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Victoria Makarskaya, Russian singer

Victoria Makarskaya

Victoria Makarskaya, Russian singer

Victoria Makarskaya is a Russian singer.
Viktoria Morozova (her maiden name) was born on May 22, 1973 in Vitebsk into the family of military personnel. She spent her childhood in military garrisons in Belarus and the Baltic States. Victoria has younger sister Monica.
At the age of 5 the girl began performing on the stage. Makarskaya graduated from the Vitebsk Music School and later from the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS).
One day, Victoria tried to get to the Bolshoi Theater, but the personnel department was closed. Suddenly the Englishman came to Morozova and offered to become a soloist in his band. Thanks to this fateful meeting, Victoria Morozova became a famous singer. For several years she performed with English-speaking group Andy’s Band as a backing vocalist.
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Tatiana Arntgolts

Tatiana Arntgolts - Russian actress

Tatiana Arntgolts – Russian actress


Tatiana Arntgolts is a Russian actress.
Pretty girl was born on March 18, 1982 in Kaliningrad. Arntgolts is the daughter of actors Albert Arntgolts and Valentina Galich. She has an identical twin sister Olga Arntgolts, who is also an actress. The twins were named after Tatiana and Olga Larina from the novel Evgeni Onegin by outstanding Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. In her childhood Tatiana dreamed of becoming a journalist.
Together the girls studied at the Schepkin Theater School in Moscow.
Tatiana’s first work in film was the role of Nata in a four-part film NEXT. But her acting debut Arntgolts made in the youth drama series The Simple Truth (1999), where she played school student Katya Trofimova. The TV series, released in 2001, made a celebrity from Arntgolts. The girl was recognized on the streets, interviewed and invited to prospective projects. She became an idol for many teenagers.
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Varvara, Russian pop singer

Varvara, Russian pop singer

Varvara, Russian pop singer


Varvara (her real name is Elena Susova, maiden name is Tutanova) is a Russian singer, Honored Artist of Russia (2010).
Pretty girl was born on July 30, 1973 in Balashikha, Russia. In her childhood the girl dreamed of becoming a designer. Later music became Elena’s passion.
She graduated from the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music and the Russian University of Theater Arts (GITIS).
Her first solo album, which is entitled Varvara, was released in 2001 (label NOX Music). Also she released the albums Closer (2003), Dreams (2005), Higher than Love (2008), Legends of the Fall (2013) and Flax (2015).
The singer is an art director in her own producer Art Center Barbara. Her musical performances can be seen in TV programs on central Russian channels.
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Diana Diez

Diana Diez - Russian singer

Diana Diez – Russian singer


Diana Diez was born on June 18. There isn’t much information about her. We only know she is a Russian singer and together with famous Greek singer Kostas Martakis recorded duet song Sex Indigo in 2011. The video was shot in Ukraine by the director Alan Badoev. The song Sex Indigo was written by talented Russian musician Alexander Pogrebetsky. The Sex Indigo video was premiered on July 14 on the ELLO channel and the Russian version was released on November 11 on the Diana Diez’s official channel on YouTube. By the way, Diana met Kostas when she was spending her vacation in Greece.
Diez isn’t her real surname but a stage name. The girl was born into a military family. Thanks to her mother she became engaged in ballroom dancing. And it was her first creative steps. Little girl gave performances for her relatives.
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Tatiana GAGA Skakovskaya

Tatiana GAGA Skakovskaya - Russian model

Tatiana GAGA Skakovskaya – Russian model


Tatiana Skakovskaya is a Russian model, Go Go Dancer, film actress and TV presenter.
Pretty girl was born on June 15, 1990.
By the way, she promotes her own brand Tatiana GAGA Skakovskaya. Awesome girl is a creator of the project TRIO MODEL.
In addition, Tatiana created glamorous exhibition Fetish GlamouRussia 2012 to promote her first project TRIO MODELS.
Moreover, Tatiana became the main character of the reality TV series about models and Go Go dancers’ everyday life on TV PEPPER – Showgirls’ diaries.
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Sati Kazanova

Sati Kazanova - Russian singer

Sati Kazanova – Russian singer


Sati Kazanova (Sataney Kazanova) is a Russian singer, actress, model and TV presenter. She was the soloist of the Russian group Fabrika (Factory) from 2002 to 2010.
Beautiful girl was born on October 2, 1982 in Kabardino-Balkar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR. The girl has three sisters: Svetlana, Mariana and Madina. The girl was called in honor of the goddess, who embodied wisdom and maternity. Sati’s beautiful voice is a gift from her father.
In 2002, Sati took part in the first season of the Russian show Star Factory as a member of group Fabrika, where they finished the second.
Sati won the Astra award as the most stylish female singer in 2006.
On October 5, 2009 she was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Republic of Adygea by the President of the republic, Aslan Tkhakushinov.
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Zhenya Malakhova

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Zhenya Malakhova – ex-soloist of the Russian pop group Reflex


Zhenya Malakhova is a Russian singer, former lead singer of the Russian pop group Reflex.
Pretty girl was born on October 28, 1988 in Moscow. As a child, she was taught to play the piano by her mother. At the age of 9 little girl joined the Musical Theatre of the Young Actor where she studied acting and singing.
Malakhova became known when she was 16. She starred in two music videos for the songs Mama and Klinit. By the way she participated in several programs, including the Golden Gramophone, Sink or Swim, Five Evenings, Guess the Tune.
Evgenia was one of the singers in the category Breakthrough of the Year in 2004.
Her debut song Mama was about the first love. Music video for this song was made by Fyodor Bondarchuk.
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