| "Russian Woman" | ||||
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| Single byManizha | ||||
| Written | 8 March 2020 (2020-03-08) | |||
| Released | 19 March 2021 (2021-03-19) | |||
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| Length | 2:56 | |||
| Label | Independent | |||
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| Lyricist | Manizha | |||
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| Semi-final result | 3rd | |||
| Semi-final points | 225 | |||
| Final result | 9th | |||
| Final points | 204 | |||
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| ◄ "Uno" (2020) | ||||
"Russian Woman" (transliterated intoRussian Cyrillic asРашн Ԝуман, stylised inall caps), originally titled "Russkaya zhenshchina" (Русская женщина), is a song by Russian-Tajik singerManizha,independently released as asingle on 19 March 2021. The songrepresented Russia in theEurovision Song Contest 2021 inRotterdam, the Netherlands, after winning the national finalEvrovidenie 2021 – Nacionalniy Otbor.[1] To date, this is the last Russian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, after the countrywas excluded from the 2022 contest.
"This is a song about the transformation of a woman's self-awareness over the past few centuries in Russia. ARussian woman has gone an amazing way from a peasant hut to the right to elect and be elected (one of the first in the world), from factory workshops to space flights. She has never been afraid to resist stereotypes and take responsibilities. This is the source of inspiration for the song. By coincidence I wrote it onMarch 8, 2020 while on tour, but for the first time I perform it a year later."
— Manizha explains the meaning behind "Russian Woman" to Eurovision.tv.
Many Russian viewers took offense to a singer ofTajik descent singing about Russian women and to the singer's activism forLGBT rights andwomen's rights, and left hate comments on the video and herInstagram account, demanding that she drop out of Eurovision.[2]Yelena Drapeko, First Deputy Chairman of theState Duma Committee on Culture, suggested banning Manizha from performing in Eurovision under the Russian flag, commenting also that Eurovision offered no cultural value and was too politicized and pro-LGBT.[3]
The song was selected to representRussia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, afterManizha was selected throughEvrovidenie 2021 – Nacionalniy Otbor. The semi-finals of the 2021 contest featured the same line-up of countries as determined by the draw for the 2020 contest's semi-finals. Russia was placed into the first semi-final, held on 18 May 2021, and passed into finals. The final was held on 22 May 2021, and the song got 9th place with 204 points.[4]
| Chart (2021) | Peak position |
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| Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[5] | 32 |
| Greece (IFPI)[6] | 51 |
| Iceland (Tónlistinn)[7] | 40 |
| Lithuania (AGATA)[8] | 12 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[9] | 81 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[10] | 84 |
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label | References |
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| Various | 19 March 2021 |
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