Pyotr Leshchenko - "The King of Russian Tango", owner of a breathtaking, soft
baritone voice - was born on June 14, 1898 in a village Isaeva in Ukraine. His
father was a clerk, mother - illiterate. During the First World War, his mother and
stepfather moved to Kishinev (now part of Moldavia). As a result Leshchenko
has been claimed as a national by Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and Romania. In
his early childhood he sang in a church choir and learned how to play the guitar
and the balalaika. After the war Pyotr worked at various restaurants performing
small theatrical acts, mostly dancing.
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