Artemy Kivovich Troitsky (né Maidanik; Russian: Артемий Кивович Троицкий né Майданик, born 16 June 1955 in Yaroslavl) is a Russian journalist, music critic, concert promoter, radio host, and academic who has lectured on music journalism at Moscow State University.

Artemy Troitsky was born on June 16, 1955, in Yaroslavl, into the family of political scientist and Latin American historian Kiva Lvovich Maidanik (Russian: Кива Львович Майданик).

He spent his childhood in Prague, where his parents worked as employees of the journal Problems of World and Socialism (Russian: «Проблемы мира и социализма»).

In interviews, Troitsky noted that he was “squeezed out” of his job at Moscow State University after 13 years of teaching,[5] and that his lectures were monitored and censored.

A benefit concert was organized in support of Troitsky and held at the Moscow club Hleb in June 2011.

[15] "The regime in Moscow has understood that music plays a revolutionary role," Troitsky says in an interview with journalist Tigran Petrosyan[1] Since mid-September 2014 he has lived in Tallinn, Estonia,[16][6] where he is engaged in teaching activities.

[17] He also teaches in Finland and London and lectures in many other places,[5] such as in the United States for various institutions of higher education.