Home / Birthday profiles / Mikhail Gorsheniov
Portrait of Mikhail Gorsheniov

Birthday profile

Mikhail Gorsheniov

Mikhail Gorsheniov, Russian singer-songwriter (died 2013)

Find birthday twinsOpen interactive profile
Born
August 7, 1973
Died
July 19, 2013
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1973

About Mikhail Gorsheniov

Mikhail "Gorshok" Gorsheniov was a lead singer and composer of Russian horror punk/hard rock band Korol i Shut. Mikhail was largely known for his menacing and sinister stage appearance. The band had many nominations for most every Russian music award and won almost all of them. Music career Together with classmates Alexander Balunov and Alexander Shchigolev, in 1988 he founded the group "Kontora" ("Bureau" in English). The reason for recording the solo album was a tribute to the "Contract", as well as its then leader Nikolai Mikhailov, whose concerts Mikhail attended in his youth.

Biography source: Wikipedia. The profile adds birthday-specific historical context from the Celebs Birthday Today editorial database.

The world when Mikhail Gorsheniov was born

Mikhail Gorsheniov was born in 1973. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1973

  • #1 song"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" – Tony Orlando & Dawn
  • Top movieThe Sting
  • Top TV showAll in the Family
  • Best-selling bookGravity's Rainbow – Thomas Pynchon

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentSecretariat wins the Triple Crown with a record Belmont Stakes
  • Top headlineOPEC oil embargo triggers global energy crisis
  • Technology milestoneFirst mobile phone call (Martin Cooper, Motorola)
  • Defining fadPlatform shoes
  • Notable inventionMobile phone (Motorola prototype)
  • World population3.93 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderRichard Nixon
  • Sports championOakland Athletics (World Series)
  • Also wonNew York Knicks (NBA)
  • U.S. population211.9M

1973 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Mikhail Gorsheniov's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19732026
Gas$0.39$3.45/gal
Average home$22,100$435,000
Average income$13,500$67,500
Minimum wage$1.60$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$1.77$11.95
Postage stamp$0.08$0.73
Population211.9M341 million

Sources and editorial standards

This profile combines a biographical source with structured birthday and historical context. Sources recorded for this profile: Wikipedia, MusicBrainz, Wikidata. See our editorial policy for sourcing, corrections, and review standards.

Read the source biography on Wikipedia. Wikipedia text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.