Singer and composer Roman Zhukov: biography, personal life, discography

There are no biographical details, important dates or events in the life of Roma Zhukov’s current wife. Elena is not a media personality, so she is far from publicity. Some facts from the family life of the 90s star Roma were revealed due to the tragic death of her daughter and the latest news regarding the division of children in a divorce.

It is known that the singer’s wife’s name is Elena, she was born in Moscow, year of birth - 1982. The star family is famous in show business for its ideal marriage, a large number of children, each of whom was born in different countries.

Now Elena is 36 years old. Despite her advanced age and having given birth seven times, she looks simply amazing. Many are interested in the secret of her youth.

Roman Zhukov: biography, personal life, family

The singer is from Orel, date of birth 04/19/1967. After the birth of their son, the family moved to Makhachkala. The child’s creative inclinations showed up early, so his mother decided to send him to a music school.

From adolescence, Roman began performing in front of large audiences with the orchestra of the House of Pioneers. When he turns 17, the young man sets off to conquer Moscow. Life there begins with admission to MAST (aircraft technical school). At the same time, he plays the electric organ in the Yunost group and at the same time studies at Gnesinka.

In 1987, a talented guy received an invitation from the leader of the Mirage group; the group needed a keyboard player. Here he first begins to compose songs.

Later, as a composer-arranger, Zhukov recorded a magnetic album for Svetlana Razina, who left the band. Soon Roman also left the group, releasing his own compositions. His debut was the album “Dust of Dreams”.

Zhukov creates his own group “Marshal”, with which he traveled all over the country and neighboring countries. He was even called a “super-tourist” for his huge number of concerts.

Roman's popularity is gaining momentum, he becomes a real star of the 90s. But soon the group breaks up, and the singer sets off to conquer Western and European spaces.

First Zhukov works in America, then performs for Russian-speaking emigrants in Germany. He returns to his homeland for a short time to gain strength. He leaves again, but for Italy, where he lives and works for two years.

Zhukov finally returned home in 1997. He immediately created his own recording studio. Under the pseudonym Nemo Zhukov releases the album “Back to the Future.”

For several years Roman has been working as a composer and author of hits for our pop stars, and in 2011 he acted as a producer for the first time.

In 2013, Zhukov released a new video and album “DISCO”, reminding fans of his work. Today the singer is actively involved in the restaurant business, having opened the Myata karaoke bar in Sochi.

Group "Mirage", photo in youth.

Roman Zhukov and his wife

According to the artist, until the age of 36, he had no thoughts about offspring, and there was no desire to get married. The singer loved freedom, led a busy life, loved hanging out in clubs, bars or restaurants.

Usually Zhukov had fun with two friends, seducing beautiful girls. At one of these parties he met his future wife.

The guys called Roma, saying that they were missing a third to complete the company. Zhukov drove up beautifully, all in white, in a red car. The girl waiting for the prince turned out to be Lena.

She was not a quiet admirer, but a desperate fan of Zhukov’s work. A spark ran between them immediately, mutual sympathy quickly became a whirlwind romance.

Soon Lena and Roma realized that this was love and literally a month later the couple officially sealed their union. There were three wedding ceremonies. First - the Moscow registry office, then the wedding, and in 2009 in Los Angeles.

The beautiful date 09.09.09 gave me the idea of ​​getting married again. Having deceived the Americans that they were namesakes, the Zhukov couple again went through the solemn wedding procedure.

Every year their family grew by one child, and for eight years the couple celebrated their wedding date in Pattaya.

Children

Over the course of 13 years of marriage, the couple had 5 girls and 2 boys. Almost all babies born to a star family have dual citizenship. It was Elena's idea.

The exact dates are difficult to indicate, but we list all the children in ascending order and their place of birth:

1. First-born Polina - Moscow.
2. Elizabeth Victoria - London.
3. Nikita - Limassol, a town in the south of Cyprus.
4. Angelica is Los Angeles, hence the name.
5. Sofia-Victoria - Nice.
6. Victoria Elizabeth - Sydney.
7. Stephen-Anthony - Munich.

In 2012, on June 19, a tragedy occurred.
Five-year-old daughter Elizaveta-Victoria died after three days of intensive care, having been hit in the head with a swing. The couple were in Australia, where they were expecting the birth of their sixth child.
Roman and Elena did not even have time to arrive at their daughter’s funeral and cremation. According to the couple, the tragedy brought them even closer and made them appreciate every moment they lived.

Childhood and youth

The future musician and singer was born in the spring of 1967 in Orel, but soon the family moved to Makhachkala, where Roman spent his childhood and youth. Roma Zhukov discovered a desire to sing and an ear for music at an early age. The parents took their son to a music school, which the guy successfully graduated from.

Roma Zhukov in his youth

He performed for the first time in front of a large audience in Makhachkala: the orchestra of the House of Pioneers and Schoolchildren, of which the teenager became a member, delighted the audience at festive concerts and city events.

In 1984, Roma Zhukov came to conquer the Russian capital. I entered the aircraft engineering technical school, but music remained the main thing. Therefore, the student found a use for his talents in the Yunost team. Zhukov received his musical education at Gnesinka.

Divorce from the wife of singer Roma Zhukov

In 2020, information about family discord appeared among the press. A year later, all the newspapers and the network were full of headlines that the couple was getting divorced, the singer abandoned six children and left the family.

The topic interested Zhukov’s fans so much that the details of his personal life were brought up for general discussion.

On the central TV channel, on the programs “Let Them Talk” and “Actually,” Elena and Roman told what “skeletons in the closet” everyone has and expressed their point of view about what was happening.

It is known that Zhukov has actually been living separately from his family for the past year, setting up a business in Sochi. The singer accused his wife of regular alcohol abuse, constant absence at night, and insufficient child care.

Due to this behavior of his ex-wife, Roman had doubts about his real paternity. Secretly from Elena, Zhukov did DNA tests. However, the study confirmed that all children were born from him. The singer’s wife refutes Roman’s speculations. In her opinion, Zhukov was simply tired of family and raising so many children, so he upped and left. Because it's the easiest.

The situation is complicated by the statement of Olga Illarionova, Elena’s friend, who claims that she gave birth to a child from Zhukov. According to the girl, their relationship lasted 3 months, after which the singer left for Sochi.

For Lena it was a blow, but she coped with her emotions. The presenter of the program presented the results of the examination to her “best friend,” from which it became clear that Zhukov had nothing to do with her children.

Elena owns her own design business. Recently, a woman received a green card giving her the right to live in the United States. Leaving the children for America is a matter of time. The couple is not officially divorced yet.

Music

In 1987, Roman was invited to join the increasingly popular group “Mirage”, which worked in the Eurodisco style. Zhukov was entrusted with the keyboards, but soon he expanded the range of his talents: in tandem with the founder of the cult group “Tender May,” poet and composer Sergei Kuznetsov, he composed songs.

Roma Zhukov in the group “Mirage”

After leaving Svetlana Razina’s team, Zhukov participated in the recording of the singer’s debut solo album as a composer and arranger.

In 1988, Zhukov left Mirage for free swimming. In the same year, he gave music lovers his debut album, which he called “Dust of Dreams.” It included the hits “First Snow” and “Night Distance” that brought first fame. To popularize the album, Roma Zhukov went on a tour, giving concerts in big cities of Russia.

Roma Zhukov's song “First Snow”

The following year, the rising pop star put together a group, giving it the name “Marshal,” and presented fans with a new collection, “Maximum Version of Discos.” The composition “I love you, girls, I love you, boys,” included in the album, instantly turned into a stellar hit, with which Roma Zhukov is still identified today.

In 1990, “Marshal” toured the country and neighboring countries, giving a total of five thousand concerts. The Moskovsky Komsomolets publication called the vocalist a super-tourist. In 1991, Zhukov’s creative biography was supplemented with the album “Milky Way,” which was released in a million copies. But after 2 years the team broke up, and its leader left for America.

Song by Roma Zhukov “I love you, girls, I love you, boys”

In 1994, Roma Zhukov made a name for himself with an album to which he gave the title of his main hit with a declaration of love to girls and boys. The collection includes the songs “First Snow”, “Girls, My Girls” and “Fairy”.

In the mid-1990s, the artist delighted Russian-speaking music lovers in Germany with a concert and returned to the Russian capital at the end of 1995. For the next two years, the singer lived and worked in Italy, where he recorded old hits familiar to millions of music lovers in Italian and English.

Roma Zhukov

In 1997, Roma Zhukov organized a recording studio in Russia, which released the popular series “Legends of Russian Disco.” At the studio, the singer, taking the creative pseudonym Nemo, recorded an album of compositions “Back to the Future.”

The musician drew a line under the dashing 90s with the disc “Return”. Zhukov's name appeared on the cover of the album. The collection includes old songs in new arrangements and new compositions. Roman’s hits again filled the radio airwaves, reminding us of the star.

Roma Zhukov's song “Disco Night”

In the 2000s, Roma Zhukov presented nostalgic fans with new songs and albums: in 2003 – “Blue Frost”, in 2005 – “Dust of Dreams”.

In 2011, the vocalist and arranger announced himself as a producer: with the singer Olga Afanasyeva, who took the creative pseudonym Paola, he recorded 4 songs, including the joint “Overflows”. Director Elena Vinyarskaya shot a video for the composition.

In 2013, Roma Zhukov broke his 8-year silence and reminded of himself with the album “DISCO”, shooting a bright video for the title song “Disco Night”.

Wife of Roma Zhukov and Yuri Titov

During the live broadcast, it turned out that while her husband was away, Elena had a lover. The guy was invited to the studio so that he could confirm or deny the fact of betrayal.

Elena’s boyfriend turned out to be Yuri Titov, a former participant in “Star Factory-4”. The young man said that he tried to help the family and brighten up the loneliness of a loved one.

The guy said that he was ready to get married, as well as take responsibility and care for children.

Personal life

Since 2005, he has been married to Elena Zhukova.

The couple had seven children; at Elena’s request, they were all born in different countries: Polina (in Moscow), Elizaveta-Victoria (in London), Nikita (in Limassol), Angelica (in Los Angeles), Sofia-Victoria (in Nice ), Victoria Elisabeth (in Sydney) and Stephen Anthony (in Munich)[1]. On June 19, 2012, five-year-old Elizaveta-Victoria was hit by a swing in Moscow and, having received an open craniocerebral injury incompatible with life, died in the hospital without regaining consciousness. At the time of the death of their daughter and the cremation of the body, the parents, together with Sophia-Victoria, were in Australia, awaiting the birth of Victoria-Elizabeth[2].

In 2020, Zhukov actually left the family, moving to live in Sochi, where he opened his own restaurant[3][4][5].

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