Margarita Pushkina

Margarita Anatolyevna Pushkina (Russian: Маргарита Анатольевна Пушкина) (born 22 January 1952) is a Russian lyricist, singer, and writer. She has written lyrics for several Soviet and Russian rock groups, including Aria and Kipelov.

Pushkina was born on January 22, 1952, in Tbilisi, Georgia. Her father, Anatoly Ivanovitch Pushkin, was made a Hero of the Soviet Union for his service as a bomber pilot. Her sister Tamara Anatolyevna Pushkina, who holds a Ph.D. equivalent in archaeology, was a strong influence on her early life and development.

Pushkina has an advanced education and has worked as a lecturer of English and Spanish. She is a very close friend of Alexander Gradsky.

Pushkina was interested in rock music and bardic poetry from a young age. She wrote her first song lyric in 1970, Everyone Must Fish The Sun Out Of The Water Once for Alexander Kutikov. In 1976, Kutikov introduced Pushkina to the rock group Leap Summer, and this began her career of writing for rock musicians.

Pushkina has worked with the rock band Aria and its later offshoot Kipelov, and with Master, Catharsis, Autograph, and other bands.

Pushkina wrote the book The Legend Of The Dinosaur about Aria, and later published a book about the drafts and lyrics of Aria's songs.

In 1992, Pushkina founded the music magazine Zabriskie Rider, dedicated to the alternative underground scene in Europe, the United States, and Russia. The name of the magazine was derived by combining the titles of two movies, Zabriskie Point and Easy Rider.

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