April 15, 1949
Was born Alla Pugacheva"The Woman Who Sings" celebrates its 75th anniversary today.
Seriously, I'm the only star in Russia and the Soviet Union. That's my job title.
The name was given in honor of the actress Alla TarasovaAt the insistence of her parents, both war veterans, she began studying music on a captured piano from the age of three. After attending music school, she went on tour for the first time at 15—she happened to attend a variety audition. Livshits и Levenbuku and won the competition.
They gave me a dress. A poisonous green one. With a huge cutout on the back. <> The joy of being an artist is incredible!
Frequent concerts and studies did not go well together; Alla received her diploma a year later, having previously worked as a school music teacher.
In 1969, Alla got a job as an accompanist at the School of Circus and Variety Arts. She married a clown. Mykolas OrbakasGave birth to a daughter - Kristina OrbakaiteThen there will be four more marriages. In the last one, with Maxim Galkin, is raising two children, Harry and Lisa.
If I were to suit your tastes at every stage… I wouldn’t exist at all!
In 1975 Tariverdiev He entrusted her with the performance of songs in "The Irony of Fate." And he was right. That same year, Pugacheva triumphantly won the Grand Prix at the Golden Orpheus in Bulgaria, and was called back for an encore with her song "Harlequin."
A solo career that lasted almost half a century began - Brezhnev, Andropov, Chernenko, Gorbachev, Yeltsin и Putin.
Who is Leonid Brezhnev? — A minor political figure from the Alla Pugacheva era (anecdote)
In the early 90s, Pugacheva's popularity was compared to Madonna's in the United States. She became a "prima donna" after performing the song of the same name at Eurovision.
These are the times we live in. The debilitation of a generation <> Philosophers say that truth is the sun of reason. I fear this sun is fading.
In 2012, she spoke out in support of Pussy Riot. In 2022, she proposed that the authorities recognize her as a foreign agent, following her husband's example:
Because I am in solidarity with my husband <> who wishes the Motherland prosperity, peaceful life, freedom of speech and an end to the deaths of our boys for illusory goals that make our country an outcast
