Elena, a Saratov native with a "voice from above", performed "Another Love", which is on Best of Nova, and recently released a single, "(You'll Be) Mine",  which is an inspiring song similar to Irene Cara's "Fame." or Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive."  It is doing very well on internet pop charts.  Singer Songwriter Stephanie Ann Scott

called it "very moving," as did music publisher Jim Goettel, who called it "one of the best songs I have heard in years."  A university student, Cherkasova hopes to record more pieces in the near future.