The Strelka musical group is a product of the Russian show business of the 1990s. Then new groups appeared almost every month.
The soloists of the Strelki group claimed the Russian Spice Girls along with their colleagues from the Brilliant group. However, the participants, which will be discussed, were favorably distinguished by voice diversity.
The composition and history of the creation of the Strelka group
The history of the creation of the team is somewhat "blurred". One of the versions says that the soloists of the group are representatives of the golden youth, whose parents decided to sponsor the project.
The second version is that the soloists of the group had to go through a tough casting before getting into the Strelka group. Well, the third version does tell about the fairy tale "Cinderella".
If you rely on the third version, then the singers sang in a Turkish resort town, they were heard by producers Igor Seliverstov and Leonid Velichkovsky and invited to conclude a contract.
Initially, the name of the team looked like this: "Strelki". The authorship of the name belongs to the choreographer of the musical group. The first group consisted of seven people.
The soloists of the musical group were Yulia Glebova (Yu-Yu), Svetlana Bobkina (Heru), Maria Korneeva (Margo), Ekaterina Kravtsova (Radio operator Kat), Maria Solovyova (Mouse), Anastasia Rodina (Stasya) and Liya Bykova.
In 1997, the performers recorded their debut works and took them to the Soyuz recording studio. However, representatives of the "Union" did not appreciate the efforts of the girls - they refused to cooperate.
Then GALA RECORDS became interested in the band. Representatives of the recording studio offered the soloists of the band to record a contract for three albums.
In 1998, the first changes took place in the composition of the team. The group was left by Liya Bykova, who chose the latter between the profession of a singer and higher education. For a while, Leah was replaced by the group's choreographer.
In September 1998, the team was replenished with a new member Larisa Batulina (Lisa).
Later, there was a real confusion with the composition of the Strelka group. In addition to the golden composition of the group, there was a so-called second composition, which was remembered by the public as Strelki International.
A backup copy of the soloists was necessary for enrichment. Two versions of the beloved band toured the country at the same time.
Soloists from both compositions from time to time came and left from the first to the second. Probably, only true fans can figure out the names of the soloists who flashed at the peak of the popularity of the Strelka group.
In October 1999, Anastasia Rodina left the group. She left the team for a reason - she got married and successfully moved to the Netherlands.
In the early 2000s, the beautiful Maria Solovyova went on maternity leave. For several years, the voices of Salome (Tori), Kitia (Rosiver) and Svetlana Bobkina could be heard in the video clips and tracks of the group.
In 2002, Yulia Glebova left the musical group. The girl announced to the producers that she had outgrown the musical group, so she was ready to build a solo career.
Today Julia is known under the pseudonym Beretta. A little later, the leaders of the Strelka group asked Ekaterina Kravtsova to leave the team.
The video clip "Yugorskaya Dolina", which was released in 2003, starred Maria Korneeva, Svetlana Bobkina and Larisa Batulina. They were joined by Lana Timakova (Lulu), Elena Mishina (Malaya), Natalya Deeva and Oksana Ustinova (Gina).
In the same 2003, Mishina left the team. She was replaced by Galina Trapezova (Gala). A few years later, Svetlana Bobkina (Hera) and Maria Korneeva (Margo) left the group forever.
Russian singers decided to create their own team, which was called "Bridge".
In the fall of 2003, the Strelki group appeared again in a video clip with a new line-up: Larisa Batulina, Natalya Deeva, Oksana Ustinova, Lana Timakova and Galina Trapezova.
Later, the leaders of the team were: Nastya Bondareva, Nastya Osipova and Nika Knight. Due to age restrictions, Larisa Batulina left the team.
The tour, which took place in 2004 on the territory of the United States of America, took place in the composition: Kovaleva - Deeva - Deborah - Knight. They went to conquer France: Timakova, Osipova, Ustinov, Dmitricheva, Trapezova.
The decline in the popularity of the Strelka group
In 2006, there was a decline in the popularity of the Strelki group. The collapse of the group met in this composition Timakov - Kovalev - Ustinov - Knight - Deev - Osipov.
However, it cannot be said that in 2006 the group ceased to exist. Until 2012, a backup copy of the Strelka group and short-term associations of former members of the group gave their concerts at different venues.
According to the Strelka soloists, the group ceased to exist due to the fault of the producers. In 2006, they demanded a sharp change in the group's repertoire.
The producers insisted on maintaining the music with which the group began their career. The producers did not take into account the fact that the tastes of music lovers began to change.
Since 2006, the unofficial period of the musical group began. Until 2012, the group was left by such soloists as: Osipova, Bondareva, Simakova, Ovchinnikova, Rubtsova, Evsyukova.
Music of the band Strelka
The debut performance of the musical group took place in the Moscow club "Metelitsa". In 1997, the soloists of the Strelka group presented the first video clip, Mommy, to fans.
In 1998, the girls prepared for music lovers the first collection of their musical compositions "Arrows Go Forward" with the hit "At the Party". This track brought two wins of the Golden Gramophone award.
In 1998, the group released several video clips at once: “The First Teacher”, “Resort Romance”, “Happy New Year!” and Moscow. The musical group received the Ovation Award as the best pop group.
In 1999, the Strelki group released a video clip for the track "You left me" with the famous actor Ivar Kalnynsh and model Olga Maltseva.
Later, it was this track that became the hallmark of the musical group. The musical composition "You left me" was included in the collection of the best songs "Strelka 2000".
Then the soloists presented the album "Everything for ..." to the fans of their work. In support of the new disc, the Strelki group went on a tour of the United States of America and Germany. In addition, the soloists organized a concert at the NSC Olimpiyskiy.
Then video clips came out: “Thorns and Roses”, “I'm Good”, “No Love”. The group was seen in collaboration with Igor Nikolaev. She presented the track "I'll be back."
In 2000, the group was awarded the second Ovation Prize. A biopic about the group, The Arrows Go Forward, was then released. The soloists of the Strelka group did not even think of resting.
In the same year, they released the video clip "The Sun Behind the Mountain" and the scandalous composition for which the video clip "Dislike" was filmed. The last video clip was awarded the Golden Gramophone award, and was released in four versions at once.
In 2001, the Strelki group released their next album, Megamix. The disc includes the top compositions of the musical group, as well as several new works.
In the summer of 2012, the presentation of the album “Love Me Stronger” took place with the hits “Vetochka” and “Forgive, Goodbye”. Some of the musical compositions are written by Svetlana Bobkina and Yulia Beretta. The disc includes solo works by Maria Korneeva and Svetlana Bobkina.
In 2003, fans of the Strelki group saw the video clips Veterok and Best Friend. In 2004, the team went on a US tour. Upon returning to their homeland, the girls recorded the tracks: “Valentine”, “Drips of rain”, “Bonfire from letters”.
Since 2009, Svetlana Bobkina and Yulia Beretta have been working in the Nestrelki duo. However, the girls never managed to repeat the success of the Strelka group.
In 2015, the musical group led by Tori, Margot, Hera and Kat resurrected to take part in the 90s Disco program.
On the stage, the soloists of the musical group presented the songs “A man in love” and “I want to be thin”. The songs were performed on the air of well-known Russian radio stations.
Musical group Strelka today
Part of the gold cast on social media call themselves “ex. ARROWS" (Hera & Margo & Katt). The singers occasionally perform on radio stations and television.
In addition, they do not resort to speaking at corporate parties and in clubs, at presentations, in clubs. Tori recently left the band. She refused to appear in the video clip "It's too late to love me."
In 2017, the presentation of the video clip "Adrenaline" took place. The trio of Ekaterina Kravtsova, Svetlana Bobkina and Maria Bibilova (Kat, Hera and Margo) performed at the Cinematograph Club in Moscow.
Svetlana, under the name Bobi, worked not only for the benefit of Strelok, but also pumped herself up as a solo artist. Musical compositions and videos of the girl can be viewed on her YouTube page.
Sali Rosiver received a diploma about graduating from the College. Gnesins. At the moment, the girl is the head of her own vocal school. Yulia Beretta is a member of the Russian Film Actors Guild, graduated from GITIS. At the moment, she has starred in more than 30 films.
Larisa Batulina decided to move away from music. She lives in London and realizes herself as a designer. Nastya Rodina also left her native Russia. She lives in the Netherlands, working there as a yoga instructor.
Leah received a linguist diploma and now lives in Australia. The girl received a master's degree from the University of New South Wales.
Maria Solovieva graduated from GITIS, by education she is a director of the pop department, a teacher-choreographer. Maria is the mother of three beautiful children. Not so long ago, she and her husband moved to Turkey.
