Vadim Kozin

Vadim Kozin (Вадим Козин) (March 21, 1903 – December 19, 1994) was a Russian tenor singer. Vadim Alexeych Kozin was born the son of a merchant in Saint Petersburg to Alexei Gavrilovich Kozin and Vera Ilinskaya in 1903. His mother was a gypsy and often sang in the local gypsy choir. Their house was frequently full of musicians, exposing Vadim to tradition from an early age. He began to sing professionally in the 1920s, and gained success almost immediately.