Svetlana Orlova

Svetlana Vladimirovna Orlova, using the professional name Svetlana Solo (born 15 September 1970) is a Russian artist, journalist, and teacher. She is a full member (academician) of the European Academy of Natural Sciences (EANS), Section of Cultural Sciences (2019). Holder of the Order of "Unity" "Deeds in favor of peoples" for activities in field of culture of the United Nations Organization, the European Committee on decorations and gratuities (2008). Biography Orlova was born on 15 September 1970 as Svetlana Vladimirovna Kholomova in a so called "Stalin's settlement" in the city of Ghafurov, in what was then the Leninabad Region in the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, in the Soviet Union. She studied at school No. 19, and began drawing in childhood. There was no School of Arts in the city, so she studied the basics of academic drawing from books. During her childhood and teenage years she was attracted by astronomy, poetry, and mountain hiking. The basketball trainer, Remzi Yusufovich Ibragimov played a large role in development of Svetlana's personality. Svetlana graduated from secondary school holding Mastery Certificate for Basketball. School records noted that she was "… Capable, talented, active. Uncontrollable by character and willful...". The development of her character was influenced by number of factors including her place of residence. "Stalin’s settlement" was populated by exiled Koreans, Germans, Crimean Tartars and other people. Settlement was near to closed city of Chkalovsk-30, now known as Buston. In 2001 she graduated from Moscow City Pedagogic University named after M.A. Sholokhov, Arts and Graphics Department. Svetlana uses the professional name "Solo Svetlana" (part of surname). She began to work as representative of art community under surname Solodovnikova until 2014.