Group "Ivan Kupala" - the first folk-project on the Russian platform is compatible with the ancient folklore of modern popular music. Before releasing the album, the creators of the project is very long and laboriously collected material. We went from village to village, village to village, "solder" grandmothers and recorded the whole thing on tape. This process lasted for more than 4 years and in 1999 alone, the work resulted in the plate is finished - "Kostroma". The album was wildly popular. Studio "Union" concluded with "Kupala" contract to release 3 records. The song "Kostroma" was the first success. She instantly fell in esters largest radioholding and immediately found an echo in the hearts of men. Tom also contributed to the market situation, which felt an acute shortage of such songs. Moreover, the song "grandmothers" listened to not only the people, "40", but also young people. The group found in
