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| Born | Izabella Danilovna Livikova (1899-09-07)7 September 1899 |
| Died | 20 January 2000(2000-01-20) (aged 100) |
| Resting place | Donskoye Cemetery Moscow |
| Years active | 1922–2000 |
| Awards | People's Artist of Russia (1992) Order For Merit to the Fatherland 4th class (1999) |
Izabella Yurieva (Russian:Изабелла Юрьева) is the stage name ofIzabella Danilovna Livikova (Russian:Изабелла Даниловна Ливикова;[1] 7 September 1899[2] – 20 January 2000), a Russian singer nicknamed the "Queen of theRussian Romance"[3][4] who celebrated her centennial at a tribute concert given in her honor at the Central Concert Hall in Moscow in 1999.[5][6]
She was one of the top performers of the romantic Russian Gypsy songs in the late 1920s and 1930s before the genre became almost taboo in Soviet Russia.[7]
Yurieva was largely forgotten until the 1990s when she resurfaced on television and was named aPeople's Artist of Russia.[3]
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