Olga Arefieva (Arefeva, Russian: Ольга Арефьева) (born 1966 in

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) is a Russian singer-songwriter, poet and musician. Her poetry was described by literary critics as a combination of

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and

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, possibly inspired by the

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or the

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of Gabriel Márquez. She is a member of the

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Discography

*''Batakakumba'', Arefieva and band The Ark, 2000 *''Anatomy'', Disk 1 and Disk 2, 2000 * Concert on radio, 2002Concert on radio
/ref> * Snow, 2011 * Theater, 2013 * Jan, 2016 * Clay, 2016 * Angel and girl, 2017 * Trybirds, 2017 * Yiao, 2018 * Hina, 2020 * ''Ko-Mix'', 2021 * Amona Fe, 2023

References

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Her site
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on

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with Natella Boltyanskaya, 1 March 1998
Olga Arefieva
on Kroogi ;Examples of songs on YouTube posted by author
"The Juggler"
by Olga Arefieva and group The Ark'
"Not in tact""Do you have anything to tell?""Autumn""Asymmetry"
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