Mikhail Plotkin

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vladimirovich and the family name is Plotkin.

Mikhail Vladimirovich Plotkin (Russian: Михаил Владимирович Плоткин; 20 April 1944 – 1 May 2021) was a Russian music producer and administrator (Vesyolye Rebyata, Samotsvety, Boris Amarantov, Leysya, Pesnya, Alla Pugacheva).^[1][2]

Career

Plotkin began his career on the stage as a stagehand for the duo Shurov and Rykunin in 1964. Then he worked for Boris Amarantov in the "Souvenir" dance ensemble.^[3]

Death

He died of complications from COVID-19 in Moscow at age 77 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia.^[4][5]