Taisiia Povalii

Taisia Mykolaivna Povaliy (; ; née Hiriavets, , ; born 10 December 1964) is a Soviet, Ukrainian, and Russian singer and actress.

She started her career of singer in 1985. In 1993, she won the Grand Prix at the Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk, Belarus.

In 1995, she released her first album. The next year she was awarded the honorary title of Merited Artist of Ukraine.

Personal life From 1982 to 1993, she was married to keyboardist Volodymyr Povaliy (born 6 June 1959), who worked in the Kyiv Music Hall as the artistic director of the singer Ivo Bobul's musical group, made backing tracks for Zhanna Bodnaruk, Vitalii Bilonozhko, Alla Kudlai and Taisia Povaliy, now he works as an arranger in the presidential orchestra. In this marriage, a son Denis Povaliy was born on 28 June 1983. In 1993, the marriage ended in divorce.

Since 31 December 1993, Taisia has been married for the second time to musician and producer Igor Likhuta (born 11 April 1961). She was elected into parliament. She left the Party of Regions parliamentarian faction on 3 June 2014. Povaliy did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.

In 2015 Ukrainian parliament made a decree to remove Povali as Ukrainian National Singer because she does concerts in Russia.

In September 2022, the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine added Taisia Povaliy to the sanctions list. During the 2023 New Years celebrations, Povaliy sang a traditional Ukrainian song on Russian state TV, which led her to being branded "shameless" and a "traitor" by many Ukrainians.

In February 2023, Povaliy stated that she supported Vladimir Putin's policy in Ukraine and called it "salvation". Povaliy also confirmed that she has been living in Russia since 2022.

Discography Studio albums Panno kokhannia (1995) Ya vas liubliu (1997) Sladkiy grekh (1999) Bude tak (2000) Odna-Yedyna (with Joseph Kobzon; 2002) Ptitsa volnaya (2002) Ukrainski pisenni perlyny (2002) Serdenko (2004) Za toboy (2007) Veryu tebe (2010) Serdtse – dom dlya lyubvi (2018) Eiforiia (2020) Osobennye slova. Ispoved (2021)

Live albums Ukraina. Golos. Dusha (2008)

Compilations albums Chortopolokh (2001) Charivna skrypka (2002) Vozvrashchayu (2003) Nakazany lyubovyu (2008) Ya pomoljus''' (2012) Dve zvezdy (with Aleksandr Marshal; 2012) Osobennye slova (2020)

EPs Otpusti menya'' (with Nikolay Baskov; 2004)

Filmography Title Year Role Notes Golden Chicken (Золотой цыплёнок) 1993 Fox Voice Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka (Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки) 2001 Countess Cinderella (Золушка) 2002 Matchmaker The Snow Queen (Снежная королева) 2002 Ingrid A very New Year's movie, or a Night at the Museum (Очень новогоднее кино, или Ночь в музее) 2007 Sleeping beauty Golden Fish (Золотая рыбка) 2008 cameo