Slava is a popular Russian singer, known not only for her hits, but also for her striking appearance. At the same time, even people who are far from her work guess that she is performing under a pseudonym.
Glory's real name
The singer was born on May 15, 1980 in an ordinary Moscow family: her mother was an economist, although she was fond of modern music, and her father, Vladimir Slanevsky, was a simple driver. The parents gave the newborn girl a beautiful name - Anastasia. Thus, the real name of the singer of Glory is Anastasia Vladimirovna Slanevskaya.
In search of her favorite pastime, the future pop star tried many different types of activities: even at school, she was seriously fond of volleyball, went in for equestrian sports, and tried herself in painting. After receiving secondary education, she studied first as a psychologist, then as a linguist. Realizing that these professions did not attract her, young Anastasia went to study at the Institute of Culture, after him - to the Academy of International Tourism, and then for some time stayed as a student at the University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics. As a result, however, she never managed to get a completed higher education.
The reason for this was Anastasia's chance meeting with the famous video director Sergei Kalvarsky, who, seeing her in one of the city's karaoke clubs, offered the girl cooperation. Having concluded an agreement on joint activities, Kalvarsky and the future singer also agreed that she would not perform under her real name: although it sounded beautiful, it was too long, and the star's name should be short and memorable.
Then the pseudonym "Slava" appeared, which remained with her for many years. The collaboration turned out to be successful: a year later, her first video "Love or Hate", shot by Sergei Kalvarsky, was released on the screens, and soon the new song "Fellow Traveler" became a real hit, making the singer popular. The singer herself is sure that a well-chosen creative pseudonym also played a significant role in this.
Origin of the alias
There are several different versions regarding the history of the appearance of the alias. According to one of them, friends and acquaintances called the future singer the name "Glory" as a child, and she, having nothing against her childhood nickname, chose him as her stage name.
According to another version, the author of the pseudonym was the singer's civil husband Anatoly Danilitsky, who, as Slava claimed in one of her interviews, more than once said that her real name - Slanevskaya - stands for "glorious Neva girl." To the singer's objections that she was not Neva, but Moscow, the husband replied that then let it be simple - "glorious." This nickname formed the basis for the future creative pseudonym.
