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Sofia Mykhailivna Yevdokymenko-Rotaru (born August 7, 1947) known as Sofia Rotaru (Ukrainian: Софiя Ротару [sɔˈfijɑ rɔˈtɑru]) is a Soviet and Ukrainian pop singer of Romanian/Moldavian heritage. Born to a large, impoverished family in Marshintsy, Ukraine , Rotaru, nicknamed Bukovinsky Solovey (Nightingale from Bukovina), emerged in 1966 as a pop folk star in the movie Solovey iz sela Marshintsy (Nightingale from Marshintsy) in the Romanian and Ukrainian-speaking world after her manager and future husband Anatoliy Jevdokymenko made her change her music style from folk to pop music with Chervona Ruta. In 1972, Sofia released the multilingual album Sofia Rotaru, re-released three...