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Ilya Orlov (Илья Орлов) is a singer/songwriter from St. Petersburg, Russia. He is also a guitarist of BER-LINN. In 2006 his debut solo album "A Dog Year" was released, fully downloadable from http://www.godsobaki.ru/free. Ilya is also a part of Orlov & Smilga Show. .

Nadezhda Andreyevna Obukhova (1886-1961) was a Russian mezzo-soprano. She was awarded the title People’s Artist of the USSR in 1937. Pianist Genrikh Neuhaus said that "he who even once hears her voice, will never forget it...". She is the namesake of asteroid 9914 Obukhova. Childhood Obukhova came from an artistic family. Two of her uncles were professional singers, one of whom was the opera director of the Bolshoi Theatre. Her grandfather Adrian Mazaraki was a noted pianist, and her great-grandfather Yevgeny Boratinsky was a poet of some fame. Her family had some wealth, and would often spend summers in Nice,...