Lidiya Ruslanova was born on October 27, 1900 in village Chernavka, Serdobsk uyezd, Saratov Governorate, Russian Empire as Agafya Andreevna Leykina. She was an actress, known for Vysokoe zvanie. Dilogiya: Film vtoroy. Radi zhizni na zemle (1974), Kontsert frontu (1942) and Moscow Music Hall (1946). She died on September 20, 1973 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR.