Alexandra Strelchenko

Alexandra Ilinichna Strelchenko (; 2 February 1937 – 2 August 2019) was a Soviet and Russian actress and singer. She was a performer of Russian folk songs, Russian romances and pop songs. She was awarded the People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1984.

Biography Strelchenko was born on the station Chaplino in Dnipropetrovsk Region of Ukraine. Her parents were father Ilya (1911–1941), and mother Polina (1916–1945). Alexandra soon became an orphan, as her father died fighting in World War II, and her mother died at the end of the war, and was brought up in an orphanage.