Anastasiya[a] and Maria Andreyevna Tolmacheva[b] (born 14 January 1997, Kursk), known as the Tolmachevy Sisters (Russian: Сёстры Толмачёвы), are identical twin singers and actresses from Kursk, Russia.
At the age of nine, the sisters represented Russia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Bucharest, Romania after being selected in the national final held on 4 June 2006.
They also performed the song "Katyusha" on the Red Square in Moscow on Victory Day.In 2009, the sisters made an appearance at the opening act of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia.
[3] In 2010, the sisters were part of an interval act at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Minsk, Belarus, where previous winners of the contest sang their winning songs in a medley.
[6] The Tolmachevy Sisters were the subject of booing from the audience during the semi-final and final.