Alisa Drei

Alisa Drei (born 28 February 1978) is a Finnish former figure skater.

Drei began skating at the age of three in Moscow; she and her mother subsequently moved to Finland and received Finnish citizenship.

Drei began competing internationally for Finland in 1994. She resided in Riihimäki and her coach was her mother, Elena Drei-Koskinen.

Drei announced her retirement on December 14, 2007 due to knee problems. She has a degree in sport psychology from a sports academy in Saint Petersburg. In February 2008, she began coaching young skaters in Espoo.

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Alisa

Alisa (Russian: Алиса) is a Russian hard rock band, who are credited as one of the most influential bands in the Russian rock movement.

Biography

Alisa was formed in November 1983 by bassist Svyatoslav Zadery. The band's name originated from Zadery nickname. The band's lineup was finally completed in 1984, when new vocalist Kostya Kinchev (real name Konstantin Panfilov) and guitarist Petr Samoylov joined. Their debut album Energia was released by state publishing monopoly Melodiya and sold more than a million copies.

But the relations between two leaders, Konstantin and Zadery, were deteriorating, and finally Svyatoslav departed from the band. This occurred just one hour before Alisa was to perform at a concert. Alisa had to ask Kino bassist Igor Tihomirov to replace him for one concert. Later Zadery created his own band Nateh! (Russian: НАТЕ! - "Take that!"). Zadery died on 6 May 2011 due to complications from a stroke at the age of 50.

The growing popularity of the band created a fan community called the Army of Alisa, known for their rough behaviour at concerts. It led to animosity between the band and Soviet officials. In 1987, the newspaper Smena accused Alisa's leader Kinchev of Nazi propaganda and worshiping Hitler. Kinchev filed a suit for calumny and moral loss compensation. After the year-long court process the magazine published the refutation. Alisa's next album was titled Article 206 part 2, a chapter ("Hooliganism") of the USSR Procedural Code, alluding to this process.

Alisa (disambiguation)

Alisa may refer to:

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Alisa (Serbian band)

Alisa (Serbian Cyrillic: Алиса; Slavic analogue to the female name Alice, referring to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) were a Serbian and former Yugoslav pop rock band from Belgrade.

Band history

1984–91

Alisa was formed in 1984 by Miroslav "Pile" Živanović (a former Zvučni Zid and Jedan Smer member, vocals), Predrag Cvetković (a former member of Slađana Milošević's backing band Ljudi member, drums), Aleksandar Kićanović (keyboards), Zoran Jančeski (a former Sedmi Krug member, guitar), and Marko Glavan (a former BG5 member, bass guitar). They released their debut self-titled album in 1985. All the songs were written by the keyboardist Jovan Stoiljković, leader of Živanović's former band Zvučni Zid, some of them during the 1970s while Stoiljković was the leader of the band Bicikl. Stoiljković decided not to become an official member of Alisa, but rather an author of Alisa's fairy tales-inspired songs. Although poorly produced, album brought hits "Sanja" and "Vojskovođa" ("Warlord") that made Alisa teen stars in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The album featured Saša Gnus on flute and saxophone as special guest.