Eduard Kolmanovskiy

Birthday: January 09, 1923

Death: July 27, 1994

Eduard Kolmanovsky (9 January 1923 – 27 July 1994) was a Soviet and Russian composer. He was awarded a USSR State Prize in 1984 and named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1991. A large part of his songs are dedicated to the themes of patriotic consciousness and civic awareness. Among them are: "I Love You, Life" (1958), "Do the Russians Want War?" (1961), "Alyosha" (1966).