Lyudmila Georgievna Sykina

Sykina ( left ) with Svetlana Medvedeva in June 2009

Lyudmila Georgijewna Sykina ( Russian Людми́ла Гео́ргиевна Зы́кина ; born June 10, 1929 in Moscow ; † July 1, 2009 ibid) was a Russian folk singer .

Life

Lyudmila Sykina started her career in 1947 in the Pyatnitsky Choir . Since 1960 she has been a solo artist. Sykina was close friends with Yekaterina Furzewa , a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union , and Leonid Brezhnev's favorite artist .

She has received numerous awards, including in 1970 the Lenin Prize , in 1979 the Order of Lenin , the Order of Merit for the Fatherland , First Class and the highest Russian Order of St. Andrew . In 1973 she became a People's Artist of the USSR, and in 1987 a heroine of socialist labor . She is the namesake of the asteroid (4879) Zykina .

The well-known songs by Sykina include The river Volga and Orenburg cloth .

Sykina died of complications from a myocardial infarction .

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personal data
SURNAME	Sykina, Lyudmila Georgievna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Зы́кина, Людми́ла Гео́ргиевна (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian folk singer
DATE OF BIRTH	June 10, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH	Moscow
DATE OF DEATH	July 1, 2009
Place of death	Moscow