The son of Yuri Aizenshpis, Mikhail. Yuri Aizenshpis vs. his subordinates. Awards, further creative activity

Producer Yuri Aizenshpis was one of the first in our country to start professionally "promoting" pop and pop stars. There were legends about this man, and his every step was shrouded in the most incredible rumors. But in spite of everything, all the projects that Yuri Aizenshpis undertook turned out to be successful.

Contrary to the general trend, the performers who left him never slandered him in the press and never entered into litigation.

Yuri Aizenshpis: biography. Childhood and youth

Aizenshpis was born in Chelyabinsk in 1945. His mother, Maria Mikhailovna Aizenshpis, a native Muscovite, was sent to this city for evacuation. Shmil Moiseevich Aizenshpis (father of Yuri) is a Polish Jew who was forced to leave his homeland to escape the Nazis. He fought in the ranks Soviet army and was a WWII veteran.

After the end of the war, the family returned to Moscow. Until 1961, she lived in a dilapidated wooden hut, and then received a wonderful apartment in a prestigious area of ​​the capital. At that time they had a gramophone with a large collection of records and a KVN-49 TV.

As Yuri Shmilevich Aizenshpis himself recalled, in his youth he was seriously involved in sports: handball, athletics, volleyball, but due to a leg injury, he had to stop training. In addition to sports, the young man in those days was interested in jazz. He had a tape recorder, which the young man bought with his savings.

The first recordings were jazz compositions famous musicians world - Woody Herman, John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald. Yuri Aizenshpis, whose photo you can see in our article, was well versed in various directions - jazz-rock, avant-garde and popular jazz. After some time, he became interested in the origins of rock music, the founders of the direction of rhythm and blues.

The circle of lovers and connoisseurs of this music was quite small in those days, everyone knew each other. When one of the like-minded appeared new record, Yuri Aizenshpis rewrote it. At that time, “black markets” were widespread in our country, which the police constantly dispersed. Exchange, purchase and sale were prohibited. The sellers simply confiscated the discs. And in spite of everything, records entered the country from abroad on a regular basis, overcoming the powerful barriers of customs rules and laws. Under the ban were some performers - Elvis Presley, the sisters of Bury.

Education

After graduating from school, Yury Shmilevich Aizenshpis entered MESI and graduated in 1968 with a diploma in engineering and economics. But it should be noted that he entered the institute and successfully graduated only in order not to upset his parents.

First musical project

Yes, a graduate of the Faculty of Economics, Yuri Aizenshpis, did not like his specialty at all. His soul was drawn to music. While still studying at the institute, twenty-year-old Yuri began his creative activity, showing courage and business acumen.

In the mid-seventies, Beatlemania swept the world. At this time, Yuri with a group of like-minded musicians created the first rock band in our country. Since all members of the group lived near the Sokol metro station, they didn’t get too smart with the name of the group and they also called it Sokol. Today this group has taken its rightful place in the history of the Russian rock movement.

At first, the musicians performed the songs of the legendary band "The Beatles" on English language. At that time, it was believed that rock music could only exist in English. Friends have long noted the activity of Yuri and his organizational talent, so they appointed him as someone like an impresario.

Some time later, the team was admitted to the staff of the Tula Philharmonic. The group toured a lot, and Aizenshpis' monthly income sometimes reached an astronomical amount of 1,500 rubles at that time. For comparison: the salary of ministers Soviet Union amounted to no more than a thousand rubles.

Ticket selling

At the very beginning of his activity, more precisely during his collaboration with the Sokol group, Yuri developed an unusual ticket sales scheme. Having previously agreed with the director of some house of culture or club, Aizenshpis bought all the tickets for the last screening of the film, and then sold them at a higher price to the group's concert.

As a rule, there were much more people who wanted to listen to music than there were seats in the hall. At times things got out of control. It is for this reason that Aizenshpis was the first to hire security guards in the seventies to ensure order at concerts.

With the money received from the sale of tickets, he bought foreign currency, with which he purchased high-quality musical instruments and high quality sound equipment for the stage. Since in the USSR at that time all foreign exchange transactions were illegal, he always took a big risk when making transactions.

Work in the Central Statistical Bureau of the USSR

In 1968, Aizenshpis joined the Central Statistical Office as a junior researcher with a salary of 115 rubles. However, he rarely visited his workplace. His main income continued to be foreign exchange transactions, buying up and further selling gold. He made transactions, the volume of which exceeded a million dollars a month. At that time, the underground millionaire was only 25 years old.

Arrest

But such a life did not last long. In early January 1970, Aizenshpis was arrested. During a search in his apartment, 7,675 dollars and 15,585 rubles were found. He was convicted under Article 88 ("Currency transactions"). Even in places of detention, the entrepreneurial vein of Aizenshpis was manifested. In the zone "Krasnoyarsk-27" future producer developed a brisk trade in tea, vodka and sugar. Then he began to be appointed to senior positions at local construction sites.

When he was transferred to a colony-settlement, Yuri fled from there to Pechory and settled with a local intellectual, whom he charmed with his charm and talk about the capital. However, he was soon exposed by a guest at home - a police colonel. And again, the amazing luck of Aizenshpis, as well as his knowledge of the basics of psychology, came to the rescue. He was transferred to another colony on perfect place rater.

Yuri Aizenshpis spent almost 18 years in prison for what any citizen is now allowed to do. But something else is important: for such a long period of time, Aizenshpis did not become embittered, did not become a criminal, did not lose his human appearance.

Life after release

Once free in 1988, Aizenshpis saw Russia unfamiliar to him during perestroika. Alexander Lipnitsky introduced him to the rock scene. At first, he was entrusted to head the directorate of the Intershans festival. Gradually, step by step, he studied the backstage life and the basics of show business, and soon the aspiring producer began working with domestic musical performers.

Yuri Shmilevich formulated his mission quite frankly - to promote the artist using any means: diplomacy, bribery, threats or blackmail. This is exactly how he acted, for which he was called the "shark of show business."

There were plenty of unknown young performers who dreamed of breaking into the big stage. Yuri Aizenshpis chose among them those who could hook the viewer, who had at least a more or less interesting repertoire. At first, through television, he presented them to the general public, and then organized tours.

Group "Kino"

From December 1989 to tragic death Viktor Tsoi (1990) Aizenshpis was the producer and director of the Kino group. He was the first to break the state monopoly on the release of records. Already in 1990, he released the "Black Album" with funds taken on credit.

It should be noted: by the beginning of cooperation with the producer, Kino was already a fairly well-known group. At that time, the most successful, legendary album "Blood Type" had already been recorded. According to critics, after him Choi could not write a single line for two or three years. Therefore, cooperation with Kino brought Aizenshpis to a new stellar level of activity, which allowed him to earn credibility in his craft.

"Technology"

If "Kino" at the beginning of work with the producer already had some success, then the "Technology" group was molded almost from scratch by Yuri Aizenshpis. "Lighting the Stars" - this is how the producer began to be called more and more often after his second successful project. Using the example of "Technology", he managed to prove that he can take guys with an average level of talent and "sculpt" stars out of them.

Among the numerous ensembles that existed at that time on the stage was the Bioconstructor group, which eventually split into two subgroups. One was called "Bio", and the second was just thinking about its name and musical concept. They could show only two or three songs, which the already well-known producer liked. As time has shown, Aizenshpis was not mistaken and was able to create a really popular group, which was called "Technology".

Linda

In 1993, Aizenshpis drew attention to the young performer Svetlana Geiman in Jurmala. Very soon, the name of the singer Linda became known to both the audience and music critics. Soon the songs I want your sex, "Non-stop" and famous hit"Playing with fire". Linda's joint work with the producer lasted less than a year, after which they parted ways.

Vlad Stashevsky

This project was more long-term - it lasted six years (1993-1999). The favorite of the beautiful half of Russian viewers, the sex symbol of the mid-nineties was Vlad Stashevsky, who, in collaboration with Aizenshpis, released five albums.

The producer met Stashevsky at the Master nightclub. Yuri Shmilyevich heard Vlad playing an out-of-tune piano backstage and humming songs from the repertoire of Mikhail Shufutinsky and Willy Tokarev. After this meeting, nothing foreshadowed a long cooperation, although Aizenshpis left his business card to an unknown artist.

A few days later he called Vlad and they arranged a meeting, during which Aizenshpis introduced Vlad to Vladimir Matetsky, who took part in the audition. The first performance of Stashevsky took place at the end of August 1993 in Adjara, at a song festival.

Awards, further creative activity

In 1992, Aizenshpis was awarded the Ovation Award as the best producer in Russia. Until 1993, Yuri Shmilevich produced the Young Guns, moral code”, singer Linda. In 1997, he began to study the singers Inga Drozdova and Katya Lel, a year later the singer Nikita became his protege, and since 2000, cooperation with the Dynamite group began.

During this period, Yuri Aizenshpis became especially famous as a very successful producer. The man who lit the stars on Russian stage, since 2001, he took over as CEO of Media Star.

Dima Bilan

Yuri Aizenshpis and Dima Bilan met in 2003. According to music critics, the last project of the famous producer, which he worked on for the last three years of his life, became one of the most successful in the work of Yuri Shmilyevich. In September 2005, Dima Bilan was recognized as the best performer of 2004 according to MTV, and much later became the winner of Eurovision 2008.

Other roles

In 2005, Yuri Shmilevich played an episodic role in the popular Russian film"The night Watch". In addition, he became the author of the book Lighting the Stars.

Family life

Aizenshpis did not like to talk about his personal life. At the Intershans-89 festival, he met a very pretty assistant director Elena. The couple did not formalize the relationship. In 1993, a baby appeared in the family - the son of Misha. But gradually the feelings lost their former sharpness, and the couple broke up.

Yuri Shmilevich spoiled his son Aizenshpis, however, the educational process was completely shifted to Elena's shoulders. Mikhail often visited his father's office, went to concerts with him. Yuri Shmilevich bequeathed to his son and ex-wife two huge apartments in Moscow. After the death of the producer, Elena married the editor of the TNT channel, Leonid Gyune.

Yuri Aizenshpis: cause of death

On September 20, 2005, this was gone talented person, a recognized and successful Russian producer. At about eight o'clock in the evening, Yuri Aizenshpis died in the Moscow City Hospital No. 20. Death was due to a massive myocardial infarction. Yuri Shmilevich was buried at the Domodedovo cemetery near Moscow.

Yuri Shmilevich Aizenshpis was born a month after the end of the Great Patriotic War in Chelyabinsk. At that time, the producer's mother was evacuated there. Yuri Shmilevich comes from unusual family. The father's ancestors lived in Spain, but at the same time, Poland is indicated in Shmil Moiseevich's passport as the country of birth. Already in adulthood, the man fled to the USSR, fearing the reprisals of the Nazis.

Interestingly, the real name of Yuri's father is Shmul. An employee of the NKVD, filling out a passport, mixed it up. So it turned out Shmil Aizenshpis. The man went through the Second World War, visited Berlin. In this case, the soldier was never wounded. The mother of Yuri Shmilyevich's biography is no less interesting. Maria Mikhailovna was born in Belarus.

After the death of her parents, she was transferred to the upbringing of distant relatives. Due to the outbreak of the war, she did not have time to get a diploma in journalism. Maria Mikhailovna joined partisan detachment, several times almost fell into the hands of the Germans. AT post-war years was awarded medals and orders.

The acquaintance of Yuri's parents took place at the Belorussky railway station in 1944. After the end of the war, Maria Mikhailovna and Shmil Moiseevich ended up in the Main Directorate of Airfield Construction. At that time, the Aizenshpis family lived well. They had a TV and a gramophone with a large collection of records in their house.

Until 1961, the producer's family lived in a wooden barracks, but then moved to an apartment located in the Moscow Sokol district. Yuri Shmilevich was a sports child, attended sports school. The producer was a fan of handball, volleyball and athletics. I had to retire from professional sports due to a leg injury.

Yuri took his first steps as an administrator already in his youth. In 1965, the man began to collaborate with the rock group Sokol. Despite the obvious craving for show business, Aizenshpis received economic Education at the Moscow Institute of Economics and Statistics.

Music and production

Producer career for Yuri Shmilevich began while studying at the institute. Collaboration with a rock band did not help to reach the desired heights. Then Aizenshpis went to jail for conducting illegal currency transactions. After leaving prison, the producer ended up in the perestroika world, which became the starting point for developing a career in show business.

Acquaintance with Alexander Lipnitsky allowed Aizenshpis to become the head of the Intershans festival. Gradually, the man studied the basics of backstage life, identified methods of influencing musicians, and later moved on to producing.

"Promote an artist - functional duty producer. And here any means are good. Through diplomacy, bribery, threats or blackmail,” Yuri Shmilyevich said.

This approach has been successful. From an ordinary producer, Aizenshpis quickly rose to the rank of show business shark. Yuri began to help performers who wanted to be on the big stage. Not everyone suited Aizenshpis. The producer, lighting the stars, chose artists who could "hook" the viewer. A prerequisite was the presence of a repertoire. To promote musicians, Yuri Shmilyevich used the media and television.

In 1988, the Kino group fell into the hands of Aizenshpis. By this time, the musicians had already reached a certain level on their own, but a professional approach to promotion was required. Cooperation of two talented people- Yuri Shmilyevich and - gave fruit.

The fame of the producer and musician soared to unprecedented heights. Two years later, Viktor Tsoi dies. Aizenshpis takes a loan of 5 million rubles and releases the posthumous album of the musician "Black Album". The circulation of the disc exceeded 1 million copies. On this project, the producer earned 24 million.

Yuri Shmilevich's career developed rapidly. After Kino, another team followed - Technology. In fact, Aizenshpis promoted the group from scratch. Young musicians became popular. For some unknown reason, after a year of joint work, the paths of the producer and the wards diverge.

Already in 1992, Yuri Aizenshpis was recognized as the best producer in the country. One year after official recognition he meets Svetlana Geiman, known under the pseudonym. They worked for several months, after which he took up the promotion of the singer.

For 6 years, Yuri Shmilevich collaborated with a famous singer in the 90s. Collaboration led to the recording of 5 albums. Aizenshpis increased Vlad's popularity and recognition at times. The musician was invited to major concerts and events in Russia and the USA.

The track record of Yuri Aizenshpis includes such stars as Nikita, the Dynamite group. The main achievement in the work of the producer was. Under the leadership of Yuri Shmilevich, they learned about the artist in Russia.

Aizenshpis described the bright moments of life and work in books. The producer published "Lighting the Stars. Notes and advice of a show business pioneer”, “From a black marketer to a producer. Business people in the USSR” and “Viktor Tsoi and others. How the stars light up. In memory of the producer, a program was broadcast on the TVC channel called Wild Money.

Personal life

Rumors constantly circulated around Aizenshpis. In show business, they said that the producer brought the so-called "blue lobby" to the work. Previously, women were brought to a man for promotion, later lovers of politicians and businessmen began to appear. More than once, Yuri Shmilyevich and the wards of the producer were called gays, but no official confirmation of the men's orientation was found.

“A term in prison could have influenced Aizenshpis’s orientation,” the ex-husband suggested.

Numerous rumors did not prevent Yuri Shmilyevich from living in a civil marriage with Elena Lvovna Kovrigina.

After the death of Aizenshpis, she quickly arranged her personal life by marrying director Leonid Goiningen-Hühne. Yuri and Elena had a son, Mikhail. In 2014, a young man came to the police in connection with the use of drugs. During the search, 1.5 grams of cocaine were found on Mikhail.

Death

Imprisonment had a negative impact on the health of the producer. For a long time Yuri Aizenshpis hid what he has serious problems. Officially, the cause of death is myocardial infarction, but a number of diagnoses led to this, including cirrhosis of the liver, gastrointestinal bleeding, hepatitis B and C. The information that Yuri Shmilyevich had AIDS, which led to death, is not documented.

Three days before his death, Aizenshpis felt unwell. The doctors decided to hospitalize the producer. After the manipulations, the condition improved, so Yuri Shmilevich persuaded the doctors to let him out of the hospital. The producer wanted to see Dima Bilan receive the prestigious MTV-2005 music award.

Before the ceremony, the producer did not live two days. Aizenshpis's life was cut short in the 61st year. The funeral took place at the Domodedovo cemetery. The farewell ceremony was attended by artists, composers and other show business figures. Numerous photos of the mourning Dima Bilan have circled the Internet. The grave of the producer is located next to the parent.

Popular Artist Dima Bilan now has no right to go on stage and release albums. On March 29, at a press conference in RIA Novosti, she spoke about this Elena Kovrigina, producer's widow Yuri Aizenshpis.

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At the beginning of the press conference, Elena Kovrigina announced that on the tenth day after the death of Yuri Aizenshpis, she turned to lawyer Pavel Astakhov with a request to prepare all the documents so that the producer's son Misha Aizenshpis entered into the right of inheritance. Kovrigina was worried that her son's rights would not be infringed.

The fact is that at the beginning of his creative activity, Viktor Belan (Dima Bilan) signed a contract with producer Yuri Aizenshpis stating that the brand, image and repertoire of the artist "Dima Bilan" belong to Aizenshpis' production center "StarPro". The contract also stated that if Dima Bilan breaks off relations with StarPro, then he is not eligible to perform for the next ten years. By Civil Code after the death of Yuri Aizenshpis, the StarPro company became the property of the son of producer Misha Aizenshpis.

Pavel Astakhov showed documents to journalists, confirming that the rights to the brand, image, and repertoire of Dima Bilan by right of direct inheritance belong to 15-year-old Misha Aizenshpis. And until the child reaches the age of majority, his mother and guardian Elena Kovrigina will manage the son's property.

According to Elena Kovrigina, she is not interested in show business and she is not going to be engaged in artist Dima Bilan. She signed an agreement with the Soyuzconcert company, to which the rights related to the Dima Bilan project are transferred. Representatives of the Soyuzkontsert company present at the press conference, in turn, said that it is theoretically possible that they will transfer the Dima Bilan project to one of the Western companies. Recall that the dispute over the rights to use the stage name of the singer broke out in September 2005 after the death of Aizenshpis. “Then Bilan disappeared from our field of vision and showed up with new owners. He left the company, believing that the death of Aizenshpis relieves him of all contracts. But he has no right to just turn around and leave, because we are talking about legally unresolved issues. This is business and nothing more, "Elena Kovrigina said at a press conference. In the fall of 2005, Elena Kovrigina negotiated with the new producer of Dima Bilan, Yana Rudkovskaya. It was about two million dollars, which, according to Kovrigina, Yuri Aizenshpis invested in Dima Bilan and equipment of his studio. Elena offered the new producers to reimburse the StarPro center for these costs. But the negotiations then suddenly stopped. There were no payments from Dima Bilan. The singer continued to perform, while not responding to phone calls, and only once came home to Kovrigina and brought a pack of chips and a can of Coca-Cola for Misha. Elena also said that Dima Bilan is still registered in the apartment, which belonged to Yuri Aizenshpis.

By the way, Dima Bilan's performance at the Eurovision Song Contest, like any other singer's performances after the death of Aizenshpis, can also be interpreted as a violation of the law.

Elena Kovrigina explained her almost two-year silence by the fact that even in negotiations with a representative of the new producers and Dima Bilan, she promised not to make a fuss about this issue. And then she was preparing everyone required documents. Whether penalties for non-compliance with contracts will be applied to Dima Bilan, neither Elena Kovrigina nor Pavel Astakhov reported.

January 22nd, 2017

There was such a famous music producer who passed away not so long ago, but that's not the point. Even if you have not heard of him, then perhaps in the continuation of the conversation you will be interested in the details of working days in the colonies of the Soviet Union.

Famous music producer Yuri Aizenshpis Soviet time twice was convicted for foreign exchange transactions. In total, he served 17 years. But the talent of the manager Aizenshpis realized in the zone. In the first trip, he set up production at the construction site of KrAZ, in the second he was in charge of the sawmill. Aizenshpis recalled that smart person he lived well even in the zone, his income was measured in thousands of rubles.

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Yuri Aizenshpis became a music producer at the age of 19. Then he studied to be an economist, worked at the Central Statistical Bureau. He combined music and service with foreign exchange transactions. In 1970, at the age of 25, he sat down for the first time for 10 years for currency speculation. But he was released on parole for exemplary work in 1977. A year later, he was again convicted under the same article, he was released in 1988. In the book “From a farmer to a producer. Business people in the USSR, he tells how his talent helped him become a manager in the colonies.

For five months in the Krasnoyarsk zone, I have never touched a shovel or a pickaxe. They could not work at a construction site either “for authority” or for money. I took more second. The parents promptly sent the starting advance amount, and then the foreman's services were paid from the "earned". For example, when fulfilling the norm of the plan, the foreman closes orders for 160 rubles for you. If you conditionally “work hard with overfulfillment”, for example, by 200 rubles, then 80 goes to the zone for “stay”, and 120 to your personal account. After taxes, 100 remain. Of these, 50 are for you, and 50 are for the foreman. No more than 10% of all prisoners participated in such a conspiracy, because it was also required to build an object. Not everyone was able to find "ways" to the hillock, even fewer could competently implement the scheme for transferring money home and back. Well, some work addicts just worked hard like elephants and left home rich people. Just before my arrival in the zone, one such hard worker was released from there, having plowed up 5,000 rubles in two years!

This turned out to be an unexpected discovery: forced labor can earn good money. Not as significant as in foreign exchange transactions, but more than in research institutes. At the same time, only a maximum of 15 rubles per month was allowed to be spent in a shop-stall: a base amount of 9 rubles + 4 production rubles (if you meet the production rate) + 2 incentives, if you worked well, did not violate order. In general, sparsely, and only two food parcels of 5 kg per year were allowed. However, the conditions and opportunities for quality food here turned out to be much better. It was only necessary to apply a little mind and imagination, to correctly take into account local specifics.

And the specificity was that when the cordon was removed, anyone could enter the territory of the facility under construction. And hide in one of the many secluded places vodka, money, food - whatever! It was required to have only money, and not on the card, but live. The worked out financial scheme was as follows: money was transferred from the card to Moscow to parents, then went by reverse telegraphic transfer to a free resident of Krasnoyarsk, and then forwarded to me. As a rule, civilian employees who worked alongside us. And although 50 people of the supervisory staff snooped around the entire construction site, although freemen were strictly forbidden to contact with prisoners, it was not possible to detect numerous violations. And why, if it is beneficial to everyone?

The zone was building a large object of the Komsomol shock construction - KrAZ, the Krasnoyarsk aluminum plant. In the meantime, my career also went up: from a shop worker, I rose to a contractor in the plant management. An engineering position, the main functions of which are accounting and organization of labor. Every day I followed the payroll, I knew exactly who was in which detachment and in which brigade, how long and for what I received. At the request of the superiors, I instantly gave out information on where this or that prisoner is now - in the isolation ward, hospital or at work. If at work, then where exactly, what does he do, what are his performance indicators. Nicely useful to me statistical education!

I was assigned a separate office, which I soon hung with schedules of operational reports, figures for putting to work, labor productivity and other numerical characteristics. And I did this job better than many experienced business executives, who were also enough in the zone: both in the noisy business of the Okean store and in the illegal export of diamonds to Israel. Although the salary was like that of an ordinary Soviet engineer - 120 rubles.

The high position also entailed certain life benefits, which in any zone only a few of the most significant prisoners in the structure have. I dined separately, much tastier and more nutritious than the others, sometimes I cooked on my own in my office on a small electric stove. Even arranged feasts! There were always scarce foods on my menu. Through the civilian staff, I actively contacted the will, and sometimes I even asked the senior warder to bring vodka and sausages. The contractors who were in my subordination could lead a person from one part of the zone to another, from residential to industrial. And not one, but with a load. Do you see how you can benefit from this?

The leadership of the zone did not pay attention to the petty abuses of the workmen, and their privileged position was easily explained. This is construction, and repair, this is crafts - prison crafts. Checkers and chess, pens, knives, lighters - the need for inventions is cunning. And to your house, and big man donate, maybe sell on the market. Consumer goods are a completely separate topic in the life of the zone, one of the sources of money and indulgences, and if you are handy, you will not be lost. Of course, 15-20 people are in a privileged position, no more. Their outfits are closed at the expense of the main production, and they live like in chocolate - no checks, no regime.

When I sat down for the second time, the word "colony" had already become slang, it was correct to call this institution "ITU". At the head of the ITU were the chief and a number of his deputies: for operational-regime work, political and educational, for production and for general issues. Each deputy had departments, and the deputy for production was at the same time the director of the plant where the prisoners worked. The plant produced both furniture and garden houses, but the main ones in the assortment were cases for Soviet TVs.

More than 30 people crowded into the large office of the head of the ITU - the heads of all detachments, heads of various services. There there was a distribution by detachments and workshops. They called me to the carpet. I said that I am an engineer-economist by education, I have serious work experience. He did not hide his ambitions and readiness for the most responsible positions. In general, I aroused such confidence that I was immediately appointed head of the assembly shop.

So I, a simple Soviet prisoner, ended up in a leadership position. First of all, my duties included the implementation of the plan, visits to the operatives, close work with the administration and with the convicts. I had to put pressure on the hillocks, who, by local standards, are very serious comrades. I had to argue with the administration, proving my case. I had to work hard.

The quality of leadership is determined not so much by knowledge and education, but by experience and a special mindset and character. I not only had an idea about statistics, accounting, about the economic assessment of the situation, but also had the qualities of a leader, enviable energy and activity. I was fond of psychology and philosophy and successfully applied knowledge in practice. Whether a vagabond, a criminal, an authority or a hard worker - with each one I found mutual language and had a good relationship. And, of course, the life and prison experience that I have already gained. At the same time, I always preferred to be myself and do things on my own. So, for example, for all the years in captivity, I did not make a single tattoo, considering it below my aesthetic principles.

My new status- the head of the assembly shop, my employees - 300 people. Our workshop received numerous wooden parts, covers, bottoms, reflectors. It was necessary to process, fit, glue and pre-polish them before the final varnishing, which was no longer carried out by us. Clean up your shirt. If there is a crack, open it with a scalpel, drive the emulsion into it and “fry” it with an iron. Practically surgery. Each prisoner had to give out 26 such boxes every day. And then the quality control department begins to meticulously examine them, outline all sorts of shortcomings and defects with white chalk, and sometimes reject up to half of the products.

The main and immediate thing I saw was the clearing of the territory from the rubble of defective products. 70% of the useful space was occupied by tall floor-to-ceiling catacombs. Narrow corridors pierced them like ant passages, while the last rows often contained large "pockets". There, the convicts organized secluded rookeries, where they did the devil knows what. And I went to marriage with a powerful attack, and its number began to decrease. But all this horror has accumulated over the years, passed from one boss to another according to the balance sheet, and the numbers have not corresponded to reality for a long time.

The director of the enterprise could not get enough of it and encouraged me in every possible way. And if earlier the workshop had difficulty fulfilling the daily plan, now other important nomenclature indicators characterizing economic activity: economy, productivity.

And I also minimized theft, and in the zone they steal everywhere and that's it. They steal what is needed and what is not needed, what lies badly and what lies well. It seems that there are fences and locks all around, thorns and guards - do not believe your eyes! Logs and plywood, boards and nails, sandpaper, small and large - if it can be dragged away, it is dragged away. Go to the village, which is near the zone, and there you will certainly find a lot of everything stolen from behind bars. This didn’t work for me, full control over the storekeepers, no one will steal or take anything away. At night, everything was closed with massive bolts, even a mouse would not slip through.

All visiting inspections noted my workshop against the background of all the others. Everything flew like on a conveyor belt, no one was idle, no one was idle, everything was ticking like a clock. I received guests and inspectors in my personal account, with magnificent mahogany veneer furniture, treated them to good tea with delicious sweets, and for a while the feeling of who was who was lost.

The workers in the assembly shop constantly felt my concern, I was practically a father to them. It manifested itself not only in beautiful locker rooms, cozy showers and just in clean production. I encouraged and supported their diligence and ingenuity in every possible way: if they ensured the production rate, they got the opportunity to buy additional goods for 3-4 rubles in the stall, overfulfilled the plan - I signed lists for additional tea. Up to 5 packs per month. I tried to wear high-quality overalls, almost all working workers went in shiny melustine uniforms.

Of course, the high status brought me certain dividends. Good food, free movement from working area to residential and back, the opportunity not to attend roll calls, unlimited contacts with civilians. I was granted visits of maximum duration twice a year for three days.

Then I started stepping on sawdust, made several rationalization proposals, even found buyers, to whom I sent a hundred or even more carloads of pressed sawdust. The overall economic effect of my innovations amounted to several million rubles, that is, if I caused damage to the country with my speculation, now I have more than covered it.

I completely freed the territory from waste, and the village began to experience a shortage of firewood. After all, before a truck of wood was taken out of the gates of the zone just for a bottle of vodka! They even got angry with me, but I continued to do my job. For the implementation of rationalization proposals, I received a diploma from the Minister of Internal Affairs of Mordovia and a number of patents. And if I had not been a prisoner, they would have been presented with the title of Honored Innovator of the RSFSR. But very big cash reward-10,000 rubles - I still got it after leaving the zone. And in the wild, it was very useful to me.

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Yuri Shmilevich became famous while working with the legendary rock band "Kino". Thanks to Aizenshpis, the Russians got acquainted with the work of many talented people who still release hits and collect halls to this day. He was called " godfather» Russian show business.

1. Aizenshpis's parents are Jews. Maria Mikhailovna is a native Muscovite. Father, Shmil Moiseevich Aizenshpis, a Polish Jew, fled from Poland to the USSR, fleeing the Nazis, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War.

Little Yura with his parents

2. In his youth, Yuri Shmilevich was seriously fond of sports - volleyball, handball and athletics. However, at the age of 16 he suffered a serious leg injury and was forced to quit the sport.

3. At the age of 16, he already arranged semi-underground concerts of the first Soviet rockers, and then became the administrator of the Sokol group, with which he even got a job at the Tula Philharmonic. Since the musicians toured a lot, Aizenshpis' monthly income reached 1,500 rubles (Soviet ministers then received only a thousand).

4. Yuri Aizenshpis has by no means a musical education. In 1968 he graduated from the Moscow Institute of Economics and Statistics with a degree in economic engineering.

5. In 1968, 23-year-old Aizenshpis quit the Philharmonic and went to work as a junior researcher to the Central Statistical Office of the USSR with a salary of 115 rubles. But at the workplace, the "major", smelling of French perfume, was rarely shown. His main income was currency fraud, as well as buying and selling gold. Every evening he contacted large quantity people - taxi drivers, prostitutes, waiters and even diplomats (for example, the son of the Indian ambassador). "The volume of transactions that I made," Aizenshpis said, "reached a million dollars." The underground millionaire was then only 25 years old.

Trial of money changers in the USSR

6. In 1970, Aizenshpis was arrested for money fraud and spent a total of almost 18 years in "places not so remote". Some of them are in the settlement. For all the years of his imprisonment, he did not make a single tattoo.

Photo from the book “Lighting the Stars. Notes and advice of the pioneer of show business»

7. In the Krasnoyarsk-27 zone, he launched a lively speculation in tea, sugar and vodka. Then he began to occupy leadership positions at local "construction sites of the century." Once in a colony-settlement, he fled from there to Pechory and, having charmed a local intellectual, began to live with her. He was exposed by a guest at home - a police colonel, but amazing luck and knowledge of psychology rescued Aizenshpis. He was transferred to another colony to a lukewarm position as a rationing officer. And already in the second term, Aizenshpis received a number of patents for his rationalization proposals and even a diploma from the Minister of Internal Affairs of Mordovia.

8. From December 1989 until the death of Viktor Tsoi in 1990, he was the director and producer of the Kino group. He was one of the first to break the state monopoly on the release of records, releasing the Black Album in 1990 with money taken on credit.

Musicians of the Kino group and Aizenshpis at the presentation of the Black Album. Source: wikimedia.org / by New Look Media Team

Viktor Tsoi and Yuri Aizenshpis

9. Yuri Shmilevich was the producer of such famous musical groups like "Technology", "Code of Morality" and "Dynamite". Thanks to him, the Russians recognized Linda, Vlad Stashevsky, Katya Lel, Nikita and pop singer Sasha.

Yuri Aizenshpis with members of the Dynamite group

Vlad Stashevsky and Yuri Aizenshpis

10. It is believed that it was Aizenshpis who brought the "blue lobby" to the Russian show business. Allegedly, at first, the cool ones brought their mistresses to the producer for the promotion, and then they began to bring lovers. "A term in prison could have influenced Aizenshpis's orientation," says Alexander Stefanovich, ex-husband Alla Pugacheva.

11. Singer Dima Bilan, who conquered Eurovision, is the last and, probably, the most successful project of producer Aizenshpis.

With Dima Bilan

12. Was in civil marriage with Elena Kovrigina. In 1993, the couple had a son, Mikhail. After the death of Yuri, Elena married the editor of a television program on the TNT channel, Leonid Gyune.

With wife Lena and son Misha

Yuri Shmilevich with his son Misha

13. Aizenshpis spoke rather dismissively about his own income, saying that he earns exactly as much as he needs to provide for his family and pay telephone conversations. True, in return for the stolen Volvo, he nevertheless acquired two other cars - a Pontiac Bonneville and a Ford Explorer.

14. Yuri Aizenshpis died on September 20, 2005 from a myocardial infarction. He was buried near Moscow next to his parents at the Domodedovo cemetery.