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 People's Artist of the RSFSR (, ''Narodnyj artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet Union artists, including theatre and film directors, actors, choreographers, music performers, and orchestra conductors, who had outstanding achiev ...

in 1984.Александра Стрельченко на проекте peoples.ru
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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 World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, and her mother died at the end of the war, and was brought up in an orphanage. She then studied at

Herzen University Herzen University, or formally the Russian State Pedagogical University in the name of A. I. Herzen () is a university in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was formerly known as the Leningrad State Pedagogical Institute. It is one of the largest ...

. During a tour of the

Voronezh Voronezh ( ; , ) is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia straddling the Voronezh River, located from where it flows into the Don River. The city sits on the Southeastern Railway, which connects wes ...

Folk Choir in 1958, Alexandra, having been at a concert of theirs, decided to leave school and devote herself to a career in music. From 1959 to 1962 she worked in the

Lipetsk Lipetsk (, ), also Romanization of Russian, romanized as Lipeck, is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, located on the banks of the Voronezh (river), Voronezh River in the Do ...

Philharmonic. Since 1963, she worked in Moscow, having a one-year internship at the All-Russia creative workshop of variety art. From 1976 to 1980 she studied at the

Gnessin State Musical College The Gnessin State College of Music () and Gnessin Russian Academy of Music () comprise a music school in Moscow.Moisenko, Rena. (1949) ''Realist Music: 25 Soviet Composers,'' London: Meridian Book, Ltd. History Originally known as the Gnessi ...

. From 2002, she had been a professor at Moscow State Art and Cultural University.Сибновости: Александра Стрельченко попала в больницу с инсультом
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Strelchenko, Alexandra 1937 births 2019 deaths Gnessin State Musical College alumni Soviet women singers People's Artists of the RSFSR Russian folk singers Russian women folk singers 20th-century Russian women singers 21st-century Russian women singers