Yuri Gulyayev (1930-1986) was a People's Artist of the USSR, a soloist at the Taras Shevchenko Kyiv State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in 1961-1975. Among the best roles: Sultan (The Cossack Beyond the Danube), Figaro (The Barber of Seville), Renato (The Masquerade Ball), Robert (Iolanta), Onegin (Eugene Onegin). He became widely known as a concert singer, for which he was awarded the USSR State Prize. He wrote music for forty romances and songs. During his lifetime, more than twenty-five LPs with his recordings were released. He was the singer of the song “Yak tebe ne liubyty, Kyieve mii!” (since 2014, the official anthem of the city).
A memorial plaque to Yuri Gulyayev was installed on one of the central streets of Kyiv, in particular, on the facade of the building where the singer lived in apartment 23 in 1960-1975. The plaque was unveiled on October 27, 2017.
Address:19A Yevhena Chykalenka Street.
