Taisia Mykolaivna Povaliy (; ;

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, Ukrainian, and Russian singer and actress. She started her career of singer in 1985. In 1993, she won the Grand Prix at the

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, Belarus. In 1995, she released her first album./(website has automatic

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. In 1997, she was awarded the title of

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Personal life

From 1982 to 1993, she was married to keyboardist Volodymyr Povaliy (born 6 June 1959), who worked in the Kyiv Music Hall as the artistic director of the singer

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's musical group, made backing tracks for Zhanna Bodnaruk, Vitalii Bilonozhko, Alla Kudlai and Taisia Povaliy, now he works as an arranger in the presidential orchestra. In this marriage, a son Denis Povaliy was born on 28 June 1983. In 1993, the marriage ended in divorce. Since 31 December 1993, Taisia has been married for the second time to musician and producer Igor Likhuta (born 11 April 1961). On February 22, 2022, she left Ukraine and lives in Moscow.

Political views

Povaliy was a candidate for

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at the October

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; placed second on the party list She was elected into parliament.Список депутатів нової Верховної Ради

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(11 November 2012) She left the Party of Regions parliamentarian faction on 3 June 2014. Povaliy did not participate in the

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. In 2015 Ukrainian parliament made a decree to remove Povali as Ukrainian National Singer because she does concerts in Russia. On 9 May 2022 Povali performed in Russia at a concert for

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, she did this 2,5 months after the

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.A traitor to the country: Taisia Mykolaivna Povaliy

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added Taisia Povaliy to the sanctions list. During the 2023 New Years celebrations, Povaliy sang a traditional Ukrainian song on Russian state TV, which led her to being branded "shameless" and a "traitor" by many Ukrainians. In February 2023, Povaliy stated that she supported Vladimir Putin's policy in Ukraine and called it "salvation". Povaliy also confirmed that she has been living in Russia since 2022. In a large July 2024 video interview, Taisia Povaliy confirmed her pro-Russian views: she condemned the overthrow of Ukrainian President Yanukovych and the outbreak of hostilities in

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in 2014, calling Donbas the core of Ukraine, supported Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, acknowledged receiving Russian citizenship and expressed confidence that Russia and Ukraine will be a single state, considering Russians and Ukrainians to be one people, while recognizing the existence of two languages.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Panno kokhannia'' (1995) * ''Ya vas liubliu'' (1997) * ''Sladkiy grekh'' (1999) * ''Bude tak'' (2000) * ''Odna-Yedyna'' (with

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; 2002) * ''Ptitsa volnaya'' (2002) * ''Ukrainski pisenni perlyny'' (2002) * ''Serdenko'' (2004) * ''Za toboy'' (2007) * ''Veryu tebe'' (2010) * ''Serdtse – dom dlya lyubvi'' (2018) * ''Eiforiia'' (2020) * ''Osobennye slova. Ispoved'' (2021)

Live albums

* ''Ukraina. Golos. Dusha'' (2008)

Compilations albums

* ''Chortopolokh'' (2001) * ''Charivna skrypka'' (2002) * ''Vozvrashchayu'' (2003) * ''Nakazany lyubovyu'' (2008) * ''Ya pomoljus (2012) * ''Dve zvezdy'' (with

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; 2012) * ''Osobennye slova'' (2020)

EPs

* ''Otpusti menya'' (with

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; 2004)

Filmography

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Povaliy, Taisia 1965 births People from Bila Tserkva Raion Living people Soviet women singers Russian-language singers of Ukraine Ukrainian women pop singers Ukrainian television actresses Ukrainian pop singers Party of Regions politicians 20th-century Ukrainian actresses 21st-century Ukrainian actresses Seventh convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Ukrainian folk-pop singers Slavianski Bazaar winners Winners of the Golden Gramophone Award Recipients of the Order of Friendship Naturalized citizens of Russia Russian women pop singers Anti-Ukrainian sentiment in Russia