Igor Fyodorovich "Yegor" Letov (Russian: И́горь Фёдорович (Его́р) Ле́тов; 10 September 1964, Omsk – 19 February 2008, Omsk) was the founding member of the punk rock/psychedelic rock band Grazhdanskaya Oborona (Civil Defence). He was also the founder of the conceptual art project named "Communism" mocking Soviet propaganda style (samples of speeches of Soviet leaders, Russian patriotic songs, propaganda slogans etc. were often used in their compositions) and played with Siberian singer-songwriter Yanka Dyagileva. Yegor Letov was also a cofounder of National Bolshevik Party.
Certainly a prolific musician, Letov is a controversial figure. He was controversial in the mid-to-late 1980s when he satirized the Soviet system, and helped develop a gritty Soviet punk sound with folk underpinnings. After the fall of the USSR and especially 1993 Russian constitutional crisis he disappointed in Yeltsin's government and made friends and fans out of nationalists and communists. In later years, Letov distanced himself from any political ideology, stating (in 2004) "We're patriots, but not Nazis. ... All the totalitarians - right, left, of all colors and stripes - fuck you."
In an interview, Letov expressed that his favorite poets were Alexander Vvedensky (1904–1941), one of the OBERIU writers, and Vladimir Mayakovsky. He also expressed his interest in Conceptualism, and spoke of his own work in punk music and in creating a public image as a work of conceptual performance art.
In 1997 Letov married the bass guitarist of Grazhdanskaya Oborona Natalya Chumakova; they had no children.
Yegor Letov died of heart failure in his sleep on 19 February 2008 at home in Omsk. He was 43 years old.