and joseph kabzon wrote and performed the anthem of the then self-proclaimed donetsk republics.o his homeland, despite the bans, sanctions and serious illness, he went certainly with help, in donbass he was not only loved, but respected. for those places, this is a rare quality, which. says a lot. after 2014, iosif davidovich became the honorary consul of the dpr in russia. how did his fellow countrymen remember the people's artist, for which they never tire of thanking him? in the story by olga mokhova. october 2014, the opera and ballet theater in donetsk under incessant shelling, but at the same time with... a two-meter bronze monument was erected in his honor monument, though it took about a year and a half to persuade the artist to agree to it. in 2003, the townspeople actually installed a sculptural composition, to which iosif davidovich said that this is not a monument, this is a sculptural composition, and i dream of couples in love making a date here. it can be said that his ascent to the pop olympus began in donetsk, when he was just a boy, iosif. kabzon first appeared