Yulia Volkova
Yulia Olegovna Volkova, born February 20, 1985, better known by the alternative spelling of Julia, is a Russian singer and actress best known as a member of the Russian pop duo, t.A.T.u., along with Lena Katina. They had signed to Universal Music Russia, where they had eventually signed to Universal’s sub-label Interscope Records in 2001.
They had been successful as a group, with worldwide hits including “All the Things She Said”, “Not Gonna Get Us” and “All About Us”, releasing six studio albums in total; three Russian language albums and three English language albums. In 2011, Katina and Volkova announced that t.A.T.u. had broken up. Julia signed a solo career with Gala Records in June 2011, and released her debut single “All Because of You” in October 2011. The song was also released in a Russian-language version under the title “Сдвину мир”(I’ll Change the World).
In May 2004, Volkova announced that she was pregnant by her then long-time boyfriend Pavel Sidorov, which caused some controversy due to Sidorov already having a wife and daughter. Daughter Viktoria Pavlovna Volkova was born on 23 September 2004, in Moscow. She does not keep in contact with Sidorov.
Volkova then had a long term relationship with businessman Parviz Yasinov. The press reported that the two got married and she converted to Islam for him, but she denied this. It was reported and confirmed that Volkova was pregnant with her second child, her first with Yasinov, around June 2007.
Volkova gave birth to a baby boy named Samir on 27 December 2007, in Moscow. The couple stated that they wanted to get married in the future. In 2010, Volkova confirmed that she and Yasinov had broken up, but denied claims that she had been separated from her son.
On 5 June 2008, t.A.T.u. canceled a concert scheduled for 19 June due to Volkova falling ill. The official site didn’t give exact details of her illness. It has been speculated by the media that she was diagnosed with postpartum depression but it was never confirmed. On 19 June, a blog entry was posted by Lena saying that “Yulia’s better” and shortly after Volkova appeared to be resuming normal activities. In a recent interview, it was said that according to MKRU’, it was said that Julia doesn’t contact with band mate Katina any more. She said “Just so happens that we are now almost do not talk.”
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