Vera Brezhneva
Family
Vera was born on 3 February 1982 in Dniprodzerzhynsk, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union. Her parents were not involved in the music or entertainment business. Her mother, Tamara, is Russian, and her father, Viktor is mixed of Ukrainian and Russian descent. Her father worked in a chemical factory located by the Dnieper River. Her mother, who had graduated from medical school, worked in the same factory as her father. Vera has three sisters - one older (Halyna) and two younger (Nastya and Vika, twins). She bought a flat for her parents in Boryspil, a town close to Kiev. The father of Vera's daughter (Sonia) is Vitaliy Voychenko, to whom Vera was married for a few years. She graduated from the Rail Engineering Institute of Dnipropetrovsk with a degree in economics.
Nu Virgos
In 2002, Brezhneva was invited to a casting organized to find a girl to replace Alena Vinnitskaya and she won. In January 2003 Nu Virgos started performing in the new configuration (Nadiya, Hanna and Vera) that, due to its amazing popularity, gained the name of "the golden line up".
In July 2007, Brezhneva decided to have a break from the band, which ended in December 2007 with the official announcement of her leaving Nu Virgos. Vera was replaced in the group by Tatiana Kotova.
Family
Vera was born on 3 February 1982 in Dniprodzerzhynsk, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union. Her parents were not involved in the music or entertainment business. Her mother, Tamara, is Russian, and her father, Viktor is mixed of Ukrainian and Russian descent. Her father worked in a chemical factory located by the Dnieper River. Her mother, who had graduated from medical school, worked in the same factory as her father. Vera has three sisters - one older (Halyna) and two younger (Nastya and Vika, twins). She bought a flat for her parents in Boryspil, a town close to Kiev. The father of Vera's daughter (Sonia) is Vitaliy Voychenko, to whom Vera was married for a few years. She graduated from the Rail Engineering Institute of Dnipropetrovsk with a degree in economics.
Nu Virgos
In 2002, Brezhneva was invited to a casting organized to find a girl to replace Alena Vinnitskaya and she won. In January 2003 Nu Virgos started performing in the new configuration (Nadiya, Hanna and Vera) that, due to its amazing popularity, gained the name of "the golden line up".
In July 2007, Brezhneva decided to have a break from the band, which ended in December 2007 with the official announcement of her leaving Nu Virgos. Vera was replaced in the group by Tatiana Kotova.