Revva Urges Ural Oligarchs to Donate Pocket Money
This video features the story of the «Nadezhda» ensemble from Verkh-Tisa village.
Alexander Revva asked Yekaterinburg millionaires to fork out for the People«s Award E1.RU. All for the sake of the ensemble »Nadezhda« (Hope), which performs in a small cultural center in the Ural village of Verkh-Tisa. The grandmothers have long dreamed of a proper club where they could sing, dance, and give concerts.
«In the hall are millionaires, on the balcony are thousandaires,» said Revva in a grandmother«s voice, trying to help the ensemble find a building for their own club. »Give up your pocket money, build a cultural center for the girls!«

Revva made a wish for the «Nadezhda» ensemble to receive a proper club in their village.
Thanks to «Nadezhda», it«s never quiet in the small Sverdlovsk village of Verkh-Tisa, where only 150 people live.
Initially, the energetic grandmothers sang at feasts and performed at local holidays, and later they started making music videos that attracted the attention of star presenters from federal channels — Leonid Yakubovich and Andrei Malakhov. Also, the members of the collective became stars of the People«s Award E1.RU.
Alexander Revva called on millionaires to contribute to the grandmothers« cultural club project.
Read about how the Verkh-Tisa grandmothers, who can give a run for their money to Russian pop stars, live in our photo report.
Earlier, we reported how Nikita and Yekaterina Tatarinov live almost alone in a remote village, which is located 200 kilometers from Yekaterinburg, and run the popular YouTube channel «Zaimka na Urale». The couple candidly talk about themselves, their daily life, show how they cook food in a Russian stove, manage a large household, and build their dream house.
Also read the story of a Ural family that traded life in a big city for a remote village. To send assignments for distance learning, the mother has to drive to a gas station where there is internet.
See how an ordinary family revived a village in Sverdlovsk Oblast. Sergei and Svetlana Maslikov survived both a major fire and the pandemic.





