Biography

As a child, Samoylova began losing function of her legs due to spinal muscular atrophy and has used a wheelchair since childhood. The singer says that the manifestation of the hereditary disease could follow after an unsuccessful poliomyelitis vaccination (Channel One and TASS also take this view), but specialists deny such a connection.

Paternal cousin of Oksana Samoylova, Denis Ustimenko-Vaynshtein's wife. She has three first nieces through them: Ariela (b. July 27, 2011), Lea (b. September 3, 2014) and Maya (b. April 27, 2017).