Man and women

75-year-old Mikhail Kozakov was kicked out of the apartment by his sixth wife

The outstanding Russian actor and director Mikhail Kozakov decided to stay in Israel forever. The 75-year-old artist was forced to take such a decisive step by his sixth wife, 30-year-old Nadezhda Sedova, whom Kozakov married in 2006.

For the past few years, the couple have been constantly quarreling. At the beginning of this summer, after another family scandal, Mikhail Mikhailovich was hospitalized in one of the neurological clinics in Moscow. It was from there that Kozakov called his fourth wife, theater producer Anna Yampolskaya, to Israel.

« Mikhail Mikhailovich was in a very serious condition- says Anna. - He said that he was to blame, that they don’t beat those who are lying down, that if I don’t help, he will lay hands on himself.».

Anna immediately took her ex-husband to Tel Aviv, where she rented a one-room apartment for him near the sea. Israeli doctors diagnosed Kozakov with a pre-infarction condition. During the operation, the actor experienced a clinical death.

« Mikhail Mikhailovich has already been discharged from the hospital, - Yampolskaya continues, - I visit him every day, I bring lunch. Now his health comes first. We need to restore medical insurance and get serious about treatment. Was it difficult to accept your ex-husband? I didn't think about it. I have our children and my parents in my arms. Misha was just in such a serious condition. His wife... everyone understood that for her it was a marriage of convenience. She came from Nizhny Novgorod and probably thought: “I’ll marry a famous person, which means a rich, secular one.” And I did not expect that I would fall into a completely different world - the world of a person who is focused only on himself, on his work, who does not recognize any parties. On this basis, conflicts began».

« My young wife wants to take away my apartment!- said on the eve of departure to Israel Kozakov. - I have to flee to Israel. Hope we get divorced soon. Nadia turned out to be a scammer! She wanted to put me in a coffin and get an apartment. Yes, I'm a fool for marrying a young girl! Well, who doesn't make mistakes?! Unfortunately, old people are not protected from this. I'm sure this is my last marriage».

Kozakov's lawyers have already begun divorce proceedings. According to rumors, Nadezhda was offered $100,000 as compensation. The girl took the money, but she never vacated Mikhail Mikhailovich's one-room Moscow apartment. " Sedova changed her mind about getting a divorce, - say the representatives of the actor, - She declares that she still loves her husband and wants to live with him. Kozakov found himself in an absolutely terrible situation. He has poor health, and he has to rent an apartment in Israel and give concerts there, because he has nothing to live on!».

In turn, the culprit of the scandal, Nadezhda Sedova, in an exclusive interview with the Russian newspaper Sobesednik, blamed Yampolskaya for all the troubles.

What they write about me is a vile lie! - Sedova is indignant. - Depression in Mikhail Mikhailovich began last year. The reason was the tiring tour of America, which was organized by Anna Yampolskaya. 18 concerts in 23 days! Who could endure this? As a result of numerous flights and transfers, Mikhail Mikhailovich lost his daily rhythm. When he returned to Moscow, he could not sleep at all. After these ill-fated tours, he began to give up sharply.

I knew about everything that had ever happened to Mikhail Mikhailovich. She also knew about his problems in relations with his ex-wife Anna, about the destructive influence that she had on him. He endured everything for the sake of the children! ( Mikhail Kozakov and Anna Yampolskaya have a 21-year-old son, Mikhail, and a 15-year-old daughter, Zoya.- Note. ed.). But still, he had the strength to break out from under her influence and start a new family life. He's not a Don Juan at all. He just can't live alone.

- Why do you think that Anna wants to destroy your marriage?

Yampolskaya was always terribly afraid that his last roof over his head - a one-room apartment in Moscow - would go not to her children, but to someone else. Not only is the apartment bequeathed to her daughter Zoya, she wants to get the money as soon as possible. I remember how Mikhail Mikhailovich told me that Anya's lies, greed and cunning were disgusting to him! I don't want this woman to ruin his life and mine!

The remarkable actor and director Mikhail Mikhailovich Kozakov was born in Leningrad in October 1934. He was brought up in an intelligent family, where the work of his parents was most closely connected with literature. Father Mikhail Emmanuilovich Kozakov was a writer. Mom Zoya Aleksandrovna Gatskevich worked as an editor of one of the St. Petersburg publishing houses.

Mikhail Kozakov's ancestors were Jews. In an effort to assimilate, they changed their surname to "Kozakovs". But in the veins of Mikhail Mikhailovich flowed not only Jewish, but also Serbian-Greek blood, inherited from his mother. The families of the future artist were affected by Stalinist repressions. The mother and grandmother of Mikhail Kozakov (Zoya Paraskeva-Borisova from Odessa) were arrested twice. The first time before the war, the second after. Fortunately, both survived.

Mikhail Kozakov spent the years of the Great Patriotic War away from besieged Leningrad. For 4 years he lived in the Krasnokamsk region, in the village of Chernaya. After the end of the war, Kozakov returned to his native city and entered the choreographic school.

He remembered his childhood and youthful years with a huge amount of literature he read, which was in abundance in the house of his father-writer and mother-editor. Parents, despite the workload, always found time for "adult" conversations with their son. They discussed the books they read, argued about art. The only topic that they tried to avoid was politics.

Films

After graduating from school and the choreographic school, Mikhail Kozakov went to Moscow and entered the Moscow Art Theater School. A cinematic biography of Mikhail Kozakov started in his student years. He starred in the wonderful film "Murder on Dante Street." Not only Kozakov made his debut here, but also such well-known actors in the future as.

The debut in the role of Charles Thibaut turned out to be successful for Kozakov. He is willingly invited to new projects. He appears in the films "The Eighteenth Year" and "Difficult Happiness". But the real fame came to the artist later, after the release of the legendary film "Amphibian Man". The picture was released in 1961 and immediately became a hit. Kozakov played the role of the main, but negative hero - Zurita.

Simultaneously with filming a movie, the artist works in the theater. Perhaps, here he is involved much more than in the cinema. Immediately after graduating from a theater university, Mikhail Kozakov was admitted to the theater named after. On this stage, he played Hamlet - a role that had a huge impact on the choice of role.

3 years after Mayakovka, Mikhail Mikhailovich moved to Sovremennik. Here, starting in 1959, he worked for 15 years. In 1971, Kozakov moved to the Moscow Art Theater, but a year later he changed this scene to the Theater on Malaya Bronnaya.

Mikhail Kozakov and Evgeny Evstigneev in the play "The Decembrists"

In the 1970s, the artist returns to the screens. During these years, wonderful films were released, which later became part of the golden fund of domestic cinema. "All the King's Men", "Straw Hat", "Hello, I'm your aunt!" spectators watch with great pleasure.

In the same years, Mikhail Kozakov tried his hand as a film director. His painting "The Night of Errors" was released in 1975. And after 3 years, the audience saw another wonderful film by Kozakov "Nameless Star".

It was originally planned that he would play the main role in this tape. But it had to be replaced. Played with him. The tape was a great success. But it is not comparable with the one received by Mikhail Kozakov's painting "Pokrovsky Gates". This film immediately turned into a cult film, making its creator truly famous.

After Pokrovsky Gates, the director managed to shoot several more projects that became famous. The tragifarce "Visit of a Lady", the comedy for children "According to Lopotukhin", the film adaptation of the work "Masquerade" fixed the name of Mikhail Kozakov in the niche of the most talented Soviet directors. The Lady's Visit was especially successful.

In 1992 Mikhail Kozakov immigrated to Israel. He tried to continue his creative work there, put together a troupe of emigrant actors, but survived only 4 years. Returning to his homeland in 1996, Mikhail Mikhailovich created and headed the Russian Entreprise of Mikhail Kozakov. In the 2000s, he shoots and shoots. During these years, two of his projects came out: the painting "Copper Grandmother" and the mini-series "Charm of Evil" about the life of Russian emigrants.

Personal life

The artist was married 4 times. In the first marriage with the Estonian Greta Taar, which happened immediately after graduating from the Studio School, he lived for 10 years. My wife worked as a costume designer at Mosfilm. In this union, two children were born - who followed in the footsteps of his father and chose the acting profession, and daughter Ekaterina, a philologist. It is noteworthy that in the footsteps of two famous grandfathers, as well as father and mother, went the granddaughter of Mikhail Mikhailovich -.

After a divorce from Greta Taar, the artist had an unsuccessful marriage with the artist-restorer Medea Berelashvili. They lived only 3 years, but parted ways with huge scandals and mutual accusations. In this marriage, the daughter of Manana Kozakova was born, who also became an actress. After a painful divorce, Mikhail Kozakov became addicted to alcohol.

The third wife, Regina, managed to get him out of a state of prolonged depression. Together they lived for a wonderful 18 years, but there were no children in this union. According to rumors, Regina turned a blind eye to many things for the sake of peace in the family.

Mikhail Kozakov, his wife Anna Yampolskaya and their children

Rumor has it that she forgave her husband an affair with Anastasia Vertinskaya, which was vigorously discussed in the acting environment. But Regina left her husband, leaving to work in America. Three months after her departure, the couple filed for divorce.

The personal life of Mikhail Kozakov sparkled with new colors at the age of 55, after he met his fourth wife Anna Yampolskaya, 25 years younger than him. The marriage produced a son, Misha, and a daughter, Zoya. The first child was born when the father was 62 years old.

Death

In 2010, Mikhail Kozakov was diagnosed with lung cancer. The terrible disease was discovered too late. However, the artist agreed to the operation, which was performed in a clinic in the city of Ramat Gan. Mikhail Mikhailovich felt the imminent death and in advance acquired the place of the last shelter at the Vvedensky cemetery.

Until the last moment, the actor and director kept on his feet. He managed to star in the films "Zoya", "" and "Love-carrot".

The death of Mikhail Kozakov put an end to his creative biography on April 22, 2011. He died in an Israeli clinic where he had previously been operated on.

Filmography

• 1956 - "Murder on Dante Street"
• 1958 - "Difficult happiness"
• 1961 - "Amphibian Man"
• 1966 - "Shot"
• 1967 - "Day of Sun and Rain"
• 1971 - "All the King's Men"
• 1974 - "Lev Gurych Sinichkin"
• 1974 - "Straw Hat"
• 1975 - "Hello, I'm your aunt!"
• 1982 - "Pokrovsky Gate"
• 1995 - "Giselle Mania"
• 2007 - "Love-carrot"

Marriages of convenience often become the object of close attention and gossip. Pragmatic couples, when creating a family, hope not only for the ardor of feelings, but also for their own benefit. After all, the calculation is not always based on money, and goals can be quite high. It is worth remembering that the leader of the world proletariat also at one time married Nadezhda Krupskaya, first of all appreciating her intelligence and ability to become a faithful ally.

Vladimir Ulyanov and Nadezhda Krupskaya

It is known that in 1894, when Vladimir Ulyanov and Nadezhda Krupskaya met, he was in love not with her, but with Apollinaria Yakubova. Young Nadezhda clearly sympathized with the future leader of the proletariat, but she clearly understood that it was simply pointless to compete with the spectacular Apollinaria. Nadezhda Krupskaya became a faithful companion of lovers. When their relationship ended, Vladimir Ulyanov drew attention to the devoted Nadenka.

And soon he already made her an offer, which the girl accepted without hesitation. Ulyanov's calculation turned out to be extremely accurate. Nadezhda Konstantinovna was infinitely devoted to him, ready to endure any hardships of their life together. She was able to forgive betrayal and even partly come to terms with it, she was always ready to help and even sacrifice herself if necessary.

Over the years, their relationship became warmer and more trusting, and at the end of the leader's life, no one could doubt that they had real feelings for each other.

Semyon Budyonny and Olga Mikhailova

After the death of his first wife, the famous Soviet military leader got married again very quickly. An affair with Olga Mikhailova, an opera singer, began long before the accident with Nadezhda Budyonna. The singer, who was 20 years younger than Budyonny, agreed to marry in order to gain access to privileges and excesses available only to the highest party ranks.

She received a coveted beautiful life, but promiscuity and visits to foreign embassies attracted the attention of the NKVD, and in 1937 Olga Mikhailovna was arrested. Only after the death of Stalin, the marshal was able to get his wife out of prison, who had long become an ex.

Semyon and Maria Budyonny

Budyonny never lived alone and simply did not know how to deal with everyday life. And one day, Maria suddenly appeared in his apartment, accompanied by her former mother-in-law. Masha, Olga Mikhailova's cousin, began to clean the house, to look after the marshal's costumes. And soon heard from him an offer. Semyon Mikhailovich counted on help with the housework, and Masha, being almost 40 years younger than the famous military leader, hoped for a comfortable life in normal conditions.

The expectations of both came true, Maria became not only a wonderful wife, but also a caring mother of three children. Semyon Mikhailovich tenderly took care of his wife, invariably took care of her and spoiled her to the best of his ability and ability. And love, undoubtedly, was present in this marriage, only it appeared not before, but after the marriage.

Mikhail Kozakov and Nadezhda Sedova

The news that the famous actor is marrying a girl who is almost half a century younger invariably raises suspicions of the young bride's commercialism. Unfortunately, in the marriage of Mikhail Kozakov and Nadezhda Sedykh, the speculations were confirmed. While the famous actor was battling cancer, his young wife was having a great time using his money. After four years of marriage, the actor called Nadezhda a swindler claiming his Moscow apartment. And divorced her through the courts.

Nikolai and Lydia Kryuchkov

When Nikolai Kryuchkov married for the third time a young, modest girl - an assistant director, everyone around was gossiping about her far-reaching plans. They whispered about her in all the acting smoking rooms, they envied her and shook their heads accusingly. Acquaintances often began to visit the actor's house, obviously wanting to find confirmation of their guesses.

However, they saw a completely happy, neat Nikolai Afanasyevich and, next to him, Lydia, glowing with joy. She endlessly rubbed vegetables for him, prepared diet food and was ready for anything to save him from suffering. He just discovered an ulcer and the doctors' forecasts were the saddest. She was his muse and constant assistant for 32 years. When the actor was awarded, he always publicly said that half of this award belongs to his Lydia.

Vera Vasilyeva and Vladimir Ushakov

The actress never hid that she was getting married in the hope of getting rid of the painful relationship with Boris Ravenskikh. Vera Vasilyeva never regretted her decision after her marriage. Caring, attentive and loving Vladimir Ushakov managed to surround his wife with warmth and tenderness. She herself did not notice how sincerely she fell in love with her husband. They were happy together for over half a century.

Tatyana and Vladimir Ustinov

They met while studying at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, but there was no talk of any ardent feelings at all. Tatyana was born and raised in the village of Kratovo, Moscow Region, she was from a quite decent family, Vladimir arrived in the capital from Kaliningrad.

He dreamed of graduate school, but he could count on it only if he did not apply for a place in a hostel. Tatyana Ustinova had her own interest: she wanted to get married in order to forget about all the suffering that unhappy love brought her. As a result, each of them got what they wanted: he - a Moscow residence permit, she - a family with all its troubles and worries. Almost 30 years have passed since then, and today both spouses are sure that their union was doomed to success precisely because of the correct calculation.

In Soviet times, the institution of the family was given special attention, and it was considered shameful not to formalize your relationship officially. Couples who lived together without a stamp in their passports faced, in addition to condemnation, numerous inconveniences: they were refused to be accommodated in hotels in the same room, they did not have any mutual rights and obligations. But even public people often did not hurry to the registry office. The fate of some marriages turned out to be rather sad.

Glory came to Mikhail Kozakov after his role in the film "Amphibian Man", but he became even more famous as a director who made magnificent films that became loved by millions of viewers. The personal life of Mikhail Mikhailovich was no less eventful than his creative life - he was married five times, and shortly before his death he divorced his last wife.

First Mikhail Kozakov's wife Greta Taar I met him at the Petrishule school - they got married in 1955 and lived together for ten years. Greta gave birth to Kozakova two children - Ekaterina and Kirill, who, having matured, also became an actor. The reason for the divorce from Greta was Mikhail's constant betrayals, and she, tired of enduring them, took the children and left him.

In the photo - Kozakov with his first wife Greta Taar

The second wife of Mikhail Kozakov was the Georgian artist Medea Berelashvili, but soon after the wedding, he realized that he had made a big mistake and hated Medea to such an extent that, in a fit of anger, he once almost strangled her. However, in this marriage, his daughter Manana was born, whom he always helped later.

In the photo - Mikhail Kozakov and Anna Yampolskaya

For the third time, the director married a translator of literary works Regina Solomonovna, but this marriage did not moderate the love of Mikhail Mikhailovich, who did not stop his love affairs, and Regina, as an exemplary wife, was always waiting for him at home. But the patience of the third wife of Mikhail Kozakov came to an end, and she left for New York.

For the fourth time, the director married a girl who was twenty-five years younger than him - a graduate of GITIS Anna Isaevna Yampolskaya. She bore him two children - daughter Zoya and son Mikhail, and it suddenly seemed to Mikhail Mikhailovich that he had finally found his true happiness - he shared these thoughts in all his interviews. Difficulties in relations began after the collapse of the Soviet Union, when Kozakov had almost no work, the family began to lack the means of subsistence, and in 1991 Mikhail Mikhailovich decided to leave with his wife and children for Israel.

In the photo - Kozakov and Nadezhda Suslova

However, there, despite the fact that Kozakov created his own theater, things did not work out, and five years later he returned to his homeland again, and his family remained in the promised land - Anna did not want to move back to Russia. Left alone, after some time he married again - to a twenty-nine-year-old Nadezhda Suslova who was forty-seven years younger than him.

But the fifth wife of Mikhail Kozakov did not make him happy, but, on the contrary, according to many, life with her completely ruined his health. Only after living with Nadezhda for four years, he realized that she only needed his money. As a result of all the experiences, the director ended up in a neurosis clinic, but the treatment did not help, and later he was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. At the end of his life, Kozakov went to Israel to live with his ex-wife Anna Yampolskaya.

The actor left his first wife and two children for the ballerina Bessmertnova

The actor left his first wife and two children for the ballerina Bessmertnova

Actress Lyudmila KHMELNYTSKAYA met KOZAKOV more than half a century ago in a student company. She was the first to play the role of Margarita Pavlovna in Mikhail Mikhailovich's play Pokrovsky Gates. Later, when Kozakov directed the film of the same name, this heroine was played by Inna ULYANOVA. But Khmelnitskaya was not offended. Like Kozakov, in the 90s Lyudmila Matveevna left for Israel, played in his entreprise, and then returned to Moscow. They were friends until the last days of the life of the actor and director.

On the day when Misha was buried, I turned 74, - says Khmelnytsky. - seeing off Kozakova on my last journey, I remembered how we recently celebrated my 70th birthday together. What a holiday Misha arranged then! Read poetry for me Brodsky, Samoilov, Pushkin, Tyutchev. And when we lived in Israel, we also loved to throw noisy feasts. Once Kozakov decided to gather a large company, even invited an ambassador. It turned out that we had been drinking heavily the day before. And now I come to Misha “after yesterday”, the diplomat is already there, and Mishka Jr., Kozakov’s little son, runs out to meet me - he was three years old then, and loudly declares: “Aunt Lud, do you remember how you got drunk yesterday and I did you drop the floor? From shame I was ready to fail.

Treason

According to Lyudmila Matveevna, she nursed all five of Kozakov's children. For example, his eldest son Kirill once they took my father with a carefree company of friends to Estonia, to Pärnu - to visit the poet David Samoilov.

Kirill constantly followed me with his tail and repeated: “I'm hungry, I want to eat!” Needless to say, Misha has always been a free person from everyday life. He couldn’t feed himself, let alone a child, ”recalls Khmelnitskaya. - For example, if he was not married, he took a piece of sugar, soaked it with tap water and put it in his mouth. That's the whole meal.

However, the actress claims, our hero never had a big “gap” between the ladies. He constantly surrounded himself with the fair sex, realizing that he simply would not survive alone.

The first woman, and soon the first wife of the favorite of the public, was an Estonian Greta Taar. She bore Kozakov a son, Cyril, and a daughter, Katerina.

The charming Baltic woman, with whom Misha lived for ten years, could not forgive him for betrayal - for the first time, Lyudmila Khmelnitskaya reveals the intimate secret of her friend. - Alas, Kozakov began to walk from her with a ballerina Natalya Bessmertnova.

It turns out that the prima of the Bolshoi Theater, the future wife of the choreographer Yuri Grigorovich, so fascinated Michael that for her sake he left his wife and two children. True, the stormy passion of the dancer and artist did not last long. And in February

2008 Bessmertnova died of cancer.

Oncology

I often called Misha, - Khmelnitskaya continues. - At the end of last year, he stunned me: “Lyudka, I have oncology!” I think that his disassembly with his wives is primarily to blame for the illness. He drank, smoked all his life and felt great. His fourth wife Anya, who took care of him in the last year of his life, did not allow herself to pronounce the terrible words "cancer and chemotherapy", but simply said: "Procedures." As a result of treatment, Misha's area of ​​damage was reduced by 20 percent. Anna paid for Kozakov's accommodation in a medical boarding house - four and a half thousand dollars a month! Very expensive, but five people looked after him at the same time. Misha ordered lunch from a restaurant menu.

Lyudmila warmly remembered that when a terminally ill friend lived in an Israeli boarding house, they talked almost every day on Skype (video call via computer). Anna Yampolskaya I brought a laptop to my ex-husband's room.

Recently, he sighed: "It's hard for me to talk today, I'm tired." He was silent and listened attentively to my news, - Khmelnitskaya shares. - Once at the end of the conversation he said: "Lyudka, I love you very much." I answered: "Mishka, and I love you very much." Anya listened to us and, probably, was terribly jealous, but I wanted to cheer him up a little. We never had a romantic relationship, only friendship. I have always been like a guy for Misha. He could tell me anything, yell, even give me a forehead.

Death

At the wake, in the restaurant of the Actor's House on the Arbat, Mishin's daughter Zoya came up to me and said: “I am so grateful to you for my dad. You called him every day. He was so looking forward to these calls, he was happy when you talked, ”Lyudmila Matveevna sighs. - Recently, Misha stopped getting up, depression began from the pain syndrome. He died because he could no longer breathe, his lungs failed. But until the end he hoped that the disease would win. He kept repeating: "Either I will run him, - referring to cancer, - or he will run me" ...

Mikhail Kozakov was buried in Moscow at the Vvedensky cemetery next to the grave of his father. This was the last will of the great actor and director.

Why the American Wife Didn't Come to the Funeral

With a translator Regina Bykova Kozakov had the longest marriage. They lived together for almost 18 years.

When Misha lived with her, he did everything by the clock: he worked, ate, slept, - says Lyudmila Khmelnitskaya. - Regina is a fantastic hostess. But in the end she got tired of his whims. After her divorce from Misha, in 1988, Bykova left for the United States. Kozakov gave apartments and cars to all his wives, except for her, when they parted ... But then it turned out the other way around. "Treshka" in the center of Moscow, on Ordynka, which belonged to her by two-thirds, went to Misha. At the next divorce, Kozakov exchanged it. For 23 years of living in the States, the translator has never been able to come to Russia. She didn’t manage to get out to the funeral of her ex-husband, although they talked to the last. Regina turned out to be a non-returner. At one time, she worked in the USSR in the diplomatic corps, and then in the States as a secretary in a large publishing house.

Since childhood, I dreamed about ballerinas

From 1934 to 1952, young Kozakov lived in Leningrad in a house across from the Maly Opera and Ballet Theatre. The windows of the room of the future actor overlooked the rehearsal room of the ballet school, and the guy watched in fascination as the girls were engaged at the barre. Later, Mikhail Mikhailovich admitted that his first sexual dreams were associated with young ladies in tutus.

DON JUAN LIST OF MICHAL MIHALYCH

* At one time, Kozakov looked after Tatyana Putievskaya-Stein who later became the wife Igor Kvasha. Also, in his youth, Kozakov was in love with a young colleague Sofia Zaikovskaya, then - in the granddaughter of the writer Anastasia Zueva. In the 60s, Mikhail had an affair with a Georgian actress Victoria Lazic. And on the set of the film "Nameless Star" he fell in love with Anastasia Vertinskaya.

* The first wife of the actor was an Estonian Greta Taar, who gave birth to Mikhail a daughter, Katerina, who became a philologist, and a son, Cyril, who followed in his father's footsteps. The union with Greta lasted ten years.

* With the second wife - Georgian Medea Berelashvili, an artist-restorer, Kozakov lived less than three years. The fruit of their love was a daughter Manana.

For the third time, the artist married a half-Jewish, half-Tatar Regina Bykova, translator and writer. There were no children in this union.

* The next wife of Kozakov was a Jewess Anna Yampolskaya, graduate of GITIS, actress and theater producer. She gave birth to a son, Mikhail, and a daughter, Zoya. The couple filed for divorce after 15 years of marriage.

* Fifth wife Nadezhda Sedova was the official wife of Kozakov from 2006 to 2010.