Valery Yakovlevich Leontiev (Russian: ??????? ????????? ????????; born 19 March 1949 in Ust-Usa, Komi ASSR, RSFSR, Soviet Union) is a Soviet and Russian pop singer whose popularity peaked in the early 1980s.
Also occasional as songwriter and actor.
He was titled a People's Artist of Russia in 1996.
He is known as one of the most prominent artists of Soviet and Russian music.
Over the course of his decades-long career, he has recorded more than 30 albums, many of which sold millions of copies.
The media refers to Leontiev as a megastar and a legend of the Russian scene.