Lyzhychko Ruslana: biography and personal life of a Ukrainian singer. Ukrainian singer Ruslana: biography, career and family

The origin of the name Ruslan is rooted in the heroic Iranian epic about Rustam, the son of Zalazar (the poem "Shahname" by the Persian poet Ferdowsi). Turkic peoples glorified him already as Arslan Zalzar, and then in the 17th century at Slavic peoples he already appears as the hero Eruslan Zalazarovich, or Lazarevich.

Translated from Turkic language Arslan means lion. Accordingly, Ruslan is the Russian form of the Turkic name Arslan. You can find the translation of the name Ruslan from Slavic as "fair-haired".

The name Ruslan is actively used among the Kazakhs along with the name Rustam. V Lately appeared and began to be actively used female uniform this name is Ruslana.

As a child, Ruslan manifests himself as a capricious child. He is characterized by increased emotionality and inconstancy of desires. He always needs to hear praise from others. If he does not feel this, then he begins to take offense. Among his peers, he always behaves easily, boldly and uninhibited. He can take rash risks without worrying about possible consequences... In friendship, he is ready to show selflessness. With age, Ruslan's character becomes explosive and selfish. He is often extremely categorical in his judgments. As for actions, the owner of this name is always striving only forward.

In fact, passions are boiling in him and this is a very passionate person. To achieve his goals, he is ready to go to tricks, deception and intrigue. Although Ruslan avoids conflicts, on the way to the desired goal, he can lose both friends and the respect of loved ones, and make himself an exorbitant bunch of enemies. Ruslan is vindictive and vindictive. He can carry a grudge for years and will certainly take the opportunity to take revenge. Despite these shortcomings, Ruslan has one indisputable advantage - he is a very purposeful person and will certainly achieve his goal, no matter how circumstances prevent him from realizing it. Ruslan is a fighter to the core. He often starts playing sports with the sole purpose of learning not to give up and fight to the end. Most often Ruslans are well-developed and strong men.

Ruslan goes in for sports, strives to keep himself in good physical shape. In addition, he is good-looking, which attracts the views of the opposite sex. In addition, he is a very narcissistic person, striving for popularity. At the same time, she always behaves with dignity in relation to her elders. Do not forget to show them due respect and respect.

Ruslana is always surrounded by many women. He is able to achieve any of them without much difficulty. He is constantly surrounded by a huge number of admirers in love who want to keep such a handsome man around them. Ruslan is quite relaxed. He doesn't like monotony. Always strives for mutual pleasure. In a relationship with a partner, he shows patience.

As for the life partner, Ruslana's wife must, by her appearance, cause the envy of those around her. We can say that marriage is another way for the owner of this name to assert himself. His other half must necessarily look great, have excellent external data. At the same time, Ruslan is very jealous and undue attention towards his wife often makes him angry.

Most often, the owner of the name enters into marriage twice. Ruslan is always faithful to his wife. If he finds out about the infidelity on the part of his wife, he will never be able to forgive her for this. It is worth noting that not every woman is capable of arousing interest and desire in such a person. He should not feel any assertiveness from the representative of the opposite sex. Rather, on the contrary, Ruslan needs to conquer it himself.

He loves his children, but most often there is no self-denial in his feelings.

In life, Ruslan strives for fame. Best of all, he is able to realize his talents in politics. He knows how to find mutual language absolutely everyone and at the same time be persistent. He always strives to stand out from the crowd. He loves to be in the spotlight, giving interviews, performing in crowded places.

Ruslan's birthday

Ruslan does not celebrate his name day.

Famous people named Ruslan

• Ruslan Lazarevich, Eruslan Lazarevich (hero, hero of numerous ancient Russian legends, with whose name legends associate many glorious feats. Hero of an old Russian fairy tale already known in manuscripts 17th century... The tale of Eruslan Lazarevich, telling about the numerous military and love adventures of the young and beautiful hero, was liked by the old Russian readers for the variety of its content and, having switched to popular print, spread widely among the people. Her influence is noticeable even in some retellings of the epics about Ilya Muromets.)
• Ruslan Khasbulatov ((born 1942) Russian politician, scientist and publicist, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1991))
• Ruslan Aushev ((born 1954) famous Russian political and public figure, the first President of the Republic of Ingushetia, since 1991 - Chairman of the Committee for Internationalist Warriors under the Council of CIS Heads of Governments; Hero Soviet Union (1982))
• Ruslan Kireev ((born 1941) Russian prose writer, member of the Writers' Union of Russia. Head of the prose department in the magazine " New world". Author of the books "Lessons of Love", etc.)
• Ruslan Ponomarev ((born 1983) Ukrainian chess player. Fourth FIDE World Champion (2002-2003). Honored Master of Sports of Ukraine. In 1998 he became the youngest grandmaster in the world. In 2002 he became the youngest world chess champion (according to FIDE). Champion of the XXXVI and XXXIX Chess Olympiads as part of the Ukrainian national team Vice-champion of Europe among men 2001. In 2002 he took 2nd place at the international tournament in Linares Two-time finalist of the FIDE World Cup 2005, 2009. Winner of the international tournament in Dortmund (2010 ).)
• Ruslan Pimenov ((born 1981) footballer who played for the Russian national team)
• Ruslan Nigmatullin ((born 1974) Russian footballer, goalkeeper. Former player Russian national football team. Best Footballer Russia 2001.)
• Ruslan Chagaev ((born 1978) Uzbek professional boxer, Tatar nationality. Former world heavyweight champion according to the World Boxing Association (WBA) (2007 - 2009). Asian and world amateur heavyweight champion (81-91 kg).)
• Ruslan Salei ((1974 - 2011) Belarusian hockey player, Honored Master of Sports of the Republic of Belarus (2002))
• Ruslan Nurtdinov ((born 1980) Russian hockey player, forward)
• Ruslan Bodelan ((born 1942) Ukrainian politician)
• Ruslan Muratov ((born 1960) Russian composer, laureate of the television competition "Song of the Year")
• Ruslan Zabransky ((born 1971) Ukrainian footballer (forward))
• Ruslan Goncharov ((born 1973) is a Ukrainian figure skater who performed in ice dancing together with Elena Grushina. With her they are bronze medalists of the Winter Olympics in Turin, bronze medalists of the 2005 World Championship, multiple medalists of European championships.)
• Ruslan Tarpan ((born 1971) entrepreneur, philanthropist, deputy of the Odessa City Council (1994 - 2010))
• Ruslan Elinin ((1963 - 2001) real surname- Nurudinov; Russian poet, publisher, organizer of literary life)
• Ruslan Khvastov ((born 1973) Ukrainian fashion designer, costume designer. Winner of the Nika 2003 film award in the nomination for better job costume designer for his work in the film Chekhov's Motives by Kira Muratova. Member National Union cinematographers of Ukraine and the Union of Cinematographers of Russia.)
• Ruslan Batsaev ((1962 - 2005) police lieutenant colonel, Hero Russian Federation (2006))
• Ruslan Lysenko ((born 1976) Ukrainian biathlete, International Master of Sports)
• Ruslan Eyvaz oglu Maharramli ((born 1985) Azerbaijani footballer, also a mini-football player)
• Ruslan (Khalid) Yamadayev ((1961 - 2008) Russian politician. In the early 90s he participated in gangs on the territory of the Chechen Republic, then, together with federal troops, actively fought against Wahhabism. The State Duma fourth convocation (2003-2007).)
• Ruslan Batyrshin ((born 1975) professional hockey player, defender)
• Ruslan Alekhno ((born 1981) Belarusian and Russian pop performer, winner of competition " National artist"In 2004 on the TV channel" Russia ", participant of" Eurovision-2008 ")
• Ruslan Gulyaev ((born 1982) Russian statesman, political and public figure)
• Ruslan Sasin ((born 1982) Russian actor)
• Ruslan Grinberg ((born 1946) Russian economist, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2006), Academician of the International Academy of Management, Director of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (since 2005), Chief Editor magazine "World of Changes". Laureate of the 2007 ND Kondratyev gold medal "for an outstanding contribution to the development of social sciences.")
• Ruslan Shuvalov ((born 1967) midfielder; master of sports of the USSR (1988) in bandy)
• Ruslan Dzhigurda ((born 1969) chansonnier, pop artist, songwriter)
• Ruslan Kartoev ((born 1988) Russian and Moldovan footballer, midfielder)

Ruslana, song "Wild Dances", video

Popular Ukrainian singer Ruslana was born in the city of Lvov. Ruslana is also a songwriter and producer. Full name Ruslans - Ruslana Stepanovna Lyzhychko, her date of birth is May 24, 1973 (05.24.1973).

Ruslana was awarded the title of People's Artist of Ukraine, which she received after winning the popular European Eurovision Song Contest in 2004.

The mother of the singer Ruslana's name is Nina Arkadyevna, she used to work in the petrochemical industry, and for the last seventeen years she has been a media manager at the Luxen studio, which belongs to Ruslana Lyzhychko and her husband, Alexander Ksenofontov. Ruslana's father's name is Stepan Ivanovich, earlier he also worked in the petrochemical field, and then went into business, creating his own company. Ruslana's parents divorced in the early eighties of the last century.

Ruslana studied at the 52nd Lviv school, at the same time the girl went to study at music school- Ruslana's mother insisted on this. Ruslana performed in children's musical groups, for example, "Horizon" and the ensemble "Smile". Later Ruslana successfully completed her studies at the Lviv Conservatory, where she studied to be a pianist and conductor.

In 1996 Ruslana won the international festival arts in Belarusian city Vitebsk "Slavianski Bazaar". Ruslana was nominated in the categories "Singer of the Year" (in Ukraine) and "Best Video" for the video for the song "Dzvinkiy Viter" ("Voiced Wind"). By the way, this was the name given to the first music album Ruslana, released in 1998. Ruslana's songwriter and producer is her husband Alexander.

In 1998 Ruslana's song "Svitanok" ("Dawn") was recognized as the best song of the year according to the "Golden Firebird" award.

In 2003 Ruslana released the disc "Wild Dances" ("Wild Dances"). In Ukraine, he received platinum status five times, dispersed total circulation in half a million copies. A year later, the English version of Wild Dances was recorded. In the same year in Romania Ruslana took first place in the Best Foreign Album nomination.

In 2004 Ruslana represented Ukraine at the Eurovision 2004 song contest, which was held in the city of Istanbul. Ruslana performed the English version of Wild Dances, becoming the second in the semifinals and the first in the final. Only Switzerland left the girl without points.

Thanks to Ruslana's victory, the Eurovision 2005 contest was held in Ukraine, and Ruslana opened it and, as a guest, sang the song “Same Star”.

In 2008 Ruslana recorded her new album, which was named "Amazon".

Ruslana is known not only as a singer, she takes an active part in public and political life Ukraine. For example, Ruslana took part in the election campaign former president Viktor Yushchenko’s Ukraine, and even at one time she was a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, however, then Ruslana refused the mandate. In addition, Ruslana campaigned in the Lviv region for Yulia Tymoshenko when she ran for the post of President of Ukraine.

She was born on May 24, 1973 in Lviv. Has been studying music since the age of four. She sang in the Orion group, the Smile children's ensemble.

The mother of the future singer Nina Arkadyevna worked at the Lviv Petrochemical Institute. But after her daughter's musical career went uphill, she changed her field of activity. now my mother works as a chief media manager in her daughter's production center, which is called “Studio“ Luxen ”.

Ruslana's father, Stepan Ivanovich, is now in business. Previously, together with the mother of the future singer, he worked as a heat engineer at a petrochemical institute. True, the singer's parents have not lived in the place for a long time - they have been divorced since 1981.

Ruslana Lyzhychko has a sister - Anna.

Grandfather is a colonel, lives in Yekaterinburg. Passed from Kursk Bulge to Berlin.

Little Ruslana was sent to a music school by her mother. Childhood can be considered the time when a career began. famous singer... Even then Ruslana participated as a vocalist in the groups "Horizon" and "Orion", sang in the children's ensemble "Smile".

The girl received her general education at the 52nd secondary school in the city of Lvov. After leaving school, Lyzhychko entered the Conservatory, from which she graduated in 1995 with a degree in symphony orchestra conductor and pianist.

In 1996 Ruslana won the Slavianski Bazaar. The same year also brought Ruslana Stepanovna a nomination for the title of Singer of the Year in Ukraine, in addition, and the video for her song "Dzvinkiy Viter" was awarded the nomination for "Best Video". By that time, the singer's husband (married since December 1995), Alexander Ksenofontov, began to produce the Ruslana project and write songs for her.

Eurovision 2004 Ukraine (Final) - Ruslana - Wild dances

In Lviv, in 1997, Ruslana started working on the TV project "Christmas with Ruslana", which became the first Christmas TV show from this city.

In 1998 Ruslana released debut album under the name "Dzvinkiy Viter" ("Voiced Wind"). Critics have responded positively about this disc. One of the songs from this disc - "Svitanok" - became " The best song of the year "at music festival"Golden Firebird" in 1998.

In 1999, the singer released a disc of Christmas songs "Ostannu Rizdvo 90s" (" last christmas 90s "), the track list of which includes folk and original Christmas works in original instrumental arrangements. Ruslana continued the same theme in her next studio work in 2003 - "Good Evening Toby ..." ("Good Evening to You ...").

Ruslana, mindful of her Hutsul (paternal) origin, began to actively combine in her music the motives of Hutsul melodies, saturated with the sound of Ukrainian folk instruments, with the current dance sound and rhythms. Her experiments in this area culminated in the release in 2003 of a disc called "Wild Dances" ("Wild Dances"), which became platinum in Ukraine 5 times. This disc has sold 500 thousand copies.

In 2004, the singer released an English version of the disc titled "Wild Dances" with an eye on the European listener. Romanians highly appreciated the creativity of the Ukrainian woman and awarded in 2004 the award for "Best Foreign Album". The album was also nominated for a similar type of award in Hungary.

2004 was one of the richest years in the biography of Ruslana Lyzhychko, this year she took part in the Eurovision song contest, representing Ukraine with the song “Wild Dances”. Ruslana reached the semifinals of the competition with the second result, and in the final, which took place on May 16, 2004, the singer won this competition. All European countries, excluding Switzerland, gave Ruslana a total of 280 points. Interestingly, the video filmed for this song, after being shown on the MTV Russia channel, was recognized by critics in the TV show "12 Angry Viewers" as the worst in a week.

For winning the Eurovision Song Contest, the singer was awarded in 2004 the title of “ People's Artist Ukraine ".

In 2005 Ruslana opened the contest with the song "Heart on Fire" as the winner of the previous Eurovision Song Contest. Also, being an invited guest at the competition, Lyzhychko sang another new song with the name "The Same Star".

The singer won the Eurovision song contest and in 2006 the German TV recognized her song “Wild Dances” as the best in the history of the competition. When Azerbaijan organized its own national selection for this championship in 2008, Ruslana participated in its opening.

In 2008, the singer's new studio work, Amazonka, went on sale.

In the same 2008, Ruslana's English-language album "Wild Energy" went on sale worldwide, which included tracks recorded together with such world-famous stars as Missy Elliott and T-Payne.

In 2011, in May, Ruslana was “ star coach"In the singing show" Voice of the Country "on the Ukrainian channel" 1 + 1 ", where she, together with artists Stas Piekha and D. Arbenina, selected - each to his own team - 14 participants intending to compete for victory in this project.

Family

The singer is married. Spouse - Alexander Ksenofontov, producer.

Private bussiness

She is one of the most famous and successful pop singers Ukraine. Performs under the creative name of Ruslana. In 1995 she worked as a sound engineer for Radio Lux. In the same year she became a co-founder of the Luxen recording studio. Since 1996, she is the deputy director of the Luxen recording studio.

May 2004 to February 2005 - Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych on a voluntary basis.

During the days of the Orange Revolution, she actively supported the opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko.

2005 - Ambassador Good will from Ukraine to UNICEF.

In 2006 she was elected People's Deputy of Ukraine from the Our Ukraine bloc. During election campaign was one of the "persons" of the bloc, was on the list at number 5. She worked as the head of the subcommittee on information support of European and Euro-Atlantic integration of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on European Integration. Non-partisan.

According to Ruslana, she is very glad that now she is not a people's deputy. She says she "just degraded" in parliament.

In February 2007, the singer performs at the Vienna Forum on Human Trafficking and presents her social single "Not for sale" as the UN officially recognized campaign anthem.

In July 2008, Western Ukraine suffers from severe flooding. Ruslana, together with the Klitschko brothers, forms a charitable foundation and collects funds to help victims of natural disaster.

In addition, the singer was the confidant of the presidential candidate of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko in the Lviv region.

After the addition of the mandate of the people's deputy, she again focused her efforts on creativity. Not so long ago she signed a contract with the American production company "Warner". In March 2008 the sales of the new album of the singer "Amazonka" will start. Besides him, according to the terms of the contract, the singer will have to release four more albums in collaboration with "Warner".

One of Ruslana's new projects is a duet with American black rapper T'Pain. Considers cooperation with "Warner" as a ticket to the world of show business. I am sure that her new album will become popular both in Ukraine and in Eastern and Western Europe.

"The winner of Eurovision-2004, singer Ruslana, this year became the main opposition heroine of the Maidan. She was awarded the Order for" Intellectual Courage "for her brisk opposition to riot police, volunteer work and hours of interrogation in the police.

"Ruslana even promised to publicly burn herself in protest." I will honestly tell you, I will burn myself on this Maidan, if there are no changes, "- said the singer to the protesters. Ruslana demanded the resignation of the current government so that Ukraine has an opportunity to integrate into Europe." , - adds Forbes Woman.

Business

Together with her husband Alexander Ksenofontov, he owns the advertising and production agency Luxen Studio.

Autostories

The scandalous auto-adventures of the most popular Ukrainian woman now require a separate story. The online edition claims that Ruslana has become a Lviv road legend. Local traffic cops "recognize her in the bumper" and screams from the next street. Ruslana's car, from frequent accidents and repairs, has a very rock and roll look. Although you can imagine a rock and roll six hundredth Mercedes? By the way, despite the fact that the singer is very fond of her iron horse, she still considers the six hundredth model of the Merc "redneck".

Now about a few accidents a la Ruslan. The famous presidential summit in Lviv had just ended in 1999 when Ruslana visited the restaurant "kolyba". This catering, by the way, was specially built for the summit. In general, she drove in there. But when she tried to turn around ... she destroyed the whole restaurant.

So the singer in 2001 drove into the back of an Opel with 10 passengers, according to Ruslana's calculations, she rolled it a good 20 meters, and an hour later she already knew that the victims boasted that Ruslana herself drove into it.

In the winter of 2002, on the Lviv district, Ruslana Stepanovna did not brake very carefully, and the ice spun her so mentally that she knocked down two concrete pillars with her Mercedes. Now, even in Lviv, there is a joke that there are massive restorations in the city due to the fact that Ruslana learned to drive five years ago.

Hobbies

Ruslana had such a passion: to drive with flashing lights and sirens. So I bought myself such a toy and went, though I didn’t abuse it.

Ranks, achievements

• In 1993 she became a laureate of the All-Ukrainian festival of contemporary and pop music "Chervona Ruta". A year later, she won the Grand Prix of the All-Ukrainian TV Festival of Popular Music "Melody". In 1996 Ruslana won the international festival "Slavianski Bazaar" (Vitebsk).

• In 1998-2001. - laureate of the awards "Person of the Year", "Singer of the Year", "Golden Firebird", "Crystal Lion". In 2003 she received the Platinum Disc for the sales of the Wild Dances album.

• In 2013 Ruslana Lyzhychko was included in the Forbes Woman rating "Women of the Year 2013".

Ruslana (Lyzhychko) - famous Ukrainian singer, songwriter, music producer, the only Ukrainian winner of Eurovision, was born on 05.24.1973 in Lviv.

Childhood

Ruslana's parents were ordinary ordinary engineers, far from the world of show business. My father had Hutsul roots, loved folk music and sang well. The mother, although she did not have a musical education, was well versed in music and from childhood instilled in her daughter a love for her. It was her mother who took the girl to a music school and in every possible way encouraged her creativity.

Ruslana always liked music. In an interview, she said that she did not remember herself not singing. Almost from kindergarten age, she performed on stage. Her first creative team became children's ensemble"Smile". Having matured a little, the girl became a soloist of instrumental children's groups. There she not only sang, but also played musical instruments.

Start of a musical career

By the time she graduated from secondary school, Ruslana already knew for sure that her vocation was music, to which she devoted all her free time... And in 1995 Ruslana easily entered the conservatory to get an academic musical education... In the same year, she decides that it is time to seriously declare herself in music world.

Having spent whole year on the preliminary preparation, in 1996 Ruslana goes to the prestigious musical competition"Slavianski Bazaar", which wins brilliantly. The song with which Ruslana made her debut "Dzvinki Witer" instantly becomes a hit, and Ruslana herself receives the title of Singer of the Year.

From that moment on, her husband, Alexander Ksenofontov, in whose collective Ruslana began her musical career, concedes the palm to her and becomes her faithful shoulder in the musical world. He completely takes care of all technical issues, organizing performances, producing, giving Ruslana the right to create and live only with music.

Just a year later, Ruslana and her husband create their first serious and large-scale creative project- the program "Christmas with Ruslana", which is aired on the Lviv TV channel. The most talented people take part in the program Ukrainian performers and she brings Ruslana even more popularity.

By 1998 Ruslana managed to prepare her first full-length disc, which includes the best of her songs. The song "Svitanok" is rapidly taking off to the top of the Ukrainian charts and sounds literally in every home. She wins the title "Song of the Year", and Ruslana actively begins to tour with solo concerts.

Conquest of Eurovision

Being a big fan of Ukrainian folk music where she grew up, Ruslana decides to devote her new album to magical Christmas songs. It was entered as primordially folk songs and Ruslana's original work, which sounded in a new way in the singer's original arrangement. The album was also very warmly received by both listeners and critics.

Such an unusual combination of folk and contemporary music became a kind business card singers. She actively continued her work, practically creating a new musical direction.

The result of three years of work was a new album "Good evening to you", released in 2003, and literally six months later, a disc with the strange name "Wild Dances" was released, literally breaking the musical Olympus.

Wild dances

From the very beginning of its musical career Ruslana set herself maximum goals, one of which is to convey beauty Ukrainian music to the European listener.

It was this dream that made the singer release the English version of the album "Wild Dances", which quickly sold in millions of copies in neighboring countries, and even became the best foreign album in Romania.

In the same year, which became truly stellar in the singer's biography, Ruslana and her team went to represent Ukraine at Eurovision, where she won brilliantly, having received at that time the highest marks from all other performers. This year she fulfilled her dream, proudly proclaiming Ukraine to the whole of Europe.

For this victory Ruslana received the title of People's Artist of Ukraine.

The next year Ruslana already opened Eurovision and took part in it in a new capacity - as an honorary guest of the festival. Wild Dances have been at the top of the charts for over two years. In 2006 "Wild Dances" German television announced the best composition in the history of Eurovision.

Continuation of the creative path

But, having become the winner of a prestigious competition, Ruslana did not calm down on this. In 2008 she released a new music album "Amazon" and the English-language disc "Wild Energy", which she recorded with world-class performers. The album is also rapidly gaining popularity and distribution throughout Europe.

Ruslana continues to actively tour, write music and produce young performers. She very often sits on the jury of the most prestigious musical Ukrainian competitions... She also successfully collaborated with one of the most popular TV shows "Voice of Krajina" as a star-trainer.

After almost complete silence, which the singer associates with the unstable political situation in the country, Ruslana literally burst into Eurovision 2017, presenting the premiere of the song "I Love". The singer's performance was very bright and was accompanied by complex staged special effects, for example, a real thunderstorm. To obtain this effect, expensive equipment was used.

As the singer admitted, work on the new album began before the events on the Maidan. And Ruslana was able to resume recording the album only in 2015. To make the performance effective and completely different from what happened in “ Wild dancing”, Ruslana had to thoroughly study the Carpathian exoticism. For this, the singer went to the Carpathians, where she studied the unique technique of singing songs in the mountains. It turned out that this unique technique can even heal.

Ruslana performs the composition "I Love" in real chain mail, which, according to the singer, weighs about 10 kg. To be in great shape, Ruslana all year round tempered ice water and exercises the body for at least 4-5 hours daily. This was reflected in vocal performance Ruslans: the singer has learned to keep almost perfect breath during singing and dancing.

According to the singer, her life after she was on big stage and in politics, turned into a solid professional activity... By giving her 100 percent and sacrificing herself for the sake of art, Ruslana continues to present her listeners with wonderful songs with amazing energy. And in another way, she simply cannot.

Political activity

An active fighter for freedom and justice, Ruslana sided with Viktor Yushchenko during the Orange Revolution. However, his party is losing that year. In 2006, at the party elections, Ruslana was elected to the Verkhovna Rada as a deputy from the Our Ukraine party.

but political activity does not bring her anything but disappointment, and very soon Ruslana surrenders her mandate and again plunges into the familiar world of music.

Personal life

For 20 years now Ruslana has been going through life with her beloved spouse, her own producer, faithful friend and like-minded person Alexander Ksenofontov. The couple still have no children - all this time Ruslana was busy with creativity and actively toured. Only now the spouses started talking about the time to have offspring.

Yes, yes, the superstar who became the first Ukrainian winner of Eurovision.!

Ruslana's childhood

She was born on May 24, 1973, which means she turns forty-five years old. At birth, the girl had her mother's surname - Sapegina. We now know the star as Ruslana Lyzhychko, but Lyzhychko is her dad. Her parents are both oil workers from Lviv .. When the girl was eight years old, they divorced. Mom persuaded her daughter to study music, children's ensembles and even groups began - "Smile", "Horizon", "Orion" ... Ruslana studied at the famous Lviv school # 52. Here is something to explain, says the journalist JoInfoMedia Diana Lynn.

With mom

The fact is that the situation in Kiev is simple: the state language is Ukrainian, we speak which one is convenient, everyone knows Russian. But in Lviv, you either speak only Ukrainian, or only in Russian. And the Russian school - the fifty-second - is therefore the alma mater for many people, whose parents were sent to Lviv from, most often, cities of Russia. So Ruslanina's mother - Sapegina - got to the city tono in the same way.

As a rule, children distributed to Lviv (the city was under the Union of serious importance, they sent only major specialists there) usually achieved great success in life, their parents brought them up according to their level. In other schools, there could be children of the same major specialists from Ukraine, and children of ordinary people. Therefore, the percentage of graduates from other schools who have become famous is much less than the graduates of school # 52. And the phrase “I studied at Lviv 52nd school” still explains a lot.

Ruslana's career start

In 1995 she became a certified pianist and conductor - she graduated from the Lviv Conservatory. In 1996, she won the "Slavyansky Bazar" festival, was nominated as the Ukrainian Singer of the Year, and the clip "Dzvinkiy Viter" was nominated for The best video... She married Alexander Ksenofontov, who became her producer! And he helped make, for example, the project "Christmas with Ruslana" - the first, by the way, TV program from Lviv, dedicated to the sighting of Christmas. In 1998 she released her first album. And the song "Svitanok" became the best song of the year at the festival "Golden Firebird 98".

Pan-European glory

Since Ruslana's dad is a hereditary Hutsul from Western Ukraine, her daughter decided to take up Hutsul motives, add to modern sound trembita and others folk instruments... So the album "Wild Dances" appeared in 2003 - the first in the country five times platinum! And in 2004 the English version was released, as a result - "Best Foreign Album" in Romania and a similar nomination in Hungary! In 2004, there was Eurovision - I won! .. Two years later, German television recognized the song as the “Best Eurovision Song”.

Further career

I was a deputy in Ukraine, but not for long, I realized that the political and musical activity at the same time "does not pull". As in the current government, she officially refused to enter. And she was even indignant that the modern Ukrainian government did not correspond to the ideals of the revolution, because how, they say, would she be able to deal with them?

She was a coach in the "Voice of the Country" in Ukrainian 1 + 1. She recorded the soundtrack for the Grand Theft Auto TV game. People's Artist of Ukraine. She received the Order for Intellectual Courage in 2014, and the Vasily Stus Prize in 2014. Is the prototype of the main character of the novel by Marina and Sergei Dyachenko “Wild Energy. Lana "(and even recorded a song and a video about this very" wild energy "). By the way, it looks great! And this . Well, happy birthday, Ruslana! Wild energy for you - and wild dances!