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Nikita Bogoslovsky
Person · male · Soviet Union · Saint Petersburg · born 1913 · died 2004 · recording since 1979
Soviet and Russian composer, conductor, pianist, writer (1913–2004)
Also known as Никита Богословский · Nikita Bogoslovskij · Nikita Bogoslovsky · Nikita Vladimirovich Bogoslovsky · Nikita Wladimirowitsch Bogoslowski · Никита Владимирович Богословский · +1 more
Timeline
17 events✦ Award 14◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1
1910s
1940s
1960s
1970s
· Debut release
Debut release: Кружится лист
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
1980s
1990s
2000s
Biography
English biography274 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1366931956
Biography
Nikita Vladimirovich Bogoslovsky (Russian: Никита Владимирович Богословский; 22 May 1913 – 4 April 2004) was a Soviet and Russian composer. Author of more than 300 songs, 8 symphonies (1940–1991), 17 operettas and musical comedies, 58 soundtracks, and 52 scores for theater productions. Many of his songs were made for film.
Bogoslovsky was born into an aristocratic family in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire. At the age of four in 1917, the new communist government born from the Russian revolution confiscated his family's lands and properties in the Russian provinces of Novgorod and Tambov. His mother's playing of songs by Alexander Vertinsky were among his first musical inspirations; thus, he was taught piano from the age of three, studying composing with Alexander Glazunov in 1927–1928 as an audit at the Leningrad Conservatory in 1930–1934.
His first musical was written at the age of 15, titled, "Noch pered Rozhdestvom" (Christmas Eve night); his first works expressed the hopes and desires of the Soviet people, telling the history of Russia. He is best known for two Mark Bernes' trademark songs from the war film Two Soldiers (1943): "Tyomnaya noch" (Dark Is the Night) and "Shalandy polnye kefali" (Boats Full of Mullets). In the post-Stalin period, Bogoslovsky was particularly successful with music for comedies. His output ranged from pop to folklore and neoclassical symphonic tunes.
Among his many honorary titles and state awards were People's Artist of the USSR (1983), Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1971), and Order of the Red Star (1946). He died 4 April 2004 in Moscow.
Video
Dark Night on YouTube, Nikita Bogoslovsky's song, sung by Mark Bernes in The Two Fighters (1943) film.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 18 | 78.1th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 1 | 73.9th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 19 | 99.5th |
| Timeline events | 17 | 92.4th |
| Recording span (years) | 0 | 9.4th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (1 release groups)
Album · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Кружится листSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 36:31A1Кружится лист4:03 A2Без тебя2:29 A3Пойми меня1:58 A4Я к тебе со всею душой2:13 A5Моему другу2:26 A6Верь словам простым4:31 В1Домик на берегу3:22 В2Есть закон у тайги3:37 В3Песня об одиноком друге2:59 В4Антенны на крышах2:29 В5Так уже заведено3:00 В6Есть у каждого звездный час3:24 | Compilation | 1979 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Nikita Bogoslovsky head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 18 | 78.1th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 1 | 73.9th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 19 | 99.5th |
| Timeline events | 17 | 92.4th |
| Recording span (years) | 0 | 9.4th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Order of the Red Star | won | |
| 1966 | Miner's Glory 3rd class | won | |
| 1968 | Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic | won | |
| 1968 | Miner's Glory 2nd class | won | |
| 1971 | Order of the Red Banner of Labour | won | |
| 1973 | Miner's Glory 1st class | won | |
| 1973 | People's Artist of the RSFSR | won | |
| 1979 | Golden Calf | won | |
| 1980 | Officer of Arts and Letters | won | |
| 1980 | Ordre des Arts et des Lettres | won | |
| 1983 | People's Artist of the USSR | won | |
| 1986 | Order of Cyril and Methodius | won | |
| 1998 | Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class | won | |
| 2003 | Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class | won | |
| — | Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" | won | |
| — | Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | won | |
| — | Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | won | |
| — | Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" | won | |
| — | Medal "Veteran of Labour" | won |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bogoslovsky.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/600c1c63-5b11-47a3-99c8-38a9ecf8f618discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/600c1c63-5b11-47a3-99c8-38a9ecf8f618core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1975649genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1975649seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_Bogoslovskybiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_Bogoslovsky
Why this artist is in the database
- List of composers by name
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Image: Leo Medvedev/Лев Леонидович Медведев · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q1975649 · MusicBrainz: 600c1c63-5b11-47a3-99c8-38a9ecf8f618
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