Is it true that Yanka Diaghilev wrote the song "Enemy"?

For many years, the song “Enemy”, which is attributed to Janka Diaghileva, has been popular on the Internet. We checked whether this attribution is true.

The song with the words “the enemy forever remains the enemy, // Do not divide bread with him, do not call him into the house. // Even if the air is the smell by the world so far, // He, although calm, but still the enemy, is popular in "VKontakte"Where it can be found in dozens playlists. In addition, it can be found on entertainment portals And on sites With songs of songs.

Despite the fact that Yanka Diaghilev (the real name - Yana Stanislavovna Diaghilev) lived only 24 years, her creative heritage is very extensive: she released seven solo albums and took part in the recording of several albums of the Civil Defense group. Moreover, after the death of Yankees, several more of her discs with previously not published songs came out. 

At the same time, the Yankee legacy is quite well studied. On siteDedicated to her memory, a lot of notes of the singer are collected: all her lifetime official albums, posthumous albums and collections, as well as two dozen concert boots. In addition, all the well -known poems of Yankees are published there, including the earliest she composed at school. However, songs with the name “enemy” or “the enemy forever remains the enemy” “tested” did not find there.

The earliest publication of this song, which “verified” was found on the network, was dated August 19, 2010. The video published in "VKontakte"In the account"Cat Sashka: Bard rock", And the description indicates:" Music: cat_sashka. " Cat Sashka is a creative pseudonym of Alexandra Pavlova, the author and performer of songs. The main page of her official site says: “Her songs have gone so deep into the people that many do not believe in the real existence of the author. The song "Enemy" on the Web is often attributed to the Diaghileva Yanka. " 

Cat Sashka. Source: VKontakte screenshot

In the account "Cat Sashka: Bard rock"In VKontakte, we found and The story of the song, set forth by her creator. She says that she wrote the song “Enemy” in 2004 as a gift to her friend, who was supposed to go to serve in the army. “Then, in October 2004, in the Mayak recreation center, the sound engineer Count Dmitry Buklovsky (in the world of Dima Grafov) recorded my first studio album“ North Wind ”with this song. It was this record that you all heard more than once, and it went to the people, ”writes Pavlova. In 2007, the song entered the collection "ROCK from gateway - 3". 

Thus, the song "Enemy" was born in 2004, 13 years after the death of Yanka Diaghileva. Its author is Alexander Pavlova, known under the pseudonym, cat Sashka.

Photo on the cover: screenshot yanka.lenin.ru

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