Peeter Volkonski

Peeter Volkonski

September 12, 1954 (70 years old) in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]

Prince Peeter Volkonski (born September 12, 1954 in Tallinn) is an Estonian rock-musician, composer, actor, and theatre director. He became famous with the punk band Propeller, founded in 1978. In 2015 Volkonski was Free Party's candidate in the Tartu constituency for Estonian parliamentary election. He received 916 votes, which was not enough for a seat in the parliament. Peeter Volkonski's paternal ancestry comes from the Russian noble Volkonsky family; his father was the Russian composer and harpsichordist Prince Andrei Volkonsky. His paternal grandfather was the noted Russian opera baritone Prince Mikhail Volkonsky and his great-great-great-grandfather was Prince Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky, thus, being a descendant of the princely Rurikid dynasty. His maternal ancestry is Estonian; his mother is the Estonian translator and writer Helvi Jürisson, who is a noted poet and author of children's literature.

Known For

Secret Society of Souptown Secret Society of Souptown
All My Lenins All My Lenins
The Temptation of St. Tony The Temptation of St. Tony
Free Range Free Range
Self Made Cameraman Self Made Cameraman

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