Catharsis is a Russian power metal band that was founded in Moscow in 1996 by guitarist Igor Polakov and vocalist Sergey Bendrikov. In 2006 Catharsis was awarded the Russian Alternative Music Prize as the Best Russian metal act.
Nogu Svelo! or cramp in the leg is a popular Russian rock band whose music can be associated with humor and parody, with often childishly simple melodies. Nogu Svelo! often experiments with many styles and have done so in the past, and the band has often paid attention to interesting instrumentation, arrangement, and good production values.
Philipp Bedrosovich Kirkorov is an Armenian-Bulgarian singer and is one of the top Russian pop singers. He is also the ex-husband of Alla Pugacheva.
Alla Borisovna Pugacheva was born on April 15, 1949 in Moscow, USSR and is perhaps the best known musical performer in Russia. Her career started in 1965 and continues to this day. She is also among the wealthiest Russia women, her estimated value being in the hundreds of millions of dollars.