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Nikolai Kopernik (also known as Nicolaus Copernicus) is a [[:Category: Russia|Russian]] rock band from Moscow, whose music is also influenced by funk, art rock, psychedelia, electronics and new wave. The leader of the group is singer, guitarist and composer [[Yuri Orlov]]. The group was formed in 1981 and over the 12 years of its existence it has released several albums. Their debut, "Rodina" (1986), was included in Kushnir's book "100 Tape Albums of Soviet Rock". In 1993 the group disbanded, but returned in 2005 with a new line up.

== Line up ==
* Yuri Orlov - vocals, guitar, lyrics;
* Oleg Andreev - fretless bass (1984-1991);
* Dmitry Tsvetkov - drums (1986-1991);
* Grigory Tselovalnikov - guitar (1987);
* Alexey Alekseev - guitar (1985-1987);
* Igor Len - keyboards (1985-1986);
* Boris Raskolnikov - guitar (1986-1988);
* Igor Andreev - alto saxophone (1986-1990);
* Maxim Trefan - keyboards (1987-1988);
* Alexander Khutorovsky - trombone (1987-1991);
* Andrei Lukyanov - French horn (1987);
* Konstantin Mikheev - trumpet (1988);
* Evgeny Osin - percussion (1988);
* Konstantin Baranov - guitar (1986-1989);
* Konstantin Gavrilov - keyboards (1989);
* Konstantin Smirnov - keyboards (1988);
* Vladimir Guskov - guitar (1989-1991);
* Pavel Khotin - keyboards (1989, 2005);
* Sergey Khazanov - guitar (1990);
* Petr Mikov - guitar;
* Vladislav "Rush" Itskovich - drums (current line-up).

== Discography ==
* "Rodina" (1985, magnetic album; 2005 cd)
* "Northern Way" (1987, magnetic album)
* "Head in Space" (1988, magnetic album)
* "Concert in Riga" (1988, magnetic album)
* "Concert in Tirana" (1989, magnetic album, z / r O. Salkhov)
* "Blinded by the Sun" (BSA Records 1989/1993, cd, director of photography O. Salkhov)
* "Head in Space" (single) ("Melodiya Firm" 1989, vinyl)
* General of the Galaxy (1990)
* Mirrors (1991)
* "Fiery Ice" (2010, Mazai communications)

== External Links (in Russian) ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080430024751/http://www.rockanet.ru/100/66.phtml 100 magnetic albums of Soviet rock. Nicolaus Copernicus] "Homeland"
* [http://www.nikolaykopernik.ru/ Official site of the group "Nicolaus Copernicus"]
* [https://specialradio.ru/art/id296/ Crystalline lunoid "Nicolaus Copernicus"] / Radio Special, October 2007

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''Text adapted from the Russian language Wikipedia''
[[Category: Russian Profiles]]

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