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Николай Добронравов
Dobronravov in 2004
Born	Nikolai Nikolayevich Dobronravov (1928-11-22)22 November 1928 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died	16 September 2023(2023-09-16) (aged 94) Moscow, Russia
Nationality	Russian
Occupation	Poet, lyricist, schoolteacher
Spouse(s)	Aleksandra Pakhmutova

Nikolai Nikolayevich Dobronravov (Russian: Николай Николаевич Добронравов; 22 November 1928 – 16 September 2023) was a Soviet and Russian poet and lyricist. He collaborated with his wife Aleksandra Pakhmutova.

He had two higher educations: in 1950 he graduated from the Moscow Art Theatre School, in 1952 the Moscow City Pedagogical Institute named after Vladimir Potemkin.

Selected compositions

• And the Battle Is Going Again
• Belovezhskaya Pushcha (song) [ru]
• Do You Know What Kind of Guy He Was [ru]
• Hope (Soviet song) [ru]
• How Young We Were [ru]
• Nezhnost'
• No Coward Plays Hockey!
• The Main Thing, Guys, is Not to Grow Old by Your Heart [ru]
• The Team of Our Youth [ru]

Selected discography

• 1971 – Gagarin's Constellation (EP, Melodiya Д 00029947-8)
• 2013 – Nikolai Dobronravov. Best… (CD, Melodiya, MEL CD 60 02162)

Filmography

• Sporting Honour (1951) as Platon Platonovich (uncredited)
• The Return of Vasili Bortnikov (1953) as Seryozha
• O Sport, You Are Peace! (1981) as the author of the script (the text and the lyrics)

Awards and honors

• Lenin Komsomol Prize (1978)
• Order of the Badge of Honour (1978)'
• USSR State Prize (1982)
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1984)
• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class (2003)
• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class (2008)