Zibrov said that after demobilization he went with concerts to Afghanistan, where the war was then going on. He bought mumiyo at the local bazaar – a natural organo-mineral substance that is formed in high mountain areas. To transport prohibited substances across the border, the artist and his friends covered things with eucalyptus branches, which interrupted the smell of mumiyo and to which border dogs reacted.
“Honestly, I saved 5 thousand rubles. You could have bought a used, two-year-old Zhigul,” he shared.
Zibrov put the proceeds from the sale into a savings book, as his mother-in-law advised him, and later this money disappeared from the account.
Context
Zibrov was born in 1957 in the village of Krasnoye, Vinnytsia region. He graduated from the orchestral and then vocal departments of the Kyiv Conservatory named after P.I. Tchaikovsky. He was a soloist of the State Pop Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine. Since 1994 – director and artistic director of the Song Theater. Teaches vocals at the Kiev National University of Culture and Art.
The singer lives in a private house in the village of Khodosovka, about 20 km from Kyiv.
