Вера Брежнева

Вера Брежнева

Person from Ukraine

Genres: pop, pop music, Ukrainian, russian, female vocalist, female vocalists

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About Вера Брежнева

Vera Brezhneva, born in 1982 in Dniprodzerzhynsk, is a Ukrainian pop-singer and television presenter. Since 2022 she goes under artist name VIRA. Brezhneva was born in Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine on February 3rd 1982. She was raised in an ordinary family. Her father, Viktor, worked in a chemical factory located by the Dnieper River. Her mother, Tamara, who had graduated from a medical school, worked in the same place. Vera has got 3 sisters - one older (Galina) and two younger (Nastya and Vika, twins). Currently she has gained a new flat for her parents in Borispol, nearby Kyiv. The father of Brezhneva's daughter (Sonia) is Vitaliy Voychenko, to whom Brezhneva was married for a few years (after a civil wedding). She graduated from the Rail Engineering Instutute of Dnipropetrovsk as an economist. It all began in 2002. She was invited to a casting organized in order to find a girl to replace Alyona Vinnitskaya and she won. In January 2003 VIA Gra started performing in the new configuration (Nadya, Anya and Vera) that, due to its amazing popularity, gained the name of "the golden squad". During her career in VIA Gra, Brezhneva expericed a lot, ranging from the love of fans, blockbusters and numerous awards to marrying a businessman Michail Kiperman. In July 2007 the blonde decided to have a break from the band, which ended in December 2007 with the official information of her leaving VIA Gra forever. Out of all VIA Gra singers Brezhneva stayed in the group for the longest period of time (4 years). Brezhneva was replaced in the group by Tatiana Kotova. In 2010 Brezhneva released her debut solo album "Lyubov' spasyot mir" and has since then become one of the most successful female singers from Ukraine. In 2022 due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, she changed her artist name to VIRA and started to sing her songs in Ukrainian, it could also be seen as a political statement due to the war. She has never since then visited Russia or performed in Russian territories. In early 2023 she got divorced from her husband, famous composer Konstantin Meladze due to difference in political views, as he refused to take a stand for Ukraine in the Russian invasion of the country.

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