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Yulia Parshuta, beautiful singer

Yulia Parshuta, beautiful singer

Yulia Parshuta, beautiful singer


Yulia Parshuta is a Russian singer, actress, former lead singer of pop group Yin-Yang. In 2011 the beautiful girl began her solo career.
Pretty girl was born on April 23, 1988 in Sochi. In her childhood she took part in children’s dance competitions. She studied at art and music schools. While studying at school Yulia sang in the band Fortuna and played basketball. By the way, she took part in fashion shows of famous designers as a model.
In 1999, Parshuta took the 3rd place in the children’s drawing competition in France.
After school Yulia entered the Russian People’s Friendship University, Philological Faculty. You know, Parshuta worked as a weather girl.
Talented singer won the regional song contest New Wave in 2003. A year later, in 2004, she became the finalist of all-Russian contest You are Supermodel 2. Then Yulia won the grand prize in the beauty contest Crystal Crown of Moscow in 2006.
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Lena Maximova, singer

Lena Maximova, singer

Lena Maximova, singer


Lena Maximova is a former member of the popular group Reflex.
Pretty girl was born on August 9, 1979 in Sevastopol. Her musical career began when she was 11 years old. The girl joined the ensemble Multi-Max and participated in various singing competitions. She always wanted to become a singer.
After receiving the school certificate, Elena entered the university, where she began studying foreign languages. The girl sang in cafes and nightclubs to pay for education. Later Maksimova entered GITIS. Elena was a soloist of the Black Sea Fleet orchestra.
Together with the orchestra she visited Cannes, where the festival of military orchestras was held. Maksimova sang songs of Patricia Kaas. After Cannes in the same 1998, the girl went to the festival Yalta-Moscow-Transit, where she won.
In 2004, Elena sang the title role in the musical We Will Rock You. Guitarist of the legendary band Queen, Brian May became her music consultant. It turned out that he liked her excellent pronunciation and wonderful tone of voice.
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Alika Smekhova, singer and actress

Alika Smekhova, singer and actress

Alika Smekhova, singer and actress


Alika Smekhova (her real name is Alla) is a Russian actress, pop singer and television presenter, Honored Artist of Russia (2008). She dreamed of becoming a singer and achieved considerable results. However, then she decided to become an actress. And films made Alika well-known in Russia and the CIS countries.
Pretty girl was born on March 27, 1968 in Moscow. Her father Veniamin Smekhov is a well-known and respected actor. The girl’s mother, Alla Alexandrovna, was also closely associated with creativity. At one time she worked as a journalist, and then decided to link her life with the theater, but as a script editor.
When the future actress was 14 years old, Veniamin Borisovich divorced his wife and went to another woman. This event was a real shock for both the young actress and her mother. Alla tried to limit communication with him, because it was hard and painful to see him. Actually, her mother’s salary was not enough to raise two children.
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Tatiana Bulanova, melancholic singer

Tatiana Bulanova, melancholic singer

Tatiana Bulanova, melancholic singer


Tatiana Bulanova is a famous Russian singer. To tell the truth, she is recognized for her melancholic romance ballads, catchy electro-pop beats and techno remixes. She is Honored Artist of Russia and received the National Russian Award Ovation twice.
Cute girl was born on March 6, 1969 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The girl’s father Ivan Petrovich Bulanov was a military sailor and then headed the laboratory at the Naval Academy. Mom Nina Pavlovna Bulanova used to work as a photographer, later she devoted herself to a family. The girl has brother Valentin. By the age of 15, the elder brother had taught Tatiana to play the guitar. At that time the girl was fond of Vladimir Kuzmin and Victor Saltykov.
She started her singing career together with the band Letniy Sad (Summer Garden) in 1990.
In 1996 she began her solo career and released 16 hit solo albums.
Bulanova was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2004).
Tatiana took part in the popular Russian TV show Superstar 2008.
Her latest album was released in 2010. You know, Tatiana has recorded 27 albums for 20 years.
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Alena Apina – Russian singer

Alena Apina

Alena Apina – Russian singer

Alena Apina is a Russian pop singer, Honored Artist of Russia (2002). She was the lead vocalist in the pop group Kombinaciya (1987-1991).
Elena Levochkina (her maiden name) was born on August 23, 1964 in Saratov. According to another version, the singer’s birth year is 1967.
In 1987, while still a student at the Conservatory, Alena decided to work as a singer. At that time the producer of the musical group Kombinaciya was looking for the girls for the female group. So, the girl became a soloist of the group.
A year later, the group became popular. Singer Sergei Minaev advised the girls to move from Saratov to Moscow. They were able to win the hearts of Muscovites. The group toured in different cities of the country. It was a period of rise in the singer’s creative biography.
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Kristina Orbakaite, singer and actress

Kristina Orbakaite, singer and actress

Kristina Orbakaite, singer and actress


Kristina Orbakaite is a Soviet and Russian singer, actress, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2013). By the way, she is a member of the International Union of pop art. Her parents are Russian pop star Alla Pugacheva and Lithuanian circus performer Mykolas Orbakas.
Pretty girl was born on May 25, 1971 in Moscow and spent much of her childhood in the Lithuanian town Sventoji.
In 1983 she starred in the movie Chuchelo (Scarecrow), she played a girl who was different from everyone else, and became popular. The film was premiered in the US and Los Angeles Times even compared Orbakaite with Meryl Streep in its review. Washington Post compared the young actress to an angel and the San Francisco Chronicle described her work as unforgettable.
Since then awesome girl starred in many films.
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Yuliana Lukasheva, DJ and singer

Yuliana Lukasheva, DJ and singer

Yuliana Lukasheva, DJ and singer


Yuliana Lukasheva is a DJ and a former soloist of the Russian female pop group Blestyashchie (2008-2009). Her debut in the group was the video Odnoklassniki (Classmates). Yuliana replaced Natalia Friske, younger sister of Jeanne Friske. So the group consisted of Nadezhda Ruchka, Anastasia Osipova, Anna Dubovitskaya and Yuliana Lukasheva.
Pretty girl was born on February 19, 1990 in Moscow. Her unusual name is a combination of two Russian names Yulia and Anna. At the age of 7 the girl entered the sports school of ballroom dancing. Since then wonderful rumba and great samba are an integral part of the life of the charismatic singer. At the moment she is a finalist of the Russian Ballroom Dancing championships and the winner of the Blackpooldance festival in England (2004).
In 2004, at the age of 15, she was a contestant on the Muz-TB reality show Semero Smelykh (Seven Brave Persons).
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