MakSim (real name Marina Abrosimova) is a Russian singer-songwriter born in
Kazan on June 10, 1983. She expressed her interest in music from the early years
and started to write her own songs being a teenager. In 2003, MakSim, together
with the members of the Pro-Z band who were also from Kazan, recorded her song
"Трудный возраст" (A Difficult Age). The song did not receive much radio
rotation, unlike her next single, "Сантиметры дыханья " (The Centimeters of
Breathing), that reached radio charts of Eastern Europe. Trying to promote her
music, MakSim moved to Moscow where she suc...