Olimpiya Profile and Facts (Updated!)

Olimpiya Profile and Facts

Olimpiya is a Sakha singer-songwriter. She debuted in 2006 with the single “Тыын” (“Breathe”).

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Stage Name: Olimpiya (Олимпия)
Birth Name: Svetlana Gennadiyevna Stepanova (Светлана Геннадьевна Степанова)
Birthdate: February 6, 1984
Astrological Sign: Aquarius
Chinese Zodiac Sign: Rat
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Olimpiya Facts:
– She was born and raised in Verkhoyansk town, Verkhoyanski district, Yakut ASSR, USSR.
– Her father Gennadi, whose heritage is Even-Ukrainian, is an author, teacher and historian.
– Her mother Anna, who is Sakha, used to be a tradeswoman.
– She was planned to be named after her grandmother, but grandma herself objected and suggested to name the girl Svetlana.
– She has two older brothers Ivan and Gennadi, so she thinks she is not that feminine from socializing with them.
– But with the example of her mother, as she says, she embraced her female nature.
– College education: Ammosov NEFU, Faculty of Yakut Philology and Culture (graduated from in 2007).
– Nicknames: Lana, Northern Lands Storm, Olimpush, Olimpai.
– Her hobby is collecting crockery with Sakha ornaments.
– She is known as an outstanding dancer in her district since kindergarten days.
– She used to feel uncomfortable on her appearance, since she doesn’t look like her mother and brothers, who were considered good-looking.
– She wanted to become a singer as a child, because she thought she could become a beauty on this path.
– She also had wishes to become an actress, an aerial dancer and a policewoman.
–  Her father used to collect a lot of Soviet singers records and Olimpiya listened to them and took inspiration.
– She entered a musical school without warning her parents. They learned about it after little Olimpiya showed them a tuition fee check.
– She released a pre-debut track with Sakha singer Legentei in 2003 as Lana Stepanova.
– She made her debut on republican song contest Sanga Yrya.
– For her debut she bought a very expensive dress by scholarship money and money lent by family and friends.
– At first she wanted to go by her birth name but older artists on casting told her to get an original stage name. She was recommended Chorguya and Stella, but she herself came up with Olimpiya after consulting with her backdancers.
– Off stage, she is an introversive person.
– She prefers listening to lyrical songs.
– After her debut, she entered Yakutsk Variety Theater, there she became friends with renowned Sakha singers Dalaana and Nika. Soon they formed a trio.
– She had her own first concert in 2010.
– She names herself as the most falling-on-scene Sakha star.
– She is married since 2015 and has two daughters.

Olimpiya Filmography:
– The Curse (Сэттээх) (2010) – forest demon woman in Story 1

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