How Two Friends From an Industrial Soviet City Built One of Russia's Most Enduring Rock Bands
Chaif (Чайф) is a Russian rock band formed in 1984 in Sverdlovsk by Vladimir Shakhrin and Vladimir Begunov, who became one of the defining acts of Soviet and post-Soviet Ural rock, reaching national fame in 1992 with songs like "Don't Rush" and headlining the 1991 Rock of Clean Water festival at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium.