Artemy Troitsky, Russian journalist and critic
Artemy Kivovich Troitsky (né Maidanik; Russian: Артемий Кивович Троицкий né Майданик, born 16 June 1955 in Yaroslavl) is a Russian journalist, music critic, concert promoter, radio host, and academic who has lectured on music journalism at Moscow State University. He was born in Yaroslavl, then in the Soviet Union. In 1988, he was described in The New York Times as "the leading Soviet rock critic."In 1986, Troitsky was one of the organizers of the "Account No. 904" rock concert, modeled on Live Aid, to raise funds for the victims of the Chernobyl disaster, the first such concert in the Soviet Union.Currently, Troitsky is living in Tallinn, Estonia and works as a lecturer in Tallinn and Helsinki.