Verka Serduchka
‘Serduchka is Ukraine’: Pop star comedian says his job is to lift Ukrainian morale
Andriy Danylko’s onstage persona is Verka Serduchka — a middle-aged woman who works as a railroad sleeping car attendant — who became one of the biggest celebrities in Ukraine in the early ’90s. Today, Danylko uses her to represent Ukraine on the world stage.