Verka Serduchka is one of the biggest celebrities in Ukraine from the early ’90s. That’s the stage name for Andriy Danylko, a Ukrainian comedian, actor and singer. His drag persona, Verka Serduchka, is a middle-aged woman from a rural family, working as a railroad sleeping car attendant. The World’s Daniel Ofman reports that since Russia’s full-scale invasion, Serduchka has become a symbol of Ukrainian pride.
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