16 Facts About Larisa Dolina

Larisa Dolina was awarded the Order of Honour in 2005.

Larisa Dolina's father, Aleksandr Markovich Kudelman, was a construction worker, her mother, Galina Izrailevna Kudelman, a seamstress.

In 1981, Larisa Dolina performed together with Weyland Rodd as part of the "Anthology of jazz vocals" tour.

In 1982, Larisa Dolina performed the hit "Tri belyh konya" for the soundtrack of the film Charodei.

Larisa Dolina began a solo career in 1985, working with the Leningrad based composer Viktor Reznikov.

In 1990, Larisa Dolina played the lead role in the rock opera "Giordano" opposite Valery Leontiev.

In 1991, Larisa Dolina performed in front of 20,000 people at the festival Radio Prestige in La Rochelle, France.

Larisa Dolina's songs have been featured in more than 70 live action and animated films.

In 2007, Larisa Dolina performed several George Gershwin compositions at the Gershwin Gala at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow.

In February 2011, Larisa Dolina performed "Summertime" and "Wonder Where You Are" at a concert at Crocus City Hall dedicated to the songs of jazz legend Al Jarreau.

Larisa Dolina followed that up with a rendition of "Private Dancer" by Tina Turner at the "Novaya Volna" competition in July 2011.

Later in the year, Larisa Dolina unveiled a new concert program titled "Sny extraverta" in Kirov.

Larisa Dolina spent much of 2012 touring with the new concert and reprising her role in the musical "Lyubov and shpionazh".

In February 2012, Larisa Dolina was tapped to perform the national anthems of both Russia and Canada at a televised hockey game in Red Square commemorating the 40-year anniversary of the 1972 hockey rivalry between the two countries.

Later that year, Larisa Dolina toured the United States, giving concerts in Boston, Las Vegas, and New York City.

Larisa Dolina supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the Presidential Administration of Russia put her on the list of singers who were recommended to be invited to state-sponsored events.