Sataney Setgalievna Kazanova (russian: link=no, Сатаней Сетгалиевна Казанова), better known as Sati Kazanova (russian: link=no, Сати Казанова), (born 2 October 1982 in

Kabardino-Balkarian ASSR The Kabardino-Balkarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was an autonomous republic of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic within the Soviet Union, and was originally a part of the Mountain Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. ...

) is a Russian singer, fashion model, actress and TV personality. Until May 2010, she was one of the three vocalists of the Russian pop

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Fabrika (Russian: Фабрика; Factory in English). In 2002, she took part in the first season of the Russian talent show ''

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'' as a member of Fabrika, where they finished second. She won the

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(Russian: Астра) award for most stylish female singer in 2006. On 5 October 2009 she was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Republic of Adygea by the President of the republic,

Aslan Tkhakushinov Aslan(cheriy) Kitovich Tkhakushinov (russian: Асланчерий Китович Тхакушинов; ady, ТхьакIущынэ Аслъан Кытэ ыкъор, Thak’uşınə Astlan Kıtə ıqor ; born July 12, 1947) is the former He ...

. In 2011, she hosted the show '' The Phantom of the Opera'', and in 2013 she became a participant in the show ''

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''.

Personal life

She studied at the Russian Academy of Music and she lives in Moscow. Sati was born in Kabardino-Balkaria and her

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is Adyge. She is a now

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and a vegetarian and practices yoga. On 8 October 2017 Sati Kazanova married Italian photographer Stefano Tiozzo in Vladikavkaz. They previously met at a wedding of common friends and relatives and later started a

long-distance relationship A long-distance relationship (LDR) or long-distance romantic relationship (LDRR) is an intimate relationship between partners who are geographically separated from one another. Partners in LDRs face geographic separation and lack of face-to-face ...

, before deciding to marry in less than six months. The couple are followers of

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, a Hindu guru from the island of Mauritius.

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* * * 1982 births Living people People from Kabardino-Balkaria Circassian people of Russia Russian pop singers 21st-century Russian singers Fabrika members Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music Fabrika Zvyozd Russian Academy of Theatre Arts alumni 21st-century Russian women singers Russian Hindus Winners of the Golden Gramophone Award {{Russia-singer-stub Converts to Hinduism from Islam