[1] He met Veniamin Nechayev in Khabarovsk during their military service in the post-war years.
[1] In 1948, Rudakov and Nechayev formed a estrada duet and gave first concert in Leningrad.
Lyrics were written on topical issues (In newspaper at morning – in verse at evening) thus shaping the popularity of the duet which had become one of the signs of the times of the Khrushchev Thaw.
[1] Even Nikita Khrushchev himself treated Rudakov and Nechayev with sympathy; artists were invited to important meetings on cultural issues.
[1] The duet was reunited one time specifically for filming in Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears – director invited them to participate in the movie, with a view to recreation the atmosphere of 1950s.