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{{Short description|Russian singer (born 1986)}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox musical artist  <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name             = Pelageya
| native_name      = {{nobold|Пелагея}}
| native_name_lang = rus
| image            = Концерт Крокус сити P0716v.jpg
| caption          = Pelageya in 2012
| background       = solo_singer
| birth_name       = Polina Sergeyevna Smirnova<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://7days.ru/caravan-collection/2016/12/andrey-khanov-nemnogo-o-pelagee.htm|title=Андрей Ханов. Немного о Пелагее|website=7days.ru|access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref>
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1986|7|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place      = {{nowrap|[[Novosibirsk]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], USSR}}
| genre            = [[Folk rock]], [[Folk music|folk]], [[art rock]]
| occupation       = Singer
| years_active     = Late 1990s – present
| label            = FeeLee Records, Soyuz, Misteria Zvuka
}}
'''Pelageya Sergeyevna Telegina''' ({{langx|ru|link=no|Пелаге́я Серге́евна Теле́гина}}; before marriage '''Pelageya Sergeyevna Khanova'''; born '''Polina Sergeyevna Smirnova'''; 14 July 1986), known mononymously as '''Pelageya''', is а Russian singer. She sings folk-songs from different nations in different languages, [[Russian romance|romances]] and compositions written by the members of her group, mostly in rock arrangements.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://english.pelagea.ru/biography |title=''Pelageya Khanova – Biography (from official site)'' |access-date=21 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313214505/http://english.pelagea.ru/biography |archive-date=13 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=bio/> [[Merited Artist of the Russian Federation|Honored Artists of the Russian Federation]] (2018).
==Life and career==
Pelageya's mother, Svetlana Gennadiyevna Khanova ({{langx|ru|link=no|Светлана Геннадьевна Ханова}}), formerly a jazz-singer, theatre director and performing arts instructor, is now a producer and art director of her daughter's band.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.za-partoi.ru/pelageya.html|title=Воспитание детей – это тоже творчество|last=Хальзова|first=Анастасия |work=Здоровье школьника (№9 2008)|access-date=9 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326193736/http://www.za-partoi.ru/pelageya.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 March 2012}}</ref> Pelageya's father is unknown. Her last name ''Khanova'' is the surname of her mother's last husband.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trud.ru/article/21-01-2010/235310_pelageja_na_televidenii_i_bez_menja_tesno/print|title=Пелагея: "На телевидении и без меня тесно"|author=Бирюков Сергей|date=21 January 2010|work=[[Trud (Russian newspaper)|Труд]]|access-date=9 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510201403/http://www.trud.ru/article/21-01-2010/235310_pelageja_na_televidenii_i_bez_menja_tesno/print|url-status=live|archive-date=10 May 2011}}</ref> At the age of eight, Pelageya entered the musical school attached to Novosibirsk Conservatoire. At nine she was awarded the title "Best folk-singer of Russia in 1996" at a television contest.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.pelagea.ru/biography|title=Пелагея Ханова – Биография – Рождение фолк-этно-рок певицы и создание группы|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210050910/http://www.pelagea.ru/biography|url-status=live|archive-date=10 February 2012}}</ref>
In 1997, she sang at [[Moscow's 850th Anniversary Pageant]] concert, was the sole performer at the Heads of Government of Three States Summit ([[Jacques Chirac]], [[Helmut Kohl]], [[Boris Yeltsin]])<ref name="Vunderkind">Вундеркинды. Телефильм. ООО «Альфа-фильм». Канал «[[Rossiya 1]]». Автор сценария — Юлия Семёнова, режиссёр — Илья Цветков, 2006. фрагмент с 14:10 по 20:32</ref> and participated in [[KVN]] TV show as a member of [[Novosibirsk State University]] team.
In July 1999, she was invited by [[Mstislav Rostropovich]] to a musical festival in France alongside [[Evgeny Kissin]], [[Ravi Shankar]], [[B.B. King]].<ref name="Moskovskie_novosti_1999">{{cite web|url=http://datarhiv.ru/51/136|author=Грум-Гржимайло Тамара|title=Безудержный Ростропович|date=6 July 1999|publisher=[[Moskovskiye Novosti]]|access-date=27 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017022318/http://datarhiv.ru/51/136|archive-date=17 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> In an interview to a French newspaper [[Galina Vishnevskaya]] – Rostropovich's wife –  called her then "a future of the world's opera".<ref name="newizv_2006">[http://www.newizv.ru/news/2006-03-06/41803/ ''Новые известия'' 2006-03-06] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20140121193838/http://www.newizv.ru/culture/2006-03-06/41803-pevica-pelageja.html |date=21 January 2014 }} Певица Пелагея. Я хочу делать модную русскую музыку</ref> In 2000 Pelageya assembled a band under her name.
In 2009, Pelageya was awarded the title "Best female soloist of the year" according to [[Nashe Radio]].
In 2015 she was awarded "Best Folk Artist" at the [[Russian National Music Award]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-12-11|title=Вручена Первая российская национальная музыкальная премия|url=https://www.intermedia.ru/news/288392|access-date=2020-08-02|website=Intermedia News Russia|language=ru}}</ref>
After the birth of her daughter, she returned to music by taking part in the anniversary concert of [[Nikolay Rastorguyev]], the leader of the band [[Lyube]], where she performed the song "Конь" ("Horse") in a duet with him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://capelino.com/pelagia-for-the-first-time-after-the-birth-came-on-the-scene/|title=Pelagia for the first time after the birth came on the scene – Celebrity News|website=Capelino.com|access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref>
== Personal life ==
In 2010, Pelageya married Dmitry Efimovich, a television director. They divorced two years later. In 2016 she married Russian hockey player [[Ivan Telegin]]. They have a daughter Taisiya  ({{langx|ru|link=no|Таисия}}). In December 2019, Pelageya announced on Instagram her separation from Telegin.
== Discography ==
* 2003 — ''Pelageya'' (Пелагея)
* 2007 — ''Maid's songs'' (Девушкины песни)
* 2009 — ''Siberian drive'' (Сибирский драйв)
* 2010 — ''Paths'' (Тропы)
== Band members ==
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* Pelageya – vocals
* Pavel Deshura – guitar, back vocals, arrangement – died on 15 July 2022, aged 36.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.starhit.ru/novosti/umer-odin-iz-muzyikantov-pelagei-280704/|title=Умер один из музыкантов Пелагеи |language=ru|website=Starhit.ru|access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref>
* Konstantin Polyakov, since 08.14.22 – guitar
* Svetlana Khanova – producer, lyrics, arrangement, audio mixing
* Anton Dashkin – drums
* Alexander (Sanya) Savinykh – bass guitar, back vocals
* Anton Tsypkin — [[bayan (accordion)|bayan]] (accordion), keyboards
* Sergey Poluboyarinov – sound director
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.pelagea.ru/ Official site]
* {{IMDb name|3027278}}
* {{discogs artist|Пелагея}}
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[[Category:1986 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Russian folk-pop singers]]
[[Category:Russian folk musicians]]
[[Category:Russian child singers]]
[[Category:20th-century Russian women singers]]
[[Category:21st-century Russian women singers]]
[[Category:Russian National Music Award winners]]
[[Category:Honored Artists of the Russian Federation]]