Yulia Viktorovna Nachalova (russian: link=no, Ю́лия Ви́кторовна Нача́лова; 31 January 1981 – 16 March 2019) was a Soviet and Russian singer, actress and television presenter.

Early life

Nachalova was born in 1981 in Voronezh in a musical family. Her grandfather, a combine driver and

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, played accordion and balalaika. Both Nacholova's parents were professional musicians working at the Voronezh Philharmonic. Nachalova was taught singing from birth and performed for the first time at the age of five in the Philharmonic.

Career

Nachalova rose to fame in Russia as a child star following her participation in the Channel One programme ''Morning Star'' in 1991. Recognising her potential, her family moved to Moscow. In 1992, she presented the children's music programme ''Tam-tam novosti''. At the age of 14, Nachalova flew to

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to participate in the music competition Big Apple-1995, where she won the Grand Prix. She has claimed that one of the other participants of the competition was

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. Subsequently, she released her debut album ''Akh shkola, shkola''. She graduated from the pop-jazz department from the

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. In 2003, Nachalova was one of the participants in the adventure game show '' Last Hero 4: End Game''. She was the third participant to be evicted from the show after being voted out on day nine. In 2004, she collaborated with

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on the song "Lyubov-raketa", which peaked at #24 on TopHit radio airplay charts. Yulia Nachalova

In 2005, Nachalova released the album ''Muzyka lyubvi'' and a reprint of her 1995 album. From April 2005 until December 2007, she presented the musical show ''Saturday Evening'' on

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alongside

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. In 2006, Nachalova released two albums, ''Davay pogovorim o lyubvi'' and ''Raznye pesni o glavnom''. In 2009, she was part of the jury of the children's version of '' New Wave''. Nachalova flew to United States in 2010 to record her final and only English-language album ''Wild Butterfly'', which did not manage to secure her a breakthrough outside of Russia. In 2014, she participated in the second season of ''

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'' on

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. She stayed on the show for fifteen weeks, eventually finishing fourth overall. She subsequently presented the programme ''Two Voices'' on

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alongside

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Illness and death

Nachalova suffered from long-term health problems starting in 2017, when she was diagnosed with

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. Earlier, in 2007, she had suffered from

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and

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after a failed plastic surgery. On 8 March 2019, during a rehearsal for an event in Moscow, Nachalova passed out. She was subsequently taken to hospital. Her situation worsened and she started suffering from

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in her legs. On 13 March, she was brought into an artificial coma as doctors operated on her legs. Nachalova died in the morning of 16 March 2019. Her doctor cited her dead as an accident, stating that she died from an infection following the operation and claiming that rumours saying that Nachalova suffered from

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and

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were untrue. Her doctor claimed that Nachalova's death was a result of a "list of unfortunate events", which included her earlier problems with

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in the early 2000s.

Personal life

Nachalova was married to singer Dmitry Lanskoy (

) from 2001 to 2004. From 2006 to 2011 she was married to

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from 2011 to 2016.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Legacy

Critics noted Nachalova for her strong voice, but pitied her for a weak and generally unknown repertoire. Her most famous song was "Geroy moego romana", which was noted to be her

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. Following her death,

and

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made several broadcasts to commemorate her death with colleagues and friends recollecting memories they had about Nachalova. On 23 March 2019, musical talk show ''Hello, Andrey!'' broadcast an episode in name of her death. Four weeks later, on 27 April 2019, ''Hello, Andrey!'' held a second episode centred around her death. On 18 March, one day before her death, Russia-1 broadcast a ''Live on Air'' episode titled ''The last 24 hours of Yulia Nachalova'' and three days later, another show following her burial in Moscow. '' Let Them Talk'' broadcast a total of five episodes on Nachalova's illness and subsequent death. In 2020, Nachalova's father and aunt published a collection of letters from Yulia Nachalova. In 2021, Channel One Russia produced and aired a three-part documentary series about her life titled ''Prolonged History of Yulia Nachalova''.

References

External links

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