Alla Borisovna Pugacheva is a Russian singer and songwriter, actress. Her career began in 1965 and continues to this day, although she retired from performing in 2010 after the international concert tour "Dreams of Love". 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. For several decades, Pugacheva was a sex symbol, a style icon, an inspiration for Soviet women and a heroine of Russian tabloids. In the media, Pugacheva has been called "the Queen of Russian pop music". Pugacheva is one of the few Russian performers who has achieved international success, along with Anna Netrebko and t.A.T.u.
Ludmila Yevgenyevna Belousova was a Soviet and Russian pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With her partner and husband Oleg Protopopov, she was a two-time Olympic champion and four-time World champion (1965–1968). In 1979, the pair defected to Switzerland and became Swiss citizens in 1995. They continued to skate at ice shows and exhibitions through their seventies.
Elena Antonovna Kamburova is a Russian singer and actress. In addition to numerous solo albums, her voice is recorded in more than a hundred film soundtracks. She is a People's Artist of Russian Federation.
Lyudmila Markovna Gurchenko was a Soviet and Russian actress, singer and entertainer. She was given the honorary title People's Artist of the USSR in 1983.
Margarita Petrovna Nazarova was a Russian circus performer, tiger trainer and actress best known for her leading role in the 1961 comedy Striped Trip. She was awarded the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR.
Picnic, or Piknik, is a Russian rock band known for its unique style, a mixture of art rock, progressive rock and original Russian rock. The band was formed in 1978 in Leningrad, though the members consider the band's official starting point to be Edmund Shklyarsky's arrival, in 1981, or the year the first album was recorded—1982.
Lyudmila Mikhaylovna Alexeyeva was a Russian historian and human-rights activist who was a founding member in 1976 of the Moscow Helsinki Watch Group and one of the last Soviet dissidents active in post-Soviet Russia.
Valentina Vasilevna Tolkunova was a Soviet and Russian singer and was bestowed the title of Honored Artist of RSFSR (1979) and People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1987). Her performances exhibited a kindhearted mood and sincerity, and her voice was noted for its clarity.
Olga Borisovna Voronets was a leading Russian mezzo-soprano folk singer of the 1960s and 1970s. She was named a People's Artist of Russia in 1978.
Chimera was a Russian underground rock band formed by singer/guitarist Edward Starkov and lead-guitarist Gennady Bachinsky in St. Petersburg in 1990. It was the main group of the club Tamtam, in which Korol i Shut and Tequilajazzz also performed. Chimera repeatedly gave concerts in Germany.
Eva Leonidovna Polna is a Russian singer, composer and songwriter. Polna was a member of the former Russian musical duo Gosti iz budushchego between 1996 and 2009. In 2013, Eva Polna was most rotated musical artist from Russia and CIS. Also in 2013, Polna participated in the first season of Russian TV show Odin v odin!.
Vera Kuzminichna Vasilyeva was a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress. In 1986, she was honored with the People's Artist of the USSR award. She was awarded the Stalin Prize twice, in 1948 and 1951. She is known for her roles in Bride with a Dowry (1953) and Adventures of a Dentist (1965).
Elena Vyacheslavovna Perova is a Russian singer and musician, TV presenter, actress. She was a former member of the Russian musical groups Litsey (1991–1997) and Amega (1998–1999). She won the Golden Gramophone Award in 1996 and TEFI in 2008. Since 2013, she has been chief editor of the Department of Music and Entertainment Programs in Channel One Russia.
Lyudmila Petrovna Polyakova is a Soviet and Russian actress; she is a People's Artist of Russia (1999).
Lyudmila Erarskaya, was a Russian actress who performed from the pre-revolutionary period until her death in Moscow in 1964. She was an associate and friend of some of the most noted intellectuals of her era and was most known for her relationship with and inspiration of poems by Sophia Parnok.
Alan Kazbekovich Badoev is a Ukrainian movie director, music video director, screenwriter, TV producer, TV presenter, and music producer of Ossetian origin. He first gained international recognition in 2006 with his awarded full-length movie debut "OrAngeLove" (Russian: Оранжевая любовь). Today, Badoev is most notable for his prize-winning work as music video director. He has directed more than 500 music videos.
Lyubov Nikitichna Mulmenko is a Russian playwright, film director and screenwriter.
Lyudmila Petranovskaya is a Russian psychologist and parenting expert, specialist in adoption, founder of the School for Adoptive Parents.
"OYDA" is a song by Russian artist Oxxxymiron, released on 16 September 2022.
Marina Valerievna Demeshchenko, also known by her stage name polnalyubvi, is a Russian singer of indie music. Born in Anadyr, she released her first album in 2017, and as of May 2023 has released five full-length albums.
