Russian Woman Explained

Russian Woman
Cover:	Manizha - Russian Woman.png
Type:	single
Artist:	Manizha
Length:	2:56
Label:	Independent
Prev Title:	Akkulista
Prev Year:	2021
Next Title:	Держи Меня Земля (Hold Me Mother Earth)
Next Year:	2022
Misc:	Embed: yes Song: "Russian Woman" Year: 2021 Country: Russia Artist: Manizha Lyricist: Manizha Place: 9th Points: 204 Place Semi: 3rd Points Semi: 225 Prev: Uno Prev Link: Uno (Little Big song)

"Russian Woman" (transliterated into Russian Cyrillic as Russian: Рашн Ԝуман, stylised in all caps), originally titled "Russkaya zhenshchina" (Russian: Русская женщина), is a song by Russian-Tajik singer Manizha, independently released as a single on 19 March 2021. The song represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, after winning the national final Evrovidenie 2021 – Nacionalniy Otbor.^[1] To date, this is the last Russian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, after the country .

Controversy

Many Russian viewers took offense to a singer of Tajik descent singing about Russian women and to the singer's activism for LGBT rights and women's rights, and left hate comments on the video and her Instagram account, demanding that she drop out of Eurovision.^[2] Yelena Drapeko, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Culture, suggested banning Manizha from performing in Eurovision under the Russian flag, commenting also that Eurovision offered no cultural value and was too politicized and pro-LGBT.^[3]

Eurovision Song Contest

See main article: Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.

The song was selected to represent Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, after Manizha was selected through Evrovidenie 2021 – Nacionalniy Otbor. The semi-finals of the 2021 contest featured the same line-up of countries as determined by the draw for the 2020 contest's semi-finals. Russia was placed into the first semi-final, held on 18 May 2021, and passed into finals. The final was held on 22 May 2021, and the song got 9th place with 204 points.^[4]

Charts

Chart (2021)! scope="col"

Peak position
Greece (IFPI)^[5]	51
Iceland (Tónlistinn)^[6]	40
Lithuania (AGATA)^[7]	12

Release history

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Date	Format(s)	Label	References
Various	19 March 2021

Notes and References

1. Web site: Manizha's 'Russian Woman' wins on International Women's Day. 8 March 2021. Eurovision.tv. 8 March 2021.
2. News: Russia's Tajik-born Eurovision star on the abuse she's received . BBC . 26 March 2021.
3. Web site: Salunov . Anatoly . Драпеко потребовала запретить Маниже петь на "Евровидении" под российским флагом . sobesednik.ru . 26 March 2021.
4. Web site: Grand Final of Rotterdam 2021 - Eurovision Song Contest . Eurovision Official Website . May 23, 2021.
5. Web site: Official IFPI Charts – Digital Singles Chart (International) – Week: 20/2021. IFPI Greece. 31 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210531180258/http://www.ifpi.gr/digital_ien.html. 31 May 2021.
6. Web site: Tónlistinn – Lög. The Music – Songs. is. Plötutíðindi. 3 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210605085922/https://plotutidindi.is/lagalistinn/. 5 June 2021. dead.
7. Web site: 2021 21-os SAVAITĖS (gegužės 21-27 d.) SINGLŲ TOP100. lt. AGATA. 28 May 2021. 28 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210528143430/https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/21s/. 28 May 2021. live.