Sergey Krivchenkov — I Live Where Mologa Begins

Sergey Krivchenkov was born near the city of Bryansk. After graduating college, he moved to Klyuchevaya village, Maksatikha district, Tver region.
Mologa is a tributary of the Volga and has its source near Klyuchevaya. Name Klyuchevaya can be translated as “At the Springs”.
Forester by profession, Sergey is an enthusiastic singer-songwriter in Russian Bard style. His songs (tracks 1-13) cover topics of everyday life, homeland, history, love, folk philosophy, humour.
Track 14 is a song in Tver dialect of Karelian language. Written by a local Karelian author Alexandr Sedov, the song is performed by Sergey’s wife Elena.
Song names in Russian/Karelian:
- Молога
- Тверь
- Земля наша Россия
- За Родину, за Сталина!
- Кто я?
- Максатиха
- Жили — не тужили
- Брянск
- Подарил нам май любовь
- Я теперь солдат
- Мне часто снится дом родной
- Частушки 1
- Частушки 2
- Šie uijit
Recorded in Klyuchevaya, February 20, 2019
Performers:
Sergey Nikolaevitch Krivchenkov — guitar, vocal (1-13)
Elena Alexandrovna Krivchenkova — vocal (14)
Credits to: Sergey and Elena, Andrey Makarentsev, Nina Chigrina, Lyubov Dokuchaeva