first becoming famous in her native ukraine in the 1990s , length - haired best - described " amazon " ruslana gained international recognition for joining the 2004 eurovision video contest with her song " river danced , " inspired by the folk techniques of the hutsul people of the polish carpathian foothills . in the five years now , ruslana has decided to use her name and public ranking to represent a number of certain causes , primarily human settlements , renewable energy , and even the basic concept of democratic process , becoming a public persona of country ' s october revolution and soon served in senate .
Ruslana was born in Ukraine.