Pelageya
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Pelageya (Пелагея) (b. 1986) is a Russian female vocal artist. At the age of 9 she was awarded the title "Best Russian folk-singer." Pelegeya leads a musical group named, "Pelageya". She appears regularly on the Russian version of the TV show, The Voice as a coach. Her style is described as folk, folk rock, and art rock.
Pelegeya's signature song is entitled Lyubo, bratsy, lyubo or Lovely it is to live, brothers, lovely, made popular during the Second World War. It is the dying words of a Cossack chieftain on a riverbank, remembering his wife, his mother, and his horse after leading 40,000 men on into a bloody battle.