"[6] The song "Margarita" immediately became popular in Moscow clubs, spread across the country on samizdat "cassette singles"[4] and became an All—Union hit.
[12] In 1987, after Sergey Lisovsky, with the assistance of Chernavsky, organized SPM "Record", Minaev no longer collaborated with Yuri.
In 1989, Chernavsky, without waiting for the release of the song on LPs, produced the recording of the second version of "Margarita" — with Valery Leontiev.
[2] A month later, director Vadim Korotkov and co-director and screenwriter Yuri Grymov shot a music video, which received wide rotation on Soviet television.
[17] Valery Leontiev highly appreciated his work with Yuri Chernavsky on the song "Margarita" and other joint projects.