Svetlana Khanova mother Pelagia, a former jazz singer, after losing voice became theater director and taughtdirecting and acting in Novosibirsk [3]. Currently, she is the producer and director team of his daughter. Surname Pelagia - Khanova - a name last husband of her mother [4]Although his parents wanted to name her daughter Pelageya, recorded in the registry office of the child Pauline. The error was corrected during registration passport [5]. Name Pelagia grandmother wore a singer. [6]At the age of 4 years, first came on the scene. [7]At 8 years old Pelagia entered without exams in Novosibirsk Special Music School (college) at the Novosibirsk Conservatory and became the first student of vocalist for the 25-year history of the schoolAt 9 years of age met with the leader of the group "Kalinov Most" Dmitry Revyakin, and he sent to Moscow for "Morning Star" videotape Pelagia, but since that time there has not been a folklore unit, Yuri Nikolayev invited her to participate in the competition winners of the "Morning Star", in which she won first place and won the honorary little the best performer of folk songs in Russian in 1996 "Prize of $ 1000 [8].