Leonid Petrovich Derbenyov (Russian: Леони́д Петро́вич Дербенёв, IPA: [lʲɪɐˈnʲit pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ dʲɪrbʲɪˈnʲɵf]; April 12, 1931 – June 22, 1995) was a Russian poet and lyricist widely regarded as one of the stalwarts of the 20th century Soviet and Russian pop music.
