Yanka Dyagileva

Yanka Dyagileva
Yanka Dyagileva in Zelenograd. 1 September 1990
Background information
Birth name	Yana Stanislavovna Dyagileva
Born	(1966-09-04)4 September 1966 Novosibirsk, USSR
Died	9 May 1991(1991-05-09) (aged 24)
Genres	Post-punk, psychedelic rock, folk punk, underground, punk rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Singing, guitar, bass guitar, glockenspiel
Years active	1988–1991
Formerly of	Grazhdanskaya Oborona, Kommunizm, Velikiye Oktyabri, Instrukcija po oborone

Yana Stanislavovna "Yanka" Dyagileva (Russian: Яна Станиславовна Дягилева; 4 September 1966 – c. 9 May 1991) was a Russian poet and singer-songwriter and one of the most popular figures of her time in Russia's underground punk scene. She both played solo and performed with others, including Yegor Letov and bands Grazhdanskaya Oborona and Velikiye Oktyabri ("Great Octobers"). Dyagileva was greatly influenced by Letov and Alexander Bashlachev, who were her friends. Her songs explored themes of desperation and depression, punk-style nihilism, and folk-like lamentations. Her death in 1991 has been considered as a symbolic end to the Siberian punk scene.^[1]