Blestyashchiye

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Blestyashie in the video for "Восточные сказки" in 2005.

Blestyashchie (Russian: Блестящие) has been one of the first and most enduring all-girl groups in Russia.

Originally the group consisted of three girls: Olga Orlova (Ольга Орлова), Paulina Iodis (Полина Иодис) and Varvara Koroleva (Варвара Королева). But immediately after the release of the first album Koroleva left the group. She was replaced by Zhanna Friske (Жанна Фриске) and Irina Lukyanova (Ирина Лукьянова). Two years later Iodis left the group and in 1999 Kseniya Novikova (Ксения Новикова) replaced her.

A year later Olga Orlova (the front member and the songwriter of the songs that made Blestyashie famous) became pregnant and left the group. She was replaced by Yulia Kovalchuk (Юлия Ковальчук). In 2003 Irina Lukyanova became pregnant too and also left the group. Later on Blestyashie was joined by the figure skating champion Anna Semenovich (Анна Семенович). In 2003 Zhanna Friske left the group for a solo career and is now one of the biggest stars in Russia. On April 1, 2004 Friske was replaced by Nadia Ruchka (Надя Ручка).

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From left: Nadia Ruchka, Xeniya Novikova, Yulia Kovalchuk and Anna Semenovich.

Discography

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"Vostochnye skazki (Восточные сказки)".

Albums

• Восточные сказки Vostochnye skazki (Oriental Fairytales) (2005)
• Апельсиновый рай Apel'sinovyy ray (Orange Paradise) (2003)
• За четыре моря Za chetyre morya (Beyond Four Seas) (2002)
• Белым снегом Belym snegom (By White Snow) (2000)
• О любви O lyubvi (About Love) (2000)
• Просто мечты Prosto mechty (Simply Dreams) (1998)
• Там, только там (remixes) Tam, tol'ko tam (remixes) (There, Only There) (1997)
• Там, только там Tam, tol'ko tam (There, Only There) (1997)

External links

Official website in Russian [1]