The Agreement of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance (FCMA) between Finland and the Soviet Union also affected radio frequencies. Soviet artists and their Slavic melancholia appealed to Finnish listeners. 14 Soviet Superhits was a collection of top hits that sold gold. The songs were picked from the wish lists of a radio programme called “Music from the Soviet Union”. Artists include Alla Pugacheva, Igor Sklyar, Stas Namin Group, Marju Länik, Zorzs Siksna, Valery Leontiev, Sofia Rotaru, Ariel and Oleg Melnik, Yuri Antonov, Roza Rymbaeva, Alexander Dolsky, Ion Suruceanu, Žhanna Bichevskaya and Jaak Joala. In 1984, Finnish Vera Telenius recorded a Finnish cover version of Million alyh roz, an originally Latvian song made famous by , Alla Pugacheva. “One Million Roses” was a great hit in 1984, and more than 70,000 copies were sold in Finland.
The Agreement of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance (FCMA) between Finland and the Soviet Union also affected radio frequencies. Soviet artists and their Slavic melancholia appealed to Finnish listeners. 14 Soviet Superhits was a collection of top hits that sold gold. The songs were picked from the wish lists of a radio programme called “Music from the Soviet Union”. Artists include Alla Pugacheva, Igor Sklyar, Stas Namin Group, Marju Länik, Zorzs Siksna, Valery Leontiev, Sofia Rotaru, Ariel and Oleg Melnik, Yuri Antonov, Roza Rymbaeva, Alexander Dolsky, Ion Suruceanu, Žhanna Bichevskaya and Jaak Joala. In 1984, Finnish Vera Telenius recorded a Finnish cover version of Million alyh roz, an originally Latvian song made famous by , Alla Pugacheva. “One Million Roses” was a great hit in 1984, and more than 70,000 copies were sold in Finland.
