Irina Volodymyrivna Ossaoulenko (; born June 9, 1968), better known by her stage name Russya (), is a Ukrainian singer, and musician. She released her first song ''Don't stand by My Window'' in 1989. Russya had Top 10 hits on the Ukrainian charts in the late 1980s, and through the early and mid 1990s. She was a two-time winner in Best Female Artist of Ukraine in 1990 and 1991. Russya retired from recording pop music in 1997 but continued to tour (sometimes with her sister, Natasha Koroleva) until 1999. In 2007, she returned to recording with an album "The Best of Russya".
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Irina Volodymyrivna Ossaoulenko (; born June 9, 1968), better known by her stage name Russya (), is a Ukrainian singer, and musician. She released her first song ''Don't stand by My Window'' in 1989. Russya had Top 10 hits on the Ukrainian charts in the late 1980s, and through the early and mid 1990s. She was a two-time winner in Best Female Artist of Ukraine in 1990 and 1991. Russya retired from recording pop music in 1997 but continued to tour (sometimes with her sister, Natasha Koroleva) until 1999. In 2007, she returned to recording with an album "The Best of Russya".
==Discography== 1989 – "The Fortuneteller" 1989 – "Christmas Eve" 1990 – "Forgive me, mommy" 1991 – "Cinderella" 1991 – "Russya" 1991 - "Little Happiness" 1992 – "Russya's Greatest Hits" 1994 – "Kyiv Girl" 1994 – "Cheremshyna" 1997 – "My American Guy" 1998 - "White Lace" 2007 – "The Best of Russya" 2009 – "Small Presents" 2012 – "Christmas Presents" 2012 – "Greatest Hits -top 40" 2017 – "Memories of the future"
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