Лидия Русланова
Biography
Lidia Andreyevna Ruslanova (sometimes spelt Lidiya or Lydia, Russian: ????? ????????? ?????????; 27 October 1900, Saratovskaya gubernia – 21 September 1973, Moscow) was one of the greatest and best-loved performers of Russian folk songs. She was born in Chernavka near Saratov, into a peasant family, and was christened "Agafia Leykina" (Russian: ?????? ???????)[2] By the time she was five, both her parents had died; her father in the Russo-Japanese War and her mother soon after.
