"Chubchik" (), also "Curly chubchik" () is a Russian folk blatnaya pesnya (a song of criminal subculture) of unknown authorship. It was performed by many famous Russian singers, both in Russia and in Russian diaspora, with varying lyrics, the most notable version belonging to Pyotr Leshchenko.
It is a song about a dashing thief with curly chubchik (forelock), who ended up in Siberia. The approximate time of the origin of the song may be deduced from the fact that it mentions the jury trial, which existed in Russia from 1866 until the Russian Revolution of 1917.
Notable performers
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- There are two different Hebrew lyrics for the tune. One, "", "Acre, the Land of Israel" is of unknown authorship, another one, about Latrun is by Avraham Shlonsky. Acre and Latrun were replacing Siberia, because these were places of detention of members of Palmach, Haganah, and other anti-British activists.
In culture
"Chubchik kucheryavy" is the title of the book about Leshchenko by Eduard Volodarsky. It was the base of the TV miniseries Pyotr Leschenko. Everything That Was....
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