Nina Brodskaya (russian: Ни́на Алекса́ндровна Бро́дская; born 11 December 1947 or 1949,

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

) is a

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singer (

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), popular in the 1960s and 1970s.

Biography

After graduating from the Music College of the Moscow State Institute of Music in 1965, Nina Brodskaya started working as a singer in the

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Jazz Orchestra, while continuing her music education at the All-Russia Creative Workshop of Variety Art. Among the songs that made her famous were: "Love is a Ring" ("Любовь-кольцо") and "August" ("Август") by

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, "One Snowflake is Not Yet Snow" ("Ты говоришь мне о любви" a.k.a. "Одна снежинка ещё не снег") by Kolmanovsky, "There's No Use in Your Coming to Me" ("Ходишь напрасно") and "First Love" ("Первая любовь") by Mazhukov. She is also famous for singing the song "January Blizzard" ("Звенит январская вьюга") by Zatsepin for the 1973 movie '' Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future''. Since 1980 Nina Brodskaya lives and performs in the USA, since 1990s occasionally coming to Russia.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brodskaya, Nina 1949 births Living people Musicians from Moscow Soviet women singers Soviet emigrants to the United States