The Zaitsev Sisters are a popular Russian duo featuring beautiful twins Tatiana and Elena. The performers were popular not only in their native Russia, but also gave concerts for foreign fans, performing immortal hits in English.
The peak of the band's popularity was in the 1990s, and the decrease in popularity was in the early 2000s. Despite the fact that today the duet does not release albums and videos, Tatyana and Elena remain in the spotlight thanks to charitable and social activities.
Childhood and youth of Tatiana and Elena Zaitsev
Tatyana and Elena were born on December 16, 1953 in the territory of the provincial Voronezh. The twins were born 15 minutes apart. Tatyana and Elena were brought up in a traditionally intelligent family. Mom was engaged in music, and the head of the family held a military position. The sisters lived together and dreamed of performing on stage together.
My father served in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, so the early years of Tatyana and Elena were spent in the GDR. Sometimes the girls performed in the division of Zaitsev Sr. In the 1970s, the sisters even participated in a creative competition in Sochi and won.
The twins received their secondary education in the city of Kaluga. Interestingly, after graduating from school, they took the diploma without saying anything to their parents and moved to Moscow.
At the time of moving to the capital, the girls were only 16 years old. Tatyana and Elena dreamed of a beautiful life, fans and stage performances. Soon the Zaitsevs became students of the All-Russian Creative Workshop of Variety Art. Leonid Maslyukov.
The creative path of the group "Sisters Zaitseva"
For personal reasons, Elena was forced to move abroad. Before the departure itself, the girls managed to record a joint track “And we are going to the cinema”. Tatyana Zaitseva was left alone in Moscow. She was forced to "tread a path" to the stage on her own. The singer performed at the Soyuz Hotel, as well as at the Variety State Theater. There she met many aspiring stars.
In the early 1990s, Tatyana suggested that her sister move to Moscow to work together on creative work. The Zaitsevs released the track "Sister", which described the plot of their lives separately. The support of Philip Kirkorov also influenced the development of their career.
The presentation of the debut album took place in 1995. We are talking about the LP "Random Encounters". The audience quite warmly accepted the creations of the duet. After the presentation of the studio album, a protracted tour followed.
In 1997, the group's discography was replenished with the second collection, which was called "Sister". The composition "Ugolyok" became a XNUMX% hit of the presented disc. A few years later, the vocalists received the Ovation Award for the video Crazy Snow.
The group received recognition in their native country. But the sisters wanted to win the hearts of foreign music lovers. Gradually, the Zaitsev Sisters group began to conquer other countries. Their producer, Tatyana's husband, organized concerts in the United States of America, the United Arab Emirates and Japan. In addition, he secured ticket sales for the duo's performances at the Las Vegas casinos.
The decline in the popularity of the team
In 2010, the duo returned to Russia. Upon arrival, Tatyana and Elena felt that much had changed during their absence. The vocalists have a significant number of competitors in the form of young and sexy performers. The popularity of the Zaitsev Sisters began to decline. They less and less pleased the fans with performances. If they gave concerts, then they were more of a charitable nature.
Today, the group's discography is not replenished with new albums. However, Tatyana and Elena, without modesty in their voice, admit that they managed to fulfill their dream conceived in their youth - they became popular.
Today, the names of the Zaitsev sisters are well known to the public. Their names are not always associated with joyful events. For example, in 2015, Elena and Tatyana became participants in several Russian rating programs due to the tragic death of Tatyana's son. The woman suffered a personal loss.
The son of Tatyana Zaitseva was fond of parkour. It was this passion that cost him his life. An unsuccessful stunt led to the death of a 32-year-old boy. He jumped from the roof of one car to another in the Moscow metro. During the tragedy, Tatyana was abroad, so Elena was the first to know about the misfortune. Alexei had a son, Maxim.
Personal life of Tatiana and Elena Zaitsev
In the early 1970s, Elena Zaitseva married a foreigner, Rolf Neumann. It is known that the man was married, but for the sake of the Russian woman, he decided to leave the family.
Together with Rolf, Elena moved to Wiesbaden, Germany. The man was against the appearance of children in the family. Actually, this was the reason for the divorce of the couple. After parting, Elena was forced to move to Moscow. The second husband of the star was a pilot - a Dutchman named Otto Langer. He took Elena Zaitseva to the Netherlands.
Interestingly, due to Elena's marriage to a foreigner, her sister Tatyana had difficulties in Soviet times. Despite this, the girls managed to maintain a warm, family relationship. Elena and Tatyana were separated by thousands of kilometers, but the girls dreamed of reunion. They met when Lena went through her first divorce.
Tatyana's personal life is associated with the name of Yuri Cherenkov. The husband of the star at one time worked as a director and organizer of the first Moscow variety theater. The couple lived together for several happy years. In this union, they had a common son, Alexei.
Some time later, Tatyana got married again. This time the woman tied the knot with American Nick Wissokowski. He became not only Tanya's official husband, but also a producer when the sisters united in a duet.
Nick ran the organization that ran the Beverly Hills casino in Moscow. At this time, Elena Zaitseva was a member of the board of directors. Vissokovsky helped to resolve issues that were related to the division of property, the attempt and the organization of the criminal case.
Group "Sisters Zaitseva" today
The stars live in Moscow, Tatyana lives in a house in Nikolo-Uryupino, which her husband bought back in the early 1990s. A woman helps her husband in solving business issues, and also manages family real estate in America. Elena lives in the capital and owns a house in Amsterdam.
The Zaitsev sisters have not maintained the band's official website for a long time. The latest news about stars can be found from social networks (most often from Instagram).
In 2020, the duo reminded their fans of their existence by becoming special invited guests of Boris Korchevnikov's program "The Fate of a Man". In the program, women talked about what is currently happening in their lives.
