Vera Brezhneva
| Vera Brezhneva | |
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During group concert (2006)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Vera Viktorovna Galushka Віра Вікторівна Галушка Вера Викторовна Галушка |
| Born |
3 February 1982 Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
| Genres | Pop, Pop rock, Doo-wop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, presenter, actress |
| Years active | 2003–2007 (Nu Virgos) 2008–present (solo) |
| Associated acts | Verka Serduchka, Valeriy Meladze, TNMK, Diskoteka Avariya, Dan Balan |
| Website | Official Website |
Vera Viktorovna Galushka (Ukrainian: Віра Вікторівна Галушка; Russian: Вера Викторовна Галушка; born 3 February 1982), better known by her stage name Vera Brezhneva (Russian: Вера Брежнева), is a Ukrainian and Russian pop-singer, television presenter and actress.
Vera was born on 3 February 1982 in Dniprodzerzhynsk, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union. Her parents were not involved in the music or entertainment business. Her father, Viktor, worked in a chemical factory. Vera's mother, Tamara, who had graduated from medical school, worked in the same factory as Vera's father. Vera has three sisters: one older (Halyna) and two younger (Nastya and Vika, twins). She bought a flat for her parents in Boryspil, a town close to Kiev. The father of Vera's daughter (Sonia) is Vitaliy Voychenko, to whom Vera was married for a few years. She earned a degree by correspondence from the faculty of economics of the Dnepropetrovsk Institute of Railway Engineering.
In 2002, Brezhneva was invited to a casting organized to find a girl to replace Alena Vinnitskaya and she won. In January 2003 Nu Virgos started performing in the new configuration (Nadiya, Anna and Vera) that, due to its amazing popularity, gained the name of "the golden line up".
In July 2007, Brezhneva decided to have a break from the band, which ended in December 2007 with the official announcement of her leaving Nu Virgos. Vera was replaced in the group by Tatiana Kotova.
Brezhneva was the presenter of the Russian version of the Power of 10 game-show called Магия 10-ти (lit. Magic of 10), which ran on Channel One Russia for two seasons from 7 January 2008 to 31 August 2008.
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