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| Born | Ружена Владимировна Сикора 20 August 1918 Novorossiysk, Soviet Russia |
| Died | 23 December 2006 (aged 87) Moscow, Russian Federation |
| Occupation(s) | singer pedagogue |
| Years active | 1940s – 1980s |
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| Awards | People's Artist of Russia (1993) |
Ruzhena Vladimirovna Sikora (Russian: Ружена Владимировна Сикора, 20 August 1918 in Novorossiysk, Soviet Russia – 23 December 2006 in Moscow, Russian Federation) was a Soviet traditional pop and jazz performer of Czech and Polish origins, highly popular in the late 1940s and 1950s. Sikora is credited with being the first Soviet artist to have started performing international jazz, swing and pop standards in their respective original languages.[1][2][3]
- ^ Skorokhodov, Gleb. "Ружена Владимировна Сикора". patefon.knet.ru. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
- ^ Safoshkin, Vladimir (2004). "Я люблю тебя, жизнь: Песни на все времена. Compiled by L. & V. Safoshkins, pp. 299-308". ЭКСМО, Moscow. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
- ^ "Where Are You?". Российская историография // Russian Historiography. Retrieved 2014-01-13.