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Alla Pugacheva: Soviet Union
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Alla Borisovna Pugacheva is perhaps the best known musical performer in Russia, her career having started in 1965 and continuing to this day. She is certainly the most successful Soviet and Russian performer in terms of record sales and popularity.
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After the break-up of the Soviet Union, Alla expanded her ventures, launching a magazine called "Alla", "Alla" radio station, "Alla" perfume and the "Alla Pugachova" shoe line. She ... received further awards from the government, presented by President Boris Yeltsin, including the "Government Award for Achievement in Literature and Arts" in 1990, and the highest civilian decoration of the Russian Federation ("Service to the Motherland of the 2nd Class Order") in 1999. In 1994, Alla also received a plate with her name on the "Square of Stars" in the city of Yalta in Ukraine. In 1997, she represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin and finished 15th with the song "Primadonna".
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ALLA PUGACHEVA has sold over 150 million records worldwide. She has been highly acclaimed in Russia, where in 1991 she became the National artist of the USSR, the highest honour an artist could achieve in the Soviet Union. For her contribution to the music industry she was recognised by the American Academy of Arts And Sciences and ... by the International Federation of UNESCO.
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Alla then married film director Aleksandr Stefanovich in 1976, and starred in a few of his movies. The union was dissolved in 1980, after drawn-out legal proceedings on the division of property, with Alla's luxurious flat in Patriarshy Ponds, Moscow being the heart of the debate.
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