Andrey Makarevich

Andrey Makarevich was born in 1953 in Moscow

Makarevich was born in Moscow in 1953. His mother, Nina Makarevich, was a microbiologist of Jewish origin, and his father, Vadim Makarevich, was an architect who taught at the Moscow Architectural Institute. His maternal grandfather was a shoemaker and a member of the Bund.

In 1969 he formed Mashina Vremeni with classmates, and he became its singer, guitarist and sole lyricist. He entered the Moscow Architectural Institute in 1971, was expelled in 1974, returned in 1975 and graduated in 1977 as a graphic artist and architect. He worked as an architect until 1979.

He also released solo albums, wrote poetry collections and two volumes of memoirs, and exhibited his paintings. He hosted television shows, including the cooking program Smak, and acted in the 2000 film Still Waters.

In 2014 he opposed Russia's invasion of Crimea, and some of his concerts were canceled. That August he performed for displaced people in Sviatohirsk, Ukraine, and was attacked in Russian media. He later won a libel suit.

He criticized the Russian invasion of Ukraine and settled in Israel in 2022. That year Russia listed him as a foreign agent. In 2025 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev gave him an honorary doctorate.