The fate of the Soviet and Russian poet Mikhail Tanich is similar to an action-packed novel. Many times he was on the verge of death and miraculously escaped. At the same time, he retained optimism and a good attitude towards the people around him until the end of his life.
Childhood and youth
As one of the Soviet poets aptly noted, times are not chosen, they live and die. Mikhail Isaevich Tanich was born on September 15, 1923. Parents at that time lived in Taganrog. My father worked as the head of the city communal services. The mother was engaged in household chores and raising the child. From a young age, the boy demonstrated his natural abilities. At the age of four, he learned to read. Misha studied well at school. His favorite subjects were literature and drawing.
Already in elementary school, Tanich tried to write poetry. When he was fourteen years old, trouble came to the house. Father was accused of stealing socialist property, convicted and sentenced to death. The mother was arrested and sent to prison. Mikhail was sheltered by his grandfather, who lived in Rostov-on-Don. He was awarded a certificate of maturity on June 22, 1941. On the same day, the Great Patriotic War began. A few months later, Tanich was drafted into the army and sent to the Tbilisi Artillery School.
The gun commander, Sergeant Tanich, had to fight on the Baltic, and then on the Belorussian front. The future poet was twice wounded and once shell-shocked. He was awarded the Orders of Glory and the Red Star. He ended the war on the banks of the Elbe River. Returning home after the Victory, Mikhail entered the construction institute. In his sophomore year, he was sentenced to six years in labor camps on false charges. The former student was serving his sentence in the North, in the vicinity of the city of Solikamsk.
Group "Lesopoval"
After his release, Tanich left for Sakhalin, where he got a job as a foreman at the Stroymekhmontazh trust. Here his poems were first published on the pages of a local newspaper. after long ordeals and walking through the authorities, the poet was allowed to return to his native land. Mikhail decided to settle in Moscow. By that time, he had already written a large number of poems. In the late 1950s, a selection of his poems was accepted by the editorial board of the Literaturnaya Gazeta. And in the early 60s, the song "Black Cat" sounded on the radio.
In collaboration with the composer Jan Frenkel, the song "Textile Town" was written. After the release of this song on the air, the whole country sang it. The author of the text received a substantial fee - 220 rubles, despite the fact that the average salary of a weaver was one hundred rubles a month. Tanic worked a lot with various composers. Many songs became hits overnight. This happened with the song "Komarovo", which was performed by Igor Sklyar.
At the end of the 80s Tanich organized a vocal-instrumental group "Lesopoval". The case was new and the team was accepted with some caution. There was no place for thieves' songs on the stage. But over time, the ensemble's repertoire has become quite civilized. During its existence "Lesopoval" has recorded sixteen albums.
Personal life
Mikhail Isaevich Tanich was married twice. The first wife did not wait for him from prison. At thirty-three, he married Lydia Kozlova. The poet was fifteen years younger than her husband. The husband and wife raised two daughters. The poet died in April 2008 from kidney failure.
