Biography
Sonya Tayurskaya — singer (little big) with roots in the USSR
Sonya Tayurskaya is a Russian singer and performer born in Irkutsk (Siberia) who became internationally known as a key member of Little Big — the St. Petersburg rave-pop group whose viral videos amassed hundreds of millions of views. She relocated from Russia after 2022.
Russian Connection
Tracing the roots — Irkutsk
Born in Irkutsk in Siberia in 1990, Tayurskaya joined Little Big and became one of its most recognisable faces — her deadpan, hyper-stylised performance being central to the group's anarchic aesthetic. Her Irkutsk origins, her St. Petersburg career, and her post-2022 exile in Los Angeles trace the full arc of Russia's cultural diaspora in one biography.
Family Tree
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Sonya Tayurskaya🇺🇸 USA
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Self (Born there)
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Origin
Irkutsk🇷🇺 USSR
Historical context
Soviet Union (USSR) · 1922–1991
Irkutsk. At the time, this region was one of the fifteen republics of the Soviet Union.
Map: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA)
Key Achievements
A career defined by ambition
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Key member of Little Big — Skibidi, UNO, Hypnodancer
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Hundreds of millions of combined video views
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Eurovision 2020 entry UNO — widely predicted to win before COVID cancellation
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Relocated to Los Angeles after Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine
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One of the most recognisable faces of Russian rave-pop internationally
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