Chicherina, officially Yulia Dmitrievna Chicherina (russian: link=no, Юлия Дмитриевна Чичерина), is a Russian pop-rock artist. She has been performing since 1997 and is part of the wave of

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rock along with

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and

Chaif Chaif (Чайф) is a Russian rock band formed in 1984 in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg), Russia, by Vladimir Shakhrin and Vladimir Begunov. Their name is derived from the word ''chai'', meaning tea, and ''kaif'' (slang word), meaning pleasure. ...

Biography

Chicherina was born in 1978 Sverdlovsk, now known as

Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administra ...

. In 1997, she formed her own band. Chicherina has expressed support for the self-proclaimed

Donetsk People's Republic The Donetsk People's Republic ( rus, Донецкая Народная Республика, Donetskaya Narodnaya Respublika, dɐˈnʲetskəjə nɐˈrodnəjə rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə; abbreviated as DPR or DNR, rus, ДНР) is a Territorial ...

and

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in the

Russo-Ukraine War The Russo-Ukrainian War; uk, російсько-українська війна, rosiisko-ukrainska viina. has been ongoing between Russia (alongside Russian separatist forces in Donbas, Russian separatists in Ukraine) and Ukraine since Feb ...

. This led to her being banned from performing in the

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”fan zone” in

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during the

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. In March 2022 she was filmed taking down a Ukrainian flag in the city of

Enerhodar Enerhodar (; uk, Енергода́р, translit=Enerhodár, , ; russian: Энергодар, translit=Energodar, literally 'energy giver') is a city and municipality in the north-western part of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast in Ukraine, currently unde ...

, which was occupied during the

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. Russian singer Checherina puts down the flag of Ukraine in seized Enerhodar.
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Discography

Albums

*2000 – Dreams *2001 – Flow *2002 – Dots (Live) *2004 – Off/On *2006 – Musical Movie *2007 – Man-Bird

Singles

*2000 – Tu-Lu-La *2001 – Road *2009 – I've Been Sewing The Dress *2009 – Christmas *2011 – Dangerous

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chicherina, Yulia 1978 births Living people Russian rock singers 20th-century Russian singers 20th-century Russian women singers 21st-century Russian singers 21st-century Russian women singers Recipients of the Order of Friendship (South Ossetia) Russian nationalists Anti-Ukrainian sentiment in Russia