Lidia Ruslanova photo biography

Lidia Andreevna Ruslanova - actress, actress Russian, singer, actress Sovetskaya. At birth, I received the name Leikina Agafya Andreevna. Born on October 14 on Sunday. Place of birth: the village of Chernavka, the Russian Empire. Planet: Venus. Element: Air. Stone: Beryl. The prevailing character traits are tolerance, aesthetics, sentimentality. Temperament: melancholy.

Title: Honored Artist. She died on September 21, on Friday, at the age of 73. Awards: Medal "For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War - GG. My whole life is connected with the song. As long as I remember myself, always near me is a song. Ruslanova Lidia Andreevna Russian folklore is famous for its melodic folk songs and their famous performers. One of the famous performers who created a peculiar style of their reproduction, the owner of a beautiful voice Lidia Andreevna Ruslanova.

A difficult childhood of the future actress was born a famous performer in a poor old -command family in the year in the Saratov region. Agafya was given her name. Father worked as a loader in the port, and my mother led the household and was engaged in raising children. From an early age, the girl was surrounded by a chant. Uncle and grandfather sang well in the family, and she repeated after them.

Soon, the father was taken to the war, from where he did not return, and the mother was forced to go to work at the factory, where she torn and soon died. The girl was forced to walk with her grandmother in the streets and sing songs to earn money for food and sister. The beginning of the career of an outstanding singer to the grandmother was beyond the power of raising orphans, Lydia was given to the children's shelter, where she entered first grade and began to study musical literacy, sang a soloist in a church choir.

At the end of school, Lidia Andreevna went to work in a furniture factory, where she continued to fascinate everyone with her singing. It helped her a lot in work. To listen to her chant, many even undertook to do work for her, she performed in public with her songs. At 17, I was already an experienced artist, I was not afraid of anything, neither the scene, nor the public. Ruslanova Lidia Andreevna Glory about her spread throughout the province and reached the teacher of the local conservatory who took her to study.

He wanted to raise an opera singer in her, but for Lydia Ruslanova it was alien. She understood that folk songs emanating from her native world was her element. The creativity and life of a peasant girl, the worldview of Lydia Andreevna changed with the outbreak of the First World War. The novice singer got a job as a nurse with a nurse, where she continued to sing for fighters.

During the Civil War, she sang with concert brigades in units of the Red Army, and after its completion she went to Moscow. Here she will fall into the society of the Moscow elite by the will of fate, she has the opportunity to take vocals from famous singers, a full -fledged touring activity begins, which brings her popularity, glory and success, grampes with her songs come out. During the Great Patriotic War, Lidia Andreevna toured with concert brigades on all fronts, giving folk songs to fighters, along with them reached Berlin.

After the war ended, the artist continued her activities, but the terrible years of repression touched her family. In the year, Lidia Andreevna was sentenced to labor camps for 10 years. Even in difficult camp conditions, she continued to perform her favorite songs to everyone. The personal life of the people's favorite in the life of the great singer was three marriages.

The first husband, the very young artist was an officer who was much older than her. A son was born in a marriage. But life together did not last long. Lydia Andreevna’s husband was a noble class and during the revolution he emigrated from Russia, taking his son with him. With her second husband, Lidia Ruslanova met in Ukraine during a tour. This marriage lasted almost ten years.

Even having parted, they remained friends for many years. The third husband of the singer was the general general, whom she met during the Great Patriotic War. During the years of repression, the singer’s husband was arrested, like herself.