Maria Leonidovna Pakhomenko (; 25 March 1937 – 8 March 2013) was a Soviet and Russian singer, a holder of the title of

People's Artist of Russia People's Artist of the Russian Federation (, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an honorary and the highest title awarded to citizens of the Russian Federation ...

since 1999. The song that brought her fame was ''Kachaet, kachaet... ()'' that she recorded for the theater play ''Idu na Grozu'' () in 1963. In the 1960s and until the mid-1970s, Maria Pakhomenko was one of the main stars of the Soviet stage. The songs in her performance sounded in the programs of many radio stations and on television. During her career she toured the

USSR The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

and abroad, including

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and

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. Among the songs by leading Soviet composers of which she was the original performer are ''Love Will Stay'' (by

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), ''Nenaglyadnyy Moy'' (by

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), ''Men'' (by

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), ''Conversations'' (by

Eduard Khanok Eduard Semyonovich Khanok (, ; born 1940) is a Soviet and Belarusian musician and composer. Honored Worker of Culture of the Byelorussian SSR (1982). People's Artist of Belarus (1996). Early life and education Born April 18, 1940 in Kazakhstan in ...

), ''Vals pri Svechakh'' (by

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), etc.

Career highlights

In 1968, she sold 2,600,000 discs. In 1971, Pakhomenko became the first of Soviet singers to win the Grand Prix at the

Golden Orpheus Golden Orpheus (, ''Zlatniyat Orfey'') was an international vocal competition and song contest, held annually from 1965 to 1999 in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria. The festival program included a Bulgarian song competition, an international vocal competi ...

song contest. Several music films were shot about her, one of which was acquired by 13 countries.

Discography

;Singles and EPs * "" (1966) * "" (1966) * "" (1966) (feat.

Eduard Khil Eduard Anatolyevich Khil (; 4 September 1934 – 4 June 2012), often anglicized as Edward Hill, was a Russian baritone singer. Khil became known to international audiences in 2010, when a 1976 clip of him singing a non-lexical vocable versio ...

) * "" (1970) * "" / "" (1971) * "" (1971) * "" (1971) * "" (1972) * "" (1973) * "" (1973) * "" (1973) * "" (1974) * "" / "" (1974) * "" / "" / "" (1974) * "" / "" (1975) * "" / "" (1977) * "" (1978) * "" (1981) (feat.

) ;Compilations * 2002 — * 2005 —

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pakhomenko, Maria 1937 births 2013 deaths People from Krasnapollye district Russian people of Belarusian descent Soviet women singers 20th-century Russian women singers Honored Artists of the RSFSR People's Artists of Russia Deaths from pneumonia in Russia

Career highlights

Discography

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