Nadezhda Nikitichna Kadysheva (Russian: Надeжда Никитична Кадышeва, pronounced [nɐˈdʲeʐdə nʲɪˈkʲitʲɪtɕnə ˈkadɨʂɨvə]; born 1 June 1959) is a Russian folk-pop singer of Erzyan heritage,[2] she is the soloist of the band Zolotoe Koltso.

Her father, Nikita Mikhailovich Kadyshev worked for the railways, her mother, Anna Andreyevna stayed at home with four daughters.

She had to leave for a boarding school in Bugulma, where her singing talent was first discovered.

In 1988, they established Zolotoe Koltso and started performing abroad.

They were more well known abroad than in Russia, and they only became known there from 1993, when the local Soyuz record label offered them a contract.