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Alla Pugacheva


in English, released by the World Record Music label in Sweden as "Watch Out" and by the Melodiya label in the Soviet Union as "Alla Pugacheva in Stockholm". In the late 1970s, Pugacheva became one of Russia's most beloved artists for her "clear mezzo-soprano and a full display of genuine emotions". Pugacheva's most notable title is "People's Artist of the USSR", the highest honour that could be bestowed to a musical artist in the state, awarded to her in 1991.
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did the same in West Germany, releasing "Alla Pugachova". During the 1980s, Pugacheva was a frequent visitor to Stockholm. She started out with multiple guest appearances on the popular Swedish radio show "Galaxen" (April 1980 year) conducted by Jacob Dahlin, and later frequently appeared on his TV-show "Jacobs Stege" ("Jacob's Ladder"). Dahlin and Pugacheva used to perform duets, such as "Superman" where Dahlin sings as the title character. In Stockholm, Pugacheva recorded an album
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The Woman who Sings


Applying all Force" (Alla Pugacheva's music, the words of Yevgeny Yevtushenko, appeared in the repertoire of the singer in 1978). Also in the film was to sound the song "In the Grove of the Guelder-rose" to the music of Alla Pugacheva and verses of Yunna Morits, however the poet forbade the song to be used for her poems in the film. Subsequently, Pugacheva put other lyrics — a poem by Oleg Milyavsky, on original music of this song and so in Pugachev's repertoire appeared
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Primadonna (Alla Pugacheva song)


"Primadonna" () was the Russian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, performed in Russian by Alla Pugacheva. The song is a dramatic ballad. Pugacheva sings to a "prima donna" and describes her desire to overcome struggles much in the way as the singer apparently has. She sings that the prima donna has an "injured soul" but is yet able to sing well. In the Eurovision 1997 contest the song was performed twentieth on the night, following Hungary's V.I.P. with "Miért kell, hogy elmenj
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from 1975–77. The Victor label released a collection album "Alla Pugacheva" in the same year in Japan. In 1978, performing the song "Vsyo mogut koroli" ("Kings Can Do Anything"), Pugacheva received the Amber Nightingale prize at the Sopot International Song Festival which at the time meant automatically winning the Grand Prix of the Intervision Song Contest. In 1980, the Kansan label of Finland released her above listed works as the compilation album "Huipulla" ("At the Top"). Tonbandausnahmenkompanie Bayer GmbH
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Ruslan Gorobets


of Alla Pugacheva 14 years he worked in the "Recital" group. Working with Pugacheva, he was the conductor and arranger for the musical program "has come and say," I took part in its numerous "Christmas meetings". As a composer has collaborated with poets such as Mikhail Tanich, Pavel Zhagun. Songs performed by Ruslan Gorobets: Alla Pugacheva, Valery Leontiev, , Alexander Barykin, Anne Veski, Mikhail Boyarsky and many other artists. Particularly popular to Gorobets brought songs on poems by Mikhail Tanich by Larisa
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Jacob Dahlin


he had the Soviet and US ambassadors as guests on his TV show, speaking to them fluently in their own languages. Dahlin also recorded with Pugacheva, including the single "Superman" as a duet. The recording led to Pugacheva getting to record her first entire English-language album, "Alla Pugacheva in Stockholm", which was released in 1985. Guests on his television show included Diana Ross, Boy George, Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, Janet Jackson, Tina Turner, Cher, Donna Summer, Liza Minnelli, Alla
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Pugacheva married producer Yevgeniy Boldin, with whom she had numerous professional collaborations. She had a working and romantic relationship with a young musician and singer, Vladimir Kuzmin during this period. In 1993, she divorced Yevgeniy Boldin stating that their professional lives interfered too much with their personal life. In 1994, she married a pop singer, Philipp Kirkorov. Their divorce was announced in November 2005. On 23 December 2011, Alla Pugacheva married Maxim Galkin. The couple has twins delivered by a surrogate mother. Their names are Liza and
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Crimea Music Fest


Crimea Music Fest (Krym Music Fest) is an annual International Music Festival and International Song Contest, which takes place in Yalta (Crimea, Ukraine). The total prize fund of the contest is USD 200,000. The festival management is located in Kiev. Festival Art Director is Alla Pugacheva, a singer. General Producer – Valentina Basovskaya, who has been working over Alla Pugachevas Ukrainian projects (musical "Chasing Two Hares" Pugachevas recitals in Ukraine, "Christmas Meeting" in Kiev in 2009 and others) for a long
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Orpheus" to perform a concert outside the competition. The Balkanton released the live tracks as Pugacheva's first album "Zolotoy Orfey 76". In that same year, Pugacheva recorded a number of songs for the musical drama-comedy "The Irony of Fate" as the singing voice of Nadja, the female protagonist. Pugacheva went on to work on the musical film "The Woman who Sings" in cooperation with the band Ritm ("Rhythm") in 1977. She played the leading lady, a famous pop singer
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Igor Nikolayev


1986 began the solo career of singer, debut in that capacity has become the song "Mill". The author of about a hundred hits and hits from the repertoire of Alla Pugacheva, Irina Allegrova, Natasha Koroleva, Valery Leontiev, Alexander Kalyanov and other, songs in their own performance ("Raspberry wine", "Poor Mozart", "Let's drink for love" and others). As a poet, he is working with Igor Krutoy, Alla Pugacheva. From 1985 (as composer) and 1988 (
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Irson Kudikova


me". Kudikova performed in duets with other competitors, such as; Alla Pugacheva ("I will place all on the places"), Sergey Mazayev ("the Actress on life"), Alexander Malinin ("As we loved"), Verka Serdjuchka, Vladimir Presnyakov, Pierre Nartsiss, Anastasia Stotskaya and others. Kudikova recorded some joint compositions with the world stars Tomas N'evergreen, ("Another lovesong"), and Al Bano ("Ci Sara"). Kudikova gives credit to Alla Pugacheva for being
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The Woman who Sings


The Woman who Sings () is a 1978 Soviet film by Aleksandr Orlov. It is a musical melodrama and fictionalized biography of Alla Pugacheva, where the heroine is represented by Anna Streltsova. The All-Union premiere of the film took place on March 2, 1979. According to the results of the Soviet film distribution in 1979, the film won first place, having collected 55 million spectators, and the performer of the leading role Alla Pugacheva according to the poll of the magazine Soviet Screen was named "The Best Actress
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Eurovision Song Contest 1997. Pugacheva was born to Boris Mikhailovich Pugachëv and Zinaida Arkhipovna (née Odegova) Pugachëv in Moscow, on 15 April 1949. In 1956, she enrolled in music school №31, and attended the Ippolitov-Ivanov music college. She went on to study at school №496, finishing her studies there in 1964. She then studied in the choral-conducting department of the college. Pugacheva recorded her first track "Robot" in 1965, for a morning programme on Radio Yunost. Pugacheva finished college
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Alla Pugacheva


Alla Borisovna Pugacheva (; sometimes transcribed in English as Pugachova, ; born 15 April 1949), is а Soviet and Russian musical performer. Her career started in 1965 and continues to this day. For her "clear mezzo-soprano and a full display of sincere emotions", she enjoys an iconic status across the former Soviet Union as the most successful Soviet performer in terms of record sales and popularity. Her repertoire includes over 500 songs in Russian, English, German, French, Hebrew, Finnish, Ukrainian, and the
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Kristina Orbakaitė


Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaitе (, , born 25 May 1971), better known as Kristina Orbakaite, is a Russian-Lithuanian singer and actress. Her parents are Russian pop star Alla Pugacheva and Lithuanian circus performer . Was born in Moscow and spent much of her childhood between Šventoji, Lithuania, the home of her paternal grandparents, and Moscow, the home of her maternal grandparents. After her parents divorced in 1973, she was brought to Moscow by her mother, Alla Pugacheva, and lived with her maternal grandparents. At the
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Igor Nikolayev


Igor Yuryevich Nikolayev (; born 17 January 1960) is a Russian composer, singer and song-writer. Nikolayev was born in Kholmsk, Sakhalin Oblast, into the family of Sakhalin-marinist poet Yury Nikolayev. He graduated from pop Branch (class composer Igor Yakushenko) of the Moscow Institute of Culture. In early 1980s worked in ensemble "Recital" of Alla Pugacheva keyboard and arranger. In 1983 Alla Pugacheva and Nikolayev recorded songs "Iceberg", "Tell, birds!", which made Nikolayev famous author. In
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Maxim Galkin


hosting a children's talent show on TV "Best of all" . Since 2001, Maxim Galkin was romantically involved with the venerated Soviet and Russian singer Alla Pugacheva. On December 24, 2011, the couple got married, despite the significant age gap. On September 18, 2013 Maxim Galkin and Alla Pugacheva became the biological parents of twins (using a surrogate mother) – Elizaveta and Harry. He spoke up negatively about the Russian gay propaganda law, comparing it to a 'witch-hunt', which is created
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Irson Kudikova


career as a professional variety singer. She has received voice training from some of the best vocal teachers and has found a fondness for playing the saxophone and piano. In 2004, Kudikova was a participant in the teleproject "Alla Pugacheva's Star Factory-5". She gained popularity to a wider audience after singing the song "Why" in her first performance in the competition. Some of the songs performed by Kudikova during "Alla Pugacheva's Star Factory-5" became hits, for instance: "By Long evenings" and "Forgive
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Fabrika Zvyozd


season, the format "Star Factory: Russia-Ukraine", with Russian and Ukrainian previous graduates of Factory competed. The programme then went on a hiatus for many years before relaunching the 10th season in 2017 broadcast on Muz-TV. Producer: Igor Matvienko Producer: Maxim Fadeev Producer: Alexander Shulgin Producer: Igor Krutoy Producers: Alla Pugacheva, Igor Matvienko, Maxim Fadeev Producer: Viktor Drobysh The seventh season was sponsored by singer Alla Pugacheva, together with Maxim Galkin and Verka Serduchka. Spares: Producers: Konstantin Meladze
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Philipp Kirkorov


" and also scored a win at the Bulgarian international singing competition Golden Orpheus. The following year, he unveiled his new solo concert program, titled "Ya ne Rafael" (I am not Raphael), which included cover songs by Engelbert Humperdinck, Tom Jones, Frank Sinatra, Paul Anka and Elvis Presley. He also recorded "Ya podnimayu svoy bokal" (I raise my glass), which he said was a love letter to Alla Pugacheva. In 1994, he proposed to Alla Pugacheva and she accepted. On
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Vladimir Gustov


Tea For Two" (Chay Vdvoyom), and playing music with several other groups. An acquaintance with the composer Viktor Reznikov had a huge impact on Gustov's professional skills and career. Several recording studio projects with Alla Pugacheva, Larisa Dolina, Mikhail Boyarski, Tynis Miagi, and Jaak Jola have made Gustov's musical work to stand out. Quite a few musical publications placed Vladimir among the best musicians of the Soviet Union. At that time, Alla Pugacheva has made Vadimir an offer to work in her musical group called
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Irson Kudikova


the person who changed her life. Now, Pugacheva is her art director and her mentor. Kudikova believes she owes everything to Alla Borisovne; "the Prima donna helped me to begin a career on the big scene and has always supported me, like nobody else." After Kudikova's termination from the teleproject "Alla Pugacheva's Star Factory-5" she signed a contract with Igor Matvienko's music production company and the First Channel. In May, 2007, Kudikova's had a big solo concert in Moscow under the name "
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ZD Awards


1. Alla Pugacheva 1. Alexander Gradsky 1. Alla Pugacheva 2. Sophia Rotaru 3. Roza Rymbaeva 4. Irina Ponarovskaya 5. Valentina Tolkunova 6. . 7. Lyudmila Senchina. 8. Jeanne Bichevskaya. 9. Edita Piekha. 10. Mirdza Zīvere. 1. Jaak Joala. 2. Alexander Gradsky. 3. Lev Leshchenko. 4. Mikhail Boyarsky. 5. . 6. Tõnis Mägi. 7. Yevgeny Martynov. 8. . 9. Eduard Khil. 10.  Valery Obodzinsky. 1. Pesnyary
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discography has more than 100 Vinyl, CDs and DVDs. In addition to Russia and the former Soviet Union, Pugacheva's albums were published in Japan, Korea, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria. Pugacheva has sold more than 250 million records. She became a People's Artist of the USSR in 1991. Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1995). Chevalier of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II, III and IV degrees. She represented Russia in the
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Alla Pugacheva


Dmitry Medvedev awarded Pugacheva the 3rd Degree Order of Merit for the Fatherland on her 60th birthday (15 April 2009). ! colspan="3" style="background: red;" | Ovation In 1969, she married Lithuanian circus performer , and in 1971 she gave birth to a daughter, Kristina Orbakaite, who is also a popular singer. Pugacheva divorced Orbakas after four years of marriage in 1973. She married film director Alexander Stefanovich in 1976, and starred in several of his movies. The union was dissolved in 1980. In 1985,
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A-Studio


Mikloshich. In 1989, the A-Studio song "Julia" ("Джулия") caught the attention of Russian singers Philipp Kirkorov and Alla Pugacheva. Pugacheva invited them to her annual "Christmas Meeting" in 1990 and introduced them as the best band in the country (at that time, the USSR). The song, as well as the band, immediately became popular across the USSR. In 2000, Shukenov left the band to pursue a solo career, while A-Studio introduced a new vocalist, Polina
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who sacrifices her personal life for her career. The soundtrack, which was co-written by Pugacheva and composed of pop songs, culminated with the dramatic title ballad "Zhenshchina, kotoraya poyot". The Soviet audience, regarding the film as autobiographical, brought the soundtrack to reach record audience of the year in 1979, as it was bought by 55 million people. The soundtrack was first released in 1977 as part of the double album "" ("Mirror of Soul"), which was a collection of her songs
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Vesyolye Rebyata


beautiful is this world" (), "Song, my song" (). In 1971, Vesyolye Rebyata gave a series of concerts in Czechoslovakia, performing in the concert hall Lucerne in Prague. In 1973, the band recorded one of the best known albums, "Love - a huge country" (). In 1974, Slobodkin invited a young female vocalist named Alla Pugacheva to perform with the band. In 1975, Pugacheva won the Golden Orpheus award in Bulgaria with the song Arlekino that launched her now legendary
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Philipp Kirkorov


the 2008 Ukrainian entry "Shady Lady", performed by Ani Lorak. He was also a judge in the second season of "Music Idol" in Bulgaria. Kirkorov makes a cameo in Verka Serduchka's video "Do Re Mi". Other than his native Bulgarian, he is fluent in Russian, and is proficient in Spanish and English. He became a father in 2012. His daughter, Alla-Victoria Filippovna Kirkorova, was born in Miami. He decided to call her Alla-Victoria after Alla Pugacheva and his
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Liberal Democratic Party of Russia


-diva and a veteran of Russian pop scene Alla Pugacheva, "prostitutes" ("I thought you are an artful person, politician, cunning man, but you are just a clown and a psycho", replied Pugacheva. "I am what I am. And such is my charm", replied Zhirinovsky). As a result, Zhirinovsky gained 6.2% of the votes. In the parliamentary elections in 2016, the party improved the result compared to the previous elections. The LDPR surpassed the center-left party
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him in advance, inserted her songs (under the pseudonym Boris Gorbonos) without his knowledge. Because of this, Zatsepin refused to be the composer, but agreed to leave his songs in the film. As a result, all background music was written by Alla Pugacheva. Background music in the picture consists of two compositions, which later became songs in Pugacheva's repertoire. The episode with the child, as well as the conversation with Andrei and a rehearsal before the contest, is accompanied by a melody that later became the
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Million Roses


"Dāvāja Māriņa meitenei mūžiņu" () is a Latvian song composed by Raimonds Pauls with lyrics by Leons Briedis. It was performed at the 1981 "Mikrofona aptauja" by Aija Kukule and Līga Kreicberga. The song is one of Pauls's most popular ones. It has been covered by several artists, most notably by Russian Alla Pugacheva in 1982 with lyrics by Andrei Voznesensky as "Миллион алых роз" (Million alykh roz, "Million Scarlet Roses"). Pugacheva's cover was written by Andrei Voznesensky as "Миллион
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She recorded songs throughout that period for numerous movies. In 1974, she came in 3rd place in the All-Union competition of musicians. In 1975, she received the Grand Prix of the international contest "Golden Orpheus" performing the song "Harlequin" by Emil Dimitrov. The Amiga label released her winning song as a single in East Germany. Subsequently, in Bulgaria, the Balkanton label released the live recording of "Harlequin" from the festival as a single. One year later, Pugacheva returned to the "Golden
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Alla Pugacheva


While the lesser titles of "Accomplished Artist of the Russian SFSR", and "People's Artist of the Russian SFSR" had been already awarded to her in 1980 and 1985 respectively, the government was hesitant to award her its highest honour, reportedly largely because of statements and actions on her part that were inconsistent with the Party's agenda. At the same time, she grew to represent the government-endorsed pop culture that was forced upon people. Pugacheva listed in the Russian Encyclopedia (2005). President of Russia
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Jacob Dahlin


" ("Cheers, dammit!"). Dahlin studied the Russian language and often reported about happenings in Russian popular culture. He also went to Moscow with his TV-show "Jacobs Stege," broadcasting with the Russian television show, "The Morning Post", with Yury Nikolayev as host. Nikolayev later got invited to Sweden to be on "Jacobs Stege", and brought with him actress Alla Pugacheva. Pugacheva and Dahlin became friends and she was a frequent guest on his TV-show. One night
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Vladimir Zhirinovsky 2012 presidential campaign


The Vladimir Zhirinovsky 2012 presidential campaign was the election campaign of Liberal Democratic Party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky in the 2012 election. On the last episode of debates with Prokhorov, just before the elections, Zhirinovsky caused a scandal by the Russian celebrities that supported Prokhorov, including a pop-diva and a veteran of Russian pop scene Alla Pugacheva, "prostitutes". Pugacheva had responded to those remarks by saying, "I thought you are an artful person, politician, cunning man, but you are just a clown and a psycho"
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Boris Moiseev


in 1975 he was expelled from Komsomol and left Kharkiv for Kaunas. He became a head of the Lithuanian dance group Trimitas. In 1978 Moiseev created famous dancing trio Ekspressiya which became a part of Alla Pugacheva's studio. In 1987 the trio quit working with Pugacheva and went on tours to the United States, Italy, and France. The trio has existed and for a very long time. In addition Moiseev was invited to work as a ballet teacher for many American shows. Moiseev came back to Russia in 1991, filming
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Philipp Kirkorov


Russian pop stars of the 1990s and 2000s, he frequently collaborates and records duets with other Russian pop artists. His mother, Victoria Markovna Kirkorovа, (née Likhachevа) is of Jewish descent. She was a Russian mistress of ceremonies. In 1988, Kirkorov met Russian singer Alla Pugacheva for the first time. She invited him to take part in her New Year's concert show. The following year, Kirkorov toured and performed with Pugacheva in Australia and Germany. He was also a finalist in the Russian national "Song of
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Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997


Alexander Kutikov, Yuri Aksyuta and Sergei Arhipov. The jury selected the song "Primadonna" performed by Alla Pugacheva. The head of the jury, Konstantin Ernst, revealed that second place went to the song "Angel" performed by the duo Chai vdvoem. Other artists that submitted songs included Nogu Svelo, Zhanna Dobrovolskaya and Andrei Kosinsky. After being selected, Pugacheva stated that she was not the intended performer for the song. She had written the song for a male vocalist and the lyrics were written from a male perspective.
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Igor Krutoy


of Laskavo prosymo (Welcome, “Ласкаво просимо”) show at TV company "Ukraine". Alla has been living in United States since 1993, she is married to Italian lawyer Anthony Baratta, and they have one daughter, Natasha, who is a student. Film soundtracks Krutoy is head of ARS owns 25% of Muz-TV which plays Russian pop music videos. Since 2002, ARS also organizes the New Wave (competition) for young performers of popular music with Raimonds Pauls and Alla Pugacheva. As a management
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Natalia Valevska


of Ukraine to support Ukrainian national team at the Olympic Games in Beijing, hit song release “Dve ostanovki” ("Two stops"), which has won National Music Competition of Ukraine "Golden song of the year". Natalia Valevska won first prize at the International Competition by Alla Pugacheva "Alla is searching for talent" in 2009. A joint tour of Nataliya Valevska and Aleksandr Peskov took place in 2010. Nataliya won second prize at TV project “Folk Star III”, in a duet with Tanya Ftemova.
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Leonid Derbenyov


("The Best City on Earth"), Alla Pugacheva ("This World", "Song About Me", "Kings Can Do Anything", "You Are in the World", "White Door), Mikhail Boyarsky ("Everything Will End", "City Flowers", "Robinson", "I Will Take an Express Train"), Lev Leshchenko ("Native Land", "Goodbye"), Masha Rasputina ("Himalayas", "Me and You", "I
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Garavi Sokak


in November 1996, was released on the album "Najveći hitovi - Unplugged" ("Greatest Hits - Unplugged"). In 1998, the band released the album "Sagradićemo brod" ("We'll Build a Boat"), which featured similar acoustic folk-oriented sound as their several previous releases. The album "Doviđenja tugo" ("Goodbye, Sadness"), released in 2001, featured the song "Ruska" ("Russian Song"), inspired by the music of Alla Pugacheva, and
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Faktor A


Faktor A (in Russian Фактор А) is the Russian version of "The X Factor" television talent show franchise. It is broadcasts on Russia 1 television station. The show is named "Faktor A" (rather than "Faktor X"), with the letter "A" chosen in honor of Alla Pugacheva, head of the jury. "Faktor A" debuted in 2011 as a new season 1. Faktor A is considered a continuation of an earlier Russian show "Sekret Uspekha" that was broadcast on Russia
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Valery Meladze


"Meladze" to "Lisov" or "Lisovskiy", because the translation of "mela" from Georgian to Russian is "lisa" (). However, he refused to change his name. Many labels didn't want to work with Meladze, "because this music was not modern...long and not happy". But in 1995 their demo record was heard by Alla Pugacheva and she invited Valeriy to sing their song at "The Christmas Meeting" in Moscow. After success at "the meeting" Valeriy released
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Mikhail Gutseriyev


Dreams"), Nikolay Baskov ("Cherry-Blossom Love"). Conducted in Sochi city-resort, "Novaya Volna-2015" has hosted Nikolay Baskov with "Love is not just words', Valeriya ("The Formula of Happiness"), Alexander Kogan ("I'm waiting for your call"), Ani Lorak ("Autumn love"), Philipp Kirkorov ("Indigo") and Alla Pugacheva ("The heart pulls its hands"). The following songs by Mikhail Gutseriev were performed on
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Marina Tsvetaeva


..." ("I like that..."), was performed by Alla Pugacheva in the film "The Irony of Fate". In 2003, the opera "Marina: A Captive Spirit", based on Tsvetaeva's life and work, premiered from American Opera Projects in New York with music by Deborah Drattell and libretto by poet Annie Finch. The production was directed by Anne Bogart and the part of Tsvetaeva was sung by Lauren Flanigan. The poetry by Tsvetaeva was set to music and frequently performed as songs by Elena
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Yulianna Karaulova


second in the ""Person of the Year"" competition organized by teen magazine, "Yes!". After that, she became one of the singers of the "Yes" musical group. In 2004, she became a member of the Channel One Russia ""Fabrika Zvyozd 5"" under the direction of Alla Pugacheva, and reached the finals. By the end of the project Julianna had joined a new group of Maxim Fadeev Netsuke. After the ""Fabrika Zvyozd"," she studying in London
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2×2 (TV channel)


later broadcast and repeated multiple times, alongside the television series "Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future" and "I Spy." An advertising clip of the company "Video of Interneshnl" was also very frequently broadcast. A patriotic collection of clips including a clip of Oleg Bloodless' "And knock" (the main character of this collection was Igor talc) was also broadcast. Clips of the theatre song "Alla Pugacheva" by the company "Video of Interneshnl," clips of "Accountant" by the
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Aleksandr Kogan (artist)


English, such as "Baby You're an Astronaut", "Leaving Tomorrow Behind" and "I Will", were really popular. Upon graduation, he returned to Moscow. In 2001, he began to work with Alla Pugacheva. Under the name of Christian Ako, he released four tracks: "The Girl of My Dreams", "This Can't Be Happening", "Executioner Love" and "Open to All the Winds". From 2004 to 2010, he was performing solo and had а chance
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Alla Pugacheva


in 1966 and subsequently toured with the group Yunost' ("Youth") in Western Siberia. The following year she began working as a piano accompanist at the State Circus Musical college. She provided the leading vocals to a number of bands, including Novy Elektron ("New Electron"), part of the Lipetsk State Philharmonic Society, in 1966, Moskvichi ("Muscovites") in 1971, Oleg Lundstrem's band in 1972-73, and Vesyolye Rebyata ("Merry Folks") in 1974-75.
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The Woman who Sings


song "I Will Not Give You to Anyone" (Alla Pugacheva's music, Larisa Kulikova's lyrics, appeared in the repertoire of the singer in 1987). In the scene of the last conversation, Streltsova and her husband behind the scenes sounded vocalizing this melody. At the last minute of the film the montage of Streltsova walking on the observation deck on the Lenin Hills, along the Victory Park in Tolyatti, a concert at the Volgar Sports Palace in Tolyatti is accompanied by a melody that later became the song "
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Stemmen i mit liv


"Stemmen i mit liv" ("The voice in my life") was the Danish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, performed in Danish by Kølig Kaj. The song was performed 21st on the night, following Russia's Alla Pugacheva with "Primadonna" and preceding France's Fanny with "Sentiments songes". At the close of voting, it had received 25 points, placing 16th in a field of 25. The song deals with the singer's difficulties in speaking to the object of his strong affections.
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Oleg Tinkov


the pelmeni business. Along with "Technoshock" Tinkoff opened a network of music stores "Music Shock" in 1996. Philipp Kirkorov and Alla Pugacheva performed at the opening of the first "Music Shock", – at the second. Together with Ilya Bortnyuk, Tinkoff launched "Shock Records" record label. The label released debut albums of bands "Kirpichi", "Leningrad", Vladimir Dashkevich Symphony based on his music for the film "Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson", the album "Nechelovek-vidimka" by
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Glavnaya Stsena


"Faktor A". It was named in reference to the star judge on the show the famous Russian singer Alla Pugacheva). All versions of X Factor in Russia were broadcast on Russia-1. "Glavnaya Stsena" is the third Russian adaptation of "The X Factor". In each episode of the show, the "Glavnaya Stsena" participants perform, with the judges deciding who would stay. In the first season, 10,000 candidates initial presented themselves, with 75 singers, groups and bands picked for the television show.
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King Stag


King Stag () is a feature film directed by Pavel Arsenov based on the play of the same name by Carlo Gozzi, and shot at the Gorky Film Studio in 1969. Musical theatrical tale. In the film, songs are played to the music of Mikael Tariverdiev performed by Alla Pugacheva, Yury Yakovlev, Sergei Yursky, Oleg Yefremov, Oleg Tabakov. A classic of children's cinema in the USSR. Deramo, kind, but simple-hearted king of Serendippe, wishes to marry. But here's the problem:
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Larisa Rubalskaya


Larisa Alexeyevna Rubalskaya (Russian: Лариса Алексеевна Рубальская) (born September 24, 1945, Moscow) is a Russian writer, poet and translator, and a member of the Moscow Writers' Union. The first song Larissa Rubalskaya wrote together with Vladimir Migulya – "Memoirs", Valentina Tolkunova. Since 1984, the winner of the TV contest Song of the Year. Rubalskaya is a songwriter who sang Alla Pugacheva – "My Destiny", "Daughter, Live peacefully, the country"), Filipp Kirkorov – "I
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Faktor A


" categorybr The new "Faktor A" show is a musical talent show whose main purpose is to find and develop talent singing contestants. Contestants are chosen through public auditions. The show is hosted by Leading the project: Philipp Kirkorov and Vladimir Zelenski. The jury is made up of Lolita Milyavskaya, Boris Krasnov and Roman Emelyanov. Alla Pugacheva serves as chairman of the jury. Milyavskya is mentoring the 16-25s, Krasnov the over 25s and Emelyanov the groups. The auditions were held on 23 and 24 March 2011 in
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Miért kell, hogy elmenj?


Miért kell, hogy elmenj? (English translation: "Why Do You Have To Go?") was the Hungarian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, performed in Hungarian by V.I.P.. The song was performed nineteenth on the night (following Malta's Debbie Scerri with Let Me Fly and preceding Russia's Alla Pugacheva with Primadonna). At the close of voting, it had received 39 points, placing 12th in a field of 25. The song is a ballad, performed in the style of boy bands of the
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DJ Smash


Wave"), “Airplane”. In 2008 at MTV Russian Music Awards, DJ Smash received two awards, winning in prestigious nominations “Debut of the Year” and “Best Dance Album”. In 2009 DJ Smash received the Russian – the Golden Gramophone Award, and becomes the official participant and nominee at the “Song of the Year” festival in December 2009 where he was presented by Alla Pugacheva. From 2010, DJ Smash began to conquer European music field: he becomes the resident of such clubs, as
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Mikhail Prokhorov


, he owns two private hospitals, where he has paid for the medical treatment of friends such as Alla Pugacheva. In March 2004, Prokhorov founded the Cultural Initiatives Foundation (as part of the Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation). It is headed by Prokhorov's elder sister, Irina, a prominent Russian publisher. At one time, he financially supported CSKA Moscow's basketball, hockey and football clubs, and is a member of the Supreme Council of the Sport Russia organization. He serves as president of the Russian Biathlon Union. He
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Katya Zamolodchikova


[with] six inch stilettos in the snow." McCook is not Russian himself, but took several Russian language courses and used a cassette tape called "Pronounce It Perfectly" to master the accent. As Katya, McCook hosted a monthly drag show called "Perestroika" at the Jacques Cabaret. Katya became known on the local drag scene in Boston for performing songs by popular Russian artists such as Alla Pugacheva, t.A.T.u. and Glukoza. Katya had auditioned for "RuPaul's Drag Race" on Logo TV four
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Nurzhan Kermenbayev


Нету Тёти" by Aleksandr Aronov Top 9: "Bailamos" by Enrique Iglesias Top 8: "Мәңгілікке" by Almas Kishkenbayev Top 7: "Aïcha" by Outlandish Top 6: "Алдайды" by Almas Kishkenbayev Top 5: "Words" by FR David Top 5: Top 4: "Desert Rose" by Sting Top 4: "Две Звезды" by Alla Pugacheva (with Nagima Eskalieva) Top 3: "A Song for Mama" by Boyz II Men Top 3: "Hafanana" by Afric Simone Grand
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Samir Bağırov


Krutoy composed following songs "Small Cafe" and "Respond" and then the participation on all prestigious programs on Channel One Russia and RTR channels followed after that, i.e. "Song of the year", " Hit Parade Ostankino", "Morning mail", "Wider circle". He was honorary guest of contest Yalta-92. After participation in his program, Samir receives invitation from Russian prim Donna Alla Pugacheva to work in "Song Theatre", but literally after a time, the theatre was disbanded and Samir returned to
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Alexey Lushnikov


, fragments of mirrors and computer technologies. It was dubbed in France "alexises". At the portraits could be seen different characters, including symbols of the Maya civilization. Heroes of canvases are Vladimir Vysotsky, Yuri Shevchuk, Andrey Krasko, Alla Pugacheva, , , Anastasia Volochkova, Sergey Yursky, , , , Valentina Matvienko, Yulia Timoshenko, Dmitri Medvedev, Vladimir Putin etc. Lushnikov writes books, also he is involved in instruction of young journalists. He is often invited by the leading media as an expert to discuss
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Lyube


a series of concerts sponsored by Alla Pugacheva. Rastorguyev wore an old-style military uniform for the performance. After that, the uniform became a part of the singer's image for many years. The band released its first compilation of songs in 1990, titled "We will now live a new way" (). The same year, the band's membership changed, with Yuriy Ripyakh taking over on drums and Vitaliy Loktev taking over on keyboard. Aleksandr Vaynberg came on board as second guitar. After the release of
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Vladimir Gustov


more than 500 performances and toured in Estonia and Latvia. The group's compositions gained popularity all across the country. Among the friends of "Rendezvous" who visited its shows were Alla Pugacheva, Vladimir Kuzmin, Larisa Dolina, members of the theatrical groups "Booff" and "Litzedei", and many others. "Rendezvous" was dissolved in December 1988. In 1988, Vladimir and several other musicians from this group started their own rehearsals that ended up in a creation of a new band, "Radio Rock".
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Veronika Tushnova


collections "Memory of the Heart" (1958), "One Hundred Hours of Happiness" (1965) and others, in which she writes about higher love and calls for truly human relations among people. One of her most popular poems was "They don't renounce loving". It was performed as by Alla Pugacheva. She also worked as a literary translator. She died from cancer in Moscow on July 7, 1965. She was married twice, but both marriages ended in divorce. She had a daughter from
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Dusha


. The story is set by the sea at Rotaru's house in Yalta and in Germany (where Rotaru at that time recorded many of her albums), as well as at international song festivals, where Rotaru participated as well. Initially, producer and director Stefanovich cast his wife Alla Pugacheva to star in the film. After their relationship breakup, he invited Rotaru. Viktoria Svobodina is a young but already well known popular singer in the Soviet Union, living in Moscow. Her popularity reaches the heights whilst the band she is
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Andrew Pavlovsky


Kvint, Alla Pugacheva, Brigada S, RONDO, Korroziya Metalla, Scorpions (coupled with GP), etc. Regular publications of advertisements in magazines ELLE, ELLE-Decor, AD, MEZZANINE, Moulin ROUGE (Russian Editions). The artist began as a painter. Painting gives him space for rest from modern design creative conflicts and serves as a platform for research in the field of color, proportions, and composition. It helps him to create the fundamentals (basis) of Andrey Pavlovsky design. The artist sticks to
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Maxim Galkin


Maxim Alexandrovich Galkin (; born 18 June 1976 in Naro-Fominsky District) is a Russian comedian, television presenter and singer. He first became famous as an impersonator and is known for his talent at parody and his duets with the famous Russian pop singer Alla Pugacheva and Ani Lorak. Galkin was also the host of the Russian version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?", after it was renamed from "O, Schastlivchik" (Oh, Lucky Man) and to 2008 and host celebrity episode of 25 December
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Marina (Polish singer)


she rejected as she did not agree to its terms. She also received a special prize of $50 000 from one of the competition's organisers Alla Pugacheva. The following year, Marina participated in season seven of the Polish version of "Dancing with the Stars" franchise called "Taniec z Gwiazdami". She was partnered with the professional dancer Michał Uryniuk, with whom she finished 10th. In 2009, the singer was cast as Amanda, the daughter of the main character (played by Tomasz Karolak), in the
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Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors


Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (, translit. "Korolevstvo krivykh zerkal") is a 1963 Soviet fairy tale film directed by Aleksandr Rou based on the novel, "Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors", by Vitali Gubarev. At the end of 2007, Russia TV filmed a musical remake with the same name, featuring stars Nikolay Baskov, Alla Pugacheva, and the Tolmachevy Sisters. The original film contains introduction music and a fairytale style of the early 1960s. The film was also the inspiration for a restaurant in Moscow which only hired
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Vladimir Presnyakov Jr.


Lost Ships" (1989). From 1987 to 1994 he worked at Alla Pugacheva's Theater of Song. In 1989, Vladimir Presnyakov's debut album, "Dad, You Were Like That" was released, which formed the image of the singer. In the same year, Vladimir Presnyakov took part in the first Russian rock musical "Street". In the annual TASS hit list of that year he took 4th place in the solo performer category, with 12 995 votes. His song "Touch-Me-Not
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Estrada (music genre)


pop-song genre and other genres of theatrical art. Alla Pugacheva, Valery Leontiev, Sofia Rotaru, Philip Kirkorov, Oleg Gazmanov, Lev Leshchenko, Iosif Kobzon, vocal and instrumental ensembles, pop groups and rock bands represent the variety-song genre: "Samotsvety", "Pesnyary", "Mashina Vremeni" ,"Zemlyane"," Aria ","Alice","Mumiy Troll", "Zemfira" and many others. The spoken genre is represented by such artists as Gennady Khazanov, Evgeny Petrosyan, Efim Shifrin,
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Natalia Valevska


Third album of Valevska “Zhelaniya sbudut’sya” ("Desires come true") was out at the end of 2010 year. Songs were chosen for the album personally by Alla Pugacheva. Natalia participated in the project "Golden Gramophone-Ukraine" and the international festival «Crimea Music Fest» in 2011 year. Natalia became the owner of prize "Crystal Microphone" in the nominee "National recognition of the year" on August 9, 2011. Valevska collaborated with Russian composer Viktor Drobysh to write the song “Tsvet Lubvi”
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ZD Awards


. 2. Ariel. 3. Vesiolie Rebiata. 4. Leysya, Pesnya. 5. Sinyaya Ptitsa. 6. . 7. Tsvety. 8. Orizont. 9. . 10. Samotsvety 1. Alla Pugacheva. 2. . 3. . 4. Sofia Rotaru. 5/6. Irina Ponarovskaya / 7. Mirdza Zīvere. 8. Roza Rymbaeva. 9. Lyudmila Senchina. 10. Zhanna Bichevskaya. 1. Jaak Joala. 2. Mikhail Boyarsky. 3. Alexander Gradsky. 4. . 5. Lev
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ZD Awards


Leshchenko. 6. Renat Ibragimov. 7. Tõnis Mägi. 8. Yuri Antonov. 9. Vakhtang Kikabidze. 10. Albert Asadullin. 1. Pesnyary. 2. . 3. Tsvety. 4. Leysya, Pesnya 5. Mashina Vremeni. 6. Apelsin 7. Ariel. 8. Horizonte. 9. Sinyaya Ptitsa. 10. Modo. 1. Alla Pugacheva. 2. Sofia Rotaru. 3. Tatiana Anciferova. 4. Xenia Georgiadi. 5. . 6. Mirdza Zīvere. 7. Jeanne Bichevskaya
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ZD Awards


7. Tõnis Mägi. 8. Boris Grebenshchikov. 9. Alexander Barykin. 1. . 2. Aquarium. 3. Autograph. 4. . 5. Rui. 6. Rock Hotel. 7. Cruise. 8. Zemlyane. 9. Ensemble Ovanes Melik-Pashayev. 1. Alla Pugacheva. 2. . 3. Anne Veski. 4. Sofia Rotaru. 5. 1. Valery Leontiev, 2.Vladimir Kuzmin, 3. Alexander Barykin. 4. Andrei Makarevich. 5. Arthur Berkut 1. Autograph.
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ZD Awards


2. Mashina Vremeni. 3. Zemlyane. 4. . 5. The Group Vladimir Kuzmin. 1. Alla Pugacheva 2. 3. Sofia Rotaru, 4. . 5. Kare Kauks. 6. Irina Ponarovskaya. 7. Anne Veski. 8. Marina Kapuro. 9. Svetlana Medyanik. 10. Mary Lyanik. 1. Valery Leontiev. 2. Andrey Makarevich. 3. Vladimir Kuzmin. 4. Alexander Barykin. 5. . 6. Yuri Loza. 7. Alexander Gradsky. 8. . 9
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ZD Awards


, 3. Vladimir Kuzmin, Viktor Tsoi 1. Laskovyi Mai 2. 3. Kino 1. Irina Allegrova (632 votes), 2. 3. , 4. Alla Pugacheva (14 votes), 5. 6. , 7. Katya Yakovleva, Lucy Rozanova 8. , 9. Natasha Koroleva 10. Sofia Rotaru 1. Viktor Tsoi. 2. Dmitry Malikov. 3. ; . 4. Oleg Gazmanov; . 5. Valery Leontiev. 6. Vladimir Kuzmin. 7. Mikhail Muromov. 8.
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Alyona Apina


Germany, Israel, France, Ireland and many other European countries. As an actress she was involved in many TV projects, including the popular television series "Old Songs of the Main Things" (Старые песни о главном), "Christmas meetings" (Рождественские встречи) with Alla Pugacheva , "Urgent" and many others. In 2001 she gave a birth to a long-awaited daughter Ksenia. In 2002 Alena Apina has become a Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. She continues to participate in various TV projects,
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NikitA


it NikitA which was the name the two ladies used to refer to Nikitin. Nikitin selected Dasha at the Russian-based music project "Fabrika Zvezd" created by Alla Pugacheva. Yulia was found by Nikitin a little bit later. Kavtaradze prior to NikitA performed for another band "А.R.М.I.A" (as Army). She left that band being pregnant and after giving birth Yulia tried for Nikitin's music project. The video director of "Mashyna" was Alexander Filatovich. Choreography for the band was composed by Anastasia Snadna who had
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Alexander Shaganov


rock and heavy metal. He worked as a lyricist with Dmitry Malikov, Zhenya Belousov, Alexander Rybkin, Sergey Chumakov, Sofia Rotaru, Vlad Stashevsky, Yevgeny Kulikov, Alexander Kalyanov, Alexander Barykin, Alla Pugacheva, Katya Lel, the groups Lyube, Na Na, Ivanushki International, Korni. Music for many poems written by Shaganov is by a friend of the poet, composer Igor Matvienko. Winner of Ovation (1992) and the Valentin Kataev Prize (the magazine Yunost, 1996). In 2007 he published a book
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Music of Russia


of Composers and approved by censorship. This wave begun with Pojuschie Gitary and Pesnyary; popular VIA bands also included Tcvety, Zemlyane and Verasy. That period of music also saw individual pop stars such as Iosif Kobzon, Sofia Rotaru, Alla Pugacheva, Valery Leontiev, Yuri Antonov. Many of them remain popular to this day. They were the mainstream of Soviet music media, headliners of festivals such as Song of the Year, Sopot, and Golden Orpheus. The year 1977 saw also establishment of Moskovsky Komsomolets hit parade, the
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Samir Bağırov


the DK chemists them. Uz. Hajibeyov hosted a charity concert of Azerbaijani pop star, nominee of the independent public national "Grand" "Best singer of the year" Samir Bagirov, who performed with the show program "Sevgilim-XXI".The show program included: the actor of the Russian drama theater Eldar Bagirbekov, the rising star - dancer Naila Dadasheva, who invariably accompanies the singer Akin and Zalina in all concerts and the show ballet Spider (head Andrei Babich). Bagirov was influenced by musicians Alla Pugacheva,
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Pavsekakiy Bogdanov


a journalist and a producer in the media, and worked as an astrologist where he came in contact with Russian TV stars such as Irina Allegrova, Alla Pugacheva, Larisa Dolina, Nikolai Baskov and Phillip Kirkorov, who are all believed to be his regular customers. According to media reports made in July 2012, Pavsekakiy predicted that members of feminist punk rock band Pussy Riot, which organized their unauthorized performance in The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour and were accused in hooliganism, would be convicted and get real jail time. In December
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Tina Karol


the show business as Tina has experienced it. Philipp Kirkorov, Alla Pugacheva and Verka Serduchka all have "parts" in the story. On 16 January 2009, Viktor Yushchenko awarded Karol the title of "Honored Artist of Ukraine". In October 2009 she was ranked 92nd in a top 100 of "most influential women in Ukraine" compiled by experts for the Ukrainian magazine "Focus". In February 2009, she received the Most Beautiful Singer of Ukraine of 2008 award from the organizers of the beauty contest Miss Ukraine Universe-2009
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Slava (singer)


and foreign hits. In the spring of 2002 in a karaoke club, where she sang after work, she heard a television director Sergei Kalvarsky, known for his work with Alla Pugacheva and Philip Kirkorov waited until the girl finish singing, Sergei offered her to work together. Together with Sergey Kalvarskaia to start producing the singer attended Oleg Chelishev. The very first joint creation of the singer and the director, the video for the song "Love and hate", became a hit on the music channels of the country, the
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Herreys


enjoyed enormous success touring and performing in excess of 300 live shows. Herreys was also the first western band to be invited to tour behind the Iron Curtain in the Soviet Union, and also did shows with the big Russian star Alla Pugacheva. Louis Herrey decided in 1987 that he needed to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and with his brothers' permission he left for two years, leading to the breakup of Herreys. The three brothers reunited to perform "Diggi-Loo Diggi-
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Primadonna (Alla Pugacheva song)


?" and preceding Denmark's Kølig Kaj with "Stemmen i mit liv". At the close of voting, it had received 33 points, placing 15th in a field of 25. Due to the rapidly expanding contest, the decision was taken to restrict entry to the 1998 contest to those countries with the best average performance over the previous five years, a group which did not include Russia. Russia also opted out of the 1999 contest, before re-entering the fold the following year. Thus, the song was
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Russian pop


Russian pop music is Russian language pop music produced either in Russia, CIS countries, Baltic states and other foreign countries in which the songs are performed primarily in Russian language, languages of the countries of the CIS, and in the other languages of the world. This is the successor to popular "variety" Soviet music with its pop idols such as Alla Pugacheva or Valery Leontiev. Modern-day mainstream Russian-language pop music is very diverse and has many ways to spread through the audience. The most famous pop stars
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Russian pop


represented by such artists as Edita Piekha, Valery Obodzinsky, Muslim Magomayev, ensembles, organized in Moscow and Leningrad in 1966: Vesiolie Rebiata, Poyushchiye Gitary. In the 1970s, Sofia Rotaru, Alla Pugacheva, Valery Leontiev began their careers, getting union wide reputations. At the same time in this period of the Russian pop music begin to influence various western genres (jazz, rock etc) But also the popular Soviet music is gaining tremendous popularity in Eastern Europe. First Vesiolie Rebiata EP ensemble released in the summer of 1970
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Ilya Reznik


Ilya Rahmielevich Reznik (; born April 4, 1938, Leningrad) is a Russian poet and songwriter, People's Artist of Russia (2003). Honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts. People's Artist of Ukraine (2013). Lyricist of popular pop songs to the music of Gennady Gladkov, Maksim Dunayevsky, Alexander Zhurbin, Vladimir Feltsman, Raimonds Pauls and other composers, known by Nikolai Karachentsov, Mikhail Boyarsky, Edita Piekha, Alla Pugacheva, Sofia Rotaru, Tamara Gverdtsiteli, Laima Vaikule, Alexander Gradsky, Eugene
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New Wave (competition)


New Wave (, "Novaya volna", ) is an international contest for young performers of popular music founded in 2002 by the Russian composer Igor Krutoy and Latvian pianist and composer Raimonds Pauls and later enhanced by the Russian superstar Alla Pugacheva. The contest usually lasts for six days: 3 contest days, 2 special event days and, at the end, the day where the contest's results are announced followed by an ending concert. For the first 14 years New Wave was held in the Latvian coastal city of Jūrmala,
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Vladimir Gustov


and Gipsy Queen. An Irish Television company recorded the concerts. V. Kushnir left the group in October 1989 to join Secret. In January of the next year, Vadim Ryabov (who played previously for St. Petersburg) has replaced the departed S. Sudakov. In 1990, after a music festival in Paris, Vladimir Kharitonov decided to leave the group. He was replaced by Viacheslav Shkutov. By the end of this year, Radio Rock takes place in Alla Pugacheva's program, Rozhdestvenskie Vstrechi [Christmas Encounters]. In August 1991
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Michelle Gurevich


Gurevich originally wanted to become a filmmaker and worked ten years in the industry before turning to music. "I eventually tried to write a song and found it was not only cheaper but much easier to get a good result." Gurevich began her career recording in her bedroom. The stage name "Chinawoman" was chosen as a spur-of-the-moment joke when Garageband prompted her for a band name. Michelle Gurevich has cited Alla Pugacheva, Adriano Celentano, Charles Aznavour, Yoko Ono, Francis Lai, Nino
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Kristina Orbakaitė


of William Gibson's "The Miracle Worker" on the stage of the Moscow Art Theatre. She subsequently received an award from the Russian Ministry of Culture for best female theatrical performance. In 1996, Orbakaite joined her mother, Alla Pugacheva, her mother's husband, singer Philipp Kirkorov, and her partner, singer Vladimir Presnyakov on a family performance tour through the United States titled "Zvezdnoye Leto" (Starry Summer). During this tour, she performed for the first time at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Later
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Andrei Voznesensky


Times". His poetry reading skills were profound. He competed with Laurence Olivier and Paul Scofield at one show in London. He criticised the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia. While in the United States, he met Allen Ginsberg, Arthur Miller, and Marilyn Monroe. Voznesensky's friendship with many contemporary writers, artists and other intellectuals is reflected in his poetry and essays. He is known to wider audiences for the superhit "Million of Scarlet Roses" that he penned for Alla Pugacheva in 1984 and for the hugely successful rock opera
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