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Pelageya, (full name Pelagia Sergeyevna Khanova, born July 14, 1986 in Novosibirsk), is a Russian folk music singer. Pelageya was spotted and promoted by Kalinov Most leader Dmitry Reviakin when she was 9. In 1996 she won the "Morning Star" youth singers competition. Pelagia then moved to Moscow to attend the Russian Academy of Stage Arts. She graduated in 2005. As of 2009, Pelageya has two full-length albums, several singles and compilations. In 2012 was judge in russian version of "The Voice". Official web-site .

Maksim "Max” Fadeev (Russian: Максим Александрович "Макс" Фадеев) was born on May 6, 1968 in Kurgan, Russia. At the age of 5 he went to music school in Kurgan. Already at 15 he joined Kurgan Institute of Music on two faculties simultaneously: conductor-choir and piano. At 17 he was seriously injured; this was the same time when he wrote his first song, “Dance on broken glass” («Танцуй на разбитом стекле») which was followed by myriads of others. Right then Max thought of artist's career for the first time. Occasional participation in various low-end bands ended in 1993 when he was...

Novella Matveeva (Russian: Новелла Николаевна Матвеева) (Detskoye Selo, Russia, 7 October, 1934 - 5 September 2016) was a Russian bard (singer-songwriter), poet, writer, screenwriter, dramatist, and literary scientist. Her first collection of poetry was publishhed in 1961, the same year she was admitted to the Union of Soviet Writers. Since the end of the 1950s, Novella Matveyeva has been composing songs to her poetry and performing them, accompanying herself on a seven-string guitar. In 1998, Novella Matveyeva received the Russian State Pushkin Prize in poetry, and in 2002, she also received the Russian Federation State Prize in Literature and Arts...

Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov (Russian: Василий Сергеевич Калинников) (January 13 [O.S. January 1] 1866 – January 11, 1901 [O.S. December 29, 1900]) was a Russian composer of two symphonies, several additional orchestral works and numerous songs, all of them imbued with characteristics of folksong. His symphonies, particularly the First, were frequently performed in the early 20th century. His younger brother Viktor Kalinnikov (1870-1927) was also a composer, mainly of choral music. Biography Kalinnikov was a policeman's son. He studied at the seminary at Oryol, becoming director of the choir there at fourteen. Later he went to the Moscow Conservatory but could...