Novgorodsev, Seva

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British Broadcasting Corporation Russian Service radio broadcaster.

From the description of Seva Novgorodsev letters received, 1976-2004. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754865200

Biographical/Historical Note

  • 1940 July 9: Born, Leningrad, Soviet Union (now St. Petersburg, Russia)
  • 1949: Moved to Tallinn, Estonia
  • 1954: Won first prize in on Estonian talent show
  • 1959 - 1964 : Played in brass and jazz bands in Tallinn
  • 1962: Graduated from Leningradskoe vysshee inzhenernoe morskoe uchilishche imeni admirala C. O. Makarova (LVIMU), (Marine Academy)
  • 1962 - 1964 : Served as a navigator for the Estonian Shipping Company
  • 1964 - 1975 : Joined as a musician in the Joseph Weinstein's jazz orchestra, then head of "Dobrye molodtsy" rock group
  • 1973 - 1975 : Worked for Moskontsert (Moscow Concert Association)
  • 1975 November 18: Left the Soviet Union for Austria, then Italy
  • 1977: Moved to London, England
  • Since March 1977: Working for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) as a translator, then as a radio presenter on the BBC Russian Service

From the guide to the Seva Novgorodsev letters received, 1946-2004, (Hoover Institution Archives)

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