Sofiia Mykhailivna Yevdokymenko-Rotaru, known as Sofia Rotaru, is a Ukrainian pop singer of Romanian origin.
Boris Borisovich Grebenshchikov is a prominent member of the generation which is widely considered to be the "founding fathers" of Russian rock music. He is the founder and lead singer of the band Aquarium which has been active since 1972. Grebenshchikov is frequently referred to as BG, after his initials.
Irina Aleksandrovna Allegrova is a Russian singer. She is a People's Artist of Russia (2010).
Ukrainian rock is rock music from Ukraine.
Alexander Yakovlevich Rosenbaum PAR is a Russian bard from Saint Petersburg.
Leatherface were a British punk rock band from Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, fronted by Frankie Stubbs. Trouser Press called them "England's finest, most exciting punk band of the 90s" and The Guardian has called them "the greatest British punk band of the modern era."
Tatyana Ivanovna Rudneva is a Russian singer recognized for her strong, melancholic romance ballads, catchy electro-pop beats and techno remixes. She shot to fame in 1990 when she started her singing career with the band Letniy sad. Tatyana and Letniy sad had 10 hit albums together between 1990 and 1996. Since 1996, she has maintained her popularity and released a further 18 hit solo albums. She was named a Meritorious Artist of Russia (2004).
Nazariy Nazarovych Yaremchuk was a Hutsul Ukrainian singer, born in the village of Rivnya, Chernivtsi Oblast. He was posthumously named Hero of Ukraine in August 2021.
Valentin Iosifovich Gaft was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was a People's Artist of the RSFSR (1984).
Larisa Aleksandrovna Dolina is a Russian jazz and pop singer and actress. She was awarded the Order of Honour in 2005.
Monologue of Love is a Soviet Ukrainian musical telefilm, written by Grigore Vieru and directed by Larisa Maslyuk, starring Sofia Rotaru in the main role. The movie filmed at Ukretelefilm in Crimea, Kazakh SSR and Lithuanian SSR, features the new conception in the Soviet musical telefilms: substantial poetry monologues recited by Sofia Rotaru on themes associated with love, followed by thematic songs and corresponding natural geographical and theatrical scenic setting.
Valeriya is a stage name of Alla Yurievna Perfilova, a Russian singer and fashion model. Valeriya, who is a recipient of the titles People's Artist of Russia (2013) and People's Artist of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (2016), has also won numerous awards, including Golden Gramophone (thirteen), Pesnya goda (thirteen), Muz-TV, and MTV Russia Music Awards. She has been a member of the Council for Culture and Art under the President of the Russian Federation since 2012.
Andrey Vyacheslavovich Lysikov is a Russian musical artist, singer, songwriter, poet and rapper, known by his stage name Dolphin. He won the award of best artist at the 2004 MTV Russian Music Awards. He also played at the Live 8 Russia concert.
David Fyodorovich Tukhmanov PAR is a Soviet and Russian composer. People's Artist of Russia (2000), State Prize of Russian Federation.
Nebo – eto ya - is a 2004 studio album of Sofia Rotaru, recorded at Artur-Music in Ukraine. The album was released in the autumn of 2004 in Russia and Ukraine as well as worldwide simultaneously. The album includes earlier unreleased singles and two remixes of the song White Dance (Russian: Belyi tanets/Белый танец. Besides the original playing time of 47:54, the album includes a bonus and a music video for White Dance by Oleg Gusev, filmed at Lenfilm. The original discs sold with 1.700.000 copies.
Ekaterina Nikolayevna Chuprinina, better known by her stage name Katya Lel, is a Russian pop singer.
"Kray, miy ridniy kray" is a song originally recorded by Sofia Rotaru for her 1981 album Sofia Rotaru and Chervona Ruta.
Pesnya goda, meaning Song of the Year, is an annual televised music festival and gala in Russia, honoring standout songs from the previous year. The event began in the Soviet period, and prior to the dissolution of the USSR also included songs in languages other than Russian.
Igor Vasilyevich Kokhanovsky is a Soviet, Russian bard, poet and lyricist whose songs recorded, among others, Anna German, Sofia Rotaru, Klavdiya Shulzhenko, Lyudmila Zykina and Vladimir Vysotsky, his classmate and friend.
Yerkesh Shakeyev is a Kazakh composer, lyricist and songwriter whose work ranged from bard songs and pop hits to neoclassicism. He was born on May 5, 1962, in the village of Ruzaevka, Kokchetav Oblast, into the family of Kokena Shakeev, the People's Akyn of Kazakhstan and the First President of the Akyns Union of Kazakhstan.