Lidia Ruslanova

Lidia Andreyevna Ruslanova
Лидия Андреевна Русланова
Ruslanova in Berlin, 1945
Background information
Born
Praskovya Andrianovna Leykina-Gorshenina
Russian: Прасковья Андриановна Ле́йкина-Горшенина

(1900-10-27)27 October 1900
Chernavka, Serdobsky Uyezd, Saratov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died21 September 1973(1973-09-21) (aged 72)
Moscow, USSR
GenresRussian folk music, Russian romance
Instrumentsinging

Lidia Andreyevna Ruslanova (sometimes spelt Lidiya or Lydia, Russian: Лидия Андреевна Русланова; 27 October 1900 in Saratov Governorate – 21 September 1973 in Moscow) was a famous Soviet singer contralto and performer of Russian folk songs.

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