Zhanna Vladimirovna Bichevskaya (; ; born June 17, 1944) is a prominent Russian singer and folk musician. She was born in Moscow. In 1971 she graduated from the Moscow Circus and Performing Arts School. She was a teacher of music in Zagorsk (Sergiev Posad). In the 1970s, Zhanna started to perform Russian folk songs and romances. At that time she was influenced by Bulat Okudzhava, and she gained popularity in Russia and abroad with some critics dubbing her the Russian Joan Baez. Her unique style of music is described as Russian country-folk. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Zhanna Bichevskaya's songs began to have more political, nationalist and spiritual themes. She performed a series of White Guard officer's songs, as well as a series of patriotic, monarchist and religious songs, some times songs dedicated to the Romanov Holy Martyrs. The lyrics to the latter were composed by Father Roman, a priest of the Pskovo-Pechorsky Monastery. Her album "Hieromonk Romans's songs" was blessed by him in 1997. In 1999, Zhanna also became the host of her own show on Voice of Russia radio station. She was awarded People’s Artist of the RSFSR. Discography Link to selected CDs Господа офицеры: 1994 Life is too short, Слишком короток век: 1997, link to CD Songs of Bulat Okudzhava, link to CD Great, brothers, great... Любо, братцы, любо…: 1997, Link to CD Songs of Hieromonk Roman, 1997, Link to CD Жанна Бичевская поёт песни: 1997 To Your Name, Lord: 1998 Autumn of musician: 1998 Русская Голгофа: 1998 Russian folk songs and ballads: disk 1, disk 2, disk 3, disk 4: 1998 Жанна Бичевская поёт песни Булата Окуджавы : 1999 Tzar Nikolai: 1999 Верую: 2000 We are Russians, Songs of Gennadiy Ponomarev: 2001 Black Raven: 2002 Боже, храни своих: 2003 К-141: 2004 Белая ночь. Жанна Бичевская поёт песни: 2005 Я расскажу тебе... Романсы: 2007 Гори, гори, моя звезда: 2008 Засуха: 2010 References External links Official website Her site in Vkontakte Zhanna Bichevskaya’s Biography in English Zhanna Bichevskaya’s Biography in Russian Zhanna Bichevskaya' songs on Voskres.ru Zhanna Bichevskaya' songs on ruek.narod.ru (free songs in MP3 format) Zhanna Bichevskaya's Albums in Korean (7LPs & 22CDs) 1944 births Living people Singers from Moscow Russian bards Soviet women singers Soviet songwriters People's Artists of the RSFSR Honored Artists of the RSFSR Recipients of the Lenin Komsomol Prize Russian monarchists 20th-century Russian women singers 20th-century Russian singers