Nautilus Pompilius (Russian: Наутилус Помпилиус), sometimes abbreviated as Nau (Russian: Нау), was a prominent Russian rock band formed in Sverdlovsk (now Ekaterinburg) and active between 1983 and 1997. They were an influential band in the post-punk, New Wave wing of Russian rock music. Some of their early hits are popularly associated with the Perestroika period. Their songs accompanied the movie Brother (Брат). Since the group disbanded, lead singer and front man Vyacheslav Butusov has launched a successful solo career. Rock group (or later rock band) is a generic name to describe a group of musicians specializing in a particular form of electronically amplified music. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Poster showing Mikhail Gorbachev Perestroika ( , Russian: ) is the Russian word (which passed into English) for the economic reforms introduced in June 1987 by the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. ... Brother (Russian: Брат, Brat) (1997) was a crime film directed by Aleksei Balabanov and starring Sergei Bodrov Jr. ...

Il'ya Kormiltsev was a key contributor as a songwriter and producer.

They released close to 20 albums.

Among their most well-known songs are: "Walk on Water", "Farewell Letter (Goodbye, America!)", "View from the Screen", «Khlop-khlop», «Шар цвета хаки», «Скованные одной цепью», "I want to be with you", "On the shore of river with no name", and "Tutenkamen."

"Nautilus pompilius" is the scientific name of a species of cephalopod commonly known as the Chambered Nautilus. Orders Subclass Coleoidea Belemnoidea (extinct) Sepiida Sepiolida Spirulida Teuthida Octopoda Vampyromorphida Subclass Ammonoidea(extinct) Subclass Nautiloidea The Cephalopods (head-foot) are the mollusk class Cephalopoda characterized by bilateral body symmetry, a prominent head, and a modification of the mollusk foot, a muscular hydrostat, into the form of arms or tentacles. ... Trinomial name Nautilus pompilius suluensis T. Habe/T. Okutani, 1988 The Chambered Nautilus (Nautilus pompilius suluensis) is a typical species of nautilus. ...

External links

• Russian-language Wikipedia article on Nautilus Pompilius
• Zvuki.ru - НАУТИЛУС ПОМПИЛИУС (Russian)
• Official website (not updated since 2002)