Ilya Igorevich Lagutenko is the founder and lead singer of Music Television Award-winning band Mumiy Troll.
He was born in Moscow, the Soviet Union. Soon after his birth, his father died, and the family moved to Vladivostok.
In 1992, he graduated from the Far Eastern State University as a specialist in Mandarin and Chinese Economy.
Ilya worked in China and Great Britain with a commercial consulting firm. In 1983, he founded the rock group, Mumiy Troll.
He was chosen a "Manitoba of the Year 2005" for November by Glamour magazine and "Musician of the Year" by Gentlemen’s Quarterly many times. Ilya Lagutenko has changed not only the music but also the clothes, hairstyles, and behavior of Russian young people.
The fringe à la Lagutenko, soft "meowing" intonations, The Smile people attributed a special meaning to ¬- these features of one man were adopted by an entire generation.
