Yana Shvets, better known under the alias Eva Bushmina, was a member of the Russian-Ukrainian girl-group VIA Gra (Nu Virgos). She joined it in March 2010. The girl was invited to replace Tatiana Kotova, who left the group to start her solo career. On January 2, 2013 the singer also left the group.
Yana Shvets was born on April 2, 1989 in Sverdlovsk, USSR. Her parents are Svetlana Shvets (nee Bushmina) and Igor Mikhailovich Shvets, a businessman. Brother Oleg Shvets is an information security specialist.
In 2001 her family moved to Kiev. The girl entered the Circus Academy, where she studied with Nastya Kamenskikh.
Bushmina was a soloist of the group Lucky, TV presenter of the program Guten Morgen on the M1, danced in the ballet group The Best.
In 2010, Bushmina entered the top 10 discoveries of the year, according to Life-Star.
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Alisa Saltykova is a Russian singer.
The girl was born on December 7, 1987 in Moscow into a family of two best-selling artists of the 80s (her father, Viktor Saltykov) and 90s (her mother, Irina Saltykova).
When the girl was five years old, she started playing the piano. And a year later she gave a concert for all her friends. At the age of six she was engaged in ballet dance and even performed with the internationally renowned TODES troupe.
As a schoolgirl Alisa sang a duet with her mother and recorded two solo songs in Russian.
13-year-old Alisa left Russia to get the best possible education. She studied in France and Switzerland. The first difficulty she had abroad was the language barrier. The girl did not speak French, knew very little English, but that was not enough. The inability to communicate affected learning, she simply did not understand what the teacher was trying to tell her. Alisa did not have any friends, because they just could not communicate.
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The most touching love story of the 18th century
Praskovia Zhemchugova and Nikolai Sheremetyev

On July 20, 1768 in Yaroslavl pretty girl Praskovia was born. Her name means Holiday Eve in Greek. She could become the heroine of a cover version of Cinderella – where have you seen that the richest man in the Russian Empire fell in love with the serf actress and made her his lawful wife. But this story had a sad ending.
Pasha was the daughter of a serf skilled blacksmith Ivan Kovalev. So the daughter lived in the father’s house for only 6 years. Then she was sent to be raised in Kuskovo. The future star of Sheremetyev’s musical theater grew up in care of Marfa Dolgorukaya. Such a rapid change in Praskovia’s fate was due to her gorgeous, touching, seductive voice.
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Anna Dubowitskaya is an ex-member of the Russian girl-group Blestyashchie (from 2008 to 2011). She joined it in February 2008. The girl was invited to be the replacement for Yuliya Kovalchuk, who had left the group in January 2008 to begin a solo singing career. Anna left the group in October 2011 due to pregnancy.
Pretty girl was born on March 6, 1983 in Saratov. Mother and father tried to give their daughter all the best: beautiful clothes, interesting toys and delicious food. By the way, her favorite subjects at school were drawing, music and literature.
At first, Anna did not want to leave her native Saratov. There she entered the economic college. But after receiving a diploma of higher education, the girl dramatically changed her mind. She wanted to conquer the capital. Dubovitskaya managed to get a job in a large firm. However, she did not work there for long. At some point she realized that all the figures and reports were not for her. The blonde had radically changed the field of activity. As a result of studying in dance school Street Jazz, she got into show business.
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Kseniya Novikova is a Russian singer, vocalist of the popular Russian female pop-group Blestyashchie (1999-2007 and since 2011).
Pretty girl was born on May 17, 1980 in Moscow. At the age of 5 Kseniya became a vocalist of the Loktev’s chorus. 10-year-old girl became a singer in young group Class. She is not only singer and dancer but also writes texts to her songs.
The girl graduated from the State Musical College in 1999 and from the Moscow State University of Culture and Arts in 2004.
In 1999 Kseniya was invited to become a member of Blestyashchie to replace Polina Iodis. She is the author of the song A Ya Vse Letala (I was flying, 2002). When Zhanna Friske left the group, Kseniya became the leader of the collective. In 2007, Novikova left the group. However, four years later, in 2011, she came back. But left it again in 2016.
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Eva Rivas is a Russian-Armenian pop-singer and beautiful girl. Her real name is Valeriya Reshetnikova.
The girl was born on July 13, 1987 in Rostov-on-Don. Her father, Alexander Reshetnikov was born in Vladivostok, Russia and her mother, Piruza Reshetnikova-Tsaturyan was born in Yerevan, Armenia.
By the way, Eva’s stage name is her great-grandmother’s real name.
To tell the truth, Eva started her musical career at school. She was a soloist of Arevik ensemble. As a member of the chorus, she sang both classical and pop songs, as well as Russian and foreign compositions. The ensemble was the winner of the annual municipal and regional amateur art competitions.
In 1997, Arevik was awarded the title of People’s Ensemble. As a soloist Eva won the Grand Prix at Junior Song Competition The Scarlet Flower.
Later, in 1999, Rivas won two silver medals presenting an Armenian song from the repertoire of Rosi Armen at the First Russian Delphic Games in Saratov.
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Russian ballerina Mathilda Kschessinskaya died on December 6, 1971 in Paris, just a few months before her centennial anniversary. Her life was like an irresistible dance, which to this day is surrounded by legends and intriguing details. Always surrounded by scandal, the ballerina adored roulette, diamonds, caviar and men, particularly when named Romanov.
Awesome Mathilda was born on August 19, 1872 in Ligovo, 9 miles west of St Petersburg. Her father, Felix Kschesinsky was a consummate performer of Mazurkas – Nicholas I’s favorite dance. The Emperor invited him to St. Petersburg from Warsaw together with the other dancers. In St. Petersburg, Felix married ballerina Yulia Dominskaya, ballet dancer Leda’s widow. From the first marriage she had five children and gave birth to four more. Mathilda-Maria was the youngest.
By the way, Mathilda’s father was a talented dancer. And the baby inherited a priceless gift – not just dance, but live to dance, fill it with unbridled passion, pain, enchanting dreams and hope.
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