Ivanushki International (written in Russian as "ÃÂòðýÃÂÃÂúø International") is a Russian boy band founded in Moscow in 1994.
The band was conceived by record producer Igor Matviyenko, and initially consisted of Andrei Grigoriev-Apollonov, Kirill Andreev, and primary vocalist Igor Sorin. They performed under several names (such as "ApolloâÂÂSoyuz") before settling on "Ivanushki International", a name meant to represent their intended blend of Russian ("Little Ivans") and international musical influences, and itself written half in Cyrillic, half in the Latin alphabet, with the second word read as in English.
Their debut album, ÃÂþýõÃÂýþ þý (Konyechno on, Of Course It's Him), was released in 1996. It included three cover versions of songs from the 1980s â "ÃÂÃÂõûõýýðÃÂ" (Vselennaya, "The Universe"), originally performed by Alexander Ivanov, and "àþýôþ" (Rondo, "Roundabout"), "ÃÂÃÂðöø" (Etazhi, "Levels"), and "ÃÂðûøýð" ("Malina", "Raspberry") by the group Class. However, it contained several original songs, including the hits "âÃÂÃÂø" (Tuchi, "Clouds"), "ÃÂþûõÃÂúþ" (Kolechko, "The Ring"), "ÃÂôõ-ÃÂþ" (Gdye-to, "Somewhere"), and "ÃÂýð" (Ona, "She").
A remixed version of the album followed one year later, Konyechno on remixed. Alongside the remixed versions, the album contained the new hit "ÃÂÃÂúûð" (Kukla, "Doll") and a cover version of the Lubeh song "ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ" (Dusya).
Ivanushki's second studio album, âòþø ÿøÃÂÃÂüð (Tvoi pisma, Your Letters), released later in 1997, repeated the existing formula of original material and covers of past hits.
Later that year, Igor Sorin left to pursue a solo career, and was replaced by Oleg Yakovlev, who had appeared in the music video for "Doll".
On September 1, 1998, Sorin committed suicide, jumping from the window of his high-rise apartment, and died three days later. The following year, the group released äÃÂðóüõýÃÂàöø÷ýø (Fragmenti iz zhizni, Fragments of Life), their tribute to him, which contained songs he had written prior to joining Ivanushki, as well as poems he had written, and a song dedicated to him, "ï ÃÂõñàýøúþóôð ýõ ÷ðñÃÂôÃÂ" (Ya tyebya nikogda nye zabudu, "I Will Never Forget You").
Ivanushki released their first full album with Yakovlev as vocalist, ÃÂñ ÃÂÃÂþü àñÃÂôàúÃÂøÃÂðÃÂàòÃÂàýþÃÂà(Ob etom ya budu krichat' vsyu noch, I'll Shout About This All Night ), in April 1999. It was followed in 2000 by ÃÂþôþöôø üõýÃÂ... (Podoshdi menya, Wait for Me), after which the group released their first compilation album, Ivanushki.Best.Ru.
Although not having any studio album since 2002, Ivanushki kept on releasing singles; The latest songs of the Ivanushki International band: Tuchi Kruche recorded together with (Clouds are Cooler, âÃÂÃÂø ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂõ) (2022), Dve Zvezdi (Two stars, ÃÂòõ ÷òõ÷ôÃÂ) (2022).
Former member Oleg Yakovlev died on July 1, 2017, probably due to bilateral pneumonia or AIDS-related disease.