Vera Ilyinichna Matveyeva (Russian: Вера Ильинична Матвеева, 1945 - 1976) was a Russian poet and singer-songwriter. Matveyeva was born in Kuybyshevka-Vostochnaya in the east of Russia on 23 October 1945. Her father was a military officer, and the family moved along the country, settling in the 1950s in Khimki near Moscow. She graduated from high school in 1963, starting occasional jobs and travelling around Russia. In 1965, Matveyeva enrolled in , graduating in 1970. In 1970, she was diagnosed with brain cancer, from which she died in 1976 in Khimki.