In pictures: Flowers laid at monument to Soviet-era musician Muliavin on his 80th birth anniversary

Flowers were laid at the monument to celebrated Soviet-era musician Uladzimir Muliavin in Minsk on January 12 on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of his birth.

Muliavin, the Russian-born frontman of iconic band Piesniary, died in a Moscow hospital in January 2003 at the age of 62. He had been paralyzed since a car crash near Minsk in May 2002.