Alexandra Ilinichna Strelchenko (russian: Александра Ильинична Стрельченко; 2 February 1937 – 2 August 2019) was a Soviet and Russian actress and singer. She was a performer of Russian folk songs, Russian romances and pop songs. She was awarded the People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1984.Александра Стрельченко на проекте peoples.ru
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Biography

Strelchenko was born on the station Chaplino in

Dnipropetrovsk Region Dnipropetrovsk Oblast ( uk, Дніпропетро́вська о́бласть, translit=Dnipropetrovska oblast), also referred to as Dnipropetrovshchyna ( uk, Дніпропетро́вщина), is an oblast (province) of central-eastern Ukra ...

of Ukraine. Her parents were father Ilya (1911–1941), and mother Polina (1916–1945). Alexandra soon became an orphan, as her father died fighting in

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, and her mother died at the end of the war, and was brought up in an orphanage. She then studied at

Herzen University Herzen University, or formally the Russian State Pedagogical University in the name of A. I. Herzen (russian: Российский государственный педагогический университет имени А. И. Герце� ...

. During a tour of the

Voronezh Voronezh ( rus, links=no, Воро́неж, p=vɐˈronʲɪʂ}) is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia straddling the Voronezh River, located from where it flows into the Don River. The city sits on the ...

Folk Choir in 1958, Alexandra, having been at a concert of theirs, decided to leave school and devote herself to a career in music. From 1959 to 1962 she worked in the

Lipetsk Lipetsk ( rus, links=no, Липецк, p=ˈlʲipʲɪtsk), also romanized as Lipeck, is a city and the administrative center of Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, located on the banks of the Voronezh River in the Don basin, southeast of Moscow. Populatio ...

Philharmonic. Since 1963, she worked in Moscow, having a one-year internship at the All-Russia creative workshop of variety art. From 1976 to 1980 she studied at the

Gnessin State Musical College The Gnessin State Musical College (russian: link=no, Государственный музыкальный колледж имени Гнесиных) and Gnesins Russian Academy of Music (russian: Российская академия музык� ...

. From 2002, she had been a professor at

Moscow State Art and Cultural University Moscow State Art and Cultural University (russian: Московский государственный университет культуры и искусств) is a Russian university, a vocational training center in the field of culture and a ...

.Сибновости: Александра Стрельченко попала в больницу с инсультом
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Strelchenko, Alexandra 1937 births 2019 deaths Gnessin State Musical College alumni Soviet women singers People's Artists of the RSFSR Russian folk singers 20th-century Russian women singers 21st-century Russian women singers