Nezhnost'
Nezhnost' (Russian spelling: Нежность, English translation: Tenderness) is a Soviet Russian-language song. The song was composed in 1965. The music was written by Aleksandra Pakhmutova, with lyrics by Nikolai Dobronravov and Sergey Grebennikov. "Tenderness" was one of the most beloved songs from cosmonaut of the USSR, and the most beloved — the first cosmonaut of the planet Earth — Yuri Gagarin. Yevgeny Dolmatovsky recalled in the book "Stories about your songs" (1973): Nezhnost''' was performed in 1967 by Tatiana Doronina (as Nyura) in Tatiana Lioznova's film Tri topolya na Plyushchikhe (Three Poplars at Plyuschikha Street). Originally it was recorded by Maya Kristalinskaya in 1966. According to the memoirs of Chermen Kasaev (music editor of Radio in the Soviet Union and Soviet Central Television), when listening to a final record, Maya had tears dripping from her eyes. B. Serebrennikova wrote in the book "Singers of Soviet Pop" (1977) that "All critics who wrote about "Tenderness" noted that this is the pinnacle of Kristalinskaya's art and in general a masterpiece of song performance creativity." It was covered many times by many artists in Soviet Union and Russia, including versions made by Yuri Gulyayev, Joseph Kobzon, Tamara Sinyavskaya, Lyudmila Zykina, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Tamara