You were just a part of me... In memory of Yuri Shatunov and Sergey Kuznetsov

The book is based on real events and covers the period from 1986 to 2023. A chance meeting between Landysh Akhmetshina and Sergey Kuznetsov, and the subsequent events led to the writing of a co-authored book and formed its plot line. The founder of the legendary group "Laskovyi Mai" (the phenomenon of its success is still puzzling many witnesses of those events, stars of show business, and great minds of modernity) Sergey Borisovich Kuznetsov tells the story of its creation and its soloist Yuri Shatunov, who prematurely left this world on June 23, 2022. The group "Laskovyi Mai" has a complicated fate, just like its members. It shone briefly on the musical Olympus of the Soviet and Russian stage, but those who captured the hearts with the songs of Sergey Kuznetsov performed by Yuri Shatunov remained fans throughout the entire life of the creative duo, passing their love from generation to generation. And their army of fans around the world numbers in the millions. The plot of this book was supposed to be limited to a creative evening of the founder of the group "Laskovyi Mai" Sergey Kuznetsov, but two days after the sold-out concerts, the maestro passed away due to a heart attack. The co-author of the book and friend of Sergey Borisovich, Landysh Akhmetshina, concludes the narrative with descriptions of the last days of the great composer's life and events related to him over the following year. The book also includes memories of Oksana Masyagutova — assistant to the Kuznetsovs, and Valentina Alexeevna Kuznetsova, the mother of Sergey Borisovich.