Roksana Babajan
Roksana Babajan | |
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← Yulia Arinicheva and Roksana Babajan → | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Roksana Rubenovna Babajan |
| Born | 30 May 1946 Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union |
| Genres | Music of the Soviet Union, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, actress |
| Years active | 1973–present |
Roksana Rubenovna Babajan (Armenian: Ռոքսանա Ռուբենի Բաբայան, Russian: Рокса́на Рубе́новна Бабая́н; born 30 May 1946, Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian pop singer and actress. People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1999). Active participant in the protection of homeless animals, President of the Russian League for the Protection of Animals.
The widow of People's Artist of the RSFSR Mikhail Derzhavin (1936–2018), she officially bears his surname, but performs under her mother's surname.