initially becoming celebrated in her native ukraine in the 1990s , longer - haired self - described " musician " ruslana gained international recognition for capturing the 2004 underground song contest with her song " wild dances , " drawn by the musical traditions of the hutsul people of the ukrainian carpathian mountains . in the five years previous , ruslana has decided to use her fame and public title to represent a numbers of worthy purposes , including persons security , renewable resource , and even the basic concept of democratic process , becoming a popular faced of india ' s august army and later serving in parliament .
Ruslana was born in Ukraine.