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Natalya Medvedeva

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The Resume

    (June 14, 1958-February 3, 2003)
    Born in Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Russian Federation
    Model, poet, writer, singer and activist
    Famed for posing for The Cars 1978 debut album (see picture)
    Wrote and published the novels 'Mama, I'm In Love With a Thief (1985),' 'My Struggle (1989)' and 'And They Had Passion (1999)'
    Co-wrote with poets Oleg Prokofiev and Anton Koslov a collective poetry book titled 'The Last 16 December 1989' (1989)
    Died in her sleep of a heart attack in Moscow at age 44

Why she might be annoying:

    She smoked.
    During her life she bounced from St. Petersburg to L.A. to Paris to Moscow.
    She married and divorced exiled Soviet dissident Eduard Limonov (1982-94).
    She ripped the fashion industry that helped her achieve fame and fortune in a series of essays titled 'Hotel California.' (1987)
    In Paris she was a piano bar singer; in Moscow she completely switched gears and sang in a post-punk band.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was described as tall and breathtakingly beautiful.
    She posed for Playboy magazine.
    She was selected over dozens of other candidates to be on The Cars album cover.
    She wrote articles for Novy Vzglyad, a weekly Russian newspaper known for commentaries on politics and social issues.
    She helped organize an appeal with a number of Russian artists and writers to Boris Yeltsin to end the 1993 siege of the White House (Russian parliament).
    She sang with the band Korrozia Metalla and recorded two albums with Tribunal, another Russian band.
    Though she struggled to re-adjust herself to life in her homeland, she stayed the course and believed in Russia at the time of her death.

Credit: Scar Tactics


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 30 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 63 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 24 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 334 Votes: 44.01% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 30 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 34 Votes: 38.24% Annoying