Yarovoy Sergey Fedorovich: biography and interesting facts

The regimental amateur ensemble called "Blue Berets" is known all over Russia and beyond. Their first concert took place in November 1985. Last year, this group noted a very solid date - 30 years. To date, the "Blue Berets", whose permanent leader is Yarovoy Sergey Fedorovich, is the only musical group in Russia with the armed forces, where absolutely all the participants became honored artists of the Russian Federation.

The song "Sineva" in their performance has long been an unofficial but popularly recognized airborne anthem. The man whose creative destiny we consider, has been acting as artistic director of the Blue Berets for many years, since 1991. He, in combination, is the deputy head of the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Airborne Forces. Sergey Yarovoi, whose biography will be considered in this article, is a very interesting personality, colorful, unequivocal, deserving special attention.

Brief statements

Yarovoy Sergey Fedorovich, whose biography began in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, was born in April 1957. Little is known about his family, only that his father was a military man. Being already self-sufficient and famous for the whole country, Yarovoy Sergey admits that it was the father who at one time had a huge influence on him. After graduation in 1975, the boy was drafted into the army. Two years he served in one of the Kirovograd brigades of special forces.

After Sergey Yarovoi, finished his military service, he apparently decided to continue his father's way, decided to enter the military school. The boy was studying in Novosibirsk, at the landing department.

Military career

After graduating from the school Yarovoy Sergey goes to Ryazan, where he holds the post of political deputy in the 137th paratrooper regiment. In 1985 there was, it is possible to say, the fateful acquaintance of Yarovoy with the 350th paratrooper regiment deployed in Afghanistan. It was this military unit that participated in virtually all operations that were conducted on Afghan territory. In the period from 1985 to 1987 Yarovoy Sergey (whose activities were reduced not only to the landing party), participated in virtually all regimental operations. In addition, the hero of our article served as the secretary of the Komsomol.

Meeting with "Blue Berets" and the beginning of creativity

When Sergei Yarovoi arrived in the famous 350th regiment, a certain amateur team was already created on its base. His first founder was Oleg Gonsov. YAROVOY joined the team, and, as eyewitnesses of those events recall, the first line-up of the Blue Berets performed their songs in a canvas, on two guitars, in between combat operations.

Fatal dispute of the Spring concerning the equipment

The local ensemble had songs that one of their founders, Oleg Gontzov, wrote for them. But one of the main problems was the lack of professional equipment. At the same time, representatives of the Belarusian Komsomol presented such a long-awaited equipment to the Soviet soldiers, but nominally the gift belonged to the artillery regiment. Since the paratroopers really wanted to play on this equipment, Yarovoy Sergey offered his comrades to conclude a kind of bet with the gunners: those of them who manage to prepare a full concert in a week's time will receive the full right to own musical instruments. And, of course, in this dispute, the paratroopers won.

First success and all-Union glory

As a result of the dispute in November 1985, the first concert of the legendary ensemble took place. Its initial membership includes:

• O. Gontsov - Ensign;
• S. Isakov - division commander;
• T. Lysov - Private;
• S. Yarovoy - captain, secretary of the Komsomol;
• I. Ivanchenko - the driver of the combat vehicle.

During the first performance, the guys chanted the hits of the then famous performers, and a little later they had their own, original songs. Most of them, of course, all belonged to the Afghan theme, and since this issue was very painful for the Soviet Union in those years, the guys quickly became popular. Throughout Afghanistan from hand to hand began to transmit tapes with the recording of their songs.

Touring and the probability of the group disintegration

Between 1985 and 1987, the Blue Berets performed in front of a huge number of units based on Afghan territory. And everywhere, without exception, they were received with great joy and warmth, because what they sang was close to all those who served in this place.

It should be noted that the members of the collective not only sang and performed. It would be more correct to say that their unique tours were held exclusively during breaks between combat operations. For such a selfless work all participants in the first composition of this amateur group were awarded state awards.

But still the people, all-Union glory to the collective brought their victory in the popular contest "When the soldiers sing". The concert was broadcast on the First Central Channel, and the guys performed their song from Kabul thanks to the space bridge. For the Soviet Union, this was a real sensation, and the victory of the Blue Berets was really triumphant.

Yarov organization of the second composition

In 1987, the group already recorded the first disc, which became platinum, the band visited Moscow several times and gave concerts at the most prestigious concert venues at that time. But in 1988 the fate of the Blue Berets was in danger. Their ideological leader, Sergey Yarovoy, receives a new appointment. Other members of the group also come to an end of their service life. Of the entire first composition of the Blue Berets, only O. Gontsov wanted to stay in Afghanistan.

When the ensemble, loved by hundreds of thousands of Soviet listeners, is under the direct threat of disintegration, the airborne forces' political department understands that this can not be tolerated. A decision is made that the territorial ensemble will now be based in one of the Moscow Region Airborne Forces. Spring instructed to pick up a new composition. He immediately remembers his classmate - Yuri Slatov, who also served in Afghanistan, worked as an amateur and performed author's songs. He invites a friend to his new line-up, and a new era begins for the Blue Berets. Gradually formed the second part of the group, in which, apart from Yarovoy and Slatov, not professional musicians entered, but ordinary military:

• D. Platonov - senior ensign;
• D Vakhrushin - Ensign;
• E. Heart - the senior ensign.

Their success was simply stunning. They performed at a huge number of festivals, with their concerts visited almost the entire Soviet Union. In the history of the "Blue Berets" there is a tour of the terrible hot spots. They spoke to soldiers in Kabul, Kosovo, Bosnia, Chechnya, South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

The collective took part in the filming of many television programs, and many Soviet citizens knew the words of their songs by heart. It may seem that the members of the group would have to become millionaires, but this conclusion, alas, is fundamentally wrong. Throughout its history, the group was non-profit. All the money collected for their concerts was sent to local organizations of soldiers-internationalists.

To date, Sergei Yarovoy awarded several awards, while he lives with his faithful wife simple, not overshadowed by a huge financial wealth, life.