Andriy Kuzmenko

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Andriy Viktorovych "Kuzma" Kuzmenko (

2000s

Kuzmenko's life heavily revolved around Skryabin during this period. In 2000, he became a presenter of his own hit parade "Hot Seven", which lasted until 2002. Beginning around 2003, Kuzmenko worked as a presenter of the programs "Chance" and "Shikanemo" with singer Natalia Mogilevska. He was given all control of management over Skryabin, and began to take the band in a sonically new direction. In 2006, Kuzmenko published his autobiography, titled "Me, Pobeda and Berlin". The book was wildly popular, and has been reprinted several times since then. In 2009, he created the group

2010s

At the end of January 2014, Kuzmenko recorded a song dedicated to the events of Euromaidan, stating that he supports the people on the Maidan, but not the opposition. During the 2014 war, he helped the military and the wounded in the area of ATO in eastern Ukraine. In October 2014, he launched his own Internet radio station called «S.R.A.K.A.», which, according to him, played the music he listened to in the car. Shortly before his death, Kuzmenko strongly criticized the current government in interviews, wishing death upon government officials and accusing them of corruption.^[3][4]

Death

On 2 February 2015, at around 8:20, Kuzmenko died in a car accident near Lozuvatka village in

• Evenings in khutir near Dykanka (2001) — Kuzma, a friend of Vakula (indicated in cast list as Andriy Kuzmenko).
• Lesya+Roma (2006) — as himself (cameo)
• Carnival night at Inter (2006) — as himself
• Very New Year Cinema (2007) — guest at the New Year Holiday in museum (cameo)
• Little Red Riding Hood (2009) — Blue Beard

Gallery

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  Scriabin concert in Melitopol 2014
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  With Slava Frolova in 2003
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  Ukrainian postal stamp, 2018

References