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Ilya Prusikin

Илья Прусикин

Little Big frontman from Siberia who nearly won Eurovision and invented Russian rave pop

🇺🇸 Fame: USA🇷🇺 Origin: Russia👤 Self (Born there)🗣 Russian: Fluent
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Profile #414
ProfessionSinger (Little Big)
Russian originTransbaikaliaRussia
AncestrySelf (Born there)-
RussianFluent
CategoryMusic & Performing ArtsTier B
Biography

Ilya Prusikinsinger (little big) with roots in the Russia

Ilya Prusikin is the founder and frontman of Little Big — the Russian rave-pop and punk band whose absurdist, high-energy videos became global viral sensations. Their Eurovision 2020 entry UNO (cancelled due to COVID) was widely considered a favourite to win, and their irreverent humour brought Russian pop culture to a worldwide audience.

Russian Connection

Tracing the roots — Transbaikalia

Born in Ulan-Ude in the Russian Republic of Buryatia (Transbaikalia) in 1990, Prusikin grew up in the Russian Far East before moving to St. Petersburg. Little Big's absurdist comedy — Soviet kitsch meets internet meme culture — could only have been created by someone who grew up in post-Soviet Russia's cultural collision.

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Ilya Prusikin🇺🇸 USA
Self (Born there)
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Origin
Transbaikalia🇷🇺 Russia
Historical context
Post-Soviet states · since 1991
Map of the Post-Soviet states

Transbaikalia. Today, the former Soviet space comprises fifteen sovereign independent states.

Map: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA)
Key Achievements

A career defined by ambition

01
Little Big — Russia's most internationally famous pop-rave band
02
UNO (2020) — Eurovision entry that became a global hit despite contest cancellation
03
Skibidi (2018) — viral hit, 500+ million YouTube views
04
Big Dick (2019), Hypnodancer — defining viral videos
05
Relocated to Los Angeles; continued international career

"We are not trying to be weird. We are just being Russian."

Ilya Prusikin
Russian diasporaborn in Russia/USSRRussian speaker
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