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Ruslana
 Ruslana was born in L’viv, a regional center in Western Ukraine in 1973. She is a former Member of Parliament, singer, dancer, producer, composer, conductor, pianist and social activist. She has an established history of political engagement and involvement with numerous charitable organizations. Ruslana started her career as a winner of Slavyanskiy Bazar song competition in Belarus in 1996. Her first album, "A Moment of Spring" received high praise from critics. Wider recognition came in 1998 with the song "Sunrise" and a new album. Her album "Wild Dances", issued in 2003 went 5 times platinum in Ukraine, selling over 500,000 copies. She was named the World’s Best Selling Ukrainian Artist at the World Music Awards in Las Vegas in 2004. She also went on to win the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest in Istanbul, Turkey, with the song "Wild Dances" (from the album of the same title that went 5 times platinum in Ukraine)—making another appearance at the 2005 Contest in Kyiv, Ukraine, to perform her song "On Fire". In 2004's disputed Ukrainian presidential elections, she declared her support for Viktor Yushchenko. She was one of the prominent figures that addressed the mass crowds rallying in Kyiv during the so-called Orange Revolution in support of Yushchenko's demand that his original defeat be declared fraudulent. In March 2006, she ran for and was elected to the Ukrainian Parliament as a member of the People's Union "Our Ukraine" (NSNU). On June 19, 2007, Ruslana resigned her post as a parliamentarian in the Ukrainian parliament. Ruslana joined the campaign against human trafficking in 2005 through a meeting in Kyiv on July 5 of the same year. The meeting took place with Helga Konrad, the then OSCE special representative on combating trafficking in human beings, as part of the campaign "Human! Not for sale!". Ruslana participated alongside Vital Voices leaders in a four-day meeting held in Kyiv, Ukraine, from October 14-18, 2007. She announced in the Vital Voices press conference that she would participate in a joint project which aims to raise awareness among young women to fight human trafficking in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. She also unveiled part of her song "Not for Sale". She performed the complete song "Not for Sale" at the Vienna Forum to fight human trafficking on 15 February 2008. Ruslana has also initiated a new concert show called Wild Energy. The show combines the art of music and video production, literature and social commitment and is dedicated to the idea of the independence of human feelings, rights, and freedoms. The show takes place in the context of an artificial city whose inhabitants are lacking their will for life and their energy of the heart—the fuel for people. Ruslana introduced a new single and video titled "Wild Energy", with all elements of Ruslana’s show idea—books and comics, screenings, series of movie-videos, music albums, visual identity and fashion style, stunning show, multimedia products, and merchandise—being based on the fantasy novel by Maryna and Sergij Diachenko titled Wild Energy. Lana. Ruslana’s new album Wild Energy is scheduled for international release in spring of 2008. The Ukrainian version of the album titled Amazonka was released in Ukraine in March. information, photo from official site: http://www.ruslana.ua/
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For some time Ruslana, it seemed, had disappeared somewhere – but it has appeared that she had not. It has been revealed that she just – well, certainly – prepared a new powerful explosion on the plane of the domestic ethnic pop. Well, and now – the first robin, the first powerful explosive bullet – here you are!
| Domestic price: 208.60UAH,
International price: $14.90USD
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"Amazon" became the messenger of changes – though interesting but still a test of forces, reconnaissance of other territories. Now this is obvious, because "Wild Energy", in its turn, is a weighty result of those very deep quality transformations. The disc should, obviously, become the head stone in creating the image of a new Ruslana – and it has everything necessary for that. This is really another quality of music, and not only music.
| Domestic price: 320.60UAH,
International price: $22.90USD
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Christmas 2003 project. This time, Ruslana invited friends, stars of the Ukrainian variety art, to celebrate Christmas in the picturesque snow-bound Carpathians and at a real carnival in the center of the ancient Lviv. Taisiya Povaliy, Ani Lorak, Evgenia Vlasova, others took part in the film. The film's soundtrack is Christmas songs performed by them.
| Domestic price: 250.60UAH,
International price: $17.90USD
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"Christmas Legends" is the film with which Ukraine met Christmas 2002. Colorful illustration of the ancient folk traditions preserved in the Carpathians. Possibly, it is the period of preparation for this film, which included wide-scale ethnographic expeditions, that initiated the "Wild Dances" project.
| Domestic price: 250.60UAH,
International price: $17.90USD
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A concert film based on materials of Christmas performances – won the award as the best music film of 1999. Almost all inhabitants of Lviv were involved in its production. And such sights of the global value as the Dominican cathedral, the Pototsky's palace etc. The quality of the music material satisfied even the most snappy music critics.
| Domestic price: 250.60UAH,
International price: $17.90USD
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The first author performance demonstrated in 1998, after the many months of careful preparation. The project includes not only the festive songs set, but also theatrical and ballet pieces. The chamber orchestra "Virtuosos of Lviv", the choir and musicians of the rock group "Klub Shanuvalnykiv Chaju" accompanied the singer.
| Domestic price: 250.60UAH,
International price: $17.90USD
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These are the songs of the Ukrainian artists which support peaceful Orange Revolution in Kyiv.
| Domestic price: 250.60UAH,
International price: $17.90USD
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It is that modern Ukrainian pop art, which has had no time yet to become paunchy and boring, but it is not already too young and inexperienced. But none of the compositions presented here sound in an original version - all are remixed.
| Domestic price: 130.20UAH,
International price: $9.30USD
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Oleksandr Ponomaryov, Mad Heads XL, Ruslana, “Arahnofobia”, “Haydamaky”, Yu-RA, Yevhenia Vlasova, “Remont Vody”, Max Chorny and other performers – it is difficult even to imagine a more diverse list of performers. Still, strange though it may seem, all together it looks interesting – and is listened to with satisfaction.
| Domestic price: 250.60UAH,
International price: $17.90USD
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50 pop hits to sing with your friends and your family.
| Domestic price: 194.60UAH,
International price: $13.90USD
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A carol song follows a joke, a ballad - reflection follows a carol, something romantic follows a ballad, and again a joke goes, and in the same way one wave follows another, so that there’s no time for real sadness.
| Domestic price: 250.60UAH,
International price: $17.90USD
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It really represents the best, brightest groups and performers in very different styles – hip-hop, folk-rock, reggae, neo-folk, hard-blues, acid-jazz, pure rock, romantic pop, trance... uh... and that is not yet everything – one’s eyes get lost, there is a very wide choice of pleasant meetings.
| Domestic price: 250.60UAH,
International price: $17.90USD
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There are here a few songs that until now have not been released on discs – they could be heard only on the radio, or on TV. There is also here something that practically nobody has heard yet at all – but the fans have already long expected for such opportunity.
| Domestic price: 250.60UAH,
International price: $17.90USD
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Quite a lot of music collections of various rates are released in Ukraine – but far not each of them can boast such quality of material as this one. Look at the artists list – here, there are mainly the best of the best Ukrainian projects of the recent years. At that, what is characteristic, the style palette in this case covers a very wide range.
| Domestic price: 250.60UAH,
International price: $17.90USD
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This collection, on the large account, is a successor of the popular series "Nova Ukrajina. The Best" – a deserved successor. Based on the title, the disc "New Sound of the Ethnic Ukraine" should comprise pieces by the performers whose creativity has a perceptible influence of the Ukrainian folklore – either in lyrics or in music. Basically, that is a sort of that.
| Domestic price: 250.60UAH,
International price: $17.90USD
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See yourself what a wide styles palette is offered by the collection: pop-rock, reggae, art-rock, hip-hop, folk-rock, heavy blues, post-rock... Nevertheless, the disc looks integral – there is a certain inner line that truly unites, links such, seemingly, different approaches to creativity.
| Domestic price: 250.60UAH,
International price: $17.90USD
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