quickly becoming famous in her native ukraine in the 1990s , long - haired self - described " amazon " ruslana gained international success for winning the 2004 euro song show with her song " wild dances , " generated by the musical traditions of the hutsul people of the ukrainian carpathian mountains . in the fifteen years since , ruslana has chosen to uses her name and public rank to represent a variety of successful causes , including human slavery , renewable energy , and even the classical principle of the processes , becoming a prominent face of ukraine ' s independence republic and first serving in sabha .
Ruslana was born in Ukraine.