Pelageya is a famous Russian folk singer, known for her unique deep voice and wide repertoire of romances, folk and author's songs.
Childhood and youth
The singer with an amazing voice Pelageya Sergeevna Khanova is a native Siberian. She was born in the summer of 1986 in Novosibirsk. Together with her birth, a bright star flared up in the sky of Russian culture, amazing and unlike all others.
In this girl, everything was initially unusual: the name, the rapid maturation, the amazing timbre of her voice. At first, Pelageya received the name Polina. So decided the registry office employees, who considered that Polina is a derivative of the “outdated” name Pelageya. Later, when it came time to get a passport, Pelageya corrected the mistake. She values her old name very much, because that was the name of her grandmother. And the surname Khanova came from her stepfather, the girl does not remember her own father.
Pelageya Khanova inherited her musical abilities and amazing voice from her mother, a jazz singer. Meanwhile, the mother, whose singing career was tragic (Svetlana Khanova lost her voice after a long illness), put her whole soul into her daughter. Seeing that the girl from the cradle began to show extraordinary musical abilities, the woman did her best to develop her talent.
Already in infancy, Pelageya tried to repeat whole musical phrases after her mother, who sang her a lullaby. At the age of 3, the girl surprised everyone around her by the fact that she already knew how to read. Her first book read was the satirical novel Gargantua and Pantagruel.
The creative biography of the singer began before school. Pelageya Khanova met the stage at the age of 4. It happened in Petersburg. Mom took her little daughter to an exhibition of avant-garde artists. The debut made an impression on all those present, including the young singer. She fell in love with the stage forever. Performances continued in the kindergarten of her native Novosibirsk, where little Polina regularly gave "concerts" at all matinees.
At the age of 8, Khanova entered the special music school in Novosibirsk, which operated at the conservatory. Pelageya turned out to be the first vocalist in the history of the institution. Here the 9-year-old star was first heard by the leader of the musical group "Kalinov Most" Dmitry Revyakin. The musician suggested that the parents bring their daughter to the capital, where the girl could participate in the Morning Star contest.
Revyakin's advice turned out to be correct: Pelageya received the title of "Best Folk Song Performer in Russia in 1996." Participation in the "Morning Star" was a turning point in the life of a little performer. From that moment on, Pelageya Khanova made a rapid career take-off. Soon the unique voice of the Siberian woman was heard not only by her compatriots. called the young songstress "Russian". Pelageya applauded, and, shedding tears, called her "a symbol of a resurgent Russia."
Pelageya and Patriarch of All Rus' Alexy II At the age of 9, Pelageya Khanova was a scholarship holder of the Young Talents of Siberia Foundation. The singer participates in the UN International Program "New Names of the Planet". Russian romances performed by Siberian women are applauded in the Kremlin Palace and the Rossiya state concert hall. During a speech in the Kremlin, Pelageya met the Patriarch of All Rus' Alexy II and received his blessing for further work. Many Russian performers could only dream of such a thing. The young singer gets acquainted with, and many others.
In 1997, an 11-year-old girl appeared on the stage of KVN. Pelageya played for the team of Novosibirsk State University and made a splash. Pelageya becomes not only a performer of musical numbers, but also a full member of the team. We can safely say that for the audience an asterisk named Pelageya was opened by KVN.
Pelageya in KVN (NSU 1997)At the same time, Pelageya signed a contract for the release of several albums with the Fili recording studio, which is known for its collaboration with the Tekkila Jazz, Chaif, Hummingbird groups. Among Fili's projects is a tribute album by the British band Depeche for Depeche Mode, for which Pelageya performs the track Home. According to the authoritative FUZZ magazine and the Depeche Mode members themselves, the cover was recognized as the best musical composition of the album.
Music
The demand and constant participation in concerts and competitions become the reason for the resettlement of Pelageya to the capital. The girl moves to Moscow with her mother. Here they rent an apartment. Khanova goes to study at the music school at the Gnessin College. At this time, Pelageya is recording her debut music album, “Lubo!”.
Pelageya in the program "Old TV"The girl's mother is engaged in vocals. An amazing range of 4 octaves turns out to be an obstacle even for eminent teachers: teachers are afraid to deal with young talent, so as not to spoil Pelagia's unique natural abilities. Under the guidance of Svetlana Khanova, the young singer mastered complex belkant singing.
Living in the capital, Pelageya Khanova becomes a regular participant in official events. The songs of the young singer are applauded at the Nika and Golden Mask awards ceremony, at the Easter in the Kremlin concert and at the summit of the heads of France, Germany and Russia. It is noteworthy that at the last event of national importance, Pelageya's solo concert was the only cultural event provided for by the protocol.
With the participation of Pelagia, a concert was held on Red Square on the occasion of the celebration of the 850th anniversary of Moscow, directed by him. Performance of a young star and the Kuban Cossack choir with the song "Love, brothers, love!" seen by the inhabitants of the entire planet thanks to the international broadcast by the BBC.
In the spring of 1998, the release of "Anthropology" was aired with the participation of Pelageya. The girl was then 11 years old. And the following year, the singer participated in the prestigious music festival in Evian, Switzerland. The girl received an invitation to the festival from herself. did not stint on praises of the Russian star, calling the young singer "the future of the world opera stage."
Pelageya on the transfer of Dmitry Dibrov "Anthropology"In the same 1999, Pelageya Khanova sang at the international folklore festival in Scotland, striking the sophisticated audience of Edinburgh. The singer's performances were broadcast on a huge screen in a London park. The tour of the artist was an incredible success, there were 18 concerts with a full house. The girl received an offer to record a new album in Switzerland and met the legendary manager. The manager invited Khanova to participate in the world premiere of the opera singer in 2000, Pelageya accepted the offer.
At the age of 14, Pelageya Khanova becomes a student at RATI. During her studies in 2003, the singer released a retrospective album "Pelageya". It includes the popular songs of the performer, with which the girl has performed since the age of ten: “Cossack”, “Vanya was sitting on the sofa”, “Party” and others.
Pelageya - "I was going home"In 2005, Pelageya graduated from the pop department and received a red diploma. In the same year, the Siberian performer founded her own musical group, which was named Pelageya. According to the musicians of the group, they used ethno-rock as a genre of music and relied on the ideas of Inna Zhelannaya, Angela Manukyan, Sergey Starostin, and the Kalinov Most group. Together with her colleagues, Pelageya strives to recreate authentic Russian songs and introduce elements of modern rock music into them.
Pelageya - "Cossack"In 2009, Pelageya released an Internet release, and a year later, on a physical medium, a new double album, Paths, which included Russian folk, Cossack and author's songs. Two discs contain famous songs performed by Pelageya: “Oh, it’s not evening”, “Roses”, “Midnight Rider”, “Bylinka”, “Steppe”, “Werewolf Prince” and others. Performed by the singer, these works became real hits, which are still becoming an integral part of the artist's concerts. The band's first performance took place at the celebration of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg and was warmly received by the audience.
To date, Pelageya has recorded 6 albums. The performer is working on the 7th, which will be called "The Cherry Orchard". In addition, the singer's repertoire includes dozens of popular romances and folk songs that Pelageya performed only from the stage, without recording them on discs. Among these compositions: “Spring will not come for me”, “In the upper room”, “Horse”, “Black Raven”, “Under the Green Rocket” and other compositions loved by the inhabitants of the country for generations.
Pelageya - "In the Upper Room"In 2004, the girl made her debut as an actress in the TV series Yesenin, and since 2009 she became a participant in the 3rd season of the popular show Two Stars, where she sang in a duet with. Then there was a misunderstanding between the project management and Pelageya, which was discussed in the media.
According to the organizers of the show, the singer for no reason refused to go on stage after several programs, allegedly "failing Daria and the project." Pelageya replied that, in fact, a temporary contract was concluded for a couple of releases due to health problems, but after the Pelageya-Moroz pair became the leader, the organizers decided to leave the singer in the project, but the performer was not ready.
In 2012, fans of the talented singer saw Pelageya in the show "". Pelagia appeared as a mentor. Khanova worked as a mentor in three seasons of The Voice, the singer's performances were distinguished by amazing arrangements, costumes and depth of works. Fields, as the singer was called by her colleagues on the show, and, gained the love of millions of viewers, becoming one of the best and emotional mentors of the project. In 2014, the singer became a coach-mentor in the offshoot of the Voice project, the musical competition show Voice. Children".
Alisa Ignatieva, Pelageya - "White Snow"In 2014, viewers noted that Pelageya, whose height is 163 cm, has lost weight. Some hardly recognized the 29-year-old folk singer, noting the unusual and somewhat sickly appearance of the performer. Khanova admitted that she really drastically reduced weight. But the singer did not disclose the exact numbers of her anthropometric data, so it is not known what specific figure the scales of the famous artist showed.
Group "Pelageya" - "Snow-white cherry"Fans noted that along with the kilograms, the charm of the performer also left. After some time, Pelageya found "her" weight, gaining a couple of kg. The singer is not ready to change her appearance anymore. However, during the weight stabilization process, the artist studied all possible diets and revised her diet. Pelageya generously shared her experience with her fans. In addition to proper nutrition, the artist devoted time to sports activities, massage sessions and a visit to the bath. According to the singer, thanks to such an integrated approach, she managed to lose up to 7 kg per week.
Personal life
Pelageya openly shares her creative plans on the official website, which contains detailed posters of the singer, galleries with photos from concerts and videos: filming performances, fragments of concerts and presentations - and the latest news. There are no clips for songs performed by the singer on the site.
Pelageya in the show "Voice" Pelageya rarely appears in studio videos, because this type of video is not very suitable for the folk song genre beloved by the musician. In addition, from the pages of the site, the singer reports that she does not have official accounts in social networks, except for " Instagram ».
Pelageya's personal life rarely becomes the subject of discussion in the press: the singer does not like scandals and never appears in them. In 2010, Pelageya Khanova got married. The director of "Comedy Woman" Dmitry Efimovich became the chosen one of Pelageya. The folk singer even took her husband's surname. But after 2 years this marriage broke up.
In 2016, the press became aware of the affair between Pelageya and the hockey player. Rumors and gossip fueled the joint appearances of the couple in public. The singer was noticed at the 2016 World Hockey Championship in Russia among the wives and girlfriends of the hockey team.
Note that Ivan Telegin broke up with his common-law wife, who gave him a son. Three months after the birth of the boy, the athlete left the family, giving vent to rumors about the role of Pelageya in the family drama.
June 16, 2016 Pelageya and Ivan Telegin in the Kutuzovsky registry office in Moscow. The ceremony was attended only by relatives and friends of the couple. The wedding of Pelageya and Telegin was not advertised. The newlyweds went after the wedding to a restaurant, and then flew to Greece.
Pregnant Pelageya The singer hid the pregnancy while there was such an opportunity. The fact that the family is waiting for replenishment, the fans found out when the singer went to the last stages. January 21, 2017 Ivan Telegin and Pelageya became parents. Singer Taisiya.
A year later, rumors of Pelagia's wife appeared in the media. The reporters' conjectures were based on pictures in which Ivan Telegin appeared in an embrace with an unfamiliar girl. But the couple denied the rumors by the joint appearance of the artists of the Cirque du Soleil at the performance. The couple Pelageya and Ivan arrived at the performance in excellent spirits, besides, the husband did not leave his beloved for a minute.
According to Pelageya, the daughter grows up as a "harsh" child. The singer suggests that with her seriousness, Taya went to her dad, who in childhood amazed others with discipline and responsibility. Parents try to devote all their free time to their daughter, but sometimes they leave the girl with a nanny or grandmothers.
Pelagia now
A month after being discharged from the maternity hospital, Pelageya took the stage, the singer appeared at the Crocus City Hall for the anniversary. Pelageya performed in a duet with the birthday boy. Also in 2017, Pelageya, together with, held a concert in honor of the fifth anniversary of the Voice show.
In the same year, the creators of the music competition pleased the fans with the "golden composition" of the jury. The return to the project of Pelageya and Alexander Gradsky was met with enthusiasm by the audience. And a year later, the singer triumphantly returned to the judging chair of the project “Voice. Children". The finalist of the fifth season, Pelageya's ward took first place in the competition.
Now the Pelageya group continues touring, regularly visiting large cities of Russia with concerts. In the summer of 2018, the singer visited the Shukshin Days in Altai music festival, performing in the final of the gala event. The artist performed the tracks “Horse”, “Bird”, which the audience met with thunderous applause.
Pelyageya at the World of Siberia festivalAt the end of spring 2018, Forbes magazine published a list of the 50 most famous pop stars and athletes, where Pelageya was on the 39th line thanks to an annual income of $ 1.7 million.
Discography
- 1999 - "Lubo!" (single)
- 2003 - "Pelageya"
- 2006 - "Single" (single)
- 2007 - "Girls' Songs"
- 2009 - Siberian Drive
- 2010 - "Trails"
Winning the competition
Many years ago, when she was nine years old, she met the vocalist of the Kalinov Most band, Dmitry Revyakin, who was impressed by her beautiful voice. He sent a recording of Pelageya's song to the capital for the Morning Star program, but at that time there was no folklore category there yet. But Yuri Nikolaev solved this problem simply: he invited the girl to take part in the competition of the project winners. As a result, she won the competition and was named "Best Folk Song Performer". She was also awarded a cash prize - they gave 1000 dollars.
The first hit and participation in the concert
Meanwhile, hastily recorded in her hometown and somehow found herself in the backpack of one riot policeman, Pelageya’s song “Love, brothers, love!” became incredibly popular in Chechnya. And soon the performer on behalf of the capital's Patriarchy was invited to participate in the Kremlin concert - she was supposed to be the host. There she met Alexy II, who blessed her and wished her good luck. Then the celebrity was very small. And now many people want to know how old the singer Pelageya is now. It's no secret to anyone - she's 27.
Participation in KVN and performance on Red Square
But what happened to the singer next? After some time, a nine-year-old girl from Novosibirsk acquired acquaintances with famous people, for example, Joseph Kobzon, Hillary Clinton, Nikita Mikhalkov, Naina Yeltsina. Before the singer had time to look back, 1997 came, which brought her many important events. The girl was accepted into the Novosibirsk KVN team, and she became the youngest member of the club of all time. Then the singer Pelageya received an invitation to perform at a large-scale performance at the 850th anniversary of the capital. It was sent to her by a famous director named Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky. The girl who performed her famous song “Love, brothers, love!” attracted everyone's attention, her performance was filmed, after which it was watched by viewers in many countries of the world. From that moment on, the media began to call it the "Symbol of Perestroika", as well as the "National Treasure". Many at that time began to wonder what the name of the singer Pelageya was, not assuming that she had her real name.
Entering a music school and recording the first album
Soon, the performer, along with her mother, began to live in the capital, in a rented apartment. The young singer entered the music school at the piano department. After some time, her debut album was recorded, called "Lubo!".
Speech at the summit
In the early spring of 1998, Pelageya became a guest of the Anthropology program, hosted by Dmitry Dibrov. It was then that the President of Russia saw her and made her a very tempting offer. For the first time in many years, a summit was held in which the heads of several countries took part: Russia, Germany and France. And at this meeting a small cultural program was supposed, namely a concert of a young singer. After this speech, they trumpeted all over the countries: he compared the young celebrity with Edith Piaf, and the Russian president even burst into tears and called the girl "a symbol of a resurgent country"! People were surprised when they found out how old Pelageya was. The singer was only 12.
Performance in a rock club, recording a cover
Seven days later, Pelageya performed at a rock club, delighting guests and journalists with the performance of her hits. Together with her, the Va-Bank group appeared on stage. In the late autumn of 1998, Pelageya contributed to the recording of an album with cover versions of Depeche Mode compositions. The girl sang the song Home. Soon, FUZZ recognized her cover as the best. In the early summer of 1999, Mstislav Rostropovich invited the singer to participate in the prestigious Swiss music festival held in Evian.
Performance in Edinburgh
August 1999 was successful for Pelageya - she was lucky enough to take part in the Fringe Edinburgh Festival. The young singer went there together with another talented girl from Ukraine - Katya Chili, they united in a group and called themselves Prodigies, so they performed together. The Edinburgh audience liked their compositions very much.
Singer Pelageya, together with the musicians who arrived with her, performed in front of a foreign audience as many as 18 times.
Recording two songs
In 1999, in the fall, the performer recorded two new songs in the capital of Ukraine: Mary Magdalene's aria from the famous opera called "Jesus Christ the Superstar" and "Evening Sacrifice" (this is the name of the Orthodox prayer). The compositions, as one would expect, turned out to be excellent.
Performances in Israel
At the beginning of the winter of 2000, the anniversary of Christianity was celebrated, and the singer, along with the Osipov Orchestra and vocalists from the Bolshoi Theater, performed at the Theater of Nations, located in the capital of Israel. And then she sang in Bethlehem, in the square near the Cathedral of the Nativity. In addition to many fans, all Orthodox Patriarchs, including Alexy II, also heard it. Again, people began to look for information about the name of the singer Pelageya, and when they found out that this was her real name, they were glad that her parents called her so beautifully. The year 2000 was generally very fruitful for the singer. Having stopped recording songs for the album, she begins to prepare for the next performances. Only one thing was upsetting: the singer did not find a producer to realize her main creative goal - to determine a musical style that would help present authentic and well-known folk compositions to a wide range of listeners.
Team building
So, Pelageya recruited a group of young people who were not indifferent to music, like herself, whose age ranged from 16 to 20 years, and began to prepare a concert program.
Moreover, the singer did not puzzle over who she was designed for. The compositions turned out to be very light and sincere, the guys played acoustic guitars, percussion, button accordion and ethnic
Performances in clubs and concerts
Initially, the singer Pelageya planned to perform in various clubs, for example, in the Chinese Pilot Zhao Da. However, it was decided to perform some compositions from this program also at the combined Kremlin pop concerts. Of course, most of the singers there just opened their mouths to the soundtrack. And the team, which is now called "Pelageya", does not even want to hear anything about her - this is not their prerogative.
This acoustic program was included in the subsequent part of the album. It contains seven compositions and is notable for the concert sound, which is so loved by the singer's fans.
Performance at the Theater Olympics and the next summit, the release of an album with romances
In 2001, the Pelageya team performed excellently at the Theater Olympics, which was organized by V. Polunin. And at the end of the summer, the singer performed her compositions at another meeting of eleven presidents of the former republics of the Soviet Union. There she performed together with Alla Pugacheva. In the autumn of the same year, an album was released with romances performed by domestic singers. These compositions were to be used in the painting "Azazel". The media announced the two best singers: Pelageya and Grebenshchikov. At the end of autumn, he arrived in the capital by chance and heard Pelageya's composition and invited her to perform the soundtrack for her new picture.
Singer Pelageya: personal life
In 2010, the wedding of the performer and Dmitry, the guy with whom she performed together in KVN, took place. And after a couple of years, the couple decided to divorce. None of them commented on this in any way, however, there is an opinion that the reason was the singer's unwillingness to have a baby and her husband's betrayal.
Now, apparently, Pelageya has found a new guy. Recently, they began to notice her in the company of an unknown man. They constantly hold hands and shine with happiness.
Do you know that…
- For many years the girl did not bear her name. The registry office workers were a little mistaken. They recorded a different name - Polina. Pelageya is not a secretive singer, and she told reporters this amazing story. Only at the age of 16, upon receiving a passport, the girl regained her real name.
- In 2008, the singer was awarded the Triumph Prize - she was awarded it for her contribution to culture.
- Pelagia - four and a half octaves.
The famous Russian folk singer Pelagia got married for the second time in the summer of 2016. The first marriage with the director of "Comedy Woman" Dmitry Efimovich broke up after two years of marriage in 2012. The hockey player Ivan Telegin became the new husband of Pelageya Khanova.
This romance and marriage caused a heated discussion on the network among the fans of the singer. The fact is that for the sake of Pelagia, the athlete left his common-law wife with a three-month-old son in her arms.
The formation of a hockey player's career
Ivan Telegin was born in 1992 in Novokuznetsk. The chosen one of Pelageya is 5 years younger than her. From childhood, Telegin's father took him to hockey, to games with the local Metallurg team. Soon the boy entered the youth sports school of this club.
In children's hockey, Ivan made progress, often taking the position of captain. Pretty fast he joined the junior team of Metallurg, together with this team he won international tournaments in Poland, Finland and Switzerland.
In 2009, the youth team of Metallurg became the champion of Russia at the junior tournament.
Having reached the age of majority, Ivan Telegin redeems his contract from Metallurg and leaves for Canada. Initially, he plays in the regional youth league, in the Saginaw Spirit team. Telegin's game was noticed, and he gets into the "Team of Young Stars".
Unkind foreign land
Ivan Telegin became interested in the NHL, the American club Atlanta Threshers chose him in the draft, but almost immediately “leased” him to the Canadian club Barry Colts. In this club, he played one season, and this year was the best in his youth career, according to Telegin himself.
Meanwhile, the Atlanta Thrashers moved to Canada, and were going to take the established striker to the main team, but still decided to let him play in the league below. He played for a few months with the St. John's IceCaps, but got injured. After that, the hockey player did not have the opportunity to play for several months.
The Winnipeg Jets, as the Atlanta Thrashers were now called, they hired a new player to take his place, deciding that Telegin would not recover.
They wanted to send Telegin on loan again, but his age no longer allowed him to play for the youth team, and the athlete himself was annoyed and disappointed.
As a result, he returned home to Russia. The club announced a disqualification to Ivan, he could not even train with top teams. In 2014, he officially became part of CSKA, where he still plays.
Back in 2012, Telegin became the silver medalist of the Youth World Championship. In 2016 Telegin was invited to the national team to participate in the Czech leg of the European Hockey Tour. Ivan Telegin is still a member of the Russian hockey team.
See you folk singer
A young wealthy athlete, Ivan liked to go to noisy parties and go to nightclubs. In one of these establishments, he noticed met stripper Evgenia Nour.
The girl was at that time in a long-term relationship with another man and was even going to marry him. But the young athlete began to seek the attention of a pretty dancer. According to Evgenia herself, he courted very beautifully, gave flowers.
Interesting Notes:
In one of these bouquets, Evgenia found a note. In it, Ivan expressed concern: "My heart shrinks from the thought that you are there."
Telegin was against her work in a nightclub, he managed to win Nour's favor and the young people began to live together.
The civil marriage lasted more than two years. The hockey player proposed to the girl, and they were going to play a wedding. In the midst of preparation, Evgenia realized that she was pregnant.
For this reason, the young decided to postpone the wedding. Throughout her pregnancy, Evgenia did not suspect anything bad. Beloved was there, and together they made plans for how Ivan would teach his son hockey.
The news of the departure of a loved one for another sounded like a bolt from the blue for Evgenia Nour. Joint pictures of Telegin and singer Pelageya appeared on the network, as well as a photo of the judge of the Voice project in a hockey t-shirt with the name Ivan.
Evgenia did not follow the publications about her man on the Internet, and a friend showed her these photos. Evgenia was in her ninth month of pregnancy. She was very upset by the betrayal, but she hoped that Ivan would walk up, change his mind and return to her. However, this did not happen and Telegin went to Pelageya completely.
Away from the tabloids
Not much is known about the history of the acquaintance of the singer and the hockey player. According to one version, they were introduced by Telegin's godmother named Kristina. It is known that after the appearance of Evgenia Nour in the program "Live" on the TV channel "Russia", Pelageya deleted all joint photos with Ivan from social networks.
In the program, Nour complained that the young father was not at all interested in the life of his son, he came one or two times a week. He rents an apartment for Evgenia and, through his godmother Christina, transfers 50,000 rubles a month for the maintenance of the child.
The public was divided into two parts. Some considered Pelageya a homemaker, building her happiness on other people's tears. Others supported the singer, some blamed Ivan. Tired of the rumors, the hockey player and singer closed their social media profiles.
Despite everything, the wedding took place in the summer of 2016. The singer speaks of her husband as a reliable and honest person whom she can rely on in everything.
In a documentary on Channel One, Pelageya denied rumors that she had taken the athlete away from her family. She admitted that at the time the couple met, Ivan considered himself a free man.
Already in January 2017, information appeared that the athlete and singer became parents. For Pelagia, this is the first child, the couple named the girl Taisia.
The singer rarely shares the details of her personal life, but on one of the TV programs, the happy mother said that her daughter looks more like her father than her.
Pelageya's work is familiar and loved by a wide range of listeners who admire her unique vocal abilities. She not only performs Russian folk songs and romances, but also processes them in a modern manner.
The folk singer is not limited to her singing career, acting as a coach-mentor in the musical television shows of Channel One. Favorite business, family and sincere attitude towards people became the most important values in her life.
Basic information from the biography
- Full real name and surname: Pelageya Khanova (Telegina);
- Date of birth: July 14, 1986 (age 31);
- Place of birth: Novosibirsk, Russia;
- Height - 163 cm; weight - 55 kg;
- Occupation: folk rock and art folk singer, performer of folk songs and romances; TV presenter;
- Family status: Married; husband - Ivan Telegin.
Development of unique abilities in childhood
The small homeland of the future singer is Novosibirsk, where she spent her childhood and youth. Parents chose the name Pelageya for her, naming her in honor of her great-grandmother, however, an error occurred during the registration of the baby, as a result of which she was recorded as Polina. The singer does not remember her father. Her mother, Svetlana Smirnova, was previously a jazz performer, but after problems with her voice, she took up directing and teaching. When the girl was two years old, her mother got married, thanks to which they settled in Leningrad. Her stepfather, the artist Andrey Khanov, quickly became attached to her and fell in love with her like his own child.
In the photo Pelageya in childhood with her mother. Pelageya grew up as a smart and intelligent girl who not only spoke with her elders on an equal footing, but also discussed philosophical topics with them. At the age of 3, she already read the satirical novel "Gargantua and Pantagruel", and at the age of 4 she also demonstrated her singing abilities, thanks to which her mother began to develop the talent of the future artist. At first she performed in a kindergarten, and then she sang at various art exhibitions, where she sang folk songs in a rather low voice. When her mother divorced her stepfather, they began to live in Novosibirsk, where young Polya studied at a music school and sang in the Transbaikal Patterns ensemble. She had little time to watch cartoons and chat with friends, but the future celebrity herself was not upset because of this, showing interest and passion for the music world.
KVN (NSU 1997). Thanks to the acquaintance with Dmitry Revyakin, known as the musician of the Kalinov Most group, the producers of Morning Star found out about the talented girl, who invited her to take part in the program. Having received the title of "Best Folk Song Performer" at the competition, she moved to Moscow, where she began to study music at the Gnessin Institute. As an 11-year-old schoolgirl, Khanova played in KVN, becoming a member of the Novosibirsk team. She also performed at the Kremlin Palace "Russia", where politicians from all over the world admired the vocal abilities of the young singer. At the age of 14, she completed the full course of the school curriculum, and then became a student at the RATI, enrolling in the pop department.
Creation of the Pelagia group
In her student years, the girl, together with her like-minded people, created the Pelageya musical group, whose debut album was released in 2003. It included such folk songs as "Lubo, brothers, lyubo", "Cossack", "Vanya was sitting on the sofa", "Party" and others. Later, the musicians began to experiment with different genres, combining folk music with rock and classical music. The singer often toured with the group, where she was the only representative of the fair sex. Her mother became the leader of the team, she wrote lyrics for songs and arranged.
In 2007, listeners also appreciated the new songs of the group (“Valenki”, “Roses”, “Nyurkina Song”, “Gossips”, “Stitches-tracks have grown over” and others), included in the new album called “Girls' Songs”. Since that time, an independent period began in the life of the singer herself, who achieved great success in her musical career. To date, six albums of the performer have been released, but she continues to work and record new compositions.
Participation in TV projects
Pelageya was not limited to singing activities, accepting invitations from television producers. In 2009, she appeared in the show "Two Stars", where she was able to demonstrate her singing in tandem with Daria Moroz. And three years later, the stage star took part in the show "Voice" on Channel One, where she took the mentor's chair. Her colleagues on the show were Alexander Gradsky, Dima Bilan and Leonid Agutin. The singer brilliantly coped with her duties, thanks to which her wards won prizes.
In 2014, she reappeared on Channel One, becoming one of the coaches and mentors of the Voice.Children music competition. Already in the third season of the project, the folk singer appeared before the audience in an updated image: she lost a few kilograms and changed her old outfits, choosing elegant suits for herself. It is not surprising that journalists noted the transformation of the beauty, thanks to which she appeared on the cover of the December issue of Cosmopolitan magazine. For the sake of slender forms, she refused harmful products, and also underwent spa treatments.
In 2004, the artist had a chance to visit the set of the film "Yesenin", where she played a cameo role. Despite the fact that she managed to work and communicate with many movie stars, after the release of this picture, Pelageya decided not to act anymore and only deal with music. In 2014, she managed to try herself in a new role by reading the text behind the scenes in the TV movie “Alexandra Pakhmutova. An unfamiliar star shines. This work brought her pleasure, so she agreed to voice a fairy-tale character in the cartoon "Flap Your Wing".
Family and childbirth
Pelageya's personal life did not immediately bring her happiness and harmony in relationships. Her first marriage was registered in 2010, and then the director of Comedy Woman, Dmitry Efimovich, became her husband, whom she met during the years of her participation in KVN. But the family idyll lasted only two years, and the couple filed for divorce. In 2016, there were rumors about her romance with hockey player Ivan Telegin. Soon, young people stopped hiding their relationship and often appeared together at various events. In the same year, after the end of the World Cup, the lovers got married, however, few people knew about their wedding. At that time, the singer had to protect her relationship from attacks, claiming that she did not destroy her lover's former family.
In the photo Pelageya with her husband hockey player Ivan Telegin. After the wedding, she began to prepare for an important role in her life - motherhood, which is why she left the Voice show and practically did not perform on stage. In early 2017, Pelageya gave birth to her first child: she named her daughter Taisiya. The singer did not stay on maternity leave for a long time and a year after giving birth, she started working. She was able to regain her previous weight in a matter of months, captivating the public with her excellent appearance.
Ivan Telegin (right) walking with his daughter Taisiya. YouTube photo. Now the celebrity is trying to plan her work schedule, successfully combining motherhood and career. In order to develop the baby's ear for music, Pelageya learns children's songs with her and often turns on classical music. She does not mind if Taisiya follows in her footsteps and pursues a musical career. The singer tries to devote time to her husband, being present whenever possible at the matches of his team. She is not jealous of Ivan's fans, but to all the rumors about parting with her husband, she replies that everything is fine in their family.
The rival of the recently born singer hoped to the last that the hockey player Telegin would return to her
The rival of the recently born singer hoped to the last that the hockey player Telegin would return to her
On January 21, the popular singer PELAGEYA became a mother for the first time. Her fans learned about this during the KHL hockey "star game" in Ufa, where her husband, 24-year-old striker of CSKA and the Russian national team Ivan TELEGIN, was presented with a tumbler with a congratulatory inscription. Happy dad literally hovered over the ice, now and then shaking the club like a baby, apparently, saying hello to his beloved, who this time could not attend the game. And then he could not stand it and confessed: a daughter was born, they named Taisia. He didn't say another word. But the former common-law wife of Ivan, whom he left with the child for the sake of Pelageya, did not remain silent and spoke about how their relationship is developing now.
A scandalous story in which, unexpectedly for everyone, the ex-mentor of the show “Voice” and “Voice. Children, "everyone is still procrastinating: charming Fields (real name Pelagia) took the hockey player away Ivan Telegin from a family where the baby had just been born.
In the hope of returning a common-law husband, a 26-year-old Evgenia Nour I even decided to make a public confession in one of the talk shows, but in the end I was still left with nothing.
If I knew that after that program so much criticism would fall upon me, I would never go there, - Zhenya sighs. - Even Ivan's sister, with whom we communicated very closely, suddenly began to write on social networks that I could not be trusted. Why she climbs, I do not understand. Moreover, she herself has not communicated with her brother for two years - they had a serious conflict. By the way, I tried to reconcile them with Vanya, because Katya, like no one else, knows who Telegin really is. He is a strange man: today he says one thing, and tomorrow - quite another.
- I know that some even doubted that you really gave birth to a baby from Telegin. Isn't it embarrassing?
Yes, some crazy people study photos of my son almost under a microscope, and then send their conclusions. Like, why the boy's eyes are not the same as Ivan's? But I do not pay attention to this - I myself know the truth, and Telegin has no doubts about this. Otherwise he wouldn't give me a penny.
You used to complain that the money that Ivan gives you is sorely lacking. Has the situation changed now?
Initially, he gave 50 thousand a month, sometimes less. I thought that this was enough to rent an apartment and support a small child. It did not suit me, but Ivan refused to discuss it with me. Even after the TV broadcast, he was in no hurry to solve the problem, he only scribbled angry text messages to me: they say, well, have you disgraced the whole country? Fortunately, my lawyer managed to negotiate with him, and now Telegin pays me and my son the amount that we can normally exist on. Naturally, when Mark grows up a little, I plan to go to work. Doesn't intend to be kept.
Does the father even see the child?
I do not want to offend anyone, so I will answer this way: extremely rarely. Do not communicate with Mark and Telegin's parents. In fact, I myself would like to look Ivan in the eyes, ask - why did he do this to us? But he simply avoids it. I think he's ashamed of cheating and living with two women at the same time. After all, it turns out that Pelageya became pregnant just a month after I gave birth to Ivan Mark. Is it normal?
- Didn't you even suspect that your husband had an affair on the side?
- We were together for 3.5 years, we were fine, and suddenly everything ends abruptly. A month before Mark was born, I went into labor. The doctors insisted that I go to the hospital. While I was in conservation, I thought that they were waiting for us and loved us at home, but when my son was born, everything changed dramatically. Ivan left, saying nasty things to me, while not really explaining anything. I think that all this month his godmother “worked” him well - he himself would not have thought of this. It was she who brought Telegin to Pelageya, because she herself is from the world of show business and has long been friends with Polina. Apparently, at some point this woman did not like me, so she decided to introduce her godson to another. Nobody even thought of me. When all this happened, I almost lost my mind. She was so upset that she couldn't eat or sleep. She even started to faint. It's good that there were friends nearby who supported me. Of course, there were those who did not spare my nerves, and now and then reported: “Your one is now on fire in the club with Pelageya.” I hoped to the last that he would take a walk and come back. But this did not happen.
- The other day Ivan became a dad for the second time ...
Well what can I say? I am very glad that a new person has appeared in the world. In fact, I try to stay away from their family - all this was too hard for me. Although, of course, it’s impossible to completely move away: every now and then I get insults and even threats from Pelagia’s fans. For some reason, they think that I somehow offended her. On that program, they put me up as an almost fallen woman who specially became pregnant from Telegin, gave birth to his son and forcibly tries to keep him, while destroying the happiness of the great singer. But no one knows that Ivan walked in a terrible way while I was in storage. He always loved fun, noisy parties, clubs. We actually met there. At that time, I was not free - I had a serious relationship with another man. But Ivan courted me so persistently and wooed me for almost half a year that I gave up. And what is the result? He was fine with me until I "fell out of the cage" due to pregnancy. I know Ivan very well - everyone should live by his rules: if he is having fun, everyone around him should also smile and light up. He's just young, he hasn't worked up yet. I'm sure even now he doesn't realize what he's done.
- And you didn’t manage to explain yourself to Pelageya herself? Did she not understand that she was breaking up the family?
- She asked this question a million times and could not understand why she decided on this, because outwardly she seems very decent and kind. I do not think that Ivan could hang noodles on the ears of an adult woman. I think she just fell head over heels in love with him. Ivan knows how to achieve, knows how to seduce a girl. If he likes someone, he will do everything to draw attention to himself. So he seemed to be able to charm the strict mother of Pelageya. Although in fact, I think, she accepted the choice of her daughter philosophically: he is young, strong, healthy, promising - you can give birth to such a man. There are no men left in showbiz for a long time, and the woman's biological clock is ticking. Apparently, my mother weighed everything and realized: you need to take it. So it’s not me, not Pelageya, who is to blame for our situation, but only Ivan. It remains to be hoped that he went berserk and settled down. Although, to be honest, it's hard to believe - the wrong person is Telegin.
