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2020 in the middle Urals was declared the Year Evgeny rodygin – composer and soldier, people’s artist of Russia. It all began in 1937, when his father sold the cow and bought a 12-year-old son Bayan. It decided the fate of Eugene.

With the tool it is almost never parted. Just two weeks before the victory in the battle on the Oder, was seriously injured. “I remember now. Contusion – and I feel like I did not: no pain, no fear! Woke up in a field hospital in the Polish town of Lodz with fractures of both legs above the knees. Laying on a cot, and his legs tire. Nurses got somewhere an accordion, and two months until the bones had grown together, played their favorite songs. I couldn’t remember – improvised. And became a composer,” recalled Yevgeny Pavlovich in an interview with “RG”.

Written in 1953, “Uralskaya Ryabinushka” has gained a fantastic popularity sounded from the stages of large concert halls. The song is translated into many languages, and in 2010, Chinese Director Zhang Yimou made it a capital musical theme of his movie “Under the branches of hawthorn”.

by nature cheerful and energetic Evgeny Pavlovich lived a full life in 70 years began to study English, 80 – to study the ancient philosophers, addicted to pouring ice water.

“Wake up at seven in the morning to hear the latest news. Before I know what is happening in the world, got 84 times to get your hands Paul. Then 100 times to jump. After Breakfast, take a guide, and a red pencil mark the most important thing you can see during the day, he said.

His son Roman has created a Fund “Uralskaya Ryabinushka”, the purpose of which is to preserve everything connected with the work of the father. So rodygina music will continue to sound.