Yulia Volkova's first tattoo is the Arabic word "Hiyam" on her lower back and means love or one level of love. There are several words for love in Arabic, but Volkova chose this one because she liked its look the best. A few months later, she got another Arabic tattoo between her shoulder blades. This tattoo is actually two Arabic words positioned in a "V" formation. The left side says "Salam" which means peace and the left side says "Hob" which means the most powerful level of love. Volkova's next tattoo is a Japanese word that translates to "Dragon". She made a special request for this tattoo to represent the flames and power of the dragon. Her final tattoo is the initials "BT" in Cyrillic lettering. It's a bit of the mystery what they stand for but it is thought to be the initials for Vlad Topalv, her on and off boyfriend for many years.
Yulia Olegovna Volkova (born February 20, 1985) is a Russian pop singer and half of the Russian music duo t.A.T.u. She began singing in the children's singing chorus Neposedi at age 9 and she met fellow t.A.T.u. singer Lena Katrina. The group (whose name translates to "This That") originally made headlines as a teenage Russian lesbian music group. Later, in their 2003 documentary, they made it clear that neither of them are lesbians and it had just been part of the group's image. Volkova inspired controversy again in 2004 when she announced that she was pregnant with a married man's child and he left his wife and other child for her.
