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Alla Pugachev was called the "main star of the Soviet Union", but her path to the top was full of risk. She refused to sing about the party and leaders, choosing texts about feelings and fate. Bright outfits, bold makeup, songs that people knew by heart - all this made it a symbol of freedom in a non -free country. But along with adoration was the dark side of Glory: once her life was in the hands of a fanatic with an ax ...

In the Soviet Union, it was difficult to introduce an artist who would not praise the party, revolution or “bright future”. But she appeared - Alla Pugacheva, a woman with red hair, a daring look and voice, from which even the most stringent officials froze. She not just sang - she broke the usual framework and rules of an entire era.

Already in the late 70s, her concerts were similar to mass insanity. The palaces of culture and huge halls in Moscow, St. Petersburg and other cities turned into a boiling volcano of emotions. Pugacheva did not sing about Lenin and the party, she chose texts about feelings, about pain, about what was close to every person. And it was like a sip of fresh air in a country where everything was limited by censorship.

The artist herself admitted that she could never live "according to the template." On stage, she appeared in lush dresses, then in bold mini, with makeup in blue or green tones. For her, each suit became an armor that protected from faceless grayness. She risked looking ridiculous, but it was precisely in this that her strength was: the audience believed that they were a real artist, and not a plastic “ideal”.

After “Arlekino”, the real take -off of Pugacheva’s career began - the song that other artists were first offered, but only she was able to turn her into the anthem of freedom and personal drama. Later there were “you are in the world”, “just like everyone else”, “a million scarlet roses”. Each of them became part of the fate of her fans. People cried under her songs, fell in love, quarreled, put up.

But the life of the Primadonna was not always cloudless. In the late 70s, an Anatoly Nagiyev fan stalls began to pursue it. He wrote Pugacheva’s letters with threats, was on duty near her house and even made an appointment, which he came with an ax. Fortunately, the police managed to detain him. Later it turned out that this man was a serial killer. The story could end in a tragedy, but Pugacheva continued to go on stage, as if nothing had happened.

Over the years, its popularity has not faded. Even when in 2019 she gave her last solo concert, tickets scattered in a matter of hours. Today, Alla Borisovna does not appear on large scenes, but her name is still a legend.

In the USSR, it was called the "Primadon", but in fact it was a symbol of independence. Where others sang “as it should”, she chose to sing “How I feel”. And that is why Alla Pugacheva became a legend, which is no longer possible to erase from the history of the country or from the memory of millions of people.