Alla Pugacheva

Alla Pugacheva
Alla Pugacheva
	Alla Pugacheva in Berlin, 28 April 1976
Background information
Native name	Алла Пугачёва
Birth name	Alla Borisovna Pugacheva
Born	15 April 1949 (aged 76); Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Genres	Pop, Russian pop, Traditional pop, Soviet music
Occupation(s)	Singer, composer, actress
Years active	1965– present
Labels	Melodiya, World Record Music
Associated acts	Valery Leontiev, Philipp Kirkorov, Kristina Orbakaitė, Maxim Galkin, Igor Nikolayev, Vladimir Kuzmin, Udo Lindenberg

Alla Borisovna Pugacheva (Russian: Алла Борисовна Пугачёваcode: ru is deprecated , or Pugachova, pʊɡɐˈtɕovə), born 15 April 1949), is а Russian singer. She has a "clear mezzosoprano and a full display of sincere emotions".^[1] She is the most successful Soviet and Russian performer^[2]^[3] in terms of record sales and popularity.^[4] She became a Meritorious Artist of the Russian SFSR in 1980, People's Artist of the Russian SFSR in 1985 and People's Artist of the USSR in 1991. She is the mother of actress and singer, Kristina Orbakaitė.

Notes and references

↑ "Алла Пугачёва / Единая информационная база / Private Archival Department / Alla Pugachova". Prima-sp.narod.ru. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
↑ Alison Smale (2000-02-28). "A Superstar Evokes a Superpower; In Diva's Voice, Adoring Fans Hear Echoes of Soviet Days – New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
↑ Jon Pareles (1988-09-25). "Review/Music; Alla Pugacheva's Moody, Ardent Soviet Pop – New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
↑ Encyclopædia Britannica repeats a claim on its features website that Pugacheva has sold around 250 million records. Other internet sources claim figures from 75 million to 250 million records, though there is no official source for this information.

President Boris Yeltsin awards the 2nd Degree Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" to Pugacheva, 15 April 1999.
Speech at the congress of the Civic Platform party (2012)
Pugacheva with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma in Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk, 25 July 2001.
Ribbon of the Order of St. Mesrop Mashtots.
President Vladimir Putin awards the 4th Degree Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"" to Pugacheva, 22 December 2014