When Mikhail Krug was killed. The killer sentenced to capital punishment named the name of the killer Mikhail Krug to Komsomolskaya Pravda

The background of this crime for 15 years has been repeatedly replicated by means of mass media: on a summer night in 2002 in the three-story house of Mikhail Vorobyov ( real name Krug) two strangers made their way. They beat the chansonnier's mother-in-law, and when Mikhail ran to the call of his wife Irina, they shot him with pistols. The seriously wounded Krug managed to get to the neighbor's house, who took the singer to the hospital. The next morning, Krug died from his wounds.

Almost immediately, this murder began to grow into numerous versions that were put forward by many people who knew the Circle - among them there was a banal robbery and even a contract killing. Over time, the history of this crime was shrouded in numerous conspiracy details that grew like a snowball. In many respects, the intensification of conspiracy theories was due to the fact that the investigating authorities rarely gave any comments on the high-profile criminal case. But other informants did not skimp on them.

In the end, in May 2013, the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Tver Region was forced to make a rather harsh statement in connection with the replication in the media of a version about the involvement in the murder of Mikhail Krug of the killer of the Tver "gang of wolves" Dmitry Veselov, whose corpse was discovered in August 2012 of the year. Allegedly, Irina Krug identified Veselov as one of her husband's killers. The Investigative Committee officially denied this information and strongly recommended that the media accept only reports from official sources Investigative Committee.

In early 2014, the "sensational" news about Veselov's involvement in the murder of the Circle was "confirmed" by one of the "wolves" Alexander Osipov, who was sentenced to life in prison for his criminal adventures. He gave a lengthy interview to the media, in which he said that he personally shot his gang mate Dmitry Veselov when he found out that he, along with an accomplice, mortally wounded the chansonnier.

It is noteworthy that less than a month and a half before this interview, the head of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Tver Region, Alexander Kublyakov, announced at a press conference that the information about the involvement of the "wolves" in the murder of Krug was not confirmed, and in the case, which was initially suspended due to the impossibility of finding suspects in commission of a crime and resumed in the fall of 2013, other persons appear. At the same time, checking the involvement of the “wolves” in a high-profile crime, according to Major General Kublyakov, made it possible to uncover about a dozen criminal episodes related to this organized criminal group.

The investigating authorities simply explain the eloquence of life-sentenced Orlov: the convict was thus playing for time before being sent to prison, where, as you know, the conditions of stay for people like him are very harsh. However, most of the media version of the “wolf” that he believed, repented and had nothing to lose, liked more.

Another, no less "valuable" informant, "shedding light" on the reason for the murder of Mikhail Krug, was the Tver Criminal authority Alexander Severov (North). The press loves to replicate the story that it was to him that Krug dedicated his, perhaps the most famous song “Vladimir Central” - supposedly instead of the words “northern wind” it should have originally sounded “Sasha Severny”, but the North, out of modesty, asked him not to mention.

According to Severny, they write that the authority confirmed the question about the killers of the singer: those who were involved in this have been found, and they are in their place (that is, obviously, they are dead). Severny explained that there was no order for Krug, the thieves were not waiting for the owners, and in general "... circumstances just happened ... and this situation turned out ...".

At the same time, the story of the murder of the Circle showed that the thief in law Sever is not so modest - he gave a lot of interviews to journalists, and this is not encouraged in the thieves' environment, to put it mildly. Crowned in 1993 in the same Vladimir Central, Sever in March 2014 was “stopped” in status at a thieves' meeting (this is something like a temporary disqualification in football, when a player is eliminated from the field for a mistake).

However, it is precisely the statements of Orlov and Sever, circulated by the federal (and after them picked up by all other media), that create a feeling of “logical completeness”, “retribution for what they have done” in the story of the murder of Mikhail Krug.

… If you dial today at any search engine the phrase "Murder of Mikhail Krug", it will give out hundreds of sites with catchy headlines "The mystery of the murder of Mikhail Krug solved!". In fact, all this is just a replication of the same type of posts with the same content - an invoice that is not confirmed by official investigating authorities, which is of fundamental importance in this case. Many secrets and mysteries associated with this tragic death beloved by so many authors and performers, have not been disclosed so far. There are no objective prerequisites for this to ever happen. In any case, in the near future.

This year marks two anniversaries of the "singer of criminal romance" chansonnier Michael Krug(aka Mikhail Vladimirovich Vorobyov). 55 years for his birth and 15 years for his death.

Krug is one of the most successful and mythologized artists of our time. Every year, the number of legends surrounding his life and his death only grows, closing his real, talented and extraordinary personality from us.

Myth one. Krug knew prison life well.

The circulation of Krug's albums reached millions. His songs are dedicated to prison-camp romance, describe the complex state of mind and the difficult life situation of the “inmates”.

By the way. The genre "Russian chanson" aka "criminal song" is considered in Russia even more popular than pop music. Of the currently living successful artists, Mikhail Shufutinsky, Alexander Novikov, Vika Tsyganova, Irina Krug work in it ( last wife Michael).

At the same time, neither the chansonnier himself, nor his family members or friends were sitting. Krug diligently and extremely accurately translated his songs into "fenya" with the help of a dictionary of prison vocabulary, published in 1924 for the NKVD. The singer accidentally bought a book at a flea market and did not part with it. Moreover, the bulk of chansonnier listeners also did not have a prison past and made up their ideas about this part of life according to the songs of the Circle. Therefore, each album of the artist was carefully accompanied by explanations for the texts.

The secret of the singer's popularity and the fact that he knew how to “get” into the audience so accurately is simple: Mikhail Krug is one of those rare cases when a person can be called a nugget and not be deceitful.

The singer had no musical education. As a child, Krug was a bully and a loser. He did not want to study at a comprehensive school and gave up accordion lessons at a music school. But he himself learned to play the guitar, knew the entire repertoire Vysotsky and Rosenbaum. He began writing songs at school (of course, he dedicated them to his first love). By the army, the young man settled down, he served as an excellent student. And for the ability to sing that conquered his colleagues, he enjoyed general favor.

After the army, he was going to get married and go to college. But - by chance I saw an announcement about the competition of the author's song. He took part, took first place and decided to record his first album (for his own money, "samizdat"). The circulation sold out instantly. Then two more "samizdat" albums were recorded, which turned out to be just as successful. And then it started professional career- producers, recording studios and endless tours in Russia, Germany, the USA. Mikhail Krug also performed in prisons. But not always in front of the "inmates", more often they were employees. And he did not enter into close contact with the "contingent".

Myth two. The circle communicated very closely with criminal authorities and was even the keeper of the common fund of one of the organized crime groups

Despite the fact that in the film “Legends of the Circle” filmed several years ago, the hero is friends with thieves in law and goes to the bathhouse with them, it was reliably established by the investigating authorities that the real Mikhail Krug was not involved in the thieves' world (and in the bathhouse with his representatives did not go).

Indeed, one of the Krug's hits - the song "Vladimirsky Central" - is dedicated to the former thief in law and the "prisoner" of the famous prison Sasha Severny who gave the singer a massive ring. The truth is that the chansonnier had extensive acquaintances, including among the "authorities". Exactly the same "not simple" acquaintances have almost all the stars, regardless of the genre. In addition, Tver in the 90s was a heavily criminalized region. Therefore, not knowing the "authorities" was more difficult than knowing them.

And also Mikhail Krug was an honest, decent, noble person who was really respected by everyone. There is a known case when, on tour, Krug accidentally discovered that the organizers of the tour provided his lesser-known colleagues with rather meager meals. And the singer fed the musicians at his own expense. In his own group, there was the strictest "dry law", which was always in effect, even at numerous banquets and corporate parties, where the owners were desperately trying to get famous artists drunk.

Myth three. Krug's house could not just be robbed, because the singer was under the tacit protection of crime

Mikhail Krug was killed while trying to rob his house. The thieves, having climbed into the dwelling, accidentally ran into his mother-in-law. At that time, the artist married a second time, his son had just been born, and his mother-in-law helped with her grandson. The woman screamed, the owner of the house ran out and received two bullets in the chest. Died in the hospital.

Immediately after the murder, numerous versions began to appear that were based on only one thing: a popular artist who sang of criminal romance simply could not become an accidental victim of an accidental robbery.

Fans built the most fabulous versions and willingly believed in them. For example, that the murder was organized by a young wife who had just given birth to a son to the singer. Or that Krug was ordered by the "blue mafia" - the artist was known for his uncompromising position in relation to homosexual relationships. At the same time, the “trump card” argument of all these and similar versions was the fact that supposedly Mikhail Krug’s house was under the tacit tutelage of “authorities” and no one would have gotten there just like that.

Of course, everyone knew the house of Mikhail Krug. And, of course, no one would deliberately climb into it. But the fact of "guardianship" is denied by both the singer's relatives and the investigating authorities.

As the investigation established, drug addicts climbed into the Krug's house, who were not subordinate to anyone in particular. They allegedly learned from the media that the singer received 400 thousand dollars for a new album (this is not true) and therefore decided to rob the cottage. At the same time, the bandits expected that the owner would not be at home. After the murder caused a colossal response, they were frightened, and the two participants directly responsible for the death of the singer were killed themselves. The rest of the raiders were identified several years later.

Myth four. "Brothers" avenged Krug

Three months after the murder of Mikhail, Tver was shocked by a new high-profile crime. A crime boss was shot with 27 bullets in front of his house Ibrahim Azizov nicknamed Arkasha. He was "looking" in Tver and directly controlled the retail drug trade. It was also known that one of the gangs controlled by Azizov "cleaned" mansions. However, the investigators quickly disproved this assumption. Even if Arkasha's people got into the Krug's house, the perpetrators would be punished, but not Azizov. From the point of view of criminal values, the value of the "top manager" Azizov was incomparably higher than the "troubadour" of the Circle. The murder of Arkasha was connected with the drug trade and his "professional" activities. But there was no revenge for Krug.

Myth five. The circle left behind millions, because of which the widow and mother quarrel

This is also not true. The main legacy of Mikhail Krug is his work. Wife Irina, with the support of her husband and producer Vika Tsyganova, first began to publish and rehash the unreleased songs of the Circle. The audience fell in love with Irina Krug, she became a sought-after singer in the chanson genre. Now the woman is releasing new albums. The mother and sister of Mikhail Krug opened a chansonnier museum in Tver, they conduct excursions to memorable places in the city. Relatives communicate well with each other and with great respect keep the memory of Mikhail Krug.

The king of Russian chanson - this is what his fans called this talented musician. Even a very interesting and fascinating film about Mikhail Krug has been created, which lifts a kind of curtain over his life. And once I didn’t want to believe at all that the author and performer of such famous songs as “Vladimirsky Central”, “Madame”, “Golden Domes”, was shot dead in his own mansion. Versions of the murder were considered very different. To deal with this issue, let's plunge a little into the biography of the master.

Chanson. Michael Krug

His real name is Vorobyov. He was born in 1962 in Tver. His father was an engineer and his mother was an accountant. Was and elder sister Olga. Mikhail studied at school number 39 reluctantly, often ran away from lessons. At one time I went to music school and learned to play the button accordion, but then abandoned this lesson. He loved to play hockey, was the goalkeeper in his team.

His idol was Vladimir Vysotsky, so from the age of 11 he played the guitar. Mikhail began writing his first poems at the age of 14 and dedicated them to a classmate. In his work, he tried his best to imitate Vysotsky, on this occasion a scandal broke out at school.

Then Misha joined the army, upon returning from it he worked as a driver and delivered dairy products around the city for 10 years. Then in 1987 he was promoted to the head of the motorcade and sent to study at the institute. But he did not want to sit in the office, he also abandoned the institute and again went to work as a driver.

Personal life

His first wife's name was Svetlana, she was a solo guitarist in the instrumental ensemble of the Institute of Light Industry. It was she who became his first producer. She looked for him all sorts music competitions where he could show his musical talent. She recorded the songs of Mikhail Krug on audio cassettes. In 1988, they got married, and after a while, their son Dmitry was born. However, a year later the couple broke up due to the constant betrayal of her husband.

In 2000, Mikhail married for the second time a girl from Chelyabinsk, Irina, who is now known to everyone as the popular chansonette Irina Krug. She already had a daughter from her first marriage, and soon she gave birth to a son Alexander Krug.

Views and beliefs

Mikhail was somewhat conservative in his views and beliefs. He had an aversion to feminism. And, most interestingly, he was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and an assistant to its odious leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky. In his interviews, Krug openly emphasized his anti-communist orientation.

Mikhail Krug: albums, creativity

The album "Tver Streets" became the first. He recorded it in 1989, followed by the album "Katya" and then the third without a title. Officially, these albums were never released, but were stolen and illegally distributed.

But Mikhail Krug did not stop there, he continued to create his albums further. The turning point in his career was the new collection of songs "Zhigan-Lemon". The songs mostly had a “near-criminal” theme, but lyrical and ironic compositions also slipped through. With them, Mikhail Krug came to the Russian chanson.

His popularity grew at an extraordinary speed; in 1995, the film “Bard Mikhail Krug” was shot about him. A year later, his video for the song "It Was Yesterday" debuted. Since 1997, he began performing abroad in Germany, America and Israel. And he did not forget to perform charity concerts in prisons and colonies, if he knew what kind of “gratitude” awaits him from those about whom he sang so sincerely.

The most famous songs of Mikhail Krug are “Kolshchik”, “Golden Domes”, “Vladimirsky Central”, “Madame”, “I went through Siberia”, “The process is over”, “Sparks in the fireplace”, “Student”, “Hello, Mom "," To you, my last love" etc.

Awards and achievements

In 1998, the singer received the Ovation Award in the Russian Chanson nomination. In 1999, he took part and won in the Musical Ring, where Sergey Trofimov became his opponent. In 1999, he took second place in the "Russian chanson".

In 2000, he starred in feature film"April", where he played a crime boss.

About this outstanding personality, the series "The Legend of Mikhail Krug" was even filmed, where they used very Interesting Facts from his life.

Investigation. Versions of the murder

The famous bard was shot on the night of June 30 to July 1, 2002 in his mansion in the village of Mamulino (Tverskoy district). Forty days after Krug's funeral in Tver, a grandiose concert in his memory was held at the Khimik stadium. The stands were packed with spectators, many famous and popular artists performed on the stage. Many were then sure that the musician became an accidental victim of a banal robbery, if we speak “by the terms”, gop-stop. It was believed that the bandits who got into the house were not going to kill him, in one minute everything went wrong according to the thieves' scenario.

In the question of who killed the Circle of Mikhail, some considered it a contract killing and that his business competitors became the killers, others - that it was done by vodka mafiosi. And when, literally two months after this tragedy, a Tver authority named Arkash (Ibragim Azizov) was shot from a machine gun, the rumor immediately spread that this was revenge, since it was his gang that was engaged in robbing rich mansions.

How it was

The question of who killed the Circle of Michael was also asked by the strongest psychics. According to their visions and according to eyewitnesses, a clear picture of the moment of the crime was created. Indications, although in some cases they differ, but in general the situation has cleared up.

So, at the time of the murder, there were five people in the house: mother-in-law Zoya Petrovna, three children (from Krug's first marriage, son Dima, Marina - daughter of Irina, and their joint one and a half month old son Sasha), Mikhail and his wife Irina. Closer to midnight, the owner went to the bedroom, and the wife was putting the children to bed. The mother-in-law was sitting on the couch of the third floor and watching TV, when suddenly two masked men attacked her. They hit her on the head with a gun and tried to strangle her.

Irina ran out to the noise, one of the criminals suddenly found himself without a mask, she saw his face, and he chased her. Mikhail, hearing his wife's scream, ran out of the bedroom and met face to face with the criminal, who shot him twice, and he fell. Ambulance refused to go without the police, time was lost. Neighbor Vadim Rusakov took him to the Tver city hospital No. 6, by the morning Krug died from blood loss.

The children were not injured, as the two younger ones were sleeping, and the older Dima was sitting in headphones, playing on the computer and did not hear anything.

10 years have passed since the death of Mikhail Krug, and this is what his friends in the criminal world managed to find out. The thief in law (to whom the lines from the song "Vladimirsky Central" are dedicated) claims that they conducted their own investigation, and it turned out that the death of the singer was not ordered, it was just the circumstances. Sever hinted that a third person was the gunner of the rich cottage, and all those involved in the murder have already been found, punished and are "in their place."

Wolves

Regarding the topic “Who killed Krug Mikhail”, it should be noted that in 2008 the police arrested the gangster group “Tver Wolves”, which could be involved in this tragedy, especially since Krug’s wife Irina identified one criminal, Alexander Ageev, who attacked them. However, his involvement in this case could not be proven. But he received a life sentence for other crimes.

In the summer of 2012, information appeared in the press that the remains of the murderer Krug were found in Tver, they were pointed out by a man serving life imprisonment. In the late spring of 2013, the widow Irina also identified this perpetrator of the murder, Dmitry Veselov, from a photograph, which was also confirmed by the killer of the Volkov gang, Alexander Osipov, who was sentenced to capital punishment. In the article " TVNZ» dated March 7, 2014, the details of the murder were first published famous musician. Now the case is closed, and the question of who killed the Circle of Michael has been fully answered.

Conclusion

On the morning of July 3, after the funeral service in the church, Mikhail Krug was buried at the local Dmitrov-Cherkassky cemetery. Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Katya Ogonyok, Efrem Amiramov, the Zhemchuzhny brothers and many other celebrities came to say goodbye to him.

Mikhail Krug, the famous chansonnier and songwriter, was killed on July 1, 2002 in his home in Tver. Five more people were with him at that moment: his wife, mother-in-law, daughter and two sons, one of whom was barely a month old. Before the tragic events, the Circle rested in one of the Tver entertainment venues. Returned home shortly before the attack.

Robbery

One of the versions for what reason Mikhail Vladimirovich could have been killed is a banal robbery. This version is official. Krug, shortly before his death, finished the album "Confession". Just the other day he expected to receive a large fee for this work. Probably, someone was aware of this, and this "someone" decided to take advantage of the situation.

He led the bandits to the house of Mikhail Vladimirovich, but at the same time did not guess exactly with the most successful time of the robbery. The thieves were supposed to rob the Krug's dwelling when he was not at home. But the famous chansonnier returned earlier than expected and found himself right in the center of events.

The murder took place on the night of June 30, approximately after 23:00. The first to suffer was his mother-in-law, who at that time was closest to the door. Then his wife Irina was wounded. Krug ran out to the screams of women and the sound of gunfire. He received 2 bullets, from which he died already in the morning in the Tver hospital.

The version of the robbery is supported not only by the official authorities, but also by people who respected Mikhail Vladimirovich and believed that in criminal circles he could not be treated badly. In their opinion, only a fatal combination of circumstances caused the death of the man who wrote the song "Vladimirsky Central".

contract killing

A different opinion is shared by those who knew a little more about Mikhail Krug and his contacts with the Tver criminals. One eloquent fact testifies to the fact that the murder of Krug could just be a custom-made discharge. Krug's wife Irina later identified one of the attackers that night. It turned out to be someone A. Ageev, a member of the Tver criminal group "Tver Wolves".

The members of this gang were widely known in Tver precisely as executors of contract killings. This was their profile. The fact that, under the guise of a robbery, shot Krug in his own house a man who traded in contract killings speaks volumes. Despite suspicions, it was not possible to find out the motives and details of the crime in 2002 (or it was not profitable for someone).

Details 10 years after the crime

A decade later, some details of this case began to emerge. One of the criminals, sentenced to life imprisonment, testified. He said for the first time directly about what many suspected back in 2002: Mikhail Krug was destroyed by order.

Some details of the case reopened in September 2012 became known to the press. It turned out that in the spring of 2003, a “showdown” took place between the members of the gangster group. Someone A. Osipov, a killer nicknamed “Volkov”, shot dead another bandit, D. Veselov, nicknamed “Vesel”, in the wilderness outside the city.

Osipov received from the future victim compromising information on some major authority that stood in the way of another gang. But the killer had another reason to shoot Veselov. He wanted to avenge Krug, who was killed in 2002. It turned out that Veselov knew the "customer". They were the crime boss Kostenko.

Didn't want to pay

At the time of the heyday of his popularity, the Circle received very good fees. Kostenko demanded that the singer pay him a "share" from each concert. Mikhail Vladimirovich refused to pay tribute. For this, Kostenko brought thieves-killers to his house. The goal was not a robbery, but to intimidate the singer so that he would become more accommodating. Racket - the cause of many murders in the 90s - put an end to the life of Mikhail Vladimirovich Krug.

Chansonnier suffered only because he was at home at the wrong time. The killers were forced to shoot him. Soon, the killer of the Circle himself was in the grave. His bones were found only 10 years later, on a tip from one "life-sentenced" member of the Tver Wolves gang. In the criminal environment, Mikhail Krug was respected, and therefore they avenged his murder, without waiting for proceedings from the authorities. That's the way it is in this environment.