Tatyana Nikitina
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Russia
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n bard
Bard (Soviet Union)
The term bard came to be used in the Soviet Union in the early 1960s, and continues to be used in Russia today, to refer to singer-songwriters who wrote songs outside the Soviet establishment, similarly to beatnik folk singers of the United States...
, physicist, and politician. She usually performs together with her husband, Sergey Nikitin.
She was born Tatiana Sadykova in Dushanbe
Dushanbe
-Economy:Coal, lead, and arsenic are mined nearby in the cities of Nurek and Kulob allowing for the industrialization of Dushanbe. The Nurek Dam, the world's highest as of 2008, generates 95% of Tajikistan's electricity, and another dam, the Roghun Dam, is planned on the Vakhsh River...
(currently Tajikistan
Tajikistan
Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....
) on December 31, 1945. In 1971, she graduated from the Department of Physics of Moscow State University
Moscow State University
Lomonosov Moscow State University , previously known as Lomonosov University or MSU , is the largest university in Russia. Founded in 1755, it also claims to be one of the oldest university in Russia and to have the tallest educational building in the world. Its current rector is Viktor Sadovnichiy...
. In 1967, she began singing in a quintet led by her husband, Sergey Nikitin. They worked together as biophysicists
Biophysics
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(both have Ph.D.s in Physics) as well as singers, creating many popular songs. Together they recorded more than 15 CDs and Vinyls (see works).
In 1990, she abandoned her research work to become the Manager for Culture of the October District ispolkom of Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
(Заведующая Культурой Октябрьского райисполкома), then became Deputy Prefect
Prefect
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of the Central District of Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
(Заместитель префекта Центрального Округа г. Москвы), and in 1992–1995 she was a deputy to the Minister for Culture of Russia. Since 1995, she has worked as a manager at Kartina, an Italian
Italy
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firm that organizes art exhibitions.