2021 Russia: Manizha - Russian Woman (9th place @ ESC) Манижа Сангин - Русская женщина SUBTITLES

If you want to read the original lyrics please click the SUBTITLES button. And if you wish to understand them, select the language of your choice in the settings. The playlist with all 2021 ESC entries is here: Manizha stormed the public vote in the Russian national preselection (winning with 39.7% over #2Mashi’s 35.7% and Therr Maitz on 24.6%) and explained the meaning behind “Russian Woman“: “This is a song about the transformation of a woman’s self-awareness over the past few centuries in Russia. A Russian woman has gone an amazing way from a peasant hut to the right to elect and be elected (one of the first in the world), from factory workshops to space flights. She has never been afraid to resist stereotypes and take responsibilities. This is the source of inspiration for the song. By coincidence I wrote it on March 8, 2020 while on tour, but for the first time I perform it a year l