1. Anastas Alekseevich Mikoyan was born on November 8,1951, known professionally as Stas Namin) is a rock musician known as the leader of the popular Soviet music group Tsvety (Russian:, lit.
12 Facts About Stas Namin
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Stas Namin is the grandson of Soviet politician of Armenian heritage Anastas Mikoyan.
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Stas Namin spent his early childhood years with his parents on military bases, as his father Aleksey was an air force pilot, a veteran of World War II.
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Stas Namin's mother was a music historian and writer, and Dmitry Shostakovich, Aram Khachaturian, Mstislav Rostropovich, Alfred Schnittke and other celebrated musicians were all guests in the family's house.
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Stas Namin organised in 1988 the first standing concert in Moscow with the Scottish band BIG COUNTRY.
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In ethnic music, Stas Namin recorded his double album One World Music Freedom together with guest artists from India, Armenia, Israel, Palestine, Great Britain, Africa and other lands.
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Stas Namin performed sitar music in Vrindavan, India, and recorded the triple album Meditation and the composition Fusion raga dedicated to George Harrison.
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Stas Namin has created a series of documentary films, including an interview with Ernst Neizvestny, Magical India, The Ancient Churches of Armenia, with the participation of Catholicos Karekin II, and the Russian-American joint productions The Real Cuba and Free to Rock.
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Stas Namin was co-author and co-produced of the latter film, which was shown at the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Seattle and the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles.
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Stas Namin has been painting and drawing professionally for many years, exhibiting his works in various museums and galleries in Russia.
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Stas Namin created the portrait series Inside Out and a series of works devoted to Italy, Armenia and Jerusalem.
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In 2014 Stas Namin became an honorary member of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts.