Published video “Алла Пугачёва - Волшебник-недоучка (Official HD Video) [Studio 2, Польша] 1976”.
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Alla Pugacheva
Alla Borisovna Pugacheva is a Russian singer and songwriter. Her career began in 1965 and continues to this day, although she retired from performing in 2010 after the international concert tour "Dreams of Love". For her "clear mezzo-soprano and a full display of sincere emotions", she enjoys an iconic status across the former Soviet Union as the most successful Soviet performer in terms of record…
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Born 15 April 1949 · Q80510
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2026· 22 entries
Published video “Алла Пугачёва - Ясные светлые глаза (Official HD Video) [Studio 2, Польша] 1976”.
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Published video “Алла Пугачёва - Арлекино (Official HD Video) [Studio 2, Польша] 1976”.
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Published video “Алла Пугачёва - Миллион алых роз (Official HD Video) [Финляндия 1984]”.
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Published video “Алла Пугачёва в документальном фильме: Раймонд Паулс «Маэстро без фрака» (Работа и размышления)”.
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Published video “Алла Пугачёва - Творческий вечер Леонида Дербенёва [Live]”.
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Published video “Алла Пугачёва - До свидания, лето (Творческий вечер Леонида Дербенёва) [Live]”.
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Published video “Алла Пугачёва - Всё уже не важно [«Новая волна»] Юрмала 2008”.
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Published video “Алла Пугачёва - Это любовь [«Новая волна»] Юрмала 2005”.
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Published video “Алла Пугачёва - Живём пока! [«Новая волна»] Юрмала 2005”.
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Public attention spiked: 2,759 Wikipedia readers in one day, 9.7× the usual 284, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 2,759 Wikipedia readers in one day, 8.5× the usual 324, with 0 article edits.
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Published video “Алла Пугачёва - Две рюмки (Чужая жена) [Live '93] Концерт в Юрмале”.
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Published video “Алла Пугачёва - Концерт в Юрмале I «Recital in Jurmala '93» [Remastered]”.
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Published video “Алла Пугачёва - Бежала голову сломя [Live '93] Концерт в Юрмале”.
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Published video “Алла Пугачёва «Recital in Jurmala '93» [Teaser]”.
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Published video “Алла Пугачёва: «Скажи Гордеевой» (Интервью)”.
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Published video “Алла Пугачёва - Я тебя боготворю (Official Video)”.
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Published video “Алла Пугачёва - Полнолуние (Official HD Video)”.
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Published video “Алла Пугачёва и Кристина Орбакайте - А знаешь, все еще будет (Official HD Video) «Песня года 83»”.
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Published video “Алла Пугачёва - Поднимись над суетой («Голоса друзей») [Unrealesed]”.
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Published video “Алла Пугачёва - Я снова здесь // Ich bin wieder mal da («Голоса друзей») [Unrealesed]”.
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2025· 2 entries
“Telling your Motherland that it is wrong is patriotism”
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In 2025, Pugacheva stated that she considered only her first and fifth marriages to be genuine.
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2024· 2 entries
Forbes made a dedication to Pugacheva
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Visited the Rendezvous music festival in Jurmala as a guest
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2023· 2 entries
The image of the goddess Ishtar was copied from Pugacheva, who was one of the main pop icons in show business in Russia and Eastern Europe for several decades
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The premiere of the play “Iceberg” took place in Cannes, France
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2022· 9 entries
Yahoo: Why it's such a big deal that Alla Pugacheva, 'the tsarina of Russian pop,' came out against the war in Ukraine
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Euronews: Who is Alla Pugacheva? "The Queen of Soviet pop music" who wants to be declared a foreign agent
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Sky: Alla Pugacheva: Russian pop star denounces Ukraine war and asks to be named a foreign agent in solidarity with anti-war husband
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Yahoo: Alla Pugacheva: Russian singing superstar slams Ukraine war and asks to be declared ‘foreign agent’
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Awarded BBC 100 Women (2022).
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The Times of Israel: Russian power couple Alla Pugacheva and Maxim Galkin flee to Israel — reports
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“Said during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, quoted in "Famous Russian singer Alla Pugacheva asks to include her on ‘foreign agent’ list alongside her husband, TV presenter Maxim Galkin", Novya Gazeta, 18 September 2022”
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Was among three Russian women included in the BBC's 100 Women list
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Latvian singer Laima Vaikule noted that Pugacheva was and remains the main Russian star
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2021· 2 entries
According to the Romir Center for Public Opinion Research, Pugacheva took 1st place in the ranking of the "Most influential Musicians in Russia"
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Recorded the soundtrack for the film Chernobyl, directed by Danila Kozlovsky
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2019· 4 entries
Awarded Order of the Friendship of Peoples (2019).
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Hello and Ok dedicated their cover to her
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Her personal exhibition took place at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center in Yekaterinburg
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At the White Nights festival in Saint Petersburg, a tribute to Alla Pugacheva's 50-year career took place
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2017· 2 entries
Performed at a music festival in Baku
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Was included in the list of "100 most influential Russians of the century" according to Forbes, along with Mikhail Gorbachev, Yuri Gagarin and Pavel Durov
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2015· 1 entry
On The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon, after listening to Alla Pugacheva's single Superman, noted that he liked Pugacheva's performance
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2014· 3 entries
Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class (2014).
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Designers Vasily Barbier and Sergei Amelkov produced 13 dolls copying various stage images of Pugacheva
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In Jūrmala a concert was held dedicated to the work of Pugacheva, at which performers from the countries of the former USSR and the Baltic states performed cover versions of her hits; among the guests were Ricky Martin,
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2011· 2 entries
openDemocracy: A queen above politics: Alla Pugacheva
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And 2012 she also organized the Crimea music fest in Yalta, which is an international music festival
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2009· 5 entries
Awarded Order of St. Mesrop Mashtots (2009).
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Awarded Friendship Order (2009).
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Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class (2009).
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Pugacheva's name plate was laid on the Square of Stars of the Slavic Bazaar festival in Vitebsk
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In a duet with Ukrainian singer Sofia Rotaru, performing the song “Not Gonna Get Us” from the repertoire of t
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2008· 1 entry
“Invitation to Sunset,”, albums received gold disc status in Russia from IFPI; in 2023 one of her songs were used for Atomic Heart for the intro
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded Through Art – to Peace and Understanding (2006).
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2004· 1 entry
Polish musicologist and cultural critic Grzegorz Piotrowski noted Pugacheva's wide vocal range from contralto to soprano — her vocal technique combines different ways of operating the voice
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2003· 2 entries
Pugacheva released the album “Live in Peace, Country
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A lifetime monument to the singer was installed in Moscow in the courtyard of a house on Zemlyanoy Val Street, 52 (later stolen)
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2000· 1 entry
The New York Times called her "the goddess of Russian pop music, Moscow's Tina Turner with a touch of Édith Piaf"
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1999· 2 entries
Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class (1999).
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Guest starred at the historic concert of the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles in Moscow at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall
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1997· 3 entries
Career landmark: Participated in Eurovision Song Contest 1997 (tournament / event).
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Together with the Econika Corporation, the singer launched her own brand of shoes under the Alla Pugachova brand
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Pugacheva appeared on the cover of Ogoniok, and in 1999 Vogue dedicated its cover to her
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1995· 2 entries
Awarded State Prize of the Russian Federation (1995).
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Pugacheva was the headliner of the Voice of Asia music festival in Almaty along with Toto Cutugno was also a headliner
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1994· 1 entry
Performed at a rock music festival in Tallinn
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1991· 3 entries
Awarded People's Artist of the USSR (1991).
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A Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation in 1995
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Performed at the music festival in Ariccia
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1990· 1 entry
Pugacheva participated as a guest in the World Music Awards ceremony in Monte Carlo
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1989· 2 entries
“Please include me on the list of foreign agents of my dear country, as I agree with my husband, an honest, decent and genuine man, a real patriot of Russia who cannot be bought, who wishes prosperity, peaceful life, freedom of speech to his Homeland and who wants our boys to stop dying for illusory goals that make our country a pariah and that make the lives of our citizens harder.”
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Pugacheva performed at the Country Music Festival (Nashville, USA)
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1988· 2 entries
Billboard noted that Pugacheva “ranks with such great musicians of all time as Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson
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Noted the singer's versatility and vocal subtlety, while speaking about her music, he found that she was “Western-oriented in vocal styles, instruments (keyboards, electric guitars, trap drums), arrangements, song forms
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1987· 1 entry
Pugacheva was the headliner of the Sanremo Music Festival along with Whitney Houston
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1986· 1 entry
Performed in Chernobyl for the liquidators of the nuclear power plant accident
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1985· 4 entries
Awarded People's Artist of the RSFSR (1985).
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To 1988, Pugacheva performed with German rocker Udo Lindenberg
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In Finland, in the port of Kotka, a ceremony was held to launch the ferry Alla, named after Pugacheva
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In Finland, in the port of Kotka, the ceremony of launching the ferry "Alla", named in honor of Pugacheva, took place
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1980· 2 entries
Awarded Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1980).
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The Kansan label of Finland released her above-listed works as the compilation album Huipulla (At the Top)
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1978· 2 entries
Musicals “Old Songs about the Main Thing” in 1996, 1997, 2000, and “Chasing Two Rabbits” in 2003, "Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors" in 2007, and recording the soundtrack for the film "Chernobyl" in 2021
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Performing the song "Vsyo mogut koroli" ("Kings Can Do Anything"), Pugacheva received the Amber Nightingale prize at the Sopot International Song Festival which at the time meant automatically winning the Grand Prix of t
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1977· 1 entry
As part of the double album Zerkalo dushi (Mirror of the Soul), which was a collection of her songs from 1975 to 1977
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1976· 1 entry
Pugacheva performed at the international music exhibition MIDEM in Cannes (France)
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1975· 2 entries
Career landmark: Golden Orpheus.
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Received the Grand Prix of the Golden Orpheus international singing contest in Bulgaria, performing the song "Harlequin" by Emil Dimitrov
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1974· 1 entry
Came in 3rd place in the All-Union competition of musicians
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1973· 1 entry
Pugacheva divorced Orbakas after four years of marriage in 1973.
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1966· 2 entries
Moskvichi (Muscovites) in 1971, Oleg Lundstrem's band in 1972–73, and Vesyolye Rebyata (Merry Folks) in 1974–75
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And subsequently toured with the group Yunost' (Youth) in western Siberia
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1965· 1 entry
And continues to this day, although she retired from performing in 2010 after the international concert tour "Dreams of Love"
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1949· 1 entry
Born 1949-04-15.
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