Maksim "Max” Fadeev (Russian: Максим Александрович "Макс" Фадеев) was born on May 6, 1968 in Kurgan, Russia. At the age of 5 he went to music school in Kurgan. Already at 15 he joined Kurgan Institute of Music on two faculties simultaneously: conductor-choir and piano. At 17 he was seriously injured; this was the same time when he wrote his first song, “Dance on broken glass” («Танцуй на разбитом стекле») which was followed by myriads of others.