Dorodova Zoya

Dorodova Zoya is a seventy-two year old member of the greatly praised and adored group of elderly singers known as The Buranovo Grannies. She was born in Ud, though moved to Izhevsk when she married her husband. She worked at the mechanical factory as a cook, providing food for the entirety of the worker's town. After the death of her husband however, Zoya returned to her home village of Ud and carried on her occupation of cook there.

When working in Izhevsk Zoya was referred to by the term Sergeevna, which translates to the Common Tongue from Udmu as Granny Chef. Therefore, she is often referred to as Zoya Sergeevna, which makes her exempt from the choosing of a middle name at the age of seventy-six. However, Zoya does not mind this, as she feels the name suits her perfectly, (though was chosen for her originally as an insult by those at Izhevsk,) as she cooks all of the meals for The Buranovo Grannies.

Zoya Sergeevna has one daughter, who raised two grandchildren.