Rusya (real name Maryna Shukyurava; born March 15, 1980) is a Belarusian vocalist of the band Indiga,[1] a "rock-princess" according to the results of the tenth Rock Coronation.
[10] She collaborated as a journalist, editor, and producer with Radyjo Racyja, European Radio for Belarus, translated and voiced films and cartoons for the Belsat TV channel.
[12][13][14] In parallel, she collaborated with the poet Andrej Chadanovič, musician Ihar Varaškievič, and the production center “Backlab collective” (Austria).
[10] She took part in the recording of Lavon Volski’s compilation album “Takoha niama nidzie.”[10] On November 1, 2008, at the Bronx club, Rusya, as a member of the folk band Akana-NHS, performed at the presentation of the EP “In Tune” by Hair Peace Salon, which attached her as a vocalist in the new band of Irena Kotvitskaya, the leader of the scattered NHS, and the transition itself took place during the “Golden Acoustics” contest project a month before due to the long creative leave of Indiga owing to perturbations in the line-up.
[23] After taking pictures in the nude style for the capital magazine “RiO” in 2007, she received several offers to get married, but she did not accept a single one.