Zoya Nikolayevna Rozhdestvenskaya (Russian: Зоя Николаевна Рождественская; 16 August 1906 — 8 November 1953) was a Soviet singer,[1] a holder of the title of Meritorious Artist of the RSFSR.[2] She was the original performer of the song "Moya Moskva" ("My Moscow") that many years later became the hymn of Moscow.[3] (She was the one who sang on the first recording of the song.)

Zoya Rozhdestvenskaya portrait, 1950

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  1. ^ Yuri Kuvaldin. Собрание сочинений в десяти томах, Том 8.
    Наша улица, Выпуски 1-6. Книжный сад. 2005.
  2. ^ Elizaveta Uvarova (ed.). Эстрада в России. XX век : энциклопедия.
  3. ^ Yuri Kuvaldin. Собрание сочинений в десяти томах, Том 8.
    Наша улица, Выпуски 1-6. Книжный сад. 2005.

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