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musical performer. Her career started in 1965 and continues to this day, even though she has retired from performing. For her "clear

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and a full display of sincere emotions", she enjoys an iconic status across the former

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as the most successful Soviet performer in terms of record sales and popularity. Pugacheva's repertoire includes over 500 songs in

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, French, Kazakh,

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, and her

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has more than 100

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, CDs and DVDs. In addition to Russia and the former Soviet Union, Pugacheva's albums were released in

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. In total, Pugacheva has sold more than 250 million records. She became a

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in 1991, a Laureate of the

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in 1995, and was decorated as a Chevalier of the

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II, III and IV degrees. She represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 with the song "Primadonna", finishing in 15th place.

Early life and education

Pugacheva was born to Boris Mikhailovich Pugachëv and Zinaida Arkhipovna (born Odegova) Pugachëva in Moscow, on 15 April 1949. In 1956, she enrolled in music school No.31, and attended the

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music college. She went on to study at school No.496, finishing her studies there in 1964. She then studied in the choral-conducting department of the college. Pugacheva recorded her first track "Robot" in 1965, for a morning programme on

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Career

Pugacheva finished college in 1966 and subsequently toured with the group Yunost' (''Youth'') in western

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. The following year she began working as a piano accompanist at the State Circus Musical college. She provided the leading vocals to a number of bands, including Novy Elektron (''New Electron''), part of the

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State Philharmonic Society, in 1966, Moskvichi (''Muscovites'') in 1971,

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's band in 1972–73, and Vesyolye Rebyata (''Merry Folks'') in 1974–75. She recorded songs throughout that period for numerous movies. In 1974, she came in 3rd place in the All-Union competition of musicians. In 1975, she received the Grand Prix of the international contest "

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" performing the song "Harlequin" by

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. The

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label released her winning song as a single in

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. Subsequently, in Bulgaria, the Balkanton label released the live recording of "Harlequin" from the festival as a single. One year later, Pugacheva returned to the "Golden Orpheus" to perform a concert outside the competition. The Balkanton released the live tracks as Pugacheva's first album ''Zolotoy Orfey 76''. In that same year, Pugacheva recorded a number of songs for the musical drama-comedy ''

The Irony of Fate ''The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!'' (russian: Ирония судьбы, или С лёгким паром!, literally: The Irony of Fate, or With A Light Steam; trans. ''Ironiya sudby, ili S lyogkim parom!''), usually shortened to ''The ...

'' as the singing voice of Nadja, the female protagonist.

''The Woman Who Sings'', 1977

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Pugacheva went on to work on the

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'' The Woman who Sings'' in cooperation with the band Ritm (''Rhythm'') in 1977. She played the leading lady, a famous pop singer who sacrifices her personal life for her career. The soundtrack, which was co-written by Pugacheva and composed of pop songs, culminated with the dramatic title

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"Zhenshchina, kotoraya poyot". The Soviet audience, regarding the film as autobiographical, brought the soundtrack to reach record audience of the year in 1979, as it was bought by 55 million people. The soundtrack was first released in 1977 as part of the double album '' Zerkalo dushi'' (''Mirror of the Soul''), which was a collection of her songs from 1975 to 1977. The

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label released a collection album ''Alla Pugacheva'' in the same year in Japan. In 1978, performing the song "Vsyo mogut koroli" ("Kings Can Do Anything"), Pugacheva received the Amber Nightingale prize at the

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which at the time meant automatically winning the Grand Prix of the

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. In 1980, the Kansan label of Finland released her above-listed works as the compilation album ''Huipulla'' (''At the Top''). Tonbandausnahmenkompanie Bayer GmbH did the same in West Germany, releasing ''Alla Pugachova''.

Stockholm, 1980–1988

During the 1980s, Pugacheva was a frequent visitor to

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. She started out with multiple guest appearances on the popular Swedish radio show ''Galaxen'' (April 1980 year) conducted by Jacob Dahlin, and later frequently appeared on his TV show ''Jacobs Stege'' (''Jacob's Ladder''). Dahlin and Pugacheva used to perform duets, such as "Superman" where Dahlin sings as the title character. In Stockholm, Pugacheva recorded an album in English, released by the World Record Music label in Sweden as ''Watch Out'' and by the

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label in the Soviet Union as ''Alla Pugacheva in Stockholm''.

Private life

In 1969, she married Lithuanian circus performer , and on May 25, 1971 she gave birth to a daughter,

Kristina Orbakaitė Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaitе (, lt, Kristina Orbakaitė, born 25 May 1971), is a Russian-Lithuanian singer and actress. Her parents are Russian pop star Alla Pugacheva and Lithuanian circus performer Mykolas Orbakas. Biography Kristina Orba ...

, who is also a popular singer. Pugacheva divorced Orbakas after four years of marriage in 1973. She married film director

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(1945–2021) in 1976 and starred in several of his movies. The union was dissolved in 1980. In 1985, Pugacheva married producer Yevgeniy Boldin, with whom she had numerous professional collaborations. She had a working and romantic relationship with a young musician and singer,

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during this period. In 1993, she divorced Yevgeniy Boldin stating that their professional lives interfered too much with their personal life. In 1994, she married a pop singer,

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. Their divorce was announced in November 2005. On 23 December 2011, Pugacheva married satirist

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, who is 27 years younger. The couple has twins delivered by a surrogate mother.

Commentary on war in Ukraine

In March 2014, Pugacheva signed a petition against the persecution of

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, who protested against the annexation of Crimea and

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. In March 2022, Pugacheva and Galkin left Russia for

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following the

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. In August 2022, Pugacheva returned to Russia, saying "she would clean up the mess in my head, in people heads". In September 2022, after her husband had been declared a "

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", she spoke out publicly condemning the war and useless deaths of Russian men who are forced to die for illusory reasons. She also demanded Ministry of Justice to declare her a foreign agent, too. Russian authorities began investigating Pugacheva for "discrediting" the Russian military under

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. In October 2022, Pugacheva revealed that she had left Russia again for Israel.

Honours and awards

Pugacheva's most notable title is "

", the highest honor that could be bestowed to a musical artist in the state, awarded to her in 1991. While the lesser titles of "Accomplished Artist of the

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", and "People's Artist of the Russian SFSR" had been already awarded to her in 1980 and 1985 respectively, the government was hesitant to award her its highest honor, reportedly largely because of statements and actions on her part that were inconsistent with the Party's agenda. Pugacheva is listed in the Russian Encyclopedia (2005). On 15 April 2009, her 60th birthday

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awarded Pugacheva the 3rd Degree

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. She was honored as one of the

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in December 2022. ;Orders * Orden for Service II

, 2nd class (15 April 1999) * Orden for Service III

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class (15 April 2009) * Orden for Service IV

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(20 December 1991) *

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(1985) *

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(1980) *Honorary citizen of the city of

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(2006) ;Awards *

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Discography

Famous songs

*«Две звезды» (Two stars) *«Я тебя поцеловала» (I kissed you) *«Миллионы алых роз» (Millions of scarlet Roses) *«Папа купил автомобиль» (Dad bought a car) *«Мадам Брошкина» (Madame Broshkina) *«Осенний поцелуй» (Autumn Kiss) *«Осторожно листопад» (Careful leaf fall) *«Песенка про себя (Также как все)» (A song about myself (Just like everyone else)) *«На Тихорецкую состав отправится» (The train will go to Tikhoretskaya) *«100 друзей» (100 friends) *«Айсберг» (Iceberg) *«Волшебник-недоучка» (The half-educated Wizard) *«Всё могут короли» (Kings can do anything) * *

Original solo albums

^* Official English title.

Other albums

*1978 ''Alla Pugacheva'' (released in Japan) – compilation *1978 ''Ala Pugachova. Ogledalo na dushata'' (released in Bulgaria) – compilation *1979 ''Alla Pugacheva i Iosif Kobzon'' – split *1980 ''Diskoteka A'' – instrumental remixes *1980 ''Alla Pugatšova. Huipulla'' (''Alla Pugacheva. At the Top''; Kansan, Finland) *1980 ''Alla Pugačevova. Zrcadlo duše'' (

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version of ''Zerkalo dushi'') *1981 ''Alla Pugačova'' (

version of ''To li eshche budet...'') *1981 ''Alla Pugatšova. Tähtikesä'' (''Alla Pugacheva. Starry summer''; Kansan, Finland) *1982 ''U nas v gostjakh maestro'' (''Our Guest is the Maestro'') – live / split *1982 ''Parad Planet'' – split *1983 ''Million Roz'' (released in Japan) – compilation *1983 ''Alla Pugačova. Dávná píseň'' (a

compilation) *1984 ''Alla Pugacheva – Soviet Superstar. Greatest Hits 1976–84'' (World Record Music, Sweden) – compilation *1985 ''Alla Pugacheva – Soviet Superstar vol.2'' (released by the World Record Music in

) – compilation *1988 ''Pesni vmesto pisem'' (''Songs Instead Of Letters'') – split with

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*1989 ''Paromshik'' – (Ferryman) (Finnish release of ''Rechnoy paromshchik'') *1991 ''Alla'' (Ritonis, Riga) *1994 ''Veryu v tebya'' (''I Believe in You'') – compilation *1995 ''Put' zvezdy'' (''The Path of a Star'') – compilation *1996 A 13 CD compilation of songs previously released only on LP and MC *1996 ''Poët Alla Pugacheva'' (''Alla Pugacheva Sings''; songs by Aleksandr Zazepin) – compilation *1997 ''Dve zvezdy'' (''Two Stars''; with Vladimir Kuzmin) – compilation / split *1998 ''Syurpriz ot Ally Pugachevy'' (''Surprise from Alla Pugacheva'') – tribute

CD singles

*1997 ''Primadonna'' (''Eurovision 1997'') *2000 ''Bely sneg'' (''White Snow'') *2000 ''Madam Broshkina'' *2002 ''Eto lyubov'' (''It's Love'') There is an unknown number of single and EP releases published all over the world.

Films and TV appearances

*1978 ''Teatr Ally Pugachevoy'',

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*1978 '' The Woman who Sings'',

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*1981 ''Lyubovyu za lyubov (''Love For Love'') Mosfilm *1984 ''Vstrechi s Alloy Pugachevoy'' (''Meetings with Alla Pugacheva''), USSR TV *1985 ''Prishla i govoryu'' (''I Came and I'm Speaking''), Mosfilm *1985 ''Sezon chudes'' (''Season of Miracles''), Odessa Film Studio *1989–2002 ''Rozhdestvenskie vstrechi'' (''Christmas Meetings''), USSR TV, Ostankino, Public Russian Television, Russian State Television *1995 ''Zhdi i pomni menya'' (''Wait for Me, Remember Me''), Public Russian Television *1997 ''Laat de Leeuw'' (''Late de Leeuw''),

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*2003 ''Za dvumya zaytsami'' (''Chasing Two Rabbits'')

Notes

References

External links

Russian Music on the net: Info on Alla Pugacheva with lyrics translated to English
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Alla Pugacheva at the Forbes

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