Ruzhena Sikora

Ruzhena Vladimirovna Sikora (Russian: Ружена Владимировна Сикора; 20 August 1918 – 23 December 2006) was a Soviet traditional pop and jazz performer of Czech and Polish origins, highly popular in the late 1940s and 1950s. Sikora is credited with being the first Soviet artist to have started performing international jazz, swing and pop standards in their respective original languages.