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Vesyolye Rebyata

VIA band from Moscow, Russia

Field	Value
name	Vesyolye Rebyata
native_name	Весёлые Ребята
native_name_lang	ru
image	Весёлые ребята .JPG
image_size	250
background	group_or_band
origin	Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
genre	Commonly: Beat (early), traditional pop, hard rock, art rock, pop rock, soft rock, new wave (mid 80s)
Occasionally: folk rock/folk, country rock/country
years_active	1968–1992, 2005–2017
label	Melody, Balkanton, Bomba Music
associated_acts	David Tukhmanov, Vyacheslav Dobrynin
current_members	Pavel Slobodkin
past_members	Anatoly Alyoshin, Jury Andreev, Alexander Barykin, Lyudmila Barykina, Leonid Berger, Nina Brodskaja, Alexander Buinov, Alexey Glyzin, Alexander Gradsky, Alexander Dobronravov, Alexander Dobrynin, Alexander Lerman, Alexey Puzyryov, Igor Gataullin, Vyacheslav Malezhik, Robert Mushkambarjan, Alla Pugachyova, Svetlana Rezanova, Vladimir Fazylov, Viktor Chaika, Jury Chernavsky

Occasionally: folk rock/folk, country rock/country

Vesyolye Rebyata (, which means "Merry Lads") was a Soviet VIA (vocal instrumental ensemble) band formed in 1968, in Moscow. It became one of the most successful and best known VIA bands of all time. Its debut album sold 15,795,000 copies and its membership included at various times such popular Soviet era singers as Alla Pugachova, Alexander Gradsky, and Alexander Barykin. As of 2006, the band had sold a record-shattering 179,850,000 records.

History

Vesyolye Rebyata was a band founded in 1968 by the Soviet pianist and composer Pavel Slobodkin.

In 1970, the Soviet recording company Melodia (Melody) released the band's first record. In 1971, Vesyolye Rebyata gave a series of concerts in Czechoslovakia, performing in the concert hall Lucerne in Prague. In 1973, the band recorded one of the best known albums, "Love - a huge country" (). In 1980, the band released a new LP titled "We should be friends" () and took part in the cultural component of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. In 1983, the band recorded a new album titled "Banana islands" ().

In 2005, the band is reconstituted with new membership. In 2007, the band released two CDs: "Love - child of the planet" () and "When we are quiet together" (). In 2011, the band released a new album with the French title "Cherchez la...". In 2012, the band released its ninth album titled "Write me a letter" ().

In August 2017, Pavel Slobodkin had died and the group was disbanded.

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