Larisa Dolina

Larisa Aleksandrovna Dolina (, , née Kudelman, Кудельман, formerly Mionchinskaya, Миончинская; born 10 September 1955) is a Russian jazz and pop singer and actress. She was awarded the Order of Honour in 2005. Biography Dolina was born on 10 September 1955, in Baku to an Azerbaijani Jewish family. Her father, Aleksandr Markovich Kudelman, was a construction worker, her mother, Galina Izrailevna Kudelman (née Dolina), a seamstress. When Dolina was three, the family moved to Odesa. At six, she began attending a music school where she studied the cello. Dolina's musical career began in 1971 in the performance group "My Odessity" (We are Odesa Natives). She then worked as lead singer for the "State Performing Orchestra of Armenia", the "State Performing Orchestra of Azerbaijan", and the performing group "Sovremennik" (Contemporary). In 1981, Dolina performed together with Weyland Rodd as part of the "Anthology of jazz vocals" tour.