Надежда Бабкина (Nadezhda Babkina), born on March 19, 1950, in Chyorny Yar,
Akhtubinsk, Astrakhan Oblast, Soviet Union, is a folk and pop singer. She showed
early talent for singing, winning the All-Russian Youth Competition in Russian
folk song while in high school. In 1974, Babkina formed the vocal band "Russkaya
pesnya" during her studies at the Gnessin State Musical College in Moscow. The
group debuted at the All-Russian Soviet Song Contest in Sochi in 1976.
Throughout her career, Babkina released several albums, including Не думала, не
знала (2004). She collaborated with com...