Maxim Troshin
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| Birth name | Maxim Yuryevich Troshin |
| Born | 18 June 1978 Bryansk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 5 June 1995 (aged 16) Bryansk, Russia |
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| Years active | 1987–1995 |
Maxim Yuryevich Troshin (Russian: Макси́м Ю́рьевич Тро́шин; 18 June 1978 – 5 June 1995) was a Soviet and Russian singer, composer, and songwriter.[1] He gained recognition for his work in the first half of the 1990s.
Biography and career
Maxim Troshin was born on 18 June 1978 in Bryansk into an Orthodox Christian[1] family of Soviet engineers who worked at the Bryansk Automobile Plant.[2] His father was Yuri Pavlovich Troshin, and his mother was Nadezhda Mikhailovna.
From the age of two, the boy suffered from severe bronchial asthma, as did his father.[3] His parents learned that playing wind instruments and singing could help treat the condition.[4]
He served as a bell ringer at the Church of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God[1] and as a subdeacon to Archbishop Melchizedek (Lebedev). He directed a church choir and taught gusli playing at a Sunday school.[5] He also led the youth organization of the Russian National Assembly in Bryansk Oblast.[5]
Maxim's father, Yuri Pavlovich Troshin, died suddenly on 29 January 1995, just a few months before Maxim's death.[6]
Several Russian conservative-patriotic and Orthodox publications have noted that Troshin's singing and civic talents manifested at an early age,[1][2][5][7] and that he composed his first song at the age of 9.[5]
Recognition came to the young singer in the early 1990s when he set to music and performed the song "Cranes" (Russian: Журавли) by Pyotr Oreshin and the song "Orthodox" (Russian: Православная) by Vladimir Volkov.[1]
From the age of 12, Troshin toured across the Soviet Union (and after 1991, across Russia). He created and performed a repertoire that included his own original songs such as "How Across the Russian Land" (Russian: Как по Русской по земле), "The USSR Prints Ration Cards" (Russian: СССР печатает талоны), "Afghanistan", "On the Little Hill" (Russian: Эх, да как на горочке), and others, as well as folk songs and bylinas, and songs set to poems by Alexey Koltsov, Sergei Yesenin, Nikolai Klyuev, Mikhail Isakovsky, Nikolai Rubtsov, Nikolai Tryapkin, Hieromonk Roman, Konstantin Skvortsov, Vladimir Volkov, and Yuri Borisov.[1]
In memory of the poet Igor Talkov, he performed the Russian folk song "Sing in the Garden, Little Nightingale" (Russian: Ты воспой в саду, соловейко), and the song "Rome Rejoices" (Russian: Ликует Рим) by Hieromonk Roman in honor of the defenders of the White House during the events of 3–4 October 1993 in Moscow. After his father's death, Troshin wrote the song "Funeral Toll" (Russian: Погребальный звон).[6]
Death
Maxim Troshin died shortly before his seventeenth birthday under unexplained circumstances. His body was found on 5 June 1995 in the Desna River near Bryansk. That evening he was scheduled to travel by train to Moscow for a concert. The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs ruled his death an accident that occurred under unexplained circumstances.[8]
Reception
The Valaam Society of America, in the journal Russian Pilgrim, published an article about Maxim Troshin in 2003, which included the assessment: "amazingly talented, but limited by the troubled times of our era and simply cut short by the years, he appeared as a true lamenter for Holy Rus'. He flared up and went out!"[9]
Metropolitan of Bryansk Alexander (Agrikov) said of Troshin's work in 2015: "Maxim was specially gifted by God, he had an extraordinarily responsive and sensitive soul that absorbed the fate of his country and his people. At a time when our Fatherland was in a grave state of spiritual decline and uncertainty, experiencing the troubled times of establishing a new state structure, the songs of this talented boy became a true revelation for many, a reason to look into their souls through the tears evoked by the voice of the 'Russian nightingale'."[3]
Russian journalist and writer Vladimir Krupin noted Maxim Troshin's high spirituality. In Krupin's opinion, Troshin's face was "detached, devoid of earthly attachments." "And of course, this youth, this young boy who had only just approached adolescence, gives us such an enormous lesson that we have no right to squander our life, given to us by God, on the pursuit of our own interests," the writer believes.[5]
Legacy
- On 31 May 1996, at the Bryansk Regional Methodological Center,[10] an evening in memory of the young Russian singer was held, and the music festival "The Angelic Voice of Russia" (Russian: Глас ангельский России) was established in his honor.[11]
- In 2002, director T. Tarasova created a film about Troshin at the Artos studio titled "My Heart Is Filled with Song..." (Russian: Песней наполнено сердце моё...).
- In 2010, the Blagoslovenie studio created a film from archival video materials titled "Maxim Troshin — Russian Singer" (Russian: Максим Трошин — русский певец). The film compiled video materials and documentary footage capturing Maxim Troshin during his lifetime, fragments of various concert performances including at the Column Hall of the House of Unions, television interviews, and footage of Maxim visiting the grave of Igor Talkov.
- In 2015, by the blessing of Metropolitan Alexander of Bryansk and Sevsk, a memorial to Maxim Troshin was opened at the Spiritual and Educational Center of Holy Trinity Cathedral in Bryansk.[3]
Discography
- On Prayer, the Russian Land (Russian: На молитве Русская земля) (CD, 2003)
- Cranes (Russian: Журавли) (CD, 2005)
- Little Nightingale (Russian: Соловейка) (CD, 2005)
- I Fell in Love... (Russian: Полюбил…) (CD, 2007)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Troshin Maxim Yuryevich. // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Russian Civilization Archived 29 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Compiled and edited by O. A. Platonov. — Moscow, Encyclopedia of Russian Civilization, Mozhaisk, 2000. — 1040 p. — ISBN 5-901364-01-5. — P. 907.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nikolai Isakov. With Prayer for Russia. In Memory of Maxim Troshin. Archived 20 October 2022 at the Wayback Machine // Russky Vestnik. — No. 12. — 2015. — P. 6.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 A memorial to Bryansk singer and poet Maxim Troshin opened at the Spiritual and Educational Center of Holy Trinity Cathedral // Official website of the Bryansk Eparchy of the Russian Orthodox Church, 6 June 2015
- ↑ Alexander Tsybulsky. In Memory of Maxim Troshin. Today marks 18 years since the tragic death of the "Russian nightingale" Archived 10 December 2024 at the Wayback Machine // Russkaya Liniya, 5 June 2013
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Serafima Smolina "He was like a beacon in our lives." 23 May / 5 June — Memory of Russian singer, poet and composer Maxim Troshin Archived 6 August 2019 at pkrest.ru [Error: unknown archive URL] // Pravoslavny Krest: electronic newspaper. — No. 11 (83). — 1 June 2013. — P. 8.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lyudmila Larkina. My heart is filled with Russia. In memory of 16-year-old poet Maxim Troshin. // Australian Lampada: moral and educational magazine for youth, Brisbane, 2011. — ISSN: 1837-5154
- ↑ Leonid Petukhov. Singer of Russia's Revival. Even after death, Maxim Troshin continues to serve God and the Russian people Archived 10 December 2024 at the Wayback Machine // Russky Vestnik, 4 June 2020
- ↑ "The Angelic Voice of Russia" — the tragic fate of Maxim Troshin Archived 24 October 2020 at go29.ru [Error: unknown archive URL] // 29 Facts: online magazine, October 2020
- ↑ The Youth — Lamenter Maxim Troshin. Archived 3 June 2023 at the Wayback Machine // Russian Pilgrim — 2003. — No. 28. — P. 73–81.
- ↑ "I sing songs that people have missed, that they have lost, and I want to return them..." Evening in Memory of Maxim Troshin // Bryansk Regional Methodological Center, 20 May 2015
- ↑ Memorial days for the "Angelic Voice of Russia" Maxim Troshin held in Bryansk Archived 10 December 2024 at the Wayback Machine // City of Bryansk 24: online publication, 4 July 2019
Further reading
- Troshin Maxim Yuryevich // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Russian Civilization. Compiled and edited by O. A. Platonov. — Moscow, Encyclopedia of Russian Civilization, Mozhaisk, 2000. — 1040 p. — ISBN 5-901364-01-5. — P. 907.
- The Youth — Lamenter Maxim Troshin. // Russian Pilgrim — 2003. — No. 28. — P. 73–81.
- Nikolai Isakov. With Prayer for Russia. In Memory of Maxim Troshin. // Russky Vestnik. — No. 12. — 2015. — P. 6.
- Larkina L. L.. My Heart Is Filled with Russia. In Memory of 16-year-old Poet Maxim Troshin. // Australian Lampada: moral and educational magazine for youth, Brisbane, 2011. — ISSN: 1837-5154.
- Isakov N. P. Suddenly the String Broke... : In Memory of Maxim Troshin. — Ryazan: Zyorna, 2022. — 142 p. — ISBN 978-5-907190-99-3 — 3000 copies.
External links
- Tribute to Maxim Troshin — memorial website with discography and biography
- Alexander Tsybulsky. In Memory of Maxim Troshin. Today marks 18 years since the tragic death of the "Russian nightingale" // Russkaya Liniya, 5 June 2013
- Serafima Smolina "He was like a beacon in our lives." 23 May / 5 June — Memory of Russian singer, poet and composer Maxim Troshin // Pravoslavny Krest: electronic newspaper. — No. 11 (83). — 1 June 2013. — P. 8.
- A memorial to Bryansk singer and poet Maxim Troshin opened at the Spiritual and Educational Center of Holy Trinity Cathedral // Official website of the Bryansk Eparchy of the Russian Orthodox Church, 6 June 2015
- Memorial to singer Maxim Troshin opened in Bryansk cathedral // Bryansk News, 8 June 2015
- Bryansk remembered the tragically deceased young singer Maxim Troshin // Komsomolskaya Pravda Bryansk, 19 June 2018
- Nikolai Isakov. My heart is filled with song. In bright memory of Maxim Troshin (18.06.1978 — 5.06.1995) // Bryansk News, 5 June 2020
- Nikolai Isakov. Piercing the Plague Time. On the 25th anniversary of the tragic death of Maxim Troshin // Russkaya Liniya, 4 June 2020
- Petukhov L. P.. Singer of Russia's Revival. Even after death, Maxim Troshin continues to serve God and the Russian people // Russky Vestnik, 4 June 2020
- Film "Maxim Troshin — Russian Singer" (Blagoslovenie studio, 2010) on YouTube
- Film "The Bryansk Nightingale". In Memory of Maxim Troshin on YouTube
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