Ilya Lagutenko

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Ilya Lagutenko
Background information
Birth name	Ilya Igorevich Lagutenko
Born	(1968-10-16) 16 October 1968 (age 56) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Origin	Vladivostok, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Genres	Alternative rock Pop rock Britpop Rock and roll pop Indie rock electronic experimental
Occupations	Singer musician guitarist composer actor translator poet painter writer
Years active	1983–present

Ilya Igorevich Lagutenko (Russian: Илья́ И́горевич Лагуте́нко; born 16 October 1968) is the founder and lead singer of the rock band Mumiy Troll.^[1]

He was born in

He was chosen a "Man of the Year 2005" for November by Glamour magazine and "Musician of the Year" by GQ many times. Ilya Lagutenko has changed not only the music but also the clothes, hairstyles and behaviour of Russian young people.^{[citation needed]}

Lagutenko starred as a vampire in the Russian blockbuster The Night Watch (Ночной Дозор). His face is on the cover of the American release.

In 2009, Lagutenko co-wrote the music on track "Intentions" and guested as a vocalist on Svoy's second album, Automatons, which was released in the U.S. and Japan, where it charted #100 in Billboard's Top Independent Albums. The album later won in several categories at the 10th Independent Music Awards in the United States.

Lagutenko is a well-known supporter of Siberian tiger conservation. He is a patron of Amur, a British-Russian partnership to protect tigers and their habitat, and named a Mumiy Troll album Amba, after an indigenous word for tigers in the Russian Far East. Mumiy Troll was the first to support the activities of PSI^{[clarification needed]} organization fighting AIDS in Russia.

In 2003, Ilya Lagutenko divorced Elena Troinovskaya. Their son Igor was born.^[2]

In 2007, Ilya married Anna Zhukova (model) for the second time. In October 2008, their daughter Valentina-Veronica was born. In April 2010, Anna gave birth to second daughter, Letizia.^[2]

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