Vasily Vakulenko VKontakte official page. Basta's biography

She became second at the third stage of the Grand Prix, which ended in Helsinki. The athlete only lost Olympic champion Alina Zagitova.

The St. Petersburg figure skater ended up in the capital of Finland not without incident. Because of a forgotten passport, Stanislava was late for the train, and she had to get to Helsinki by car with her mother. Shortly before the demonstration performances, the Gazeta.Ru correspondent managed to talk a little with the vice-champion of the Finnish Grand Prix stage.

— Before the start of the tournament, you had a force majeure with your documents. Did this have any impact on training process?

“I always console myself with the fact that if something starts badly, it ends well.” Sometimes stupid and ridiculous situations happen to me, but usually this mobilizes me even more. This is what happened here too.

Thursday's training was, to put it mildly, not very good. However, I give myself a big plus for the fact that I was able to get ready for further classes and the competition itself.

— Before the tournament, could you have imagined that you would end up in second place?

- Of course I could. However, I try not to think about the locations and the outcome because it always confuses me.

— What thoughts did you have when you left the ice after the free program?

— When I bowed, the thought occurred to me: “Now I’m in a good mood!”

Before the final test, I tried to keep myself in a neutral state all day, without any emotions or worries. I did everything slowly and measuredly, trying to save up energy before the start.

— After the first part of the competition, you said that if it weren’t for the fall, this would have been your best short skate in your life. Could yesterday's performance in the free program be called the best of your life?

- No (smiles). Still, at last year’s Russian Championship my performance was more emotional (Konstantinova took fourth place, which allowed her to compete at the World Championship - “Gazeta.Ru”). There was more passion then. I felt so bad from the end of the short program until the start of the free program that I couldn’t hold back my tears between the two performances. Any little thing could throw me off track.

Plus, I had a very bad training and warm-up before the decisive skate, although I was amazingly prepared. I was so depressed... I understood that everything was going to hell.

And I gave away everything that I had accumulated over the last six months at that box office - all my experiences and emotions. That is why that rental became the most memorable for me.

The performance at the Finnish Grand Prix was very good. I worked, showed emotions, but it was possible to show more drama.

— How do you assess your chances of getting to the Grand Prix final after busy second places?

— To be honest, I really want to get to the finals, but I try not to think about it. Now I am striving to show two clean performances in France - this is my goal.

— At the stage in France you will be opposed, in Finland you competed with Alina Zagitova. Did you ever think that you were somehow unfairly given strong rivals?

“I’m no longer surprised by anything.” I am always “lucky” in this regard (laughs). You need to work on yourself, the more difficult it is, the more interesting it is. Life is always more interesting when you have some adventures and difficulties. And if you overcome them, you feel better.

— What goals do you set for yourself at the Russian Championship? Qualify for the European Championship?

- Of course, that would be good. But first of all, I want to show myself well. In general, I have more global goals.

I would like to do a lot of colossal work over these two seasons to become much better - to change in some places, and in others to improve what I have.

“I recently posted a video on Twitter where two cats are pulling a piece of meat, while the third one is eating it. This is how the athlete described the confrontation between Zagitova and Medvedeva and her participation in this fight. How do you see yourself in modern women's skating? For example, yesterday at a press conference you talked about how you set the task of moving from second roles in the Russian national team to first ones.

- Yes, indeed, now my task is to break through from the second echelon to the first. In general, I follow my own path and look only at myself. I don’t have the task of defeating someone, interfering somewhere, or biting off a piece of someone’s meat. My goal is to just be happy with myself.

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Long live women's figure skating - delightfully unpredictable!

The free program of the second stage of the Grand Prix series in Laval seriously shook up the protocol. Russian fans were more than rewarded for staying up all night - Elizaveta Tuktamysheva defended her leadership in the fight against the daring Japanese, and Evgenia Medvedeva proved to the whole world that she is capable of brilliant skating even without Tutberidze.

Getting out of your usual image and truly renewing yourself is a colossally difficult task. But Zhenya can handle it. After the free program at Skate Canada, there was no doubt about it. Fans of the former Medvedeva should get used to the idea that the two-time world champion has changed. Now she is different - not better or worse, but simply different.

Russian figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva commented on her performance at Skate Canada, where she took third place.

“Today was not my best performance, there were a lot of mistakes. There are still three weeks until my next Grand Prix in France. And in three weeks I need to do a huge amount of work.

I want to improve my skating and focus on technique, spins and jumps. In France, I need to win in order to definitely get into the Grand Prix final,” Medvedeva said.

“Today I felt like wild animal. When you feel sorry for yourself, it's terrible. Both for the psyche and for the whole organism. I am very grateful to Brian Orser for helping me with psychology. Very grateful!” – Golden Skate quotes Medvedeva as saying.

Biography of Evgenia Medvedeva

Childhood and youth

Evgenia was born in Moscow in November 1999. Father Arman Babasyan is an entrepreneur from Armenia, the girl’s mother is a former figure skater. Evgenia got the surname Medvedev from her maternal grandmother. Mom determined her daughter's future when she brought the 3-year-old girl to the figure skating section.

Since then, Evgenia Medvedev has been in sports. Judging by the biography of the figure skater, she did not have the usual childhood with dolls and games with the yard children, but Zhenya never wanted to leave the difficult activities at the skating rink.

Evgenia Medvedeva's first coach was Lyubov Yakovleva. When she left for maternity leave, the young figure skater ended up with Elena Selivanova. In 2007, the parents decided to transfer their daughter to Eteri Tutberidze’s group. According to Zhenya, at the age of 8 she was still a “raw” figure skater who had a lot to learn. And Eteri Georgievna made a lot of efforts to turn the diamond into a diamond.

Evgenia Medvedeva

At the age of 9, Evgenia Medvedeva already knew that everything future life- This is figure skating, a sport. The girl never dreamed of becoming anything other than a figure skater.

Figure skating

When the girl turned 8, Eteri Georgievna Tutberidze, a wonderful coach and teacher, appeared in her life, and at the same time she worked with Yulia Lipnitskaya, who was a year older. In the hands of an experienced coach, Evgenia began to turn into a real skating rink queen. Surprisingly, Zhenya and Yulia never became friends. Evgenia doesn’t like to be compared to Lipnitskaya, but she respects her rival.

Around the age of ten, according to Evgenia, her childhood ended - then she realized the seriousness of what she was doing. After two years of hard work, the 12-year-old figure skater officially joined the Russian national team.

A couple more years and she became a junior, making a brilliant debut at the Junior Grand Prix in Latvia. The performance brought her victory with a score of 169.52 points. The girl beat out her compatriot Maria Sotskova and American Karen Shen.

Despite the workload, the girl managed to be an excellent student at school. She especially liked history and biology. At the beginning of 2017, the girl said that she wanted to finish 10th and 11th grade as an external student.

Sports career of Evgenia Medvedeva

Already at a young age, Evgenia Medvedeva had an impressive track record of victories. After her first performance at competitions in Latvia, first place awaited her in Poland (179.96 points), but a serious struggle at competitions in Japan ended in bronze (163.68), and the Russians Maria Sotskova and Serafima Sakhanovich beat her.

In 2014, performing at the Russian Figure Skating Championships, she took 7th place among adult skaters and 4th among young athletes. In the spring of the same year, she reached the final of the Russian Cup, where she took second place after Anna Pogorilaya.

In the 14/15 season, she was applauded as a gold medalist by the stadiums of Barcelona and Tallinn, where the Junior Grand Prix were held. At the Russian Championships 2015, she was among the winners for the first time, albeit with a bronze place, and at the national junior championship she became the winner.

At the end of 2015, the skater moved to the adult group and immediately won the Ondrej Nepela Memorial competition in Bratislava. Without having time to rest, she flew to competitions in Milwaukee, where she took first place in the Grand Prix of the adult league. And this is just the beginning - then resounding success awaited her in Barcelona and again the first step of the championship of her native country.

February 2016 brought new successes - again gold at the European Championships, which was held in the Slovak Republic. A month later, 16-year-old Evgenia Medvedeva won the Grand Prix final and received the long-awaited title of World Champion at the World Championships in Boston (March 23 – April 8, 2016).

In Boston, the young figure skater set a world record in women's single skating, receiving a record amount of points for the program - 223.86 (73.76 for the short program and 150.10 for the free skate).

It seems that this athlete is destined to beat the world and own records by the number of points in singles. In 2016, she improved her own performance three times and unofficially broke world records. During the year, she took prizes in competitions in Canada, France (Paris and Marseille) and Russia.

At the beginning of 2017, Evgenia became a two-time European champion (in the Czech Republic), breaking personal and world records a couple more times, as well as a world champion based on the results of the championship in Finland.

Personal life of a figure skater

In the summer of 2018, Evgenia was registered as her lover former soloist“Fidget” by Christian Kostov. The young man participated in the show “The Voice. Children”, represented Bulgaria at Eurovision 2017. The young people met on a program dedicated to this song competition. As the guests of the event later said, only people who are truly in love can hold hands and look at each other like that.

Zhenya is adored in Japan, and she is also a fan of everything Japanese: literature, fashion and anime. So, for one of the demonstration performances, Evgenia chose a song from the cartoon Sailor Moon, and once again surprised her “colleague” Moa Asadeh by reading her a poem in Japanese. On her Instagram you can often see drawings from fans from the Land of the Rising Sun.

Evgenia Medvedeva spends a lot of time on social networks – Instagram and Twitter. She loves the works of Arthur Conan Doyle and the British series about Sherlock Holmes with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman.

Lives at Evgenia's house French Bulldog named Jerry.

Today we will talk about the ups and downs of a young figure skater who, in her 20s, achieved incredible success in figure skating. We will talk about the famous Elena Ilyinykh, who performs in tandem with Nikita Katsalapov. The couple repeatedly stopped training together, but then got back together.

Biography of the figure skater

• Elena was born in 1994 in Kazakhstan. I first started skating at the age of four, which was completely accidental.
• At the age of eleven, the girl had already made considerable progress in figure skating.
• In 2005, aspiring figure skater Nikita Katsalapov and Lena were united. After this, they begin to train as a duet. Soon the guys stopped training together because they could not find a common language.
• A year later, in order to find a dance partner, the girl left for America. In America, Elena never found a partner, but she learned a lot from best trainers in figure skating.
• Upon arrival home, Lena met her old dance partner Nikita and decided to reunite with him again. After a year of hard training under the guidance of Volkov and Zhulin, the couple achieved success. The guys took fourth place in Bern at the junior championship. Thanks to their victories, the guys became members of the Russian junior team.
• After this, the duet members began to understand each other better and always try to find a common language.
• But in the 2010-2011 season, the couple took only seventh place at the World Championships. The skaters believed that Zhulin and his training system were to blame for their failure. After that they found themselves another coach.
• The new coach made the workload greater, as a result of which the young people achieved mutual understanding and success.
• According to the figure skater herself, she has no personal life, since figure skating takes up too much time.
• She dated Nikita for a short period of time, but then the young people broke up. Their personal life has absolutely no impact on their cooperation as a couple.

Social network page

Figure skater Elena Ilinykh VK published 3 albums with photographs: “My love”, “My beloved sister”, “New season” and other albums. In the “New season” album you can find many photographs with Nikita Katsalapov performing complex figure tricks, photographs of the couple’s coach and other interesting photographs.

The figure skater also published about 100 videos on VKontakte, among which you can find the video “How from childhood you fall in love with ballroom dancing", "Bolero - K. Kretova and A. Yadugin - issue 5 - only dance", as well as clips foreign performers and much more. On her wall, the girl publishes her latest photographs, in which you can see Elena Ilinykh in a swimsuit at sea, with exotic birds, as part of the figure skating team and other photographs.

The figure skater also often posts photos with her friends and relatives on her wall. All network users can like her photos or repost them on their wall. If you are interested in figure skating and want to be the first to know all the latest news about your favorite skater, then subscribe to her page. After all, she is always happy to have her new subscribers!

Born: 04/20/1980

Country Russia

Nicknames: Basta Oink, Basta Bastilio, Basta, Noggano, N1NT3ND0

Groups: “Street Sounds” (1996), “United Caste” (1997), “Bratia Stereo” (since 2011), “GlaZ” (2011)

Collaboration: Guf, QP, “Triagrutrika”, “AK-47”, Smokey Mo, Lyon, Kazhe Oboyma, Group Nerva, Scryptonite, Boombox, City 312, Maxim, Tati, Slovetsky, Roma Zhigan, Godfamily, Rem Digga

Complete biography of Basta

Rapper Basta - aka Noggano and N1NT3ND0. Currently, Vasily Vakulenko never ceases to delight us with his new tracks. Which, in turn, affects its popularity on the Internet. His activities are not limited to his rap career, he is also a composer, actor, director, producer, and TV and radio presenter.

He is the owner of a label called "Gazgolder", which was created in 2007, as well as a presenter on Next FM. We should also mention his program (Hip-Hop TV) on “Gazgolder”, which he hosts together with another rapper under the pseudonym Kupe.

April 20, 1980 is Basta’s date of birth. Born into a military family in the city of Rostov-on-Don. Since childhood he went to music school, and he himself studied at school No. 32. After some time, Vasily entered the music school, where he began to be interested in Hip-Hop art. At the age of fifteen, he could already read his rap. A couple of years later (at 17), he recorded his first track, which was called “City”. This date can also be called the beginning musical career one of the most popular Russian rappers - Basta.

Elena Pinskaya 2009 became Basta’s wife. Exact date The wedding was on June 12, but he got married on June 11, respectively. In winter, or rather on December 4, 2009, a daughter was born, whom they named Masha. On January 21, 2013, their family was replenished with another girl, who was named Vasilisa.

Few people know, but before their high-profile pseudonyms: Basta, Noggano, N1NT3ND0, Vasily Vakulenko was Basta Oink.

“Since childhood, they called me Piggy, because I scattered everything in unclear places,” says Basta.

The then young rapper used this pseudonym in the group “Psycholirik” (since 1997). At that time it was the composition of “Caste”. For his group at the age of 17, he wrote the song “City”, which was included in the album “First Strike”.

The proposal to rename “Psycholirik” to “Casta” came from Basta, and the leader of the group, Vladi, without hesitation, agreed to do it. "First Strike" was re-recorded and made business card new group called "Caste".

In 1998, Basta recorded one of his most famous songs- “My game”, which, I think, is also known to you. It also marked the beginning of his solo career.

IN music school Vasily did not stay in the conductors’ department for long. In 1996, he already had his first song - “My City” and a group - “Street sound” (which translates as “street sounds”).

Also in 1996, a rap movement began to emerge in Rostov, which over time became one of the strongest rap movements in Russia. Basta did not stand aside, observing this process; he himself took part in the so-called Rostov Caste (a young association of rappers), which over time acquired the name popular group"Caste".

Vasily Vakulenko is also famous in lyric poetry. It was this genre that he chose next to write his rap tracks. The above-mentioned “My Game,” as I already said, has become very popular. This track became popular not only in Rostov, but even went beyond Russia. " star fever? No, she didn't show up. Drugs and older friends appeared, real hooligans,” Vasya recalls. “I can say for sure that this song has saved me more than once. Sometimes they wanted to take a life, but when they found out it was me, they left me alone.”

He tried to record his entire difficult life in his albums. “In 2002, my friend Zhora extorted money from his mother, and we bought a computer. Vadik QP mixed the first demo for the future album.” By chance, these tracks came to Bogdan Titomir, who suggested moving to Moscow in 2004. For what and his colleagues agreed.

A couple of years later we already had the opportunity to listen new album Basta, which is called “Basta 1”. At the same time, we can also see the “Autumn” video, which began to be played on TV. From the very beginning, Noggano began working with Gazgolder, the most closed club in Moscow at that time. Basta has not yet rushed to take part in rap parties. Soon Vasya met such rappers as Smokey Mo and Guf.

“One day I approached Guf at a concert, he remembered “My Game,” and he and I decided to do a cover version, which was released on the album “Basta 2,” says Vasya.

The breakthrough in his career happened after the filming of “City of Roads,” which was presented by Centr. Here his popularity expanded greatly; he was already known not only in Moscow and Rostov, but also in neighboring countries.

After this event, Vasily began to be nominated for various awards, nominations, etc. Released in 2007 next album called “Basta 2”, which stood out for its diversity. 2 releases were released under the pseudonym “Noggano”, the third release was released as a famous rap artist in Russia. The well-known tracks: “Urban”, “The Sun is Not Visible”, “Rostov” and “California” were heard more than once at Basta’s concerts and were very popular.

2012 was marked by the recording of cover versions of Mikhey and the track “Mama”. A video clip was shot for the latter, which I suggest you watch:

This year Basta also performed at a big concert dedicated to memory Micah.

In 2012, Noggano appeared in a video about HIV discrimination.

Not so long ago, or rather on April 20, 2013, Basta released 4 solo album, in which we can see rappers such as Smokey Mo and Rem Digga. The same no less popular people and groups: singer Tati, “Nerves” and Green Gray, etc.

Last year, another event took place in Basta’s biography: the “Basta+” concert, which took place at the “Green Theater” in Gorky Park. The day before, a collection of the same name was released, which included songs from different periods. It is also worth noting a couple of songs that are included in this collection, but have not been heard anywhere before.

On July 20, Basta took part in the filming of the film “Vladimir Mayakovsky. The third odd one,” where he performed the poet’s poems. On the occasion of Erik Bulatov’s eightieth birthday, the “Culture” TV channel showed the film “Spring in Florence,” for which Vasily wrote the music.

In November, photos of Basta with rapper Smokey Mo appeared, which showed the filming of a new video for a joint track. You can find these photos on Instagram or in the next news.

So. Basta is one of best rappers 2013 according to Time Out magazine. His album called “Basta 4” is one of the leading albums in sales in Russia. 2014 - Noggano announced his new job- the third album, which he promises to release soon.

The Basta group has found its niche in Russian stage. Do you know the name of her lead singer? When and by whom was the team created? If not, then the necessary information can be found in the article. We wish you pleasant reading!

Soloist of the group "Basta": his biography and personal life

Vasily Vakulenko was born on April 20, 1980 in Rostov-on-Don. In what family was the future rap artist raised? His father and mother are not involved in show business. They both devoted many years to military service.

Vasya grew up as an active and inquisitive boy. He attended two schools - regular and music. At the age of 15, the guy started writing rap. But he managed to achieve progress in this direction only after 2-3 years. Vakulenko entered the school in the conducting department. However, due to poor performance, the guy was expelled.

In 1997, Vasya was accepted into the Psycholyric group. Later the team was renamed “Casta”. It was during this period that our hero got a nickname - Basta Oink. The track “City” came out from his pen.

At the beginning of 2000, Vasily left the team. For some time the guy did not go on stage at all. He cut off contact with his former bandmates. But soon the talented rap artist returned with a new project called “Basta”.

How is Vasily Vakulenko’s personal life shaping up today? He has been legally married to his beloved woman, Elena Pinskaya, for several years now. In December 2009, the couple had their first child, daughter Mashenka. The young father helped his wife take care of the baby. In January 2013, another addition occurred to the Vakulenko family. The second one was born and was given the beautiful Russian name Vasilisa.

The history of the creation of the group "Basta"

In 2002, Vasya’s old friend Yuri Volos came to see him. He suggested that Vakulenko set up a home studio and work on recording tracks. Our hero agreed. Together, the friends purchased a computer and audio equipment. Basta managed to restore his old songs. But the material turned out to be unsuitable for the project.

Yuri and Vasily went to Moscow to start collaborating with some record label. Almost everywhere my friends were turned away. The only one who helped the Rostov rappers was Bogdan Titomir. He studied the demodisks provided by Basta. He found the material interesting. As a result, Bogdan Titomir called Vasya and his colleagues to creative association Gazgolder.

In 2006, the Basta group released its first album. The entire circulation of the records was sold out in a couple of weeks. The guys did not expect such success. In the same year, Basta’s video for the song “Autumn” was launched on the country’s music television channels. After this, the group was literally inundated with offers of cooperation. The musicians went to tour. They performed at large venues and in fashionable clubs. Everywhere people greeted them with a bang.

In 2008, Basta’s video for the song “City of Roads” was awarded music award MTV Russia Music Awards. This award gave Vasily Vakulenko and his friends an incentive for further creative development.

Achievements

Over the entire history of its existence, the Basta group has released 9 albums, shot dozens of videos and given hundreds of concerts throughout Russia. Vasily Vakulenko and his musicians are respected and listened to with pleasure by millions of our compatriots.

New heights

In 2015, our hero took part in the show “The Voice” as a professional mentor. Basta's group showed itself with dignity throughout all stages. And Vasily Vakulenko’s ward, the oriental beauty Era Cannes, entered the four best performers project. This was a good result.

Finally

Now you know what path to fame the Basta group took. The biography and personal life of the band's lead singer were also reviewed by us. Let's wish these wonderful guys more hits and loyal fans!