Biography
Lyudmila Georgievna Zykina (Russian: Людми́ла Гео́ргиевна Зы́кина; 10 June 1929 – 1 July 2009) was a national folk singer of Russia.
She was born in Moscow and joined the Pyatnitsky Choir in 1947. Her surname is derived from the Russian word for "loud" ("зычный"). Beginning in 1960 she performed solo. She befriended Ekaterina Furtseva, the powerful Minister of Culture of the Soviet Union, and was reputed to be a favourite singer of Leonid Brezhnev. It is known she was a particular favourite of both Kim Il-sung and his son Kim Jong-il, performing in Pyongyang six times at the invitation of the Kims. It was also reported that Kim Jong-il was so fond of Zykina that he invited her to Pyongyang in 2008 in hopes that her performance would help him recover from illness. Olga Voronets was considered Zykina's main rival.Among Zykina's many honors were the Lenin Prize (1970) and Order of Lenin (1979) as well as the titles of People's Artist of the USSR (1973) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1987). According to Dmitri Shostakovich, Zykina was "more than a brilliant interpreter, she was a coauthor, co-creator of composers".
Her signature songs include Techot Volga and Orenburgskii platok. The asteroid 4879 Zykina is named after her. Lyudmila Zykina died on 1 July 2009 after suffering a heart attack.
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1929-06-10
Deathday2009-07-01 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceМосква, СССР
CitizenshipsSoviet Union, Russia
Also Known AsЛюдмила Зыкина
AwardsPrize of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" I class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" III class, Russian Federation Government Certificate of Honour, People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR, People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR, Friendship Medal, Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR, Verdienter Aktivist, Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow", Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called, Order of the Badge of Honour, Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "For the Defence of Moscow", Medal "Veteran of Labour", People's Artist of the USSR, Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Hero of Socialist Labour, Order of Lenin, Lenin Prize, People's Artist of the RSFSR, Merited Artist of the RSFSR
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