{{short description|Belarusian journalist (1985-2010)}} {{Infobox musical artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Volha Samusik | honorific_suffix = | image = Volha Samusik feb 2010.jpg | image_upright = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = Volha Samusik in February, 2010 | caption = Volha Samusik in February, 2010 | native_name = {{langx|be|Вольга Эдуардаўна Самусік}} | native_name_lang = | birth_name = Вольга Эдуардаўна Самусік | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1985|01|07|df=y}} | birth_place = Minsk, Belarus | origin = | death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|12|07|1985|01|07|df=y}} | death_place = Minsk, Belarus | genre = rock | occupation = singer, journalist | instrument = vocal | years_active = 2004—2010 | label = | past_member_of = Tarpach, žygimont VAZA, Hasta La Fillsta, Neuro Dubel<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://budzma.by/news/top-25-zhanchyn-muzyki-belarusi.html|title=25 жанчын, без якіх не было б беларускай музыкі (+ аўдыё)|last=Будкін|first=Сяргей|date=2013-05-02|website=|publisher=Budzma Belarusians!|language=be|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404140113/https://budzma.by/news/top-25-zhanchyn-muzyki-belarusi.html|archivedate=2020-04-04|accessdate=2020-04-04}}</ref> | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} or {{Official URL}} --> }}
'''Volha Samusik''' ({{langx|be|Вольга Эдуардаўна Самусік}}; 7 January 1985, Minsk — 7 December 2010, Minsk) was a Belarusian rock singer and journalist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nn.by/?c=ar&i=47005|title=Памерла спявачка Вольга Самусік|last=ЗП|date=2010-12-07|website=Nasha Niva|language=be|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103192957/https://nn.by/?c=ar&i=47005|archivedate=2020-01-03|accessdate=2020-01-03}}</ref>
== Biography and career == Volha was born on 7 January 1985 in Minsk (Belarusian SSR).
She studied at Minsk school №146 from 1991 to 1995, then moved to school №189, which she graduated in 2002. In the same year she entered the Faculty of Journalism of BSU.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.tut.by/culture/207559.html|title=Памерла 25-гадовая спявачка Вольга Самусік|last=|first=|date=2010-12-07|website=TUT.BY|language=be|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104191338/https://news.tut.by/culture/207559.html|archive-date=2020-01-04|access-date=2020-01-04|agency=Tuzin.fm}}</ref> While studying, she contributed to Muzykalnaya Gazeta, Narodnaja Volya, Belorusskaya Delovaya Gazeta, and other outlets.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://belapan.by/archive/2010/12/07/432714/|title=В возрасте 25 лет скончалась "Рок-княжна-2007" Ольга Самусик|last=|first=|date=2010-07-12|website=BelaPAN|url-access=subscription|accessdate=2020-01-04|language=ru}}{{dead link|date=May 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In 2007–2008 she worked as a journalist at the “Novaye Radio,” anchored the show “Antipop.”<ref name="7 дней">{{cite magazine|author=Волкова, С.|title=Рок-княжна-2007|lang=ru|magazine=7 Dney|year=2008|issue=11|page=31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nestor.minsk.by/mg/news/2007/12/1707.html|title="Антипоп" - белорусский рок на радио|last=|first=|date=2007-12-17|website=Muzykalnaya Gazeta|language=ru|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108083718/http://www.nestor.minsk.by/mg/news/2007/12/1707.html|archivedate=2020-01-08|accessdate=2020-01-08}}</ref> After graduation in 2008, she was distributed to the newspaper Sovetskaya Belorussiya – Belarus' Segodnya.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.experty.by/content/olga-samusik-ne-budu-zhe-ya-i-po-ulitse-golyshom-prygat|title=Ольга Самусик: "Не буду же я и по улице голышом прыгать"|last=Лукашук|first=Дмитрий|date=2009-02-13|website=Experty.by|language=ru|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104162504/http://www.experty.by/content/olga-samusik-ne-budu-zhe-ya-i-po-ulitse-golyshom-prygat|archivedate=2020-01-04|accessdate=2020-01-04|url-status=live}}</ref>
Volha was the vocalist of the rock bands Tarpach (2005–2009),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nestor.minsk.by/mg/news/2006/04/1320.html|title=Трибьют Depeche Mode плюс дебют|last=W.|date=2006-04-13|website=|publisher=Muzykalnaya Gazeta|language=ru|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218192441/http://www.nestor.minsk.by/mg/news/2006/04/1320.html|archivedate=2020-02-18|accessdate=2020-02-18}}</ref> žygimont VAZA (2004—2010), and Hasta La Fillsta (2009—2010).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ctv.by/%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8/%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B0-%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BA-%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%B0-hasta-la-fillsta%C2%BB-%D0%B4%D0%BB%D1%8F-playboy%C2%BB-%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%83-%D1%81%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%8F-%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%8F-%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE|title=Ольга Самусик (группа "Hasta La Fillsta"): Для "Playboy" могу сняться бесплатно|trans-title=Volha Samusik (the band Hasta La Fillsta), “I can shoot for „Playboy“ for free”|last=|first=|date=2010-06-13|website=Capital TV|language=ru|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530234634/http://www.ctv.by/%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8/%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B0-%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BA-%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%B0-hasta-la-fillsta%C2%BB-%D0%B4%D0%BB%D1%8F-playboy%C2%BB-%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%83-%D1%81%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%8F-%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%8F-%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE|archivedate=2012-05-30|accessdate=2020-01-08}}</ref> She also collaborated with the bands B:N:,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.euroradio.fm/by/690/photoreps/26341/|title=Самая хардавая рок-князёўна Вольга Самусік спелася з ":B:N:"|last=Шульц|first=Міра|date=2008-12-03|website=European Radio for Belarus|language=be|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916053233/http://www.euroradio.fm/by/690/photoreps/26341/|archivedate=2009-09-16|accessdate=2019-11-06|url-status=dead}}</ref> Neuro Dubel, ZM99, and Lavon Volski.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.euroradio.fm/by/390/photoreps/13482/|title=Публічнае каханне ў цэнтры Мінска!|last1=Руся|authorlink=Rusya|last2=Валынец|first2=Галляш|date=2008-02-15|website=European Radio for Belarus|language=be|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916024720/http://www.euroradio.fm/by/390/photoreps/13482/|archivedate=2009-09-16|accessdate=2019-11-06|last3=Маціюн|first3=Юра}}</ref>
She was named a Rock-Princess at the ceremony “Rock Coronation-2007,” which was held in Minsk on 29 February 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://naviny.by/rubrics/opinion/2009/02/08/ic_articles_410_161135|title=Фьюжн никому не нужен|last=Замировская|first=Татьяна|date=2009-02-08|website=BelaPAN|language=ru|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104075205/https://naviny.by/rubrics/opinion/2009/02/08/ic_articles_410_161135|archivedate=2020-01-04|accessdate=2020-01-04|url-status=live}}</ref>
As a vocalist of the band Tarpach at the Rock-kola festival in 2007, she won a prize for best vocals, while her band won the grand prix.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://naviny.by/rubrics/culture/2007/10/29/ic_articles_117_153641|title=Языковой барьер "Рок-Кола" не остановил|last=Скоробогатова|first=Елена|date=2007-10-29|website=BelaPAN|language=ru|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029074953/https://naviny.by/rubrics/culture/2007/10/29/ic_articles_117_153641|archivedate=2019-10-29|accessdate=2019-10-29|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Sickness and death == Volha Samusik died at age 25, on 7 December 2010, from a prolonged pneumonia.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.svaboda.org/a/2245075.html|title=Панкрэатыт як хвароба сучаснасьці|last=Свабода|first=Радыё|date=2010-12-11|website=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|language=be|url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103194322/https://www.svaboda.org/a/2245075.html|archivedate=2020-01-03|accessdate=2020-01-03}}</ref> She underwent three major operations, after the third one on the night of December 6–7, she did not recover.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.experty.by/content/olya-samusik-1985-2010|title=Оля Самусик (1985 – 2010)|last=|first=|date=2010-12-08|accessdate=2020-01-03|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103192227/http://www.experty.by/content/olya-samusik-1985-2010|archivedate=2020-01-03|website=Experty.by|language=ru}}</ref>
A concert in honor of Volha Samusik was organized by her girlfriend Zoya Sakhonchik from the band ZM99 in December 2011. During the musical evening, Alexander Rakovets and his band IQ48, Anastasia Shpakovskaya, Leonid Narushevich and his band Knyaz Myshkin, Oleg Khamenka, Alexander Pamidorau, Alexander Kullinkovich and Yuri Naumov (both of Neuro Dubel), and others appeared on the stage of the Minsk club "Loft." The money raised was given to Volha's parents for a monument.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Будкін|first1=Сяргей|last2=Міхейчык|first2=Наста|date=2011-12-09|title=Вользе спадабалася б – у Мінску прайшоў канцэрт памяці Вольгі Самусік|url=https://news.tut.by/culture/263070.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528023442/http://news.tut.by/culture/263070.html|archive-date=2016-05-28|access-date=2021-01-08|publisher=TUT.BY|language=be|work=Budzma Belarusians!}}</ref>
== Appraisal == In the report from the joint-concert with the participation of Tarpach in 2008, Alena Sobolevskaya, concert columnist for LiveSound.by, highlighted the choreography and vocal abilities of the ''“excellent music journalist (vocalist).”''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://livesound.by/news/951|title=СТАТЬИ: О чем кричат белорусские рок-дивы|last1=Соболевская|first1=Алена|last2=Черницкий|first2=Андрей “duckling”|date=2008-10-04|website=LiveSound.by|language=ru|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208112728/http://livesound.by/news/951|archivedate=2008-12-08|accessdate=2020-01-15}}</ref>
Oleg ''“О'''’'''К”'' Klimov, editor-in-chief of Muzykalnaya Gazeta, recalled Volha as an excellent employee who “always made interesting and cool materials, offered ideas by herself;” from the musical side, in his opinion, she was most successfully realized in the band žygimont VAZA.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.experty.by/content/momanty-vol|title=Моманты Волі|last=Будкін|first=Сяргей|date=2010-12-09|website=Experty.by|language=be|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104163109/http://www.experty.by/content/momanty-vol|archivedate=2020-01-04|accessdate=2020-01-04|url-status=live}}</ref> Guitarist of Tarpach Dmitry Astapuk remembered that Volha “was a creative person, capable of a lot of things.”<ref name=":0" /> The founder and producer of the “Rock Coronation” Yury Tsybin spoke about “a phenomenon in Belarusian rock and roll.”<ref name=":0" /> Reminiscing about joint-projects, Lavon Volski praised her for responsibility and professionalism.<ref name=":0" />
== Discography == * 2005 — ''žygimont VAZA'' — Distortion * 2010 — ''Lavon Volski'' — Такого няма нідзе * 2010 — ''Hasta La Fillsta'' — № 1 * 2011 — Tribute to Neuro Dubel
== Videography == * ''žygimont VAZA'' — Distortion * ''Tarpach'' — Я люблю людзей * ''Tarpach'' — Нечакана * '' Lavon Volski'' — Такого няма нідзе * ''Neuro Dubel'' — 20 лет в тумане
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