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Blestyashchie
Blestyashchiye ( rus, Блестя́щие, p=blʲɪˈsʲtʲæɕːɪɪ, lit. '' the brilliant ones'') is one of the first and most enduring all-girl singing groups in Russia. History 1996–1999: "Tam, tol'ko tam" and "Prosto mechty" Originally Blestyashchiye consisted of three singers: Olga Orlova, Polina Iodis and Varvara Koroleva. In 1996 Irina Lukjanova and Janna Friske joined the group when Varvara Koroleva left the group right after the release of their first album ''Tam, Tol'ko Tam'' (russian: Там, только там, en, There, Only There). Featuring original arrangements, lovely lyrics, and artistic music videos, Blestyashchiye became quite popular. They went on tour across the country, and they were highly praised. There, Janna became an instant success with her excellent vocal abilities and superb dancing skills. In 1997 they released the album ''Tam, Tol'ko Tam (Remixes)''. In 1998, the group released their second album ''Prosto Mechty'' (russian: Просто м ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadezhda Ruchka
Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Ruchka (russian: link=no, Надежда Александровна Ручка; also known as Nadia Ruchka) born April 16, 1981) is a Russian singer-songwriter, actress, model, and poet. Soloist of the female pop group "Blestyashchiye". Early life and career Nadia Ruchka was born on April 16, 1981 in Nikopol, Ukrainian SSR. Her parents are metallurgists. At the age of five she started taking ballet lessons. At the age of nine she was accepted at Moscow ballet school but her parents were opposed to. Nadia finished mathematics school. When she was studying in eleventh form, she was challenged in Kyiv to a beauty contest. She was also cast in to act in the music video. After winning in the contest, she received $2000. Soon, after graduating school, Nadia moved in Moscow and entered in Moscow State Institute of International Relations. During that period she was working in a modeling agency and took vocal lessons by a lector from Gnessin State Musical College ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Orlova (singer)
Olga George Orlova (russian: Ольга Юрьевна Орлова; born on 13 November 1977) is a Russian pop singer, actress, songwriter. She was the founder and lead singer of the pop-group Blestyashchiye, from 1995 until 2000. The pop-group « Velvet Music» 2015–present. Biography Music career 1995—2001: Blestyashchie and solo career Was born in Moscow. Debut took place in the first group video «There, only there». Orlova was not just the lead singer in the group, but is also the author of many of the songs, "Where you, where?", "Chao, Bambina!" and many others with which the «Blestyashchie» has gained large popularity. In 5 years with the group, they released five albums: "There, Only There", "There, Only There (Remixes)", "Just Dreams", "About Love", "White Snow". At the end of 2000, she left the group and returned to the stage in 2001. At first she intended to perform alone, but then she changed her mind. In the fall, there was a contest of sorts, and out o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanna Friske
Jeanna Vladimirovna Friske (russian: link=no, Жанна Владимировна Фриске; born Jeanna Vladimirovna Kopylova; 8 July 1974 – 15 June 2015), better known by the stage name Zhanna Friske, was a Russian actress, singer and model. She was a member of the girl group Blestyashchiye. Family Her father Vladimir Kopylov (later known as Vladimir Friske) is of German descent; his mother Paulina Friske was born to a Black Sea German family in the Odessa Oblast in the then Soviet Union. She graduated from secondary school No. 406, Perovo District, Moscow, in 1991. She studied journalism at Moscow University, but abandoned it. Friske's common-law husband was Russian singer and television personality Dmitry Shepelev. On 7 April 2013 the couple announced via Friske's official Web site that Friske had given birth to a son in Miami, Florida. Career She first became famous when she joined the band Blestyashchie in 1996, which she left in 2003 to embark on a solo career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Semenovich
Anna Grigorievna Semenovich (russian: А́нна Григо́рьевна Семено́вич, born 1 March 1980) is a Russian singer, actress, model, and former competitive ice-dancer. Skating-career Early in her career, Semenovich skated with Denis Samokhin. They competed at two World Junior Championships, placing 8th in 1993 and 7th in 1994. After a brief partnership with Maxim Kachanov, placing fifth at the 1994 Goodwill Games, she teamed up with Vladimir Fedorov in 1995. They won the Finlandia Trophy twice and competed on the Grand Prix of Figure Skating. The highlight of their partnership was competing at the 1998 World Championships, where they placed 15th. Their partnership ended in 1999 and Semenovich teamed up with Roman Kostomarov for one season. With Kostomarov, she is the Russian bronze medalist and competed at both the 2000 European Championships and the 2000 World Championships. Following the end of that partnership, she reunited with Denis Samokhin and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones and shares Borders of Russia, land boundaries with fourteen countries, more than List of countries and territories by land borders, any other country but China. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, world's ninth-most populous country and List of European countries by population, Europe's most populous country, with a population of 146 million people. The country's capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city is Moscow, the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest city entirely within E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Gramophone Award
The Golden Gramophone Award () is a yearly national Russian music award, established by Russian Radio in 1996.p. 241, ''Pop culture Russia!: media, arts, and lifestyle'', Birgit Beumers, ABC-CLIO, 2005, . The awardee receives a gold-colored figurine of a gramophone A phonograph, in its later forms also called a gramophone (as a trademark since 1887, as a generic name in the UK since 1910) or since the 1940s called a record player, or more recently a turntable, is a device for the mechanical and analogu .... Recipients References External links * Awards established in 1996 Russian music awards {{music-award-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Girl Groups
Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and people of Russia, regardless of ethnicity *Russophone, Russian-speaking person (, ''russkogovoryashchy'', ''russkoyazychny'') *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *Russian alphabet *Russian cuisine *Russian culture *Russian studies Russian may also refer to: *Russian dressing *''The Russians'', a book by Hedrick Smith *Russian (comics), fictional Marvel Comics supervillain from ''The Punisher'' series *Russian (solitaire), a card game * "Russians" (song), from the album ''The Dream of the Blue Turtles'' by Sting *"Russian", from the album ''Tubular Bells 2003'' by Mike Oldfield *"Russian", from the album '' '' by Caravan Palace *Nik Russian, the perpetrator of a con committed in 2002 *The South African name for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Pop Music Groups
Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and people of Russia, regardless of ethnicity *Russophone, Russian-speaking person (, ''russkogovoryashchy'', ''russkoyazychny'') * Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages * Russian alphabet * Russian cuisine *Russian culture *Russian studies Russian may also refer to: *Russian dressing *''The Russians'', a book by Hedrick Smith *Russian (comics), fictional Marvel Comics supervillain from ''The Punisher'' series * Russian (solitaire), a card game * "Russians" (song), from the album ''The Dream of the Blue Turtles'' by Sting *"Russian", from the album ''Tubular Bells 2003'' by Mike Oldfield *"Russian", from the album '' '' by Caravan Palace * Nik Russian, the perpetrator of a con committed in 2002 *The South African name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vostochniye Skazki (album)
Vostochniye skazki is the sixth studio album by Blestyashchiye. Track listing #" Vostochniye skazki" (Eastern fairytales) (duet with Arash) #"Palmy parami" (Palms with couples) #"Agent 007" (-) #"Hey, allo au" (-) #"Kak zvezda" (Like a star) #"Poverila" (I believed) #"Kapitan dalnego plavaniya" #"Operupolnomochenniy" #"Naleteli vdrug dozhdi" #"Brat moy desantnik" #"Novogodnyaya pesnya" (New Year song) #"''Vengerovv & Fedoroff'' with ''Blestyashchiye''" (poppuri) #"Novogodnyaya pesnya" (remix) #"Apel'sinovaya pesnya" (remix) Vocals *Kseniya Novikova *Yulia Kovalchuk *Anna Semenovich Anna Grigorievna Semenovich (russian: А́нна Григо́рьевна Семено́вич, born 1 March 1980) is a Russian singer, actress, model, and former competitive ice-dancer. Skating-career Early in her career, Semenovich skated w ... *Nadezhda Ruchka External links Official Website {{Authority control Blestyashchiye albums 2006 albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tver
Tver ( rus, Тверь, p=tvʲerʲ) is a city and the administrative centre of Tver Oblast, Russia. It is northwest of Moscow. Population: Tver was formerly the capital of a powerful medieval state and a model provincial town in the Russian Empire, with a population of 60,000 on 14 January 1913. It is situated at the confluence of the Volga and Tvertsa Rivers. The city was known as Kalinin ( rus, Кали́нин, Kalínin) from 1931 to 1990. The city is where three rivers meet, splitting the town into northern and southern parts by the Volga River, and divided again into quarters by the Tvertsa River, which splits the left (northern) bank into east and west halves, and the Tmaka River which does the same along the southern bank. History Medieval origins Tver's foundation year is officially accepted to be 1135,Charter of Tver, Article 1 although there is no universal agreement on this date and some estimates place it as late as the second half of the 13th century. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jūrmala
Jūrmala (; "seaside") is a state city in Latvia, about west of Riga. Jūrmala is a resort town stretching and sandwiched between the Gulf of Riga and the Lielupe River. It has a stretch of white-sand beach, and a population of 49,325 in 2019, making it the fifth-largest city in Latvia. While Latvia was part of the Soviet Union, Jūrmala was a favorite holiday-resort and tourist destination for high-level Communist Party officials, particularly Leonid Brezhnev and Nikita Khrushchev. Although many amenities such as beach-houses and concrete hotels remain, some have fallen into disrepair. Jūrmala remains a tourist attraction with long beaches facing the Gulf of Riga and romantic wooden houses in the Art Nouveau style. Names and administrative history The name Jūrmala stems from Latvian ''jūra'' ("sea") and ''mala'' ("edge", "side", "margin"), thus "seaside" in English. In 1920, soon after Latvian independence, the town of Rīgas Jūrmala ("Seaside of Riga") was establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vostochniye Skazki
Vostochniye skazki is the sixth studio album by Blestyashchiye. Track listing #" Vostochniye skazki" (Eastern fairytales) (duet with Arash) #"Palmy parami" (Palms with couples) #"Agent 007" (-) #"Hey, allo au" (-) #"Kak zvezda" (Like a star) #"Poverila" (I believed) #"Kapitan dalnego plavaniya" #"Operupolnomochenniy" #"Naleteli vdrug dozhdi" #"Brat moy desantnik" #"Novogodnyaya pesnya" (New Year song) #"''Vengerovv & Fedoroff'' with ''Blestyashchiye''" (poppuri) #"Novogodnyaya pesnya" (remix) #"Apel'sinovaya pesnya" (remix) Vocals *Kseniya Novikova *Yulia Kovalchuk *Anna Semenovich Anna Grigorievna Semenovich (russian: А́нна Григо́рьевна Семено́вич, born 1 March 1980) is a Russian singer, actress, model, and former competitive ice-dancer. Skating-career Early in her career, Semenovich skated w ... *Nadezhda Ruchka External links Official Website {{Authority control Blestyashchiye albums 2006 albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
