Real name: Прасковья Андреевна Лейкина = Praskovya Andreyevna Leykina

Effective period / Period of releases: 1943 - 1984

Lidia Ruslanova was a Soviet folk singer, born 1900 in the village of Chernavka (now Saratov region). She attended and graduated from the Saratov Conservatory. She took singing lessons from M.E. Medvedeva.
Ruslanova toured the country during the civil war giving performances to the Red Army. She also gave concerts during the WWII, totalling more than 1100 concerts. She died on 21st September 1973 in Moscow.