Novgorodsev, Seva

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1940-07-09
Gender:
Male
Russians,

Biographical notes:

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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Subjects:

  • Music
  • Music
  • Music Soviet Union
  • Radio broadcasting
  • Radio broadcasting
  • Radio broadcasting Soviet Union

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Places:

  • Soviet Union (as recorded)
  • Soviet Union (as recorded)
  • Russia (Federation) (as recorded)
  • Russia (Federation) (as recorded)

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