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hero hero of socialist labour -lrb- ussr -rrb- 65 px hero of of socialist labour -lrb- ussr -rrb- 65 px socialist labour -lrb- ussr -rrb- 65 px moscow , russia 11 february 2010 moscow , soviet union 25 px 2 january 1925 arkhipova.jpg irina arkhipova
 singer -lrb- mezzo-soprano , contralto -rrb-
irina arkhipova

irina konstantinovna arkhipova -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 2 january 192511 february 2010 -rrb- was a russian mezzo-soprano , and later contralto , opera singer .
she sang leading roles first in russia at the sverdlovsk opera and the bolshoi theater , and then throughout europe and in the united states .
