Prince Peeter Volkonski | |
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| Birth name | Peeter Volkonski |
| Born | 12 September 1954 Tallinn, Estonia |
| Genres | Rock, punk |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, writer, actor |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Website | http://volk.ee/ |
Prince Peeter Volkonski (born 12 September 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. [1] He received 916 votes, which was not enough for a seat in the parliament. [2]
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, [3] [4] [5] thus, being a descendant of the princely Rurikid dynasty. [6]
His maternal ancestry is Estonian; his mother was the Estonian translator and writer Helvi Jürisson, who was a noted poet and author of children's literature. [6]
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