Brezhnev’s favorite singer Alexandra Strelchenko: “Zykina took away my songs”

Alexandra Strelchenko / gp.by Alexandra Strelchenko died in Moscow at the age of 83 after a long illness, stroke and road accident.

The Russian Song Theater reports that the artist has died on behalf of Nadezhda Babkina and the theater staff.

“The whole life of this talented woman was devoted to music and folk culture. She worthily continued the singing traditions laid down by Lydia Ruslanova, Olga Kovaleva, and Nadezhda Plevitskaya. At the same time, Alexandra Ilyinichna, over the years of creative activity, acquired an original style of performance, becoming a true professional in her field, a great populist singer.

Biography and personal life of Alexandra Strelchenko

Strelchenko was born on February 2, 1937 in the Dnepropetrovsk region in the village. Chaplino. She had an older sister and a younger brother. When their parents died during World War II, their aunt took in their older sister, and the younger ones ended up in an orphanage. After school, she worked as a nanny in a kindergarten, then graduated from the Leningrad Pedagogical School. In 1958, she decided to devote herself to a musical career.

Her first husband was KGB Major General Vladimir Chekalov, with whom she “didn’t have time” to have children, her second was drummer Vladimir Morozov, with whom she decided not to have children. Therefore, in her free time, the singer did a lot of things and was captivated by art.

She became a favorite performer with Khrushchev and Brezhnev, and was regularly invited to semi-formal events. In the last 10 years, she almost did not engage in art due to illness. In the 90s and 00s she was involved in training a new generation of artists.

Strelnikova, Alexandra Nikolaevna

The first application for an author's certificate for the invention “ Method of treating asthma with breathing exercises”

"was submitted by Alexandra Severovna Strelnikova. The application was registered by the Bureau of Inventions of the Technical Council of the People's Commissariat of Health of the USSR on April 29, 1941 and sent for examination, but the Great Patriotic War prevented the receipt of a certificate[6].

The copyright certificate with priority dated March 14, 1972 was eventually received by her daughter Alexandra Nikolaevna. The invention was called “ Method for treating diseases associated with loss of voice.”

"[7]. The magazine “Inventor and Innovator” was the first to talk about breathing exercises in 1975, publishing photographs of Andrei Mironov performing the exercises[8]. A year later, the entire set of exercises was published there[9][10].

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One of those who restored his voice thanks to Strelnikova’s help was the later famous singer Igor Talkov. Alexandra Nikolaevna helped him restore his vocal cords, damaged in childhood by chronic laryngitis, and improve his voice, because before the course of therapy, Talkov could not sing more than one song per performance [11][12][13].

Alla Pugacheva uses Strelnikova's gymnastics. According to its producer, in Soviet music schools this gymnastics was recommended for vocalists to warm up[14].

Research by specialists

Research on the effectiveness of Strelnikova’s gymnastics was carried out at the Central Clinic No. 1 of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, at the 9th Garrison Clinic of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, at the Clinical Diagnostic Center of Children's City Clinic No. 69 and the Central Research Institute of Tuberculosis [15] [ affiliated source? 432 days

].

Y. A. Trofimova and Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor N. V. Minnikova from Kemerovo State University conducted Strelnikova gymnastics classes for 20 preschoolers aged 6-7 years in 2017. After the experimental use of Strelnikova’s gymnastics, the Stange test increased by approximately 30%, and the vital capacity of the lungs after 9 months of using gymnastics increased by almost 300 ml. The number of diseases per child fell to 2.1, that is, more than 2 times, compared with the same period before the experiment, and the average duration of diseases decreased from 6.5 to 4.1 days[16].

Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor E. A. Kiseleva from the Kama State Academy of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism noted that no breathing exercises in general (including gymnastics by A. N. Strelnikova) “cannot be useful to all people without exception.” For her study, she formed experimental and control groups of patients with bronchial asthma, consisting of 10 people each (6 women and 4 men) aged 40-50 years. Having studied a number of parameters in 2008, she came to the conclusion: “A comparative analysis of the impact of the respiratory system of A. N. Strelnikova and the standard method of exercise therapy on the physical condition of patients with bronchial asthma established that according to all the results of the study, the indicators of the experimental group were higher than the control group. ... The increase in the studied results indicates the positive impact of classes according to the system of A.N. Strelnikova”[17].

Associate Professor of the Department of Sports Medicine of the Russian State University of Physical Education and Sports, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Professor of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences A. B. Miroshnikov and the head of this department, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences A. V. Smolensky in 2012 conducted an experiment with the participation of 20 people - not athletes with the main diagnosis "stage II hypertension." The experiment showed that the inclusion of Strelnikova’s breathing exercises in the rehabilitation program contributed to a more pronounced decrease and stabilization of SBP at rest, with the difference being 72.7% relative to the control group[18].

Master's student Arul Vimala from Tamil Nadu Dr. Medical University. MGR Medical University (English)Russian in Chennai, India, in 2012, studied the effectiveness of Strelnikov breathing exercises in two groups of 30 children with lower respiratory tract infections. The experimental group trained for 5 days, 3 times a day, and the control group received usual treatment. She concluded: “The study results showed that Strelnikova’s breathing exercises were beneficial; there was a significant decrease in respiratory symptoms and improvement in respiratory parameters in the experimental group in children with infectious diseases of the lower respiratory tract"[19]. In 2021, D. Padmaja and Associate Professor S. Gomathi from NRI College of Nursing, Guntur, India, came to similar conclusions as a result of their research[20].

Career and songs of Alexandra Strelchenko

Alexandra Strelchenko began her musical career by working at the Lipetsk Philharmonic from 1959 to 1963. Since 1963, she worked in Moscow, completing a year-long internship at the All-Russian Creative Workshop of Pop Art.

Since 1964, she became a soloist of the Mosconcert, and also received the position of hurcur of the Folk Art Workshop in the Estrada Concert Association.

From 1976 to 1980 she studied at the Gnessin Music and Pedagogical Institute.

In 2002, she headed the department of solo folk singing at the Moscow University of Culture.

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She became the chairman and member of the jury in the Solo Folk Singing category at the Delphic Folk Games and also collaborated with the Osipov National Orchestra of Russian Folk Instruments.

Childhood and youth

Sasha was born on 02/02/1937 at the station. Chaplino, Dnepropetrovsk region. Dad, Ilya Evgenievich , died at the front in 1941. Mom, Polina Pavlovna , during the war years tried her best to make the life of her three children easier: the eldest daughter Valentina , the middle daughter Sasha and their younger brother Anatoly . Apparently this undermined the mother’s health, and she died before the end of the war.

Relatives were only able to shelter Valya. Alexandra and her brother ended up in an orphanage.

to become a teacher herself . She entered the Leningrad Pedagogical Institute. A.I. Herzen. While studying at the correspondence department of the preschool faculty, the girl got a job as a teacher in a kindergarten. This brought in at least some income and allowed me to get involved in the profession in practice.

But, apparently, pedagogy could not captivate Alexandra. In 1958, she saw a concert of a folk choir from Voronezh. She convinced the artistic director to listen to her and got into the team. I was finished with my studies at the institute. From this moment on, Strelchenko’s entire life will be devoted to music.

Alexandra Strelchenko in her youth

Brief biography of the singer

1. 1959 – 1962 – the young artist performs at the Lipetsk and Kursk Philharmonic Societies.
2. 1962 – Alexandra represents the Soviet Union at the VIII Festival of Youth and Students in Finland.
3. 1963 – having studied with People’s Artist Irma Yaunzem, the singer makes her debut at the capital’s Variety Theater, in the program “Once in a Lifetime You Happen to Be 18.”
4. 1964 – Alexandra Ilyinichna goes to work at Mosconcert, where she will work almost until the end of her life.
5. 1965 – a musical number was shot for Strelchenko’s song “The New Year is coming, coming” for “Blue Light” using combined filming. In the story, the singer rides a horse-drawn troika through a winter forest, and carries Father Frost in a sleigh.
6. 1968 – the vocalist becomes a laureate of the song competition at the IX Festival of Youth and Students in Bulgaria, receiving, in addition to the award, a gold medal.
7. 1971 - at a competition in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, the artist was awarded a silver medal for 2nd place, awarded after she performed, in a radio recording, the Russian folk song “Bela Zorenka”.
8. 1972 - the All-Union record company releases the gramophone record “Alexandra Strelchenko Sings.” In the same year she was awarded the honorary title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR.
9. 1975 – 1980 - the singer studies at a higher educational institution named after the Gnessin sisters - the Music and Pedagogical Institute - where her teachers were L.L. Bazilevich and E.K. Gedevanov.
10. 1976 – release of the album “Russian Folk Songs”.
11. 1984 – another premiere of Alexandra Ilyinichna – the gramophone record “Native Tunes”. For her services to music, the singer is awarded the honorary title of People's Artist of the RSFSR.
12. 1986 – Ivan Kozlovsky, in an interview with the magazine “Selskaya Nov”, spoke positively about Strelchenko’s amazing quality of not imitating or counterfeiting folk art. The singer said that he thinks that her performance of songs sounds the same as it did hundreds of years ago.
13. Mid-1990s - the singer had an accident with her second husband. After that, she was plagued by pain in her spine and hip joint all her life.
14. 1998 – a CD and audio cassette with songs by the national artist are released, under the general title “Two Flowers on the Window.”
15. 2000 – Alexandra Ilyinichna takes part in a concert dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Lydia Ruslanova, in her homeland, Saratov.
16. 2002 – A.I. Strelchenko, being a professor at the Moscow University of Culture, heads the department of solo singing there.
17. 2003 – the singer participates in the “Voices of Russia” music singing festival, held in Smolensk.
18. 2005 – Alexandra Strelchenko releases the CD “Autumn is Knocking on the Window,” which includes her original and Russian folk songs, performed by her in different periods of her creative work.
19. 02.2008 - in the Concert Hall. P.I. Tchaikovsky, in Moscow, a benefit concert of the People's Artist was held.
20. 2017 – information appeared in the media that the singer was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
21. 2019 – On March 7, Alexandra Ilyinichna was found unconscious in her apartment. The woman was found by her godson and student Nikolai Buryanovsky. The cause of this condition was not disclosed to outsiders. It is known that the ambulance crew that arrived to the call did not hospitalize the patient.
22. August 2, 2019 – Alexandra Strelchenko died. Three days later the funeral took place. After saying goodbye to the artist, which took place at the Troyekurovo Funeral Home, she was buried at the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery.

Personal life

Strelchenko first got married at the age of 30. Her husband was a major general of state security. Vladimir Yakovlevich Chekalov , that was the husband's name, was 13 years older than Alexandra and had 3 children. By the time he met Alexandra Ilyinichna, he was already a widower. They said about the general that he was involved in particularly important matters and even took part in the removal of the First Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee Nikita Khrushchev.

First husband - Vladimir Chekalov

The couple lived happily, but it all ended when the news came about the death of Vladimir Yakovlevich while performing an official assignment. This happened in 1969. The singer was a wife for 2 years... The wife never found out about the circumstances of her husband’s death.

For the second time, Alexandra married her drummer Vladimir Morozov . She did not hide the fact that their life could not be called married. The husband and wife were simply business partners. They were connected by creative activity, and Morozov, having become the singer’s director, organized her tours.

Second husband - Vladimir Morozov

Strelchenko never gave birth to children. She was unable to give birth to her first husband, or maybe she didn’t have time. She could not allow her second husband, who was of no interest as a man, to become the father of her child.