Buranovskiye Babushki, the Russian Udmurt-Russian ethno-pop band known as the “Buranovo Grannies,” died on February 21, 2026.
The group comprised eight elderly women from the village of Buranovo, Udmurtia, and was active from 1970 to 2018. Buranovskiye Babushki represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan, where they finished second.
They had previously taken part in Russia’s Eurovision song selections in 2010 and 2012, winning the latter with “Party for Everybody,” sung partly in English.
Buranovskiye Babushki (Russian: Бурановские бабушки, pronounced [bʊˈranəfskʲɪ(j)ɪ ˈbabʊʂkʲɪ]; Udmurt: Брангуртысь песянайёс, romanized: Brangurtyś pesänajos; both meaning “Buranovo Grannies”) is an Udmurt-Russian ethno-pop band comprising eight elderly women from the village of Buranovo, Udmurtia. Buranovskiye Babushki represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan, where they finished second.