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Category Archive: Music and dance

Veronica Agapova, singer and actress

Veronica Agapova, singer and actress

Veronica Agapova, singer and actress

Veronika Agapova was born on July 1, 1987 in Moscow.
In 2008 she

graduated from the Boris Schukin Theatre Institute.
As a singer, she took part in international music projects: Toto Cutugno’s Benefit Concert in the Kremlin with the song Goodbye; Retro FM visiting San Remo – duet song with Toto Cutugno and Gianni Forellino.
In 2010 Veronika participated in the TV sketch show The Soldiers and Officers on Ren-TV channel.
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Linda, Russian singer

Linda, Russian singer

Linda, Russian singer


Linda is a Russian singer. Her style incorporates trip hop, electronic and ethnic music. The singer won her place among the best Russian artists, enriching the music with fresh and unusual sound.
Svetlana Geiman (her real name) was born on April 29, 1977 in Kentau, Kazakh SSR, USSR. She was an ordinary child, so no one even suspected that the girl would become a star.
When Sveta was 15 years old her family moved to Moscow. There she became interested in music and theater. Thus, the girl became a private visitor to the Hermitage theater, in which the collective of folk art performed. The future singer tried to master the stage skills, and Yuri Galperin became her teacher. Soon she left the theater, but did not lost interest in art.
In 1993, Linda entered the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music. In the same year she performed on television, in the final of Generation in Jurmala (Latvia). There she was noticed by producer Yuri Aizenshpis.
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Mila Volchek, Timati’s wife

Mila Volchek, Timati’s wife

Mila Volchek, Timati’s wife


Mila Volchek was born on April 25, 1985 in Moscow. This beautiful girl is Timati’s wife. Timati (born on August 15, 1983) is a Russian rapper, actor, composer, record producer, also known as Mr. Black Star.
It’s worth noting that Mila is very similar to his ex-girlfriend, Alexa.
“We are acquainted with Mila exactly five times. At first, I met her in a shopping center. The second time she came to me in a restaurant, but I was after two flights, so I didn’t want to speak. Then we met at the club, then in the Smolensky Passage – we were in the same restaurant. She came with her friends and sat at the nearest table. I looked at her and thought: “Maybe, come to her?” I even noticed that she looked at me and smiled, but something stopped me.
Only three months later, we met again. It was night. I left the club to get some fresh air, and saw the silhouette of a girl going off to the side of parked cars. I felt that I needed to follow her. It was a kind of mystic, because I do not usually follow the girls, and they follow me. But something inside me whispered: you have to follow her. I saw that she was going to the car, where her friend was sitting. A friend saw me and said, “Mila, turn around”. Mila turned and I realized that she was the same girl that I once wanted to meet!
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Polina Gagarina – singer, songwriter

Polina Gagarina

Polina Gagarina – singer, songwriter


Polina Gagarina is a Russian singer, songwriter and composer, actress. She is the winner of Star Factory-2 (2003), winner of the musical contest New Wave (2005) and a television festival Song of the Year. Moreover, Polina participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 and took the 2nd place.
Pretty girl was born on March 27, 1987 in Moscow into a family of professional choreographers. She completed her first year at school in Greece, then she studied in the Saratov school. Her mother was a dancer and signed a contract with the theater Alsos in Athens, when the girl was 4 years old. Polina and her mother lived in Greece for three years. In 1993, Polina’s father died of a heart attack and they immediately returned to Russia. But after a while the mother and her daughter went to Athens again, where Polina went to school.
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Alena Sviridova, singer, actress, TV host

Alena Sviridova, singer, actress, TV host

Alena Sviridova, singer, actress, TV host


Alena Sviridova (her maiden name is Leonova) is a Russian singer, actress and television host. By the way, she is Honored Artist of Russia (2004).
Pretty girl was born on August 14, 1958 in Kerch, USSR. However, in her own blog on Live Journal Alena says that she was born on August 14, 1962. Her father Valentin Vyacheslavovich Leonov (1937-2001) was a military pilot. And her mother Vera Burianova was a philologist and worked on radio. The singer has a younger brother Alexei Valentinovich Leonov.
She graduated from the Minsk State Pedagogical Institute.
In 1993 Alena was invited to Moscow by Yuri Ripyah. At the contest Song-93 she reached the final with the song Just Ended the Winter. In the same year she received a Golden Apple prize at the Generation 93 festival.
You know, Sviridova’s music video for the song Pink Flamingo won the 1st place in 1994 on BIZ-TV channel. In total, the singer released 7 music albums.
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Sasha, Russian Madonna

Sasha, Russian Madonna

Sasha, Russian Madonna


Sasha is a Russian pop and R’n’B singer, model, choreographer and producer.
Alexandra Antonova (her real name) was born on February 5, 1979 in Moscow, but soon the family moved to Syktyvkar (Komi Republic). Her father was a pilot, and her mother was a flight attendant. As a little girl Alexandra was engaged in figure skating, singing and dancing. Sasha grew up under the influence of Western music. She was fond of music by Michael Jackson, George Michael and Madonna.
After graduation from school, Sasha entered the law school, but later quitted it.
At the age of 19 Antonova went to Moscow. The girl worked as a go-go dancer in a well-known club Diamond. Then she began to work with producer Yuri Aizenshpis and newspapers called her “Russian Madonna”.
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Polina Polyakova

Polina Polyakova - Russian actress

Polina Polyakova – Russian actress


Polina Polyakova (her real name is Olga Polyakova) is a popular Russian actress and TV presenter.
Pretty girl was born on August 1, 1983. Her parents are artists Elena Vladimirovna and Alexander Ananievich Polyakov. Her first role was in kindergarten in New Year performance Kolobok and Snegurochka. At the age of 15, Polya wanted to become a film director. The play Juno and Avos made a great impression on her. Entrance examinations for the directing faculty were much more difficult than for the acting faculty. So Polyakova decided to become an actress.
In 2004 she graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK). And in the same year she made her debut in films.
You know, Polina danced in the ballet show Anreal Lates, and also sang in the band ALEX.
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