Kolibri is a Soviet and Russian experimental pop/rock group formed in 1988 in Saint-Petersburg playing an eclectic brand of baroque pop blended with elements of post-punk, cabaret, chanson and dominated by vocal harmony.

In their heyday Kolibri, according to rock historian Andrey Burlaka, combined ironic high posturing with touchingly humane attitude, writing and performing songs that were described variously as exquisite, depressive, extravagant, romantic, naive, sophisticated and decadent.

[4] Kolibri were formed in 1988, originally as a side project for Natalya Pivovarova [ru] (born 17 July 1963 in Novgorod),[5] then a member of Sergey Kuryokhin's Populyarnaya Mekhanika.

She invited six other girls, who were associated with the Leningrad Rock Club but hadn't had any stage experience, to join, and suggested they form a kind of musical theater and perform covers in a cabaret/avant-garde/post-rock fashion.

Among those taking part in the recording were Oleg Sakmarov (flute, oboe), Piotr Akimov (cello), Alexey Ratzen (drums) and two Televizor's guitarists, Alexandr Beliaev and Maxim Kuznetzov.

[3] The band went on tour using the instrumental studio backing track and asserting (according to Allmusic) "their nonconformity with theatrical stage antics and costuming, in their case identical black ballet outfits and colored gloves.

She went on to work as a producer for Molochny Shake (another all-girl group which some critics labeled "the teenage Kolibri") and sang duets with Alexandr Lushin and his band.

After a year of touring Europe the reformed Kolibri made their first Saint Petersburg appearance; their 24 December 2000 concert in Teatr Estrady garnered fine reviews.

In 2009 Yudanova, Volkova and Sharovatova along with Soundscript 33 recorded Железные звезды (Zheleznye zvyozdy, Iron Stars), which later made its way into Vzglyad newspaper's list of 12 best World albums of that year.