Vitas lyrics
- Original spelling / Aliases: Виталий Владасович Грачёв, Витас
- Country: Russia, Ukraine
- Languages: Russian, Italian, English
- Genre: Opera, Pop, Pop-Rock
- Official site: http://vitas.com.ru/
- Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitas
- Related: Featuring songs, Covered songs
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| Vitas featuring lyrics | Translations | |
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| Maryla Rodowicz - KRZYK ZURAWI - Криком журавлиным (KRZYK ZURAWI - Krikom zhuravlinym)Russian, Polish |
| Vitas also performed | Translations | |
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BalkanTranslate1
Wed, 30/08/2017 - 11:35
He is not Latvian. This is copy-paste from English Wikipedia:
Vitaliy Vladasovich Grachov (...) is a Ukrainian singer who sings in Russian, and is also known as the "Russian Chayanne".
This means he is Ukrainian.
BalkanTranslate1
Wed, 30/08/2017 - 11:37
You can also read on Russian Wikipedia:
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%81_(%D0%BF%D0%...
Место рождения: Даугавпилс, Латвийская ССР, СССР
Страна: Украина
He was born in Latvia, but he's Ukrainian singer :)
Kind regards,
Stefan
Eagles Hunter
Wed, 30/08/2017 - 13:37
Well, it's funny. But his official facebook page describes him as a "RUSSIAN CITIZEN", "RUSSIAN MUSICIAN", "RUSSIAN ARTIST" in this passage: "The Chinese Organizing Committee of the XXIX Olympic Games invited a well-known Russian Artist Vitas to take part in ........"
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We need him to answer this question
BalkanTranslate1
Thu, 31/08/2017 - 15:13
Yes, it certainly is :) But he's considered as Ukrainian singer even on Russian Wikipedia which is a sufficient proof to categorize him as Ukrainian in my opinion.
Best regards!
Stefan
Eagles Hunter
Thu, 31/08/2017 - 15:39
Wikipedia is an open site. It can not be considered a reference at all. You can write whatever you like and change whatever you want. For example: When I commented here in the first time it was written in Wikipedia that he is Latvian. But seems that someone has changed this.
I think how he defines himself weights more in such things. He didn't define himself as a Ukrainian citizen neither in his official site (neither in English, nor in Russian), nor in his official page on Facebook.
BalkanTranslate1
Thu, 31/08/2017 - 15:40
Well, should we define him as Russian in that case?
RadixIce
Thu, 31/08/2017 - 15:50
Sorry for interfering, but I always think it's always better to add the country to the artists where they were born (born& raised), and this singer was born in Lativia and he was living in Latvia till he became a teenager. His parents also probably were Latvians..
BalkanTranslate1
Thu, 31/08/2017 - 15:55
Well, I think it's not a good idea. For example, there are many Serbs born in Croatia who would find it offending if you categorize them as Croatians. I think that artist's nationality is the best option for defining his/her country. For example: a Serb born in Croatia - his country: Serbia, Russian born in Latvia - his country: Russia etc.
His page in Wikipedia defines him as a Latvian singer