The family will not be able to fulfill the last wish of the poet.

Andrey Dementyev

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On June 26, in 90-m to year of life died Andrey Dementyev. The poet asked the family members to bury him in Tver or at the Novodevichy cemetery, but his final resting place will be on Novokuznetska cemetery. Widow Dementieva explained why such decision was made.

“In Tver there he founded the House of poetry, a monument to him in the hands of Zurab Tsereteli. Just I was told that the street will be named in his honor, another monument to deliver. And at the Novodevichy difficult now to bury because of the world Cup. I don’t mind because this grandiose cemetery, and it was plain and simple,” says Anna Pugach.

Farewell to Dementiev, despite the problems encountered, still be held hall. Tchaikovsky. It should be noted that for some time the family members of the poet could not settle with the management organizational issues. Relatives were denied to post for a few hours on the building a picture of the poet. “The leadership of the hall to them. Tchaikovsky does not allow you to hang a picture banner for a couple of hours during the farewell ceremony, referring to the fact that Amos was not a musician”, — reported the day before.

“With a big push we made up. We managed to explain that his lyrics are written and sung dozens of songs!” — said Anna Pugach. For fans of Andrei Dementyev his name is inseparably linked with favorite songs, without which it is impossible to imagine the Russian stage. He is the author of poems, hundreds of songs, among them “Apples on snow”, “Father’s house”, “Stunt”, “Swan fidelity”, “If you leave”, “I’ll draw”. At different times, the poet worked with talented composers: Pauls, Martynov, Babajanyan, Pakhmutova, Migula, Feltsman and others. Many of the songs Dementieva became winners of various competitions. Affection for this genre Andrey Dmitriyevich explained family traditions and always loved listening to and singing folk songs.