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
Uralic
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rock along with
Nautilus Pompilius
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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
Luhansk People's Republic
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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
FIFA
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”fan zone” in
Rostov-on-Don
Rostov-on-Don ( rus, Ростов-на-Дону, r=Rostov-na-Donu, p=rɐˈstof nə dɐˈnu) is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East Eu ...
during the
2018 World Cup
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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
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...
.
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
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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