Maria Pakhomenko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Maria Pakhomenko

Soviet and Russian singer

Date of Birth: 25-Mar-1937

Place of Birth: Liutnia, Belarus

Date of Death: 08-Mar-2013

Profession: actor, singer

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Maria Leonidovna Pakhomenko (Russian: ????? ?????????? ?????????; 25 March 1937 – 8 March 2013) was a Soviet and Russian singer, a holder of the title of People's Artist of Russia since 1999.
She is probably most known for the song Stoyat Devchonki (Russian: ????? ????????), composed by Alexander Kolker) and for her version of School Waltz (Russian: ???????? ?????).The song that brought her fame was Kachaet, kachaet...
(Russian: ??????, ??????...) that she recorded for the theater play Idu na Grozu (Russian: ??? ?? ?????) in 1963.
It was the first solo song she ever recorded and it took a lot of effort by her future husband, composer Aleksander Kolker, to persuade her to do it.
Maria Pakhomenko owed much of her popularity to songs written by Kolker (who is probably most famous for writing the song Karelia for Lidia Klement).
Among the songs by leading Soviet composers of which she was the original performer are Love Will Stay (by Valery Gavrilin), Nenaglyadnyy Moy (by Aleksandra Pakhmutova), Mens (by Eduard Kolmanovsky), Conversations (by Eduard Khanok), Vals pri Svechakh (by Oscar Feltsman), etc.