14-year-old Mukhtar, whom locals nicknamed Hachiko, died the day before, writes RBC with reference to the local public "Overheard Yalta".
The dog began to be noticed on the Yalta embankment 12 years ago. It turned out that his owner, who worked as a lifeguard on the beach, died for unknown reasons, but Mukhtar tried to find him among passers-by. Soon almost the whole city found out this story and nicknamed the dog Yalta "Hachiko".
Mukhtar had musical abilities: about ten years ago, he began to "sing along" to a local street musician, trumpeter Viktor Malinovsky, and they formed a kind of duet. KP Crimea writes that the dog even had favorite compositions — for example, From Souvenirs to Souvenirs by Demis Roussos, Strangers In The Night by Frank Sinatra and "There is Only a Moment" by Alexander Zatsepin. The dog periodically lived with the trumpeter and he fed him.
The head of the local administration Yanina Pavlenko called the dog's death a "great loss." "Mukhtar was known and loved by almost everyone who came to our city. A very loyal dog. Of course, it's a pity," she said and added that the issue of erecting a monument to Yalta's "Hachiko" would be discussed.
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