Yuri Kukin (Russian: Юрий Алексеевич Кукин, born on July 17, 1932) - a Russian bard.

He was born in 1932 in Siasstroy town, Leningrad region. Graduated The Institute of Physical Training at Leningrad in 1954. Kukin worked as children figure skating coach in sport schools. In 1960th he participated in geological expeditions to Kamchatka and Pamir.

Since childhood, Kukin was involved with music, he played in the jazz band as a drummer. In 1948 he started to write songs, and perform them. Later, some of these songs became popular among hikers and geologists and then among general public. With the time Kukin became laureat of various festivals.

Since 1968, Kukin performed as an artist of Lenconcert, working in parallel in the Leningrad club «Meridian» as PE instructor. Since 1971 he worked in the philarmony, since 1979 - in Lenconcert, since 1988 in theater studio «Benefis».