Nachalnik Kamchatki


Nachalnik Kamchatki is the third studio album by Soviet rock band Kino. The name of the album is a play on the title of the 1967 Soviet film Chief of Chukotka.

Production

The album was recorded on a multitrack tape recorder in the AnTrop studio. Andrei Tropillo supervised and engineered the recording. Musicians from Aquarium and the AnTrop studio collective played alongside Kino. The album was initially released in 1984 and distributed as magnitizdat.
"Posledniy geroy" was written by the band's frontman, Viktor Tsoi, from 1982 until 1983. According to drummer Georgy Guryanov, "Posledniy geroy" is Kino's main song: "It's ironic, but the one from which an entire movement grew. It contains all the band's heroism."

Release

"The song "Posledniy geroy" was first released on Nachalnik Kamchatki in 1984. Other arrangements of the song were included in the albums Noch, Posledniy geroy, Neizvestnyye pesni, and 12_22.
The song was also performed by the group Kolybel as part of the project "KINOproby," and by the Russian artist Slim as part of the project "KINOproby Rap Tribute."

Reception

A review of the album appeared in issue 7 of the rock samizdat journal, Roksi.
"Posledniy geroy" took 22nd place in the list of "100 best songs of Russian rock in the 20th Century," according to the radio station Nashe Radio.

Personnel

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