Chervona Ruta () was a Ukrainian music group that performed between 1971 and 1990. Chervona Ruta group was created in 1971 by Anatoliy Evdokimenko with the Chernivtsi Philharmonic specially for the

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Sofia Rotaru Sofiia Mykhailivna Yevdokymenko-Rotaru ( ; ; ; born 7 August 1947), known simply as Sofia Rotaru, is a Ukrainian pop singer of Romanian origin. Rotaru, nicknamed "Bukovinsky Solovey" ("the Nightingale from Bukovina"), emerged in 1966 as a po ...

. The founding members of the group were part of the pop orchestra of the

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. For a long time, outside performances of the group by itself at occasional tours, Chervona Ruta was overshadowed by the

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, People's Artist of Moldova,

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. After Sofia Rotaru, other widely popular artists as Arkadiy Khoralov and Meritorious Artist of Moldova

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started their career with Chervona Ruta. In 1981, the band was awarded Grand-Prix for the high artistic level of performance at the singers' competition in

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. The soloist of the band, Sofia Rotaru, became the laureate of the IXth World Festival of Youth and Students in 1971. In the same year the band was cast with Sofia Rotaru in the movie called "

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" and in 1975 - in '' Pesnya vsegda s nami''. The band has wide fan communities both in the former

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and abroad internationally. Successful tours took place with participation of

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. Polish theatre critic observer Andrzej Wołczkowski wrote:

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Vocal instrumental ensemble "Chervona Ruta" (Crimean State Philharmonics)ВІА "Червона рута" на "Черемшині"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chervona Ruta (Ensemble) Dance music groups Eurodisco groups Ukrainian dance musicians Soviet dance music groups Ukrainian pop music groups Soviet pop music groups Musical groups established in 1971 Musical groups disestablished in 1990 Ukrainian musical quartets RCA Records artists Sony BMG artists