.

Personal life

After graduating from school, Irina Glazko got married and gave birth to a daughter, Marina. The marriage fell apart very quickly, and Irina had to get a job to support her family. The woman was hired as a waitress in one of the city bars. At that time, Glazko was 21 years old.

Irina worked as a waitress for two years. Once upon a time, the popular bard and chanson performer Mikhail Krug came to Chelyabinsk on tour ( real name Vorobiev). When the “king of chanson” looked into the establishment where Irina worked, the restaurant owner sent Glazko to serve the client’s table. Mikhail Vladimirovich immediately noticed the girl and immediately offered Irina a job as a costume designer. Moreover wage, promised by the Circle, was very impressive. But Irina refused, explaining that it was impossible to abandon her small child.

Irina Krug - "Let them talk"

When the young woman had already forgotten about the tempting offer from a celebrity, Irina called concert director Circle and repeated the proposal. This time Irina agreed and went to Tver. This happened in 1999. For some time, Mikhail Krug did not show in any way that he was in love with his new dresser. The communication was emphatically intelligent, the couple addressed each other as “you”. It seemed that Krug was taking a closer look at the girl before deciding to take a responsible step. By that time, Mikhail Vladimirovich had been divorced for 7 years.

The marriage proposal was unexpected. It’s just that at one point the singer took the costume designer Irina home and announced that now they would live together. Mikhail Krug and Irina officially got married in 2001. The ceremony was not pretentious: the future spouses appeared at the registry office, as they say, “not on parade” - in tracksuits.

Soon Krug adopted Marina and surrounded the girl with care. She fell in love with her stepfather and began to call Krug dad. But the couple jokingly still called each other by their patronymics and continued to address each other as “you.” Mikhail was at ease with Irina, who had a calm, homely character. Together with his other half, the musician lived in perfect harmony.

In 2002, Mikhail and Irina Krug had a son, Alexander. But Sasha did not have time to remember his dad: that same year, the “king of chanson” was killed. According to Irina, the husband shielded the woman from the bullets and thereby saved her life.

As the artist later recalled, she foresaw trouble and several months before the tragedy asked her husband to hire security, but Mikhail did not agree. On the contrary, the doors in the house were practically not closed, and the guests replaced each other. On the eve of the attack, Irina had a difficult dream in which she saw a memorial service in their own home. In the dream, the woman began to look for her husband with her eyes, but did not find him. In the morning Mikhail on the story about strange dream he just laughed.

In November 2012, the singer gave a detailed interview to the magazine “Caravan of Stories”, where she spoke about the murder of her husband, about life with Mikhail Krug and about life and work after the death of the musician. The material was published under the telling title “Irina Krug. With and without you."

Irina Krug’s personal life improved in 2006 after the tragedy she experienced. The singer married for the third time. The wedding took place without a magnificent celebration: the newlyweds quietly submitted an application to the registry office and celebrated this day outdoors with relatives.

Fans regarded this act as a betrayal of the memory of Mikhail Krug, but Irina does not think so. The woman is sure that Mikhail blessed the marriage; in an interview about the upcoming wedding, the singer admitted that she saw Krug in a dream in the form of an angel.

Relatives ex-husband also understood and accepted the singer’s act, Krug’s mother and sister blessed Irina for new marriage. Irina’s husband is entrepreneur Sergei Belousov. Irina’s children accepted their stepfather and fell in love.

The couple bought an apartment in the capital, since they could not stay in the house where Krug was killed. On September 25, 2013, in Moscow, a child appeared in the family of Irina and Sergei Belousov common son Andrey. Photos of children often appear in "Instagram" artists, and Sergei Belousov prefers to remain in the shadows.

Irina Krug amazes fans not only with new hits, but also with magnificent appearance. Every time she appears in public or on stage, the girl demonstrates impeccable taste and a magnificent figure. With a height of 167 cm, her weight does not exceed 51 kg. In 2017, Irina changed her hairstyle, shortening her curls into a bob, thanks to which she began to look much younger than her age.

In January 2018, Irina Krug hinted to reporters that she and her husband were on the verge of divorce. The news for fans of the widow of Mikhail Krug came as a shock, because Irina and Sergei were considered an ideal couple in musical circles. But accumulated over 13 years life together fatigue made itself felt. After weighing all the pros and cons, the couple came to the conclusion that it was not worth ruining the relationship. Irina Krug took a break from tour schedule, and the whole family - with her husband and children - went to the UAE.

Irina Krug now

In November 2017, Irina Krug delighted fans new job– the album “I’m Waiting”, which became the 9th in a row solo discography Irina. A month later, the premiere of the video for main song disk. In the fall, the artist also became a guest on the program “The Fate of a Man.” Together with the star mother, son Alexander came to the talk show studio.

Irina Krug at the project "The Fate of Man"

In 2018, Irina Krug toured the Far East and Sochi. The singer is preparing for solo concerts with the program “I’m Waiting”, which will be held at the Grand Kremlin Palace and the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall.

On the eve of the anniversary of the death of Mikhail Krug, thieves broke into the house where Irina Krug’s family now lives. The actress heard a rustling noise on the first floor, but did not go down because she thought it was her husband walking. Imagine the surprise of the family in the morning when they discovered traces of a break-in. Irina Krug reacted with excitement to this incident, because the last time such a penetration into the house ended in tragedy. It is not yet clear what the criminals were looking for in the house, since no loss was discovered.

Discography

• 2004 - “The First Autumn of Separation”
• 2006 - “To you, my last love”
• 2008 - “Handsome”
• 2009 - “Love Island”
• 2010 - “I will read it in your eyes”
• 2012 - “Love is not scary”
• 2013 - “Chanel”
• 2015 - “Mother Love”
• 2017 - “I’m Waiting”

The editor received a letter in which our reader told shocking things about Irina GLAZKO, the wife of the Tver chansonnier Mikhail KRUG (VOROBYEV), the singer of the hit “Vladimirsky Central”, who was killed in 2002. Our special correspondent decided to figure it all out.

In an envelope without a return address, with a stamp from one of the Moscow post offices, two notebook sheets were enclosed:

There was one good man- Misha Krug. It’s been more than 5 years since he’s been gone: I knew him since childhood. He achieved everything himself. He was unlucky with his first wife and had to raise his son himself. Then he met Ira Glazko. At first he lived with her in a civil marriage, then he married legally. When Misha was alive, he did not let his wife get close to the stage or music. He believed that the wife should run the house and raise children, of whom they had three. Marina's daughter is Irina and Misha's two sons - one from his first marriage, the other they share with Ira. He never recorded a single song with her. And then the irreparable happened: Misha passed away. Before his body had time to cool down, Irina became a singer. No voice, but she became Irina Krug (not even Vorobyova) after she took a pseudonym dead husband to attract attention. And then albums with so-called previously unpublished duets and songs of the Circle began to be released in millions of copies. People loved Misha, and these songs began to have high ratings. Thousands flowed into the pockets of producers.

And the producers are Irina Glazko-Krug and Vadim Tsyganov (husband of singer Vika Tsyganova - D.L.). They found a young man with a voice exactly like Misha’s; he lives somewhere in the Donbass. I heard him: it’s so scary, if you close your eyes, Misha is singing alive, and that’s all!

Tsyganov quickly wrote a bunch of songs, he and Irina called this young man, recorded them, gave him some money and quickly sent him out of the city, ordering him to remain silent. This is how the duet “To You, My Last Love” was born, which gained nationwide fame, and many others:

I consider such lies and money-grubbing to be blasphemy against Misha’s memory. But now the famous “actress-singer” Irina Krug and her “business friend” Tsyganov are swimming in money, and new songs performed by Irina and “Mikhail Krug” continue to appear:

Best regards, Natalya Korzhova

Family tension

When I did an interview with Irina Krug in September, she mentioned her songs in passing:

— Now Vadim Tsyganov and I are finishing the last remaining material from Misha, which will be included in my next album. At the same time, I’m recording another disc with completely new songs. So soon my creativity will change dramatically. I hope it will be interesting, because I have a new author.

Generally in Lately Irina's life has undergone many changes. She married again - to the Tver owner of a car service center, Sergei.

Recently, a young family acquired a three-room apartment in the Kurkino district of Moscow. According to Irina, she had to borrow part of the money for new housing from the Tsyganovs. They say, although she new spouse She makes good money and she herself constantly tours; she never managed to raise enough money for three rubles.

Then, in September, I asked Irina why she left luxury house Mikhail in Tver. Maybe the relationship with Krug’s relatives—sister and mother, who still live there to this day—didn’t work out?

- Not at all. I have an excellent relationship with Zoya Petrovna, Misha’s mother, and Olga, his sister,” Irina answered.

However, recently in the television program “Let Them Talk,” she angrily blurted out that after the murder of her husband, friction with his family still arose. According to Ira, she had a hard time dividing the property of her late husband. Moreover, she was one of the suspects in the murder of the singer. The investigation quickly dismissed this version, because Irina herself almost became a victim of criminals.

“You talk to Olya, Misha’s sister,” one famous criminal singer advised me. — She knows a lot about Irina, a former Chelyabinsk waitress who accidentally met Krug while serving a banquet after his concert. He will tell you if his brother’s widow, when recording songs, used the voice of an outsider who imitates Krug.

Velvet baritone

— In space former USSR there are several vocalists who sing absolutely identical to the voice of Mikhail Krug,” Olga Medvedeva confirmed. “I don’t know whether they live in Donbass or somewhere else.” In Irina’s album “To You, My Last Love,” Mikhail’s voice is taken from archival recordings that were stored in family archive. We had a Comet tape recorder, and Mishka, then an unknown boy, recorded his songs on it. Those that he wrote at the age of 17-18. I recently met with his first love Marina Stepanova, and she admitted to me that the songs that Irina is now singing are dedicated to her! Imagine, Misha wrote the compositions “Green Field”, “For You, My Last Love”, “My Queen” for Marinochka! Based on these recordings, Irina’s first album was created. Where words were lost or hard to hear, Vadim Tsyganov corrected everything.

As for our relationship with Irina, everything is fine. Even with Mikhail’s legacy, we work together. Therefore, all the gossip that we are at enmity is nonsense!

To completely dispel all doubts, I continued my search. On the Internet I came across the site http://bryancev.ru. It is reported there that Irina Krug has recently been singing lyrical songs together with Voronezh resident Alexei Bryantsev. After listening to several compositions presented on the site, I was convinced that the voice of Irina’s new partner resembles the velvety baritone of her late husband. But questions remain. After all, Alexey Bryantsev is a famous Voronezh producer, arranger and songwriter. Over his 34 years, he “gave birth” not only to the famous chanson projects “Butyrka”, “Pyatiletka”, “Dalniy Svet”, but also produced songs for Philip Kirkorov, Vladimir Kuzmin, Dima Bilan, the groups “ChaiF”, “Factory”, “ Roots." The guy who was depicted on the site together with Irina Krug could have been 25 years old at most.

Dark story

— Indeed, rumors have recently appeared that the person singing with Irina Krug is not the same person who is depicted next to her on the site. That I, Alexey Bryantsev, a producer with many years of experience, cannot look so young,” Alexey smiled. - So be it, especially for the readers of Express Newspaper, I will shed light on this dark story with the duet “Krug - Bryantsev”. In fact, there are two of us, Bryantsevs. We are distant relatives and our names are both Alexey. Bryantsev Jr. wanted to sing from an early age, but the young man was kicked out of all musical educational institutions. As a result, Lesha graduated from the Voronezh Polytechnic Academy, after which he came to audition with me.

According to the producer, he thought for a long time that he could sing with such a powerful baritone. As a result, I decided that young man, paradoxically, lyrical songs about love turn out very well.

— That’s how the duet of Irina Krug and Alexey Bryantsev was born. There is no deception of listeners - the cover of their joint disc really depicts Alexey Bryantsev Jr., and all the songs were written by Alexey Bryantsev Sr.

— What about the accusations that Vadim Tsyganov and Irina Krug are using the labor of a young man who is ordered to remain silent?

— I don’t even know Vadim. Moreover, at first some songs were performed by another singer together with my relative. But after I absolutely accidentally let Irina Krug try to sing the female parts, I realized that this was what I needed. She came to Voronezh, where she was supposed to sing a duet with Vladimir Bocharov, which I produced. On the way from the airport, I played her the song “Hello, Baby!” She said that she felt like she was singing. So we tried to record just one song. It went on the radio, and only after a strong reaction from the listeners did I get the idea to make an album.

JUST A FACT

Irina Krug's concert in a Moscow club costs $1.5 - 2 thousand. Invite a singer to corporate party will cost $2 - 3 thousand, and going on tour to another region of Russia - $5 - 6 thousand.

Widow famous chansonnier Mikhail Krug, who died 15 years ago at the hands of bandits in his own home in Tver, became popular singer. Success came to her after the release of the disc “To You, My Last Love,” containing several duet songs by Irina and her late husband. Mikhail Krug's voice was taken from tape recordings remaining in the family archive. The secret of unpublished songs was revealed by Express Gazeta.

Irina and Mikhail Krug. Photo: "Morning"

The performer's first album, recorded independently in memory of her husband, did not attract public attention.

An old friend of the deceased musician lifted the curtain on Irina Krug’s resounding success for Express Gazeta. Natalya Korzhova wrote a letter to the publication ten years ago. In her opinion, Irina Krug, together with the producer of her album “To You, My Last Love,” Vadim Tsyganov (husband of singer Vika Tsyganova), committed fraud for the sake of success.

Natalya Korzhova writes that she knew Mikhail Krug since childhood. When he was alive, he did not let his wife close to the stage or music, and never recorded a single song with her. And after his death, the widow decided to become a singer. The millions of copies of her albums with so-called previously unpublished duets and songs of her husband were quite understandable. Mikhail Krug had many fans, so his widow’s songs received high ratings, writes a friend of the chansonnier.

According to her, in fact, there was no trace of any unpublished recordings of Mikhail Krug. The singer's widow and her producer found a young man with a remarkably similar voice. “When I heard him, I was scared, his voice was very similar to Misha’s,” said Korzhova.

The producer wrote the songs for the new duet. A guy with good vocal abilities was called from somewhere in Donbass. He came, recorded and quickly left the city, keeping his voice a secret dead person. And new songs performed by Irina and “Mikhail Krug” continued to appear.

Express Gazeta notes that ten years ago, Natalya Korzhova’s story could not be confirmed with facts. The chansonnier's family said this was a lie. However, not so long ago, journalists managed to find 37-year-old Anton Kazimir, who sang in the voice of Krug in that same Irina album.

According to Anton, he was introduced to producer Irina Krug by mutual friends in September 2004. Tsyganov invited Anton to Moscow. At the studio there was a real casting of candidates with similar voices. However, upon hearing Anton, the producer immediately realized that he had found the right person. The next day work began on the disc.

“I was told that my help was needed in restoring the Krug’s recordings, which were stored on cassette in a very poor quality, - said Anton Kazimir. - As a result, I performed six compositions, imitating Krug’s voice. They didn’t pay me any money then, they just compensated me for travel expenses.”

The producer promised to include Kazimir's name on the album as a backing vocalist, and also talked about future collaboration. But no documents were signed with the singer then. It was a gentleman’s agreement, which Irina and Vadim, alas, violated, Anton added.

At one time, Anton’s persona as an imitator of Krug was even discussed on the site of the chansonnier’s fans, but the discussion was quickly covered up by the relatives of Mikhail Krug.

The performer met Irina Krug only once after that disc recording. "I met her at music festival“Golden Domes” in the city of Nikolaev, and she, as if nothing had happened, again promised to cooperate. A friend of the Circle, Leonid Teleshev, took my phone number and promised to definitely invite me to the annual festival in memory of Mikhail in Tver, but in the end he didn’t invite me,” Kazimir concluded.

He himself continued his creative search in the chanson genre. "After the album "To You, My Last Love" I began to record new material, dedicated to memory“The king of chanson” called “Cold April,” Casamir said.

Some producers suggested that the singer repeat the trick of Krug’s widow and pass off song material unknown to anyone as Krug’s unreleased compositions.

“You can make good money on this, but I refused for reasons of conscience. I never intended to become the second Mikhail Krug, I want to be the first Anton Kazimir,” the singer said.

Irina Viktorovna Krug ( maiden name Glazko, after Vorobyov’s spouse) - singer, widow famous performer Mikhail Krug (Vorobiev).

Childhood of Irina Krug

The future singer was born into a military family. As a child, Ira Glazko studied at theater club Chelyabinsk House of Culture, and all the time dreamed of becoming an actress. However, she did not immediately begin to realize her dream - to be famous and go on stage. At 21 future star went to work as a waitress. For two years she worked in one of the city restaurants, where she got a job after the girl’s first marriage broke up. It was there that she met the famous Russian chanson singer-songwriter Mikhail Krug.

By that time, Irina was familiar with the work of Mikhail Krug firsthand. The girl’s first husband really liked the artist’s songs. However, Ira did not share her husband’s enthusiasm, but listened to Tanya Bulanova.

Meet Mikhail Krug

One day, the director of the restaurant approached the waitress Irina and announced that Mikhail Krug was giving a concert in Chelyabinsk, and then he was having dinner at their catering establishment. The employer gave Irina instructions to ensure that the famous guest ate well, and was pleased with the visit. The girl carefully ensured that garlic, onions and tomatoes, which he hates, did not get into Mikhail’s plate. She brought and took away plates. Unexpectedly for everyone and in front of everyone, Mikhail Krug made Irina a tempting offer - to work for him as a costume designer.

And then he announced his expected salary. Moreover, she was quite impressive. In response to this, the girl stated that she could not go because she had Small child. The future celebrity refused to work.

However, she was shocked by this incident. The girl could not understand why the All-Russian star needed an unknown girl from Chelyabinsk, who, moreover, was 14 years younger than him. No one believed such a proposal; everyone insisted that Irina had invented this story. However, a few months later, the director of Mikhail Krug called the girl and said: “The circle has already bothered me! Will you go with him or not? The girl agreed to the repeated proposal.

By the way, Mikhail was not embarrassed by the fact that the girl he took to Tver had a daughter from her first marriage. A little later, he took responsibility for her upbringing, and the girl began calling the artist dad. In 2001, Irina and Mikhail Krug became official husband and wife.

However, before the wedding and before the start of the affair, Mikhail kept Irina at a distance for about a year. The relationship did not go beyond business. As the girl herself says, the artist seemed to be taking a closer look at her and checking her, and was in no hurry to choose a life partner. At that time, Mikhail had been alone for eight years. And a year later, after a kind of “check,” Krug simply took Irina to his home and said: “That’s it, we’ll live together.” “It’s funny, but we got married in tracksuits! Misha and I just left the house and went to the store for groceries. On the way there was a registry office. Misha tells me: “Okay, that’s it, I’ve decided! Let's go! At the registry office, naturally, they recognized him: “Oh, Mikhail Vladimirovich!” You can say right on the threshold he said: “Please, we need to sign urgently!” And then I went to get passports and champagne. By the way, for some reason the registry office put my stamp in the wrong place. And then they apologized for a long time and said: “Irina, we saw how you stood, blinked your eyes, and did not understand at all what was happening here.”

Before and after marriage, Irina and Mikhail addressed each other by first name and patronymic and by “you”. This is because they got used to it during work, and after the wedding it even began to amuse them.

A year after the wedding, in 2002, Mikhail and Irina had a son. The boy was named Alexander. But the baby didn’t even have time to remember his father. In the same year, on the night of June 30 to July 1, when the baby was not even one and a half months old, unknown persons killed Mikhail Krug in his own home.

Before the death of her husband, Irina foresaw trouble. A few months before the tragedy, she constantly begged Mikhail to hire security. The family lived too openly: someone constantly came to visit, the doors were wide open and sometimes they were not even locked at night. One day, the artist had a dream that in their house a crowd of people were mourning someone, and Irina could not find Mikhail among them. Krug ridiculed such a dream: “Irina Viktorovna, that means I will live a long time!” However…

On an ominous night, the criminals snuck into the house and hid on the third floor. The children and Mikhail Krug were in second place. On the third was Irina’s mother. The attackers first attacked her and began to choke her. The young mistress of the house went up to her mother, saw her unconscious on the floor, people in masks and began to scream. When Mikhail came running, the criminals opened fire. The singer shielded his wife from the bullets and was wounded himself. While I was driving ambulance, Krug encouraged his wife, however, he died on the way to the hospital.

Irina Krug’s career after the death of her husband

After the death of Mikhail Krug, Irina was offered to record several songs in memory of her famous husband. This idea was suggested by singer-songwriter Vladimir Bocharov. As a result, in 2004, the first album of Irina the singer was released. It was called “The First Autumn of Separation.” However, there the artist sings a duet with a close friend of her late husband, Leonid Teleshov. A year later, Irina Krug became the laureate of the “Chanson of the Year” award. The girl was nominated as “Discovery of the Year”. A year later, in the spring of 2006, the singer released her second album, “To You, My Last Love.” The album with songs based on poetry and music by Mikhail Krug was produced by Vadim Tsyganov.

Irina Krug on video

It is worth noting that Mikhail did not teach Irina to sing and did not even think about her as a singer. The couple dreamed of children and a peaceful old age. “If you want to sing, I’ll buy you karaoke,” Krug told his wife. And after Mikhail’s death, the widow found recordings from the unfinished album and took up vocals.

In the same year, Irina Krug received a red diploma higher education. The artist graduated from Tverskoy State University, where I studied at the Faculty of Management.

In 2006, Irina Krug married again. Her chosen one is now a man not from creative circle, and with a more mundane profession - a businessman named Sergei.

“After my next marriage, many people condemned me. But these people had no idea how hard it was for me to lose my loved one and live alone with two children! But I managed to fall in love again.

My husband and I bought an apartment in Moscow (it became impossible to live in the house where the crime happened, everything reminded us of the tragedy), we earned a bit of money for it, however, we still had to go into debt. My children like the person who is next to us. It is very important for me. I did not betray either Misha, or, moreover, the memory of him. Mikhail is the best thing that happened in my life. I dream about him very often. And he always appears in a white suit with the words: “Irina Viktorovna, I love you.” I think he wouldn’t want me to be alone and I’m sure he’s happy for me. By the way, in difficult situation I always ask him: “Mikhail Vladimirovich, help, and I believe that before concerts Misha helps me and gives me strength,” says Irina Krug.

Irina and Mikhail Krug

In total, Irina Krug has released seven music records and actively goes on tour. It is noteworthy that her concerts are mainly attended by fans of the work of Mikhail Krug.

Irina Krug now

Last on this moment Irina Krug's album was released in 2015. The 12-song record was called “Mother Love.”

Despite promises, Vadim Tsyganov never became the producer of Anton Kazimir

July 1 will mark 15 years since the death of singer Mikhail KRUG (VOROBIEV). He died from a gunshot wound received as a result of a gang attack in his own home in Tver.

After the death of her husband, his young widow Irina (maiden name GLAZKO) recorded several songs in memory of the singer and even released the album “The First Autumn of Separation.” However, real success came to the former waitress after the release of the second disc, “To You, My Last Love,” where, as reported, Irina performed several duet songs with her late husband, whose voice was taken from tape recordings remaining in the family archive.

Even 10 years ago, the editor of the site received a letter from a certain Natalia Korzhova who accused Irina Krug and producer of her album “To You, My Last Love” Vadim Tsyganov(singer's husband Viki Tsyganova) in forgery ():

There was such a good person - Misha Krug,” wrote Natalya. - I knew him since childhood. He was unlucky with his first wife and had to raise his son himself. Then he met Ira Glazko. At first he lived with her in a civil marriage, then he married legally. When Misha was alive, he did not let his wife get close to the stage or music. I have never recorded a single song with her. And then the irreparable happened: Misha passed away. Before his body had time to cool down, Irina became a singer. Albums with so-called previously unpublished duets and songs of the Circle began to be released in millions of copies. People loved Misha, and these songs began to have high ratings. Thousands flowed into the pockets of producers.

Irina is now the most popular chanson star. Photo from the site irinakrug.ru

And the producers are Irina Glazko-Krug and Vadim Tsyganov. They found a young man with a voice exactly like Misha’s; he lives somewhere in the Donbass. I heard him: it’s so scary, if you close your eyes, Misha is singing alive, and that’s all!

Tsyganov quickly wrote a bunch of songs, he and Irina called this young man, recorded them, gave him some money and quickly sent him out of the city, ordering him to remain silent. This is how the duet “To You, My Last Love” was born, which gained nationwide fame, and many others.

I consider such lies and money-grubbing to be blasphemy against Misha’s memory. But now the famous “actress-singer” Irina Krug and her “business friend” Tsyganov are swimming in money, and new songs performed by Irina and “Mikhail Krug” continue to appear.

At Vadim TSYGANOV's dacha (in the center), Anton took a souvenir photo with him and Ira...

Frustrated hopes

Then we were unable to find confirmation of this sensational information. Those surrounded by Mikhail Krug’s family said that this was a lie. However, we have now found a 37-year-old Anton Casimir, who confirmed that it was he who sang in Krug’s voice in that same Irina album.

Mutual friends brought me together with Vadim Tsyganov, who produced the disc “To You, My Last Love,” in September 2004,” Anton said. “They were the ones who told Vadim that there was a guy living in Donetsk whose voice was very similar to Krug’s voice. I called Tsyganov, and he immediately invited me to Moscow. Arriving at his studio, I found out that I was not the only one who auditioned. Hearing my voice, Vadim called Irina and was glad that he had found the right person. The very next day Ira rushed from Tver, and we began work.

...and also at the monument to CIRCLE, which was later installed in Tver

According to Kazimir, he was twice called to Moscow for recording.

Vadim immediately explained that they needed my help in restoring the Krug’s recordings, which were stored on tape in very poor quality,” the interlocutor continues. - They say that something needs to be corrected, and maybe even re-sung. Which is what I did. As a result, I performed six compositions, imitating Krug’s voice. They did not pay any money, they only compensated for travel expenses. They also promised that I would be featured on the album as a backing vocalist, and after its release we would continue to collaborate. They say, I will sing a duet with Irina, or Vadim Tsyganov will promote me as a producer. Of course, we did not sign any documents in this regard. It was a gentleman's agreement, which Ira and Vadim, alas, completely violated.

Anton said that his person was once actively discussed by fans on the forum of the website in memory of Mikhail Krug. This resource was supervised by the chansonnier’s sister Olga, who also managed her brother’s fund.

The topic regarding me was quickly destroyed,” states Kazimir. - As for Irina, I soon met her at the Golden Domes music festival in the city of Nikolaev. As if nothing had happened, she again promised to cooperate, and Krug’s friend Leonid Teleshev took my phone number and promised to definitely invite me to speak at annual festival in memory of Mikhail in Tver. But that didn’t happen either. Although after the album “To You, My Last Love,” I began to record new material dedicated to the memory of the “King of Chanson” called “Cold April.” My recordings were highly appreciated by genre producers. However, even before the restoration of the album “To You, My Last Love,” I already had my original songs ready. True, I was asked not to show them to the releasing companies before the release of this disc. In addition, I received offers to pass off my songs as unreleased Krug compositions and make good money from it. But for reasons of conscience I did not do this.

At the same time, Anton assures that in any case he is proud to have taken part in the recording of Irina’s album, but adds:

I have my own path, and I never intended to become the second Mikhail Krug. I want to be the first Anton Kazimir. I continue to record songs, and you will definitely hear them in the near future.

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