Slatov Yuri Alekseevich biography. Sergey Yarovoy - founder and artistic director of the ensemble "Blue Berets"

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Ensemble " Blue berets» - a team of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation as part of the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Airborne Troops of the Russian Federation.

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Amateur team

Ensemble discography

1. gramophone records
   1. "So the war is over" ()

1. and audio cassettes
   1. Numbered albums
      1. "From War to War" (, in reissued)
      2. “Eh, Share ...” (, reissued in the city)
      3. “The desk calendar is sad” (, reissued in 2002)
      4. "Minefield" (2009)
   2. Collections
      1. "Blue berets are the best songs" ()
      2. "Memory. Favorites.» Series " The best songs Russia "()
      3. "Collection of the best songs" ()
      4. "25 years (Golden Hits)" ()
      5. "50 Best Songs" ()
2. DVD
   1. Documentary "Blue Berets. Songs of our life "(2006) production of the studio "VDV-FILM", TPC "Sodruzhestvo"
   2. Video album “Blue berets. Favorites (2007) produced by VDV-FILM studio, Sodruzhestvo shopping and entertainment center

Solo work of the group members

In 2006-2007, among the fans of the group, in a limited edition through the site "Automatic and Guitar", distributed solo albums Yuri Slatov and Denis Platonov.

1. Yuri Slatov
   1. 1. "My life is a draft" () The album is a remastering of the 1992 recordings.
      2. "Rainy Summer" ()
      3. "My war. Notes of a political officer of the company "() The album includes songs by Yuri Slatov, written during his service in Afghanistan. In 2013, the album was officially reissued as an addendum to Yuri Slatov's book My War.

1. Denis Platonov

Mini-albums "Striped Nature" and "Music of Dreams" ()

Sergey Yarovoy

Ensemble Awards

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An excerpt characterizing the Blue Berets

- From what? - without changing the position, said Natasha.
“Because he’s young, because he’s poor, because he’s kindred… because you don’t love him yourself.”
– Why do you know?
- I know. This is not good, my friend.
“And if I want ...” said Natasha.
“Stop talking nonsense,” said the Countess.
- And if I want ...
Natasha, I'm serious...
Natasha did not let her finish, pulled her to her big hand Countess and kissed her from above, then on the palm, then turned again and began to kiss her on the bone of the upper joint of the finger, then in the gap, then again on the bone, saying in a whisper: "January, February, March, April, May."
- Speak, mother, why are you silent? Speak, - she said, looking back at her mother, who looked at her daughter with a tender look and because of this contemplation, it seemed that she forgot everything she wanted to say.
“That won’t do, my soul. Not everyone will understand your childhood connection, and seeing him so close to you can harm you in the eyes of other young people who travel to us, and, most importantly, torment him in vain. He may have found himself a party of his own, rich; and now he's going crazy.
- Coming down? Natasha repeated.
- I'll tell you about myself. I had one cousin...
- I know - Kirilla Matveich, but he is an old man?
“There was not always an old man. But here's the thing, Natasha, I'll talk to Borey. He doesn't have to travel so often...
“Why not, if he wants to?”
“Because I know it won’t end.”
- Why do you know? No, mom, you don't tell him. What nonsense! - Natasha said in the tone of a person from whom they want to take away his property.
- Well, I won’t get married, so let him go, if he’s having fun and I’m having fun. Natasha looked at her mother smiling.
“Not married, but like this,” she repeated.
- How is it, my friend?
- Yes, it is. Well, it’s very necessary that I won’t get married, but ... so.
“So, so,” repeated the countess, and, shaking with her whole body, she laughed a kind, unexpected old woman’s laugh.
- Stop laughing, stop it, - Natasha shouted, - you are shaking the whole bed. You look terribly like me, the same laughter ... Wait a minute ... - She grabbed both hands of the countess, kissed the bone of the little finger on one - June, and continued to kiss July, August on the other hand. - Mom, is he very in love? How about your eyes? Were you so in love? And very nice, very, very nice! Only not quite to my taste - it is narrow, like a dining room clock ... Don't you understand? ... Narrow, you know, gray, light ...
– What are you lying about! said the Countess.
Natasha continued:
- Do you really not understand? Nikolenka would understand... Earless - that blue, dark blue with red, and it is quadrangular.
“You flirt with him, too,” said the countess, laughing.
“No, he is a Freemason, I found out. He is nice, dark blue with red, how do you explain ...
“Countess,” came the voice of the count from behind the door. - Are you awake? - Natasha jumped up barefoot, grabbed her shoes in her hands and ran into her room.
She couldn't sleep for a long time. She kept thinking about the fact that no one can understand everything that she understands and what is in her.
"Sonya?" she thought, looking at the sleeping, curled-up kitty with her huge braid. “No, where is she! She is virtuous. She fell in love with Nikolenka and doesn't want to know anything else. Mom doesn't understand. It’s amazing how smart I am and how… she’s nice,” she continued, speaking to herself in the third person and imagining that some very smart, smartest and most intelligent person was talking about her. good man... “Everything, everything is in her,” this man continued, “she is unusually smart, sweet and then good, unusually good, dexterous, swims, rides excellently, and her voice! You can say, an amazing voice! She sang her favorite musical phrase from the Kherubinievskaya opera, threw herself on the bed, laughed at the joyful thought that she was about to fall asleep, shouted to Dunyasha to put out the candle, and before Dunyasha had time to leave the room, she had already passed into another, even happier world of dreams. , where everything was just as easy and beautiful as in reality, but it was only better because it was different.

The next day, the countess, having invited Boris to her place, had a talk with him, and from that day he stopped visiting the Rostovs.

On the 31st of December, on the eve of the new year 1810, le reveillon [night dinner], there was a ball at the Catherine's nobleman. The ball was supposed to be the diplomatic corps and the sovereign.
On the Promenade des Anglais, the famous house of a nobleman shone with countless lights of illumination. At the illuminated entrance with red cloth stood the police, and not only the gendarmes, but the police chief at the entrance and dozens of police officers. The carriages drove off, and new ones kept coming up with red footmen and with footmen in feathers on their hats. Men in uniforms, stars and ribbons came out of the carriages; ladies in satin and ermine carefully descended the noisily laid steps, and hurriedly and soundlessly passed along the cloth of the entrance.
Almost every time a new carriage drove up, a whisper ran through the crowd and hats were taken off.
- Sovereign? ... No, minister ... prince ... envoy ... Can't you see the feathers? ... - said from the crowd. One of the crowd, dressed better than the others, seemed to know everyone, and called by name the noblest nobles of that time.
One-third of the guests had already arrived at this ball, and the Rostovs, who were supposed to be at this ball, were still hastily preparing to dress.
There were many rumors and preparations for this ball in the Rostov family, many fears that the invitation would not be received, the dress would not be ready, and everything would not work out as it should.
Together with the Rostovs, Marya Ignatievna Peronskaya, a friend and relative of the countess, a thin and yellow maid of honor of the old court, who led the provincial Rostovs in the highest St. Petersburg society, went to the ball.
At 10 pm, the Rostovs were supposed to call for the maid of honor to the Tauride Garden; and meanwhile it was already five minutes to ten, and the young ladies were still not dressed.
Natasha was going to the first big ball in her life. She got up that day at 8 o'clock in the morning and was in feverish anxiety and activity all day long. All her strength, from the very morning, was focused on ensuring that they all: she, mother, Sonya were dressed in the best possible way. Sonya and the countess vouched for her completely. The countess was supposed to be wearing a masaka velvet dress, they were wearing two white smoky dresses on pink, silk covers with roses in the corsage. The hair had to be combed a la grecque [Greek].
Everything essential had already been done: the legs, arms, neck, ears were already especially carefully, according to the ballroom, washed, perfumed and powdered; shod already were silk, fishnet stockings and white satin shoes with bows; the hair was almost finished. Sonya finished dressing, the countess too; but Natasha, who worked for everyone, fell behind. She was still sitting in front of the mirror in a peignoir draped over her thin shoulders. Sonya, already dressed, stood in the middle of the room and, pressing painfully with her little finger, pinned the last ribbon that squealed under the pin.
“Not like that, not like that, Sonya,” said Natasha, turning her head from her hairdo and grabbing her hair with her hands, which the maid who held them did not have time to let go. - Not so bow, come here. Sonya sat down. Natasha cut the ribbon differently.
“Excuse me, young lady, you can’t do that,” said the maid holding Natasha’s hair.
- Oh, my God, well after! That's it, Sonya.
- Are you coming soon? - I heard the voice of the countess, - it's already ten now.
- Now. - Are you ready, mom?
- Just pin the current.
“Don’t do it without me,” Natasha shouted: “you won’t be able to!”
- Yeah, ten.
It was decided to be at the ball at half past ten, and Natasha still had to get dressed and stop by the Tauride Garden.

On the evening of November 19, 1985, in the soldiers' club of the 350th Guards Airborne Regiment, which pressed against the "take-off" of the Kabul airport, there was, as they say, "no place for an apple to fall." Still would! The first concert of the newborn amateur ensemble was going on. And, most importantly, the native regimental, called "Blue Berets"!

Their comrades took the stage, with whom they went to "combat" more than once: the head of the ensemble - the secretary of the Komsomol committee of the regiment, senior lieutenant Sergei Yarovoy, the foreman of the company, ensign Oleg Gontsov, the squad leader, sergeant Sergei Isakov, the mechanic - driver of the combat vehicle, private Igor Ivanchenko and private Tarikh Lyssov, the only one who served in the regimental band. This day is considered the birthday of the ensemble "Blue Berets".

Then, at the first concert, a variety of songs sounded from the price: from Alla Pugacheva to "Time Machine", and the concert itself was a kind of result of one dispute.

The fact is that the musical equipment donated to the paratroopers by the Belarusian Komsomol was nominally owned by an artillery regiment, and everyone wanted to play.

Then Sergei Yarovoy put forward a proposal - whoever prepares a concert in a week gets the instruments and equipment.

With the support of the regiment commander, lieutenant colonel Gennady Sergeevich Borisov and his deputy for political affairs, lieutenant colonel Vladimir Alexandrovich Kazantsev, who met the desire of the guys to organize their own group, and, by the way, forever remained devoted fans of the work of their native team, the competition was won by the ensemble of the 350th RAP. Rehearsing at night, in between military operations, the ensemble began to write and perform their author's songs.

Soon cassettes with recordings of the "Blue Berets" began to "circulate" all over Afghanistan. Many of them have become the best examples of the so-called "Afghan" song. These are "Memory" by Oleg Gontsov, "At the Dangerous Line" and "Landing goes into the breakthrough" by Sergei Yarovoy and dozens and dozens of other songs that have become immensely dear to everyone who served on Afghan soil.

From November 1985 to February 1987, the group performed concerts in front of many parts of the Limited Contingent Soviet troops in the Republic of Afghanistan, in the Embassy of the USSR, the Trade Representation, in the Central Committee of the DOMA, the Departments of the KGB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the DRA, at the Polytechnic Institute of Kabul.

Performing a concert at the Kabul Polytechnic Institute, the Blue Berets met the only one in Afghanistan musical group"Gulsor". 1987

However, the concerts were only pleasant moments, although they were the results of hard work at rehearsals, in the hard combat work of paratroopers.

All members of the ensemble were awarded state awards for fulfilling their international duty: Captain Yarovoy - two orders Red Star, warrant officer Gontsov - two orders of the Red Star, private Ivanchenko - the order of the Red Star, sergeant Isakov - the medal "For Courage". For two years the group was in Afghanistan, S. Ufimtsev, M. Abashev, A. Rogachev took the stage as part of the Blue Berets, took an active part in the work of the group V. Turkin, V. Panchenko, A. Pikulik, V. Belous. Combat General Viktor Pavlovich Kutsenko wrote a song especially for the Blue Berets.

In March 1987, the group takes part in the third round of the All-Union Television Competition "When Soldiers Sing".

This Contest and its television version aired on the 1st channel of the Central Television enjoyed great popularity among viewers. The performance of the landing ensemble "Blue Berets", and even directly from Kabul through a teleconference, became a sensation.

Thousands of young soldiers who returned from the war, but who managed to turn gray, thousands of mothers whose sons still served in Afghanistan, millions of ordinary Soviet people who worry about their children, forever gave their hearts to the Blue Berets ensemble. The victory in the Competition was unconditional!

In the summer of 1987, the first disc was recorded - a giant, which in the shortest possible time became super - "platinum". This record was among the ten most popular in the country, according to a TASS survey.

In October 1987, the ensemble came to Moscow for the first time and took part in concerts at the most prestigious venues in the capital: the State Concert Hall "Rossiya", the Kremlin Palace, the Variety Theater, Luzhniki, "Olympic" - that's far from complete list concert halls that applauded the paratroopers. Hundreds of applications from all over the country come to the Headquarters of the Airborne Forces for the performance of the Blue Berets group.

There is only one answer: "The ensemble is amateur. Members serve in the Republic of Afghanistan." In February 1988, the ensemble became the winner of the final of the First All-Union Television Competition "When Soldiers Sing". Crowded 15-thousander "Olympic" standing applauds the guards - paratroopers. Now the Laureates of the prestigious Competition, the "Blue Berets" are making a month-long tour of the formations and units of the Airborne Forces. The ensemble becomes a cult group of the Airborne Troops.

However, there are problems with future fate ensemble. Returns from Afghanistan and receives a new appointment, the head of the group, captain Sergei Yarovoy, warrant officer Oleg Gontsov, decides to remain in the DRA, the term of military service for the rest of the team members ends. The ensemble is on the verge of ending its existence.

In the Political Department of the Airborne Forces, headed by Lieutenant General S. M. Smirnov, they understand that the ensemble must be preserved, because it has become powerful force patriotic education youth.

Officers E. Zolotarev, E. Karataev, A. Reshetnikov are doing everything possible to ensure that the ensemble continues to work. Captain S. Yarovoy is instructed to select new members of the team.

A compromise decision is made: the ensemble will be based in the Moscow region in one of the units of the Airborne Forces. But until the issue with the staffing structure is resolved, all participants will be engaged not only in creativity, but also in fulfilling their official duties.

Back in October 1987, on the set of the program "When the Soldiers Sing", Sergei Yarovoy met his classmate at the Novosibirsk Higher Political School, Senior Lieutenant Yuri Slatov. The latter then performed his song "Orders are not for sale" and took first place among the authors - performers.

After serving in Afghanistan, Yuri returned to the Union in 1986 and was assigned to the city of Maykop to the post of assistant to the head of the political department of the division for Komsomol work. Many who served in Afghanistan still have Y. Slatov's songs recorded on cassettes - "At the plane's ladder", "Password - Afghan", "Demobilization flew away", etc. Sergei Yarovoy suggested that his friend go to the Airborne Forces and connect his life with creativity.

In May 1988, a new political officer of the battalion, Captain Sergei Yarovoy, and a new propagandist of the regiment, Senior Lieutenant Yuri Slatov, appeared in the communications regiment in Bear Lakes near Moscow, they are also Laureates of the All-Union Competition. Has begun new stage in the life of the ensemble "Blue Berets".

Very quickly, new members were found and invited to the group: from the Pskov Airborne Division - Private V. Rimsha, at home, in Bear Lakes - Privates E. Serdechny and E. Rozhkov. Why soldiers and not professional musicians? The answer to this question has become the principle of completing the ensemble from the very birth of the group. Only real paratroopers who know the service not from songs should perform on stage.

During the period from September 1988 to June 1990, the group repeatedly participated in the filming of various television programs, in competitions and festivals, toured the whole Soviet Union.

The ensemble "jokingly" collected full stadiums and Sports Palaces, successfully competed in terms of the number of spectators with the then incredibly popular "Tender May". The entire money collection from the concerts was transferred to local organizations of the Warriors - Internationalists for the construction of monuments, assistance to the disabled and the families of the victims. More than a million rubles were transferred.

Unfortunately, this money does not always reach the needy. Let it remain on the conscience of some former leaders veteran organizations.

But even then, the first business trips to "hot spots" appeared in the ensemble's tour schedule. Nagorno-Karabakh, Yerevan, Baku, Tbilisi, Vilnius. No matter what they say today about the mission of the Soviet Armed Forces in these cities and regions, the "Blue Berets" have always been next to ordinary soldiers and officers who carry out the order of their country.

The songs of the ensemble helped people in uniform, who were under the constant pressure of human misunderstanding, to survive spiritually. It was in those years that the real persecution of the Army began.

But the "Blue Berets" did not break, they were always true to their principles - to sing only the truth. By 1990, the ensemble's repertoire had changed significantly. Along with the songs written in Afghanistan by Sergey Yarov and Oleg Gontsov, new ones appeared - Yuri Slatov. These were hard and evil compositions about what the "Blue Berets" saw during their tour: the collapse of the country and the Army, the attitude of people towards the "Afghans", national wars and much more.

And again "Berets" found their audience, the halls were full, people, with bated breath, listened to the song truth about life. It was then that the songs appeared - “You sent us there!”, “I don’t believe”, “Shooves of Russia”, “Philosopher”, etc. ". In June 1991, the regiment's amateur ensemble finally received the status of "professional".

From now on, the group became known as the Concert Ensemble of the Airborne Troops of Russia. Prior to this event, G. Razumov, A. Khamizov, M. Gurov, D. Kalmykov managed to play in the group. So, since June 1991, it is creativity that has become at the forefront of the life of the members of the Blue Berets Ensemble.

The political officer of the battalion, Major Sergei Yarovoy, becomes the full-time Artistic Director of the team, the regiment's propagandist, Captain Yuri Slatov, becomes his deputy. Denis Platonov and Dmitry Vakhrushin come to the group, finishing their military service in the Svir Airborne Division, and Yegor Serdechny, now an old-timer of the ensemble, remains on extra duty.

Almost immediately, work began on new program, but active touring activities did not stop.

The group has repeatedly visited Germany, Poland, the former republics of Yugoslavia, performed with concerts in front of the US Army, "discovered" the regions of the Far North, the Arctic, Far East. And everywhere the "Blue Berets" were met with a warm welcome from the audience, real people's love. The once great Soviet Union was collapsing, but for the landing ensemble, born in the Afghan war, there were no borders, just as there are none now - applications for concerts come from all the former republics of the USSR.

Unfortunately, the list of "hot spots" that the guys have visited is constantly growing: Pridnestrovie and Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Chechnya, Bosnia and Kosovo. Arriving at war, "Berets" try to give as many concerts as possible in front of soldiers at outposts, and sometimes right in battle formations. They often perform in front of residents, sometimes of warring parties, performing a peacekeeping mission.

It is no coincidence that the military Orders for afghan war added Rewards for bravery while in "hot spots".

In 1994, the group recorded their fourth album entitled "From War to War", and in December 1995 a CD of the same name was released. Everything experienced during business trips to "hot spots" was reflected in the songs that were included in the fifth album, recorded in 1996 and called "Oh, share ...". In March 1997, responding to numerous requests from veterans of various wars, former paratroopers, the Ensemble recorded the sixth album with old songs called "Desk Calendar Sad".

Concert Ensemble of the Airborne Troops "Blue Berets" is 20 years old. This is a significant date for any musical group, and even more so for the military.

The permanent artistic director of the group Sergey Yarovoy is already a colonel. Yuri Slatov received the rank of colonel. All members of the ensemble were awarded the title of "Honored Artist of Russia". Denis Platonov and Yegor Serdechny wear the shoulder straps of senior warrant officers, ensign Dmitry Vakhrushin. Another member came to the ensemble - Oleg Ivanenko.

But the history of the legendary "Afghan" ensemble "Blue Berets" is far from over. Plane tickets have long been bought in order to fly to the next tour, the schedule of which is scheduled six months in advance, a new record is being prepared for recording, everyday creative work.

This means that more than once people will hear piercing, truthful songs about their children - the defenders of the Russian Land performed by the Blue Berets Ensemble!

The first concert took place in Afghanistan, on the evening of November 19, 1985, in the soldiers' club of the 350th Guards Airborne Regiment. November 19 was the band's birthday.

First composition:

• The head of the ensemble is the secretary of the Komsomol committee of the regiment captain Sergei Yarovoy
• Sergeant Sergeant Sergey Isakov
• Mechanic - driver of a combat vehicle Private Igor Ivanchenko
• Private Tarikh Lyssov, the only one from the regimental band
• Company foreman, ensign Oleg Gontsov

From November 1985 to February 1987, the group gave concerts in front of many parts of the Limited Contingent of Soviet Forces in the Republic of Afghanistan, at the USSR Embassy, ​​trade mission, in the offices of the Afghan KGB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as at the Polytechnic Institute of Kabul.

In March 1987, the group participated in the third round of the All-Union television competition "When soldiers sing." The performance of the landing ensemble "Blue Berets" went directly from Kabul through a teleconference and became a sensation. The victory in the competition was unconditional.

In the summer of 1987, the first giant disc was recorded, which in the shortest possible time became "platinum". This record, as shown by a TASS poll, entered the top ten most popular in the country. In October 1987, the ensemble first came to Moscow, participated in concerts at the most prestigious venues in the capital - in concert hall"Russia", the Kremlin Palace, Variety Theatre, Luzhniki, "Olympic".

In February 1988, the ensemble won the final of the first All-Union television competition "When soldiers sing".

Since 1988 - the ensemble was located near Moscow in the military camp of the 196th separate communications regiment of the Airborne Forces (now the 38th separate communications regiment) in the village of Medvezhy Ozera, while remaining amateur.

Staff Ensemble of the Airborne Forces

In August 1991, by order of the Minister of Defense of the USSR, staffing a separate concert ensemble of the Airborne Forces "Blue Berets". In 1994, by order of the Minister of Defense Russian Federation General of the Army P. S. Grachev approved the "Regulations on the concert ensemble of the Airborne Forces" Blue Berets "as part of the 47th Song and Dance Ensemble of the Airborne Forces"

From October 1991 to the present day as part of the ensemble:

• 
  Yarovoy Sergey Fedorovich - artistic director Ensemble - Deputy Head of the 47th Song and Dance Ensemble of the Airborne Forces, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Colonel.
• Slatov Yury Alekseevich - Deputy Artistic Director - Head of the Concert Ensemble, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Colonel.
• Platonov Denis Yurievich - concertmaster, arranger, musician of the ensemble, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, senior warrant officer.
• Serdechny Yegor Evgenievich - foreman of the ensemble, musician of the group, sound engineer, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, senior warrant officer.
• Vakhrushin Dmitry Alexandrovich - arranger, musician of the ensemble, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, ensign.

Ensemble "Blue Berets" - the only Music band in the Armed Forces of Russia, where all participants are Honored Artists of the Russian Federation.

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Today, Sergey Yarovoy, the founder and artistic director of the legendary ensemble Blue Berets, answers the questions of the Trang "a Questionnaire"

Let's get acquainted: guards colonel, Honored Artist of Russia, artistic director and "parent" of the ensemble "Blue Berets" Sergei Fedorovich Yarovoy.

For those who are not in the know (which is unlikely, but still) - who are the "Blue Berets"?

"Blue Berets" - a concert ensemble of the Airborne Forces as part of the 47th Song and Dance Ensemble of the Airborne Forces. This year, 2014, the ensemble turns 29 years old, which means that in 2015 the ensemble of the Airborne Forces "Blue Berets" will turn 30 years old!

"Blue Berets" is a living legend of Russian and Russian scene whose songs are sung by millions.

During their work, the songs of this musical group became known throughout our country, and the song "Sineva" became unofficial anthem airborne troops, which on the Day of the Airborne Forces pours from everything that can only reproduce sound. More than one generation of young people sings their songs to the guitar. And, frankly, not every musical group can boast not only such longevity, but such incredible popularity, especially considering that all the songs of the "Blue Berets" are about military prowess, honor, military service and everything connected with it. It would seem that this is a very specific topic for creativity, but this in no way affected the longevity or popularity of the group's songs.

The first concert of the "Blue Berets" took place in Afghanistan, on the evening of November 19, 1985, in the soldiers' club of the 350th Guards Airborne Regiment. November 19 was the band's birthday.

One of the first compositions of the "Blue Berets"

The first part of the "Blue Berets":

The head and founder of the ensemble is the secretary of the Komsomol committee of the regiment captain Sergei Yarovoy
- Foreman of the company of the 350th RAP Ensign Oleg Gontsov
- Sergeant Sergeant Sergey Isakov
- Mechanic - driver of a combat vehicle Private Igor Ivanchenko
- Private Tarikh Lyssov, the only one from the regimental band

From November 1985 to February 1987, the group gave concerts in front of many parts of the Limited Contingent of Soviet Forces in the Republic of Afghanistan, the USSR Embassy, ​​the trade mission, the Afghan KGB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Polytechnic Institute of Kabul.
In March 1987, the group participated in the third round of the All-Union television competition "When soldiers sing." The performance of the landing ensemble "Blue Berets" went directly from Kabul through a teleconference and became a sensation. The victory in the competition was unconditional.
In the summer of 1987, the first giant disc was recorded, which in the shortest possible time became "platinum". This record, as shown by a TASS poll, entered the top ten most popular in the country.

In October 1987, the ensemble first came to Moscow, participated in concerts at the most prestigious venues in the capital - in the concert hall "Russia", the Kremlin Palace, the Variety Theater, Luzhniki, "Olympic".
In February 1988, the ensemble won the final of the first All-Union television competition "When soldiers sing".
Since 1988, the ensemble has been located (and lives) near Moscow in the military camp of the 196th separate communications regiment of the Airborne Forces (now the 38th separate communications regiment) in the village. Bear Lakes, while remaining a full-time ensemble of the Airborne Forces.

On the this moment the composition of the ensemble "Blue Berets" is as follows:

Yarovoy Sergey Fedorovich - artistic director of the ensemble - deputy head of the 47th Song and Dance Ensemble of the Airborne Forces, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, colonel.
- Slatov Yuri Alekseevich - Deputy Artistic Director - Head of the Concert Ensemble, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Colonel.
- Platonov Denis Yurievich - concertmaster, arranger, musician of the ensemble, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, senior warrant officer.
- Serdechny Egor Evgenievich - foreman of the ensemble, musician of the group, sound engineer, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, senior warrant officer.
- Vakhrushin Dmitry Alexandrovich - arranger, musician of the ensemble, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, ensign.

Yarovoy Sergey Fedorovich - artistic director of the ensemble - deputy head of the 47th Song and Dance Ensemble of the Airborne Forces, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, colonel.

Ensemble "Blue Berets" the only one musical group in the Armed Forces of Russia, where all participants are Honored Artists of the Russian Federation.

Sergei Fedorovich Yarovoy, among others, has awards:
- 2 Orders of the Red Star
- Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II degree with swords
- Honored Artist of the Russian Federation
- Sign of the Central Committee of the Komsomol "For military prowess"

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Sergei Fedorovich Yarovoy was born in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. In 1975-1977 he served in the Kirovograd Special Forces Brigade. In 1977-1981 he studied at the Novosibirsk Higher Military-Political Combined Arms School at the landing faculty. After graduating from college, he was sent as a company political officer to Ryazan, to the 137th parachute regiment.
In 1985, he arrived in Afghanistan as a replacement, served in the famous 350th Guards Airborne Regiment as part of the OKSV, and was secretary of the Komsomol committee. Participated in almost all combat operations of the regiment from 1985 to 1987. One of the most famous songs- Banner of the Guards Regiment - dedicated to the 350th Guards Parachute Regiment.

Of course, one should not diminish the importance and merits of other members of the Blue Berets. So, Yuri Slatov is a man, most of whose songs are performed by "Blue Berets", Honored Artist of Russia, Colonel of the Guard. Denis Platonov is a multi-musician who plays the guitar, keyboards, violin in a band, as well as a singer-songwriter of his own songs, Honored Artist of Russia...

However, Sergei Fedorovich Yarovoy- sole member group from the first composition, "the parent of the Blue Berets", and this is the person who still leads the Blue Berets ensemble. Permanently.

Sergei Fedorovich answered questions very clearly and understandably. It is understandable - a military colonel, a military officer, for whom the words "task, clarity, brevity" matter. However, all the answers were thoughtful, verified. And it was very interesting for us to talk with him.

FULL VERSION:

Introduction:
"Virtual Korenovsk": Sergey Fedorovich, let me express my respect and admiration for the creativity of your ensemble. Many younger generations sing your songs to the guitar. Probably, I will not be mistaken if I say that no military ensemble has such success and cannot boast of such longevity and the presence of such an abundance of hits. Unless, of course, this word, "hit", is applicable here to this kind of song ... thanks to you and all members of the Blue Berets group
Sergey Yarovoy: We are very happy

"Virtual Korenovsk": . Where, when were you born and in what family?
Sergey Yarovoy: I was born on April 22, 1957 in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in the family of a military man

"Virtual Korenovsk": Who in your environment do you think had the greatest influence on you?
Sergey Yarovoy: Who else... of course, father. Military

"Virtual Korenovsk": How did you become who you are now?
Sergey Yarovoy: Slowly (smiling), quietly ... the main thing is not to rush ... He entered the school, entered, graduated ... the Airborne Forces, the Ryazan regiment ... Afghanistan ... there is music ... slowly, slowly ...

"Virtual Korenovsk": Do you think you have achieved exactly what you wanted in life?
Sergey Yarovoy: Yes, I don’t know what I wanted in this life ... I wanted to be a paratrooper, I wanted to serve as a paratrooper ... I don’t know if I wanted to be a general - I don’t remember, but now I definitely don’t want to be one. And thank God. Still, probably what I wanted from life, I got. Even more

"Virtual Korenovsk": If not yourself, then who would you like to be?
Sergey Yarovoy: No. I have been asked these questions many times. But I never doubted my choice for a single minute of my life. And in general, this does not lead to good

"Virtual Korenovsk": What qualities do you value most in a man?
Sergey Yarovoy: Masculinity. Honesty. Decency. Almost the same qualities as in women, in principle. Except for masculinity, of course. A man just has to be a man, that's all

"Virtual Korenovsk": What qualities do you value most in a woman?
Sergey Yarovoy: Same. Honesty and Integrity

"Virtual Korenovsk": What is happiness for you?
Sergey Yarovoy: That's too much complex issue... No one will ever answer it ...

"Virtual Korenovsk": What is unfortunate for you?
Sergey Yarovoy: It's also hard to answer...

"Virtual Korenovsk": What are the unshakable principles of your life?
Sergey Yarovoy: I never asked this question ... Well, for example, some people have the principle to always tell the truth ... well, you can’t always, always tell the truth ... there is the concept of "compromise". Probably, it can be described in one word - "Always!"

"Virtual Korenovsk": What do you like in modern life?
Sergey Yarovoy: Yes, to be honest, I would have lived another 30 years in that old life ... but, in principle, with rare exceptions, I like everything. People have become a little different ... even looking at your grandchildren, everything changes. Earlier, 2 years ago, I have them with football field didn't come out. And now they are more drawn to tablets, PSP and other nasty things. Only eyes spoil. And everything should be in moderation

"Virtual Korenovsk": What do you dislike about modern life?
Sergey Yarovoy: As already said, excessive commitment to electronics, tablets and other things. Everything should be in moderation

"Virtual Korenovsk": What would you like to change if you could go back to your past?
Sergey Yarovoy: Wouldn't want to change anything

"Virtual Korenovsk": What is your favorite saying, proverb or saying?
Sergey Yarovoy: Offhand, I don't remember right now. Now, if I had prepared in advance, I would remember (smiles)

"Virtual Korenovsk": What would you wish to the visitors of the Virtual Korenovsk project and the residents of our city?
Sergey Yarovoy: Health, good luck. All the best

SHORT VERSION:

1. Where, when were you born and in what family?
I was born on April 22, 1957 in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in the family of a military man

2. Who from your environment, in your opinion, had the greatest influence on you?
Of course, father. Military

3. How did you get to where you are now?
The main thing is not to rush ... He graduated from a military school, then the Airborne Forces, the Ryazan regiment, Afghanistan, there is music

4. In your opinion, have you achieved exactly what you wanted in life?
Everything I wanted from life, I got. Even more

5. If not yourself, then who would you like to be?
I never doubted my choice for a single minute of my life. I became who I wanted to be

6. Qualities that you value most in a man?
Masculinity. Honesty. Decency. And be a man first

7. What qualities do you value most in a woman?
Honesty and Integrity

8. What is happiness for you?
This is too complicated a question... No one will ever answer it...

9. What is your misfortune?
It's also a difficult question to answer.

10. What are the unshakable principles of your life?
Can be summed up in one word - Always!

11. What do you like about modern life?
With rare exceptions, everyone likes

12. What do you dislike about modern life?
People have become a little different ... Excessive commitment to electronics, tablets and other things. Everything should be in moderation

13. What would you like to change if you could go back to your past?
Wouldn't want to change anything

14. What is your favorite saying, proverb or saying?
So right away, offhand, I won’t say

15. What would you wish to the visitors of the Virtual Korenovsk project and the residents of our city?
Health, good luck. All the best