Masha Rasputina

Masha Rasputina (Russian: Маша Распутина, born Alla Nikolayevna Ageeva, Russian: Алла Николаевна Агеева) is a Russian pop singer, who went through her peak of popularity in the 1990s and 2000s. In 2003, she scored her biggest hit, "Roza chaynaya" (Russian: Роза чайная, meaning "Tea rose"), a duet with Philipp Kirkorov.

Early life Rasputina was born in Inskoy, Kemerovo Oblast in 1964 as the daughter of an employee of the local power station and an Odessa-born hydriologist. As a child, Rasputina moved to the village of Urop, where she lived with her paternal grandparents. Following her parents footsteps, Rasputina initially applied for a technical course, but dropped out as she preferred to immerse herself in music. She then moved to Moscow, taking part in multiple auditions, with different outcomes. Eventually, she was employed as an ensemblist in a Moscow ensemble and decided to pick up studies at the Kemerovo State University of Culture and Arts. She graduated from the university and pursued a second degree at the Tver Musical School in choir conducting, which she completed in 1988. Here, she started singing under the pseudonym Masha Rasputina, which was advised to her by a friend. Another duet "Dzhalma" performed well on the charts as well. That same year, she released her most successful album Roza chaynaya. A next solo single of hers, "Mechty", also achieved popularity. The performance was only shown in the Krasnoyarsk version of the broadcast as it was cut out for the broadcast in all other time zones as of the country. After a last hit duet with Kirkorov, "Proshay", in 2007, her fame started to decline and appearances in public started to decrease. In 2011, she announced her withdrawal from the big stage, vowing to only perform at smaller events. with the emphasis on grotesque sexuality and crude, ‘common girl’ manners. Komsomolskaya Pravda regarded her as one of the sex symbols of the 1990s.

Personal life Masha Rasputina married her producer Vladimir Yermmakov. From this marriage, Rasputina's eldest daughter, Lidiya was born in 1985. Yermakov and Rasputina divorced in the late 1990s. In 1999, Rasputina married her second husband, producer Viktor Zakharov. Her second daughter, Mariya, was born a year later.

Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Album RUSAirplay "Dozhd' sumasshedshiy" 2003 — Roza chaynaya "Sinyaya ptitsa" 37 Izbrannoe "Dzhalma" (with Philipp Kirkorov) 40 "Proshay" (with Philipp Kirkorov) 2007 47 "Zhyoltye list'ya" 2015 209