Mykolas Orbakas: biography of the artist, personal life, interesting facts

Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite - popular Russian and Soviet pop singer, theater and film actress. In 2013 she received the title Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. Member of the International Union of Pop Artists. From early childhood, Kristina Orbakaite pursued a creative career. Daughter of the Diva of the Russian and Soviet stage - Alla Borisovna Pugachev.

Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite

Over decades of creative activity, Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite has starred in various musicals, films, and TV series. She was involved in the filming of television programs, projects, and television shows. Kristina Orbakaite's repertoire includes more than one hundred and fifty songs. Every song became a real hit. For her work, talent and inspiration, Kristina Orbakaite has repeatedly become a prize-winner of various song competitions. The Russian pop singer has received many awards, prizes, and medals, both in the Russian Federation and in foreign countries.

Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite - Honored Artist of the Russian Federation

Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite has millions of fans all over the world. She continues to be actively involved in creativity today. The artist can often be seen on the pages of glossy magazines.

Childhood and youth of Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite

Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite was born in Moscow on May 25, 1971 . The parents of the future Soviet and Russian artist were also creative personalities. Kristina Orbakaite's mother, Alla Borisovna Pugacheva, is a Russian Diva. The woman was often called the queen of Russian pop culture. Pugacheva was a singer, actress and public figure. At the time of Kristina Orbakaite’s birth, her mother was an aspiring singer, her career was just beginning to emerge.

Little Kristina Orbakaite with her mother Alla Pugacheva

Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite’s father, Mykolas Edmundas Orbakas, also devoted his entire life to creative activity. The man was an artist of the original genre. Mikolas was a talented director and artist of the Lithuanian theater. Kristina Orbakaite had a paternal half-brother. Younger brother - Fabianas Orbakas.

From a very early age, Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite connected her life with creativity. It’s not surprising, because both mom and dad worked on the stage. Orbakaite spent her childhood in a Lithuanian village called Sventoji. The small village was located near the Baltic Sea. When the future artist was four years old, her parents, Alla Borisovna and Mykolas Orbakas, divorced. However, despite the divorce, Orbakas visited his daughter almost every day, walked with her and gave her gifts.

Young Kristina Orbakaite with her mother Alla Pugacheva

Soon both Pugacheva and Orbakas began a very busy touring schedule. Little Christina's parents were practically never at home. Therefore, for several years, Kristina Orbakaite grew up with her paternal grandparents in the village of Sventoji. Sometimes young Christina was brought to Moscow, where she was looked after by her maternal grandmother, Zinaida Arkhipovna. Living in Moscow, Orbakaite devoted all her free time to playing the piano. The future Russian singer was helped in this by her grandmother Zinaida.

Kristina Orbakaite at ballet school

It's time to send little Kristina Orbakaite to school. Alla Borisovna Pugacheva wanted her daughter to receive the best education. Therefore, young Christina’s educational years were spent in a special lyceum with an English bias in Moscow. Studying was easy for the girl; she mastered all school subjects without any difficulties.

Little Christina studied at an English special school

Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite devoted all her free time to creativity. After school, the girl attended vocal lessons from an experienced teacher and also practiced piano. Alla Borisovna Pugacheva tried to comprehensively develop her daughter. In this regard, she often took Christina to various exhibitions, museums, art galleries, and concerts. Once the Diva attended a performance at the Bolshoi Theater with Kristina Orbakaite. The girl was delighted with the beauty of the ballet. She dreamed of studying ballet and in the future also performing on the stage of the Bolshoi.

Kristina Orbakaite - in an English special school

Alla Pugacheva doubted for a long time, but soon she finally listened to her daughter’s requests and took her to a ballet school. The admissions committee of the ballet school was delighted with the physical abilities of young Christina. The girl had plasticity, flexibility and had a good figure. Christina was accepted into the ballet school without any doubt. For a long period of time, the future artist lived in a Lithuanian village called Sventoji. Therefore, her parents were often forced to take her to Moscow for classes at a ballet school.

Kristina Orbakaite in childhood and now

Initially, Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite really liked studying at ballet school. However, a year later the artist’s interest in choreography disappeared. Christina got fed up and decided to leave this establishment. Despite this, Orbakaite’s choreographic background still came in handy many years later. The artist became a member of a ballet group called “Recital”. As you know, this group was organized by Christina’s mother, Alla Borisovna Pugacheva.

Kristina Orbakaite with her mother Alla Pugacheva

In addition, Kristina Orbakaite toured with members of Alla Dukhova’s group “Todes” .

Kristina Orbakaite: personal life, family

When the mother of the unborn child is the bright pop star Alla Pugacheva, and the father is the famous artist Mykolas Orbakas, then such a talent as little Christina is born. An event occurred in Moscow on May 25, 1971. The newly-made parents were busy with their careers, so the grandparents were involved in raising little Orbakaite.

She lived for several years near the Baltic waters, and then in Moscow. Christina studied in-depth English at the Lyceum. The girl grew up and gradually gained popularity, showing acting and musical abilities.

The beginning of the creative career of Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite

In 1978, young Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite performed her first vocal performance. At that time, the girl was only seven years old. The growing artist performed a song called “The Sun Is Laughing” in the program “Merry Notes.” For the first time, a future celebrity managed to appear on television at such an early age. Despite her young age, the growing singer performed excellently. She was not afraid of cameras or directors. The audience was also delighted with the little talent.

During the same period, Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite performed with her mother Alla Pugacheva. The artists sang a duet of the popular song “And you know, everything will still be” based on the poems of Veronica Tushnova.

Kristina Orbakaite at a concert in Smolensk, 2013

In 1983, Kristina Orbakaite performed Igor Nikolaev’s song “Let Them Talk” in the popular television program “Morning Mail”. In 1984, Pugacheva’s young daughter became one of the participants in the ballet “Recital”. As you know, it was led by Alla Borisovna Pugacheva herself. Christina devoted all her free time to this ballet. Note that the girl was the main soloist. “Recital” was at the peak of its popularity, they had many fans. As part of the ballet, Kristina Orbakaite toured and visited various cities.

Kristina Orbakaite - pop star

Musical career of Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite

The musical career of Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite developed rapidly. Thanks to her talent and famous mother, the girl quickly won the hearts of thousands. The personality of the Diva’s daughter was discussed not only in the Soviet Union, but also in foreign countries.

Kristina Orbakaite's solo career began in 1992. The artist performed at the legendary “Christmas meetings” of Alla Borisovna Pugacheva. The daughter of the Russian Diva presented the audience with a new song called “Let's Talk” to the words and music of Igor Nikolaev. This creation quickly became a hit. The song spread rapidly and everyone liked it.

Kristina Orbakaite concert

The popularity of Kristina Orbakaite grew by leaps and bounds. Such fame inspired the young artist. The girl devoted all her free time to creativity and was constantly engaged in self-development. Soon new hits of Christina appeared. Fans were surprised by the wonderful songs “Call Me” and “Bitter Hangover”. Moreover, the artist released video clips for her songs.

In 1993, Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite released her first debut album entitled “Loyalty”. The girl did everything possible to be noticed and to be appreciated for her work. However, many believed that Orbakaite’s success was only due to the fact that she was born into a family of famous people. Some argued that she was only the daughter of a Diva and was not destined to become a great singer. Kristina Orbakaite was very similar to her mother, Alla Borisovna Pugacheva. The artist was also purposeful, courageous, and self-confident. Christina never gave up, despite a lot of criticism towards her. The girl was confident that if she wanted, she could achieve great success.

Kristina Orbakaite concert

Experts also note that Kristina Orbakaite behaved well in front of the cameras and looked impressive on camera. The artist also inherited her unusual appearance from Alla Pugacheva. From the very beginning of her creative career, Kristina Orbakaite had many male fans who admired her appearance. As you know, Alla Pugacheva was a composer and producer for her daughter for a long time.

In 1993, Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite recorded several more successful hits, including “Call Me” and “All They Need Is Only Love.” The songs of the aspiring star were constantly played on radio and television. Now people admired not only Alla Borisovna Pugacheva, but also her talented daughter.

Kristina Orbakaite concert

At that time, Kristina Orbakaite had already begun giving her solo concerts, tickets for which were instantly sold out. In 1996, the Russian artist took sixth place in the category “Best Singer of 1995” in the “Soundtrack” of “Moskovsky Komsomolets”. This year the girl went on a family tour in the United States of America. She was accompanied by Philip Kirkorov , Alla Pugacheva, Nikita Presnyakov. The enchanting tour was named “Starry Summer”.

Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite performed successfully in New York at the legendary Carnegie Hall. In June 1996, the Russian artist took part in the “Vote or Lose” election campaign in support of Boris Yeltsin. In the same year, Alla Pugacheva’s daughter released her second album entitled “Zero Hours Zero Minutes.” Note that Kristina Orbakaite has released new video clips for the songs “Tango” and “Verbochki”, as well as a video duet with Pavel Dementiev “Pain”.

In the spring of 1998, Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite released her third album entitled “You”. This album consisted of twelve new songs. Half of the compositions from Orbakaite’s third album were proposed by Alla Borisovna Pugacheva. My mother wrote these songs specifically for Kristina Orbakaite. Among these songs one can highlight “Musician”, “Forever”, “Pied Dog”, “Currant”, “Birds”. The title hit of the third album was the song “You”. Let us remember that it was previously performed by Alla Pugacheva under the title “You exist in the world.” The album was produced by Alla Borisovna Pugacheva with Viktor Mikhalin.

In 1999, Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite gives her first solo concerts in Moscow. They were held in the State Central Concert Hall "Russia" under the title "To that woman who...". The concerts were dedicated to Alla Borisovna Pugacheva. Soon, listeners were presented with a live album of the same name, which includes additional recorded versions of concerts.

Kristina Orbakaite concert

In the spring of 2000, in Monte Carlo, the Russian artist was awarded The World Music Awards as the best-selling singer in the Russian Federation. In September 2000, the singer released her fourth album entitled “May”. Soon Kristina Orbakaite will release new albums. Among them: “Believe in Miracles”, “Bird of Migratory” and “My Life”. The daughter of Alla Pugacheva was at the peak of her popularity. She was a sought-after artist not only in her homeland. Kristina Edmundovana Orbakaite actively toured the cities of the Russian Federation, the CIS countries, the United States of America, Israel and Germany.

In March 2001, Kristina Orbakaite gives two solo concerts in Moscow. They took place in the State Central Concert Hall "Russia". The director of the new program “This is my world” was the singer’s mother, Alla Borisovna Pugacheva. The concert was often broadcast on television and was also released on DVD. In the winter of 2002, the woman received a Lithuanian passport. During the same period, Kristina Orbakaite was again recognized as the best-selling singer in Russia. In this regard, the artist again received the prestigious The World Music Awards.

Kristina Orbakaite on stage

In 2002, Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite began collaborating with the famous singer Abraham Russo . Their collaboration produced new hits called “Love That Is No More” and “Just Loving You.” Kristina Orbakaite and Abraham Russo have repeatedly received the Golden Gramophone Award. Russian artists have also developed a joint concert program. In a creative tandem, Orbakaite and Russo performed in various cities. Among them is Moscow, in the Kremlin Palace. Soon their creative duo broke up. The reason was the differences between the artists regarding the songs.

In 2005, Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite won the MUZ-TV award in the Best Performer of the Year category. A year later, the artist again received an award in the same category. Soon, listeners were presented with the singer’s eighth album, entitled “Do You Hear, It’s Me.” The new album consisted of new songs that were recorded over several years. Among them are the compositions “Sun”, “Match” and a duet with Alla Borisovna Pugacheva - “A Snowstorm Again”. The song was specially recorded for the film “The Irony of Fate. Continuation".

Kristina Orbakaite concert

In 2011, Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite performed at the State Kremlin Palace. Orbakaite's solo concert was held there. The Russian and Soviet artist presented fans with a new program called “Encore Kiss.” In addition, the singer presented her ninth album of the same name. After the capital concert, Christina organized a large-scale tour of the cities of the Russian Federation and the CIS. During the same period in 2011, a special episode of the “Let Them Talk” program was released on Channel One. It was dedicated to the fortieth anniversary of Kristina Orbakaite.

In 2012-2013, Kristina Orbakaite continues to be creative and tours with the “Kiss for Encore” program. With a new concert program, the artist visited many cities of the Russian Federation, the Baltic states and the United States of America. At the end of 2013, Kristina Orbakaite released her tenth anniversary studio album entitled “Masks”. It included the songs “Goodbye, Summer”, “Once and For All”, “Piaf... Last Evening” and others. In 2014-2015, a new concert program called “Masks” appeared. It was presented in cities in Germany, Israel, the United States of America, Belarus and other countries.

In 2021, Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite is actively touring with her successful “Masks” program in cities of the Russian Federation, Belarus and Latvia. We also note that the Russian artist visited Australia for the first time with her solo concert. During the same period, the singer presented an innovative concert show called “Insomnia.” The audience was also presented with a new studio album of the same name. He became the eleventh in the creative career of Kristina Orbakaite. The premiere of the show “Insomnia” on Russian television took place in January last year on Channel One.

Kristina Orbakaite (2017)

Today, Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite continues to actively tour. The artist releases new songs and video clips and appears at social events. Often Russian and Soviet singers can be seen on television. She has millions of fans.

Orbakaite, Kristina Edmundovna

She was born on May 25, 1971 in Moscow in the family of Mykolas Edmundas Orbakas (born 1945) and Alla Borisovna Pugacheva (born 1949). Her father is a circus performer, and her mother was then an aspiring singer. When Christina was two years old, her parents divorced.

As a child, she studied in Moscow at an English special school, studied singing and playing the piano, and attended classes at a ballet studio. In 1997 she graduated from the acting department of the Russian Academy of Theater Arts - GITIS (now the Russian Institute of Theater Arts - GITIS). Graduate of the workshop of People's Artist of the USSR Vladimir Andreev.

Variety career In 1978, seven-year-old Kristina Orbakaite made her first appearance on television, performing the song “The Sun is Laughing” (music by Eduard Khank, lyrics by Ida Vekshegonova) on the air of the program “Merry Notes” (First program of the Central Television of the USSR State Television and Radio). In 1982, she took part in the children's music program “Morning Mail” (First Program) with the song “Let Them Talk” (music and lyrics by Igor Nikolaev). Since 1984, for several years she was a dancer in the instrumental ensemble “Recital”, accompanied by Alla Pugacheva. In the early 1990s. participated in the programs of the pop ballet “Todes”. In 1992, Kristina Orbakaite began her solo vocal career. In December of the same year, at the song festival “Christmas Meetings” (held by Alla Pugacheva), she performed the song “Let’s Talk” to the music and lyrics of Igor Nikolaev. This performance brought her fame as a pop singer. In 1994, Kristina Orbakaite released her debut solo album, “Fidelity.” In 1996, she recorded the album “Zero Hours Zero Minutes,” which cemented her success as a performer. In total, the artist presented 11 solo albums. The latest one to date - “Insomnia” - was released in 2021. Among the most famous songs of Kristina Orbakaite: “Every day with you”, “It’s just a dream”, “My world”, “Without you”, “Sponges in a bow”, “ Da-di-dam”, “May”, “Light of your love”. The singer performed in duets with Alla Pugacheva (“A Blizzard Again”), Nikolai Baskov (“When Saying Goodbye to a Fairy Tale”), Abraham Russo (“Love That Is No More,” “Just Loving You”), and the group “Disco Accident” (“ Weather forecast"). Work in cinema Kristina Orbakaite made her film debut, playing the role of sixth-grader Lena Bessoltseva in the drama “Scarecrow” based on the story by Vladimir Zheleznikov (1983, director Rolan Bykov). The film, which touches on the problem of school bullying, caused widespread public discussion. In the early 1990s. Orbakaite starred in the role of Princess Fike (the future Catherine II) in the historical films of Svetlana Druzhinina “Vivat, midshipmen!” (1991) and "Midshipmen-3" (1992). She became famous for her work in the comedy films “Love-Carrots” (2007, Alexander Strizhenov), “Love-Carrots-2” (2008, Maxim Pezhemsky) and “Love-Carrots-3” (2011, Sergei Ginzburg). In these films, Kristina Orbakaite played the role of art critic Marina Golubeva. In total, she starred in more than 20 films and TV series. Work in the theater In 1995, Kristina Orbakaite participated in the enterprise play “Monday after the Miracle” based on the play by William Gibson. At the end of the 1990s. was involved in the Moscow Drama Theater. M. N. Ermolova in the production of “The Young Lady-Peasant” based on the work of Alexander Pushkin. In 2001 she played in the enterprise play “Danae” based on the play by Yuri Volkov. Since 2021, Kristina Orbakaite has been collaborating with the Moscow Sovremennik Theater, participating in the production of “Two on a Swing” based on the work of William Gibson.

Titles, awards Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2013).

Noted with gratitude from the President of the Russian Federation (1996).

She was repeatedly awarded the Golden Gramophone music award and the Muz-TV channel award.

Personal information Married. Husband - entrepreneur Mikhail Zemtsov (born 1978). Daughter - Claudia (born 2012). Kristina Orbakaite also has sons Nikita (born 1991, his father is singer Vladimir Presnyakov Jr.) and Denis (born 1998, his father is entrepreneur Ruslan Baysarov).

Acting activity of Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite

During her creative activity, Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite proved herself not only as a singer. From early childhood, the singer starred in various films and TV series. Orbakaite’s first acting work was a film by Rolan Bykov called “Scarecrow” . Orbakaite starred in the first film in 1983 and immediately played the leading role. The young actress perfectly got used to the role, playing a schoolgirl who is constantly humiliated by her classmates. Christina’s acting talent was admired not only by ordinary spectators, but also by experienced critics.

Kristina Orbakaite in the movie "Scarecrow"

Thus, Kristina Orbakaite’s acting abilities were appreciated not only by domestic critics. In the Los Angeles Times, the young artist was compared to the legendary Meryl Streep. Thousands of children came to the casting, but Leonid Bykov chose Alla Pugacheva’s daughter and was not mistaken. Orbakaite’s colleagues on the set were Yuri Nikulin, Elena Sanaeva and Svetlana Kryuchkova. The young actress was also admired by the foreign publications Richmond Times-Dispatch and San Francisco Chronicle.

Kristina Orbakaite in the film "Scarecrow"

After the release of the first film with Orbakaite, they began to regularly invite her to filming. In the nineties, the artist was repeatedly involved in filming. Thus, Kristina Orbakaite starred in the film “Charity Ball”. Leonid Filatov became a colleague of the young artist . Later, the Diva’s daughter starred in the films “Vivat, Midshipmen!” and “Midshipmen-3” with Dmitry Kharatyan.

Kristina Orbakaite in the film "Midshipmen"

In 1995, a new film called “Limita” by Denis Evstigneev, starring Vladimir Mashkov Kristina Orbakaite was also involved in the filming. Two years later, the artist starred with her common-law husband Vladimir Presnyakov in the musical short film “Road, Dear, Dear.”

During the same period, Orbakaite performed on the large stage of the Moscow Art Theater. She played one of the roles in the play “Monday After the Miracle” by W. Gibson. For her role as the deaf-mute Hellen Keller, Kristina Edmundovna was awarded the annual prize of the Russian Ministry of Culture for the best actress.

Kristina Orbakaite in the film "Midshipmen" as Fike

Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite was sure that theatrical art was also her calling. Soon, in 1995, the Russian and Soviet actress entered the acting department of the Russian Academy of Theater Arts, where she began studying with Vladimir Andreev. Soon, Kristina Orbakaite again appeared on the stage of the Moscow Ermolova Theater. The artist presented her thesis work and played in Natalya Britaeva’s play “The Young Lady-Peasant Woman”.

A few years later, Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite took part in the filming of a melodrama called “Women’s Happiness” and in the musical film “The Snow Queen.” Orbakaite also starred in telenovelas: “Moscow Saga” and “Kinship Exchange”. In 2007, the artist was involved in the historical film “Conspiracy.” The motive of the film was the murder of Grigory Rasputin.

Kristina Orbakaite - the role of Gerda in the film “The Snow Queen” (2003)

Soon a comedy was released in which Kristina Orbakaite played the main role. The audience was presented with a new comedy trilogy called “Love-Carrots”. The actress played the main role. Her partner on the set was Gosha Kutsenko .

In addition, in 1995, Kristina Orbakaite played in the play “Monday after the Miracle” at the “Players” theater. In 2001, the singer performed in the play “Danae” at the Moscow State Variety Theater. Last year, the actress and singer was involved in another play called Two on a Swing. It was presented at the Sovremennik Theater.

This is not all of Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite’s acting works. She starred in comedies, dramas, musicals and other genres.

Biography of Kristina Orbakaite

The solo career of singer Kristina Orbakaite began in 1992. At Alla Pugacheva’s “Christmas Meetings,” she performed the song “Let’s Talk,” the words and music for which were written by Igor Nikolaev. Then two videos appeared - “Call Me” directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk and “Bitter Hangover” by Georgy Gavrilov. Both compositions were included in Christina’s debut album “Fidelity” (1994). It was followed by other albums: “0 hours 0 minutes” (1996), “You” (1998), “May” (2000), as well as collections. In total, the singer has released ten albums (the last one in 2013) and seven collections (the last one in 2009).

In 1995, Kristina Orbakaite founded the Scarecrow group. This team of professional musicians and dancers, later renamed the Limita Extreme group, still performs with the artist today.

Kristina Orbakaite is a professional actress. In 1997, she graduated from the acting department of the Russian Academy of Theater Arts (GITIS named after Lunacharsky, now the Russian Institute of Theater Arts - GITIS, workshop of Vladimir Andreev).

She made her film debut at the age of eleven: in 1982, Rolan Bykov chose Christina for the main role in the film “Scarecrow” (1983).

This was followed by new film works: “Vivat, Midshipmen” (1991), “Midshipmen-3” (1992), “Charity Ball” (1993), “Limita” (1994), “Road, Dear, Dear” (1997) , “Headlight” (1999), “True Incidents” (2000), “Women’s Happiness” (2001), “The Snow Queen” (2002), “Moscow Saga” (2004), “Kinship Exchange” (2004), “Love -carrot" (2007), "Conspiracy" (2007), "Love-carrot-2" (2008), "Love-carrot-3 (2011), "The Secret of the Four Princesses (2014), etc.

Orbakaite’s theatrical works are not so numerous, but were well received by the public: “Danae” (2001, director Mikhail Vodzumi), “The Young Lady-Peasant Woman” (director Natalya Britaeva, Ermolova Theater, 1998). For her role in the play “Monday after the Miracle” (1995, directed by Leonid Gerchikov) based on the play by William Gibson, the actress received the annual award from the Russian Ministry of Culture for the best actress.

The work of Kristina Orbakaite has been awarded many musical awards and prizes. She received her first award in 1987 at the VICHY European Film Festival for Best Actress (Scarecrow). In 2015, the singer won the Golden Gramophone award for the twelfth time.

In 2013, she was awarded the title “Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.”

Kristina Orbakaite is married. The singer’s husband, Mikhail Zemtsov, is an American businessman of Russian origin. On March 30, 2012, she gave birth to his daughter Claudia. Christina has two more sons: Nikita (born in 1991) - from a civil marriage with singer Vladimir Presnyakov Jr., and Denis (born in 1998) - from a civil marriage with businessman Ruslan Baysarov.

The material was prepared based on information from RIA Novosti and open sources

Kristina Orbakaite Awards

Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite was repeatedly awarded various prizes, awards, and titles. It is not surprising, since from early childhood the artist devoted her life to creativity. In 1996, Orbakaite received a Letter of Gratitude from the President of the Russian Federation. In 2013, the artist received the honorary title “Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.” This year, Orbakaite received the honorary title “People’s Artist of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic.”

Kristina Orbakaite - superstar

In 1996, the Diva’s daughter won the Golden Gramophone award for the song “If it rains on the glass.” In 1997, Christina won the Golden Gramophone Award for the song “Play, Piano.” In 1998, Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite was the winner of the Golden Gramophone award for the song “You”. In 1999 - laureate of the Golden Gramophone award for the song “Homeless Soul”. In 2000 - laureate of the Golden Gramophone award for the song “May”.

During this period, the artist was a laureate of the international popular music award The World Music Awards. The award was presented to Kristina Orbakaite as the best-selling singer in the Russian Federation. In 2001, Christina won the Golden Gramophone award for the song “My World.” In 2002, he won the Golden Gramophone award in a creative tandem with Abraham Russo for the song “Love That Is No More.”

Kristina Orbakaite - pop and film star

In 2002 - laureate of the international prize in the field of popular music The World Music Awards. The award was again presented to Kristina Orbakaite as the best-selling singer in the Russian Federation. In 2003, he won the Golden Gramophone Award in a duet with Abraham Russo for the song “Just Loving You.” In 2004 - laureate of the Golden Gramophone award for the song “Bird of Migratory”. In 2005, Orbakaite was the winner of the Muz-TV Award in the category “Best Performer of the Year.”

In 2005, Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite won the Golden Gramophone award for the song “You’re Crazy.” In 2005, he was a laureate of the Olympia Prize of the Russian Academy of Business and Entrepreneurship. In 2006, the Diva’s daughter was the winner of the Muz-TV Award in the category “Best Performer of the Year.” In 2006 - winner of the Diamond Hairpin Award in the Blonde with a Chorus category. This was a special award invented by Novinsky Passage for the most important blondes of our time.

In 2007, Kristina Orbakaite , winner of the Diamond Heel Award, was again the winner in the Blonde for Rent category. In 2009, he was a laureate of the annual popular music award “Sound Track” in the “Person of the Year” category. In 2012 - winner of the Golden Gramophone award in a duet with the group Disco Accident for the song “Weather Forecast”. In 2012, Orbakaite was the winner of the Muz TV Award in the category “Best Duet of the Year” with the group “Disco Accident”, song “Weather Forecast”.

In 2012, Kristina Orbakaite was the winner of the annual music award “20 Best Songs of the Year” according to the consolidated national music chart “Red Star” and Channel One for the song “Weather Forecast” in a duet with the group “Disco Accident”. In 2013, he was the winner of the first Top Hit Awards ceremony based on the results of the Top Hit portal chart for 2012 in the category “Most Popular Duo” - Kristina Orbakaite and the group “Disco Accident” - for the performance of the song “Weather Forecast”.

Prizes and awards

Despite talk that the pop diva made her way onto the professional stage thanks to her mother’s patronage, Kristina Orbakaite earned many awards for her creative work:

In 1996, the singer took part in the presidential elections and was praised for her great contribution to the development and promotion of democracy and a creative approach to elections.
In 2013, in the Kremlin she accepted the badge of honor from the hands of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin “Honored Artist of the Russian Federation” for numerous achievements in the field of culture and art.
In 2021, she was awarded the no less significant award “People’s Artist of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic.”

Over the years of work on the Soviet and Russian stage and abroad, the singer has repeatedly become the winner of competitions and received awards:

From 1996 to 2002, she regularly received the Golden Gramophone award for songs from her albums and performing musical compositions in duets with popular groups. One of these was the song “Weather Forecast” co-authored with the group “Disco Accident”, singing in the genre of pop music.
In 2005 she was awarded the annual national television award in the field of popular music “Muz-TV”, becoming the best performer of the outgoing year. As well as an award for public recognition of the achievements of women in the Russian Federation, becoming an Olympia laureate. This award was presented to the singer by the Academy of Business and Entrepreneurship.
In 2006, she was awarded a special prize from Novinsky Passage for the most important blondes of our time, the Diamond Hairpin.
In 2009, in the hit parade under the auspices of the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper, she was awarded the prize of the Sound Track competition, becoming the Person of the outgoing year.
In 2012 and 2013, she became a laureate of the annual “20 Best Songs of the Year” and “Top Hit Awards”.

Achievements in the field of culture and art, as well as regular invitations to theater and cinema, allowed Kristina Orbakaite to prove her importance and talents. After all, awards cannot be bought with money, they can only be earned.

Personal life of Kristina Orbakaite

All sorts of rumors are constantly circulating around the personal life of Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite. It is not surprising, because from an early age the artist was distinguished by her unusual beauty and attracted the attention of men.

For the first time, the Russian and Soviet artist fell in love at a very early age. At that time, the girl was only sixteen years old. Her chosen one was the popular Russian and Soviet pop artist Vladimir Presnyakov. They began to live together immediately after the start of the relationship. On May 21, 1991, Presnyakov and Kristina Orbakaite had a son, who was named Nikita. Today, the guy is also pursuing a creative career and recording songs. Nikita founded the rock band "Multiverse".

Vladimir Presnyakov and Kristina Orbakaite

Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite today

Today, Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite continues to be active in her creative work. The artist releases new songs, albums and shoots video clips. Orbakaite often appears at various social events and takes part in television programs, shows and projects. Last year, the artist became a participant in Ivan Urgant’s “Smak” program. In addition, the Diva’s daughter and Andrei Malakhov spent the New Year’s Blue Light on the Russia-1 channel.

Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite tries to spend all her free time with her husband Mikhail Zemtsov and with their children. Let us remember that the couple has a six-year-old daughter, Claudia.

During her creative career, Christina has released more than one hundred and fifty songs and several albums. The artist proved herself not only in the role of a singer. Christina has repeatedly starred in films, TV series, and musicals. Several times the famous singer and actress played the main roles. For her constant work in the field of creativity from early childhood, Kristina Orbakaite was awarded prizes, titles and awards. She was awarded both in the Russian Federation and abroad.

In 2013 she received the title Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. Member of the International Union of Pop Artists. From early childhood, Kristina Orbakaite pursued a creative career. A love of art was instilled in Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite by her parents. Alla Borisovna Pugacheva was also involved in creativity from a very early age, was an actress, singer, and presenter. Kristina Orbakaite's father, Mykolas Edmundas Orbakas, was a talented director and artist of the Lithuanian theater.

Today, Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite has millions of fans. She is admired not only by residents of the Russian Federation, but also from foreign countries. The creativity of the Diva’s daughter is admired in Germany, the CIS countries, and the United States of America. Every year the Russian artist gives dozens of concerts in different parts of the world. Kristina Orbakaite is also an active user of social networks. The singer and actress regularly shares details of her life with her fans. She showcases family snippets, creative life and other interesting things. You can follow the life of Kristina Orbakaite on Instagram.