Fyodor Bondarchuk is a worthy successor to his father’s work. The actor, director, producer and restaurateur, heir to the famous Soviet film figure Sergei Bondarchuk, never tires of conquering the starry Olympus of Russian and world show business. Worthy women are always with him: first, Bondarchuk’s first wife, now her place has been taken by the director’s future wife.
Childhood
It's not easy to be a popular artist whose whole life is spent in public. It is even harder to be born into an already well-known creative family and to continue the family business with dignity. The youngest child of the famous Soviet director Sergei Bondarchuk and theater and film actress, Honored Artist of the RSFSR Irina Skobtseva, repeatedly felt all the hardships of a famous family during her creative career.
Fyodor Bondarchuk was born on Victory Day, May 9, 1967 in Moscow. Apparently, his date of birth also added the makings of a winner to the character of the future bigwig of Russian cinema. Little Fedya was the youngest child in the family and a notorious hooligan and tomboy.
From early childhood, women played a significant role in his life and development. Elder sister Elena doted on her younger brother. His mother saw him as a future diplomat, and his grandmother, who, due to the constant employment of his parents, was mainly involved in raising his grandchildren, was sure that Fedya would grow up to be an opera singer or an architect.
The active boy grew up and did not intend to justify anyone’s hopes; he started smoking early and tried alcohol. His mother Irina was often called to school and reprimanded for the pranks of her restless son. In high school, Fedor became friends with the son of director Nikita Mikhalkov, Semyon, who also had hooligan inclinations, and then it was impossible to find justice for the guys.
Daughter of Fyodor Bondarchuk - Varvara Bondarchuk
The daughter of Fyodor Bondarchuk, Varvara Bondarchuk, is a special and long-awaited child. She was born prematurely in 1999, so developmental delays soon became noticeable.
The baby constantly spends time in a specialized clinic, where she undergoes rehabilitation and adaptation to normal life. There, the girl is studying under a simplified program. She is a very sociable and friendly girl who gathers relatives and friends around her.
Fyodor Bondarchuk and his daughter Varvara are sick, since the baby was diagnosed with Down syndrome from infancy, which was later not confirmed and was replaced with cerebral palsy and an autistic condition.
Family life with Svetlana
The young Bondarchuk family took place in 1991 , when Fedor and Svetlana got married. The heir and worthy bearer of the eminent creative family continued to pursue his career and graduated from VGIK that same year. This was followed by everyday work and small family joys, the couple had children:
- son Sergei;
- daughter Varvara.
It is noteworthy that the heirs of the family , the eldest son Sergei and the youngest daughter Varvara, were born 10 years apart.
His wife Svetlana also turned out to be a creative person and was actively involved in a modeling career, acting and publishing. She is currently the editor-in-chief of the popular magazine Hello! and owns a PR agency.
Son of Fyodor Bondarchuk - Sergei Bondarchuk
The son of Fyodor Bondarchuk, Sergei Bondarchuk, was born in 1991 and was named after his famous grandfather. The boy was athletic and practiced Greco-Roman wrestling, MMA and boxing. He was an average student and was distinguished by his violent character and quick temper.
The guy studied directing in America and starred in the films “The Thaw,” “My Friend’s Bride,” “Stalingrad,” and “Warrior.”
The man is married to journalist Tatiana Mamiashvili and has two children. He outgrew his rebellious tendencies, became a family man and began to touchingly care for his little sister.
Personal affairs
During his married life, the talented director quite often had affairs on the side. Fedor was in unofficial relationships with famous women:
- Likoy Star;
- Svetlana Makarova;
- Yanina Studilina;
- Oksana Fandera;
- Irina Rakhmanova.
the singer Lika Star, famous in the 90s, music video director Bondarchuk shot videos. The romance began during the work process and it was rumored that the man even wanted to leave the family. However, Lika was tired of the director’s long indecisive state, and she ended her relationship with the man, telling the official wife of the indecisive admirer about their affair.
together with the young actress Svetlana Makarova . The spectacular red-haired girl appeared in several commercials under the strict leadership of Fedor. During that period, a short-term stormy romance began, but for the sake of ardent fleeting passion, the married man did not even think about leaving the family.
Personal life
The chosen one of the talented actress was a man far from the world of art - an entrepreneur, gemologist by profession, Vitaly Kryukov. For many actors of all levels, the 90s were a difficult period in life and work. This time was marked for Alena by working at the theater. Gorky.
On its stage, the actress played in productions based on the works of Anton Chekhov (including the production of The Brothers Karamazov). The father of the young actor Konstantin Kryukov and Alena’s husband, Vitaly, in the heyday of the 90s, took his family to Switzerland, where he settled well, working in minerals and jewelry.
Despite the fact that Alena Bondarchuk was an experienced actress, she avoided publicity and preferred a quiet, measured life. It was in Switzerland that she lived with her husband and son in peace and quiet, enjoying nature. After several years of a measured and prosperous life in Switzerland, Elena began to be burdened by the lack of creative fulfillment. She really missed the Russian capital.
Alena Bondarchuk’s personal life has cracked: her relationship with her husband began to weigh on the actress. According to relatives, Alena’s husband had a complex character. Shaky family happiness and homesickness led Elena Bondarchuk to return home.
Konstantin Kryukov - the only son of Alena Bondarchuk
Second marriage
Vitaly Kryukov did not share Alena’s desire to return to Moscow. The family broke up, and Vitaly remained in Switzerland. Soon after the divorce, Alena found her female happiness in Evgeny Morozov, with whom she married.
The second husband was the founder of the Empire of Stars theater; he was known as a talented and purposeful manager in the theater world. Thanks to her connection with her husband, Alena had access to the best roles in this theater, in the productions of which she could reveal herself fully.
Divorce
The actress's second marriage was short-lived. According to people close to the family, there was often tension in the relationship, quarrels were frequent, since Evgeny Morozov was distinguished by a sharp disposition and explosive character.
After the death of his ex-wife, Morozov admitted his guilt in the fact that Alena was overtaken by a serious illness at such an early age. He claimed that many people close to him suffered from his intolerance towards others.
Confidentiality of information about personal life
Since Konstantin Kryukov, Alena’s son, is a popular actor, the life and work, as well as the reasons that led to the early death of the actress, are of considerable interest. Family members do not expose details of their personal lives to the public and prefer to protect their family secrets by living in solitude.
Almost no one knew about the illness of the talented and successful actress. She was overcome by cancer, which she fought with the help of Israeli specialists.
Alena hoped that she would be able to defeat this serious illness. But, despite the joint efforts of the best doctors in Russia and Israel, the disease still won. Elena Bondarchuk underwent the main course of treatment at a clinic in Israel; a month before her death, she returned to her homeland. According to close people, the actress was a frequent visitor to the church and observed Orthodox traditions.
Divorce and friendship
What was the reason for the separation and official dissolution of the relationship of the Bondarchuk couple is not fully known, but the couple divorced in 2020. Svetlana and Fedor lived together for 25 years, and during this time their family experienced many different events. The message that the seemingly ideal couple of Russian cinema is breaking up appeared in Svetlana Bondarchuk’s magazine.
During his relationship with Svetlana , with whom they decided to remain friends after the breakup of their marriage, Fedor made many creative breakthroughs . During the period from 1991 to 2016, the following appeared in his film library:
- "9 Rota";
- "Quiet Don";
- “Inhabited Island” parts 1 and 2;
- “Nowhere to rush”;
- "Stalingrad";
- "Four Seasons";
- "Molodogvardeytsev, 32".
He also has a lot of acting work in his own films and films by other directors. Fyodor Bondarchuk's attempts as a music video director were also successful, and under his strict control, many stars of Russian show business acquired beautiful short musical stories.
Scandal
The day after the release of The Young Guard, Inna Makarova and Sergei Bondarchuk woke up as people famous throughout the country. The popularity that fell on the heads of young people certainly brought them a lot of joy. However, later she almost became the reason for the breakup of their family.
Having learned that Sergei had become famous, his first assertive passion, Evgenia Belousova, decided to renew her relationship with her old love at all costs. In achieving her goal, Evgenia did not even hesitate to use her young son.
Having announced that the boy was their child together with Bondarchuk, she brought him to Moscow and left him at the actor’s apartment. For Inna Makarova, the news that Sergei had a son, of course, came as a shock. But still, having decided to save the family, the actress accepted Alyosha and subsequently, together with Bondarchuk, raised him as her own.
Continuing to fight for Sergei, Evgenia Belousova soon officially demanded that the actor also register his son in his last name. To avoid a big scandal, Bondarchuk even had to divorce Inna and arrange a fictitious marriage with Belousova.
Sergei agreed to divorce Inna. However, later he still continued to live in Moscow, now with his ex-wife. After waiting for some time and making sure that it would not be possible to return the faded relationship, Evgenia Belousova ultimately retreated. The woman took Alyosha from the actors and finally left their family alone.
After some time, Makarova and Bondarchuk, who married again, had their common daughter, Natasha. The actor’s first-born son, Evgenia Alexey, did not follow in his father’s footsteps. After graduating from school, Alexey Bondarchuk entered Rostov University at the Faculty of Foreign Languages.
The ex-wife of Fedya Bondarchuk became a husband
Sveta and Nadya wear the same sneakers and dresses for two
Her motto: “Never say never!” What other slogan could an experienced woman who has gone through many trials have? 48-year-old Svetlana BONDARCHUK is a mother of two children, grandmother of two charming girls. We have 25 difficult years behind us with Fyodor BONDARCHUK. Several whirlwind romances, during which she lost and changed parts of herself. And, probably, what is happening in her life now is a natural consequence of everything that happened before.
While Fyodor Bondarchuk is thrilled in the arms of Paulina Andreeva , his ex-wife Svetlana lives to the fullest. As part of “Kinotavr”, the already traditional press breakfast of her magazine “Hello!” was held, where famous artists chatted about cinema, art, love and weather over a cup of cappuccino or latte fragrant with homeliness and feasted on elegantly made cakes. This year, at this event, and at film screenings, and at night beach discos, and in coastal cafes - in short, absolutely everywhere! — next to Sveta Bondarchuk, Nadya Obolentseva beamed with positivity .
Do you know this girl? At 33, Nadezhda has managed to be married twice. Her first chosen one was businessman Denis Mikhailov , the owner of a fleet of sports cars and a luxurious villa in Upper Hollywood next to Madonna . For the sake of Denis, Nadya literally the day before the wedding broke off her engagement to the famous figure skater and now political figure Anton Sikharulidze .
Sveta and Nadya exchange clothes and shoes. More than love!
But the marriage turned out to be short. Three years ago, Obolentseva got married again. This time for the experienced financier, managing director of Neftegazindustriya Ayrat Iskhakov. Their grand wedding took place on Lake Como, Italy. Three dresses were ordered for the bride at once: two exclusive handmade ones from Dolce & Gabbana, one from Yudashkin (who, by the way, is now actively fighting kidney cancer). Graff's diamond engagement rings, worth over a million euros, were made to order.
By the way, it is on Lake Como, at Villa Balbianello, on Cape Dosso di Lavedo, that the consummate romantic Fyodor Bondarchuk will marry Paulina Andreeva in early August. The choice fell on this picturesque place not by chance. After all, episodes of “Casino Royale” and “Star Wars” were filmed here, which Fedya considers the gold of world cinema. The generous and loving director has already spent a sum with a lot of zeros on the ceremony and banquet. And this is not counting the unforgettable surprise gift that he prepared for the bride (according to information from his inner circle, this is “movable” property).
Returning to Obolentseva, it is worth adding that she heads the elite closed intellectual club “418”, where she met Sveta.
— When the Bondarchuks broke up, they began to see every man from Sveta’s circle as the one who destroyed this long-term marriage. It never occurred to anyone to suspect the girl of this. Well, it’s nonsense at first glance! - says Sveta’s close friend.
Yes, for some time before and after her divorce from Fedor, Svetlana dated dentist Omar Gazaev. The ex-wife of the dentist Zarema complained:
“It was only because of Bondarchuk that our family collapsed, and my son lost his father. Before her, we lived wonderfully! Everything that Svetlana has done will remain on her conscience.
However, since last fall, Gazaev stopped appearing in Sveta’s company. Along with the dentist, socialite Nadenka Obolentseva appeared in her life. She had hung around somewhere before, but their relationship had not yet been so intimate. This is due to the fact that since the end of last year, Nadya practically does not live with her husband. In May, their marriage ceased to exist de jure. However, Obolentseva changed her place of residence much earlier - for more than six months she has been living in Sveta Bondarchuk’s modest three hundred “squares” on the Patriarch’s Ponds.
They say that OBOLENTSEVA clung to Svetka so that she would match her with a rich peasant. But we don’t believe it! Photo by Petya TABUNOV
It is difficult to find mistresses in a Moscow apartment. They are constantly on the move: in February they vacationed in St. Barths, in May in the Maldives. On weekends it is easier to catch them in Prague or Tbilisi than in dusty Moscow.
— Two beautiful girls captured in the photo with looks in which a lot can be read, turn an ordinary photo into a work of art. I can look at Sveta and Nadya endlessly. They are dissolved in each other. Opposites form complete harmony, says their photographer friend.
It is enough to look through the Instagrams of these women to understand: there is much more between them than just female friendship.
“There can be no boundaries, ages or rules in love,” Svetlana Bondarchuk is sure. “Nature is designed in such a way that a woman reveals herself in adulthood. And then she discovers in herself completely unknown previously facets, feelings and possibilities. Then you look at yourself in the mirror with a smile and, winking at the reflection, say: “Never say never, baby!”
Common-law wife of Fyodor Bondarchuk - Paulina Andreeva
Fyodor Bondarchuk's common-law wife, Paulina Andreeva, has been dating the actor and director since 2020. She is a journalist by profession, however, she became famous as a talented theater and film actress. The girl became popular thanks to her role in the film “The Thaw”; she also sings beautifully.
The director saw her on the stage and fell madly in love, for her sake he broke up with his wife. The age difference between Paulina and her chosen one was 20 years.
Fyodor Bondarchuk and Paulina Andreeva wedding photo is not yet available, since the celebration itself was only announced in 2020. Rumor has it that the wedding is scheduled for autumn 2020, but there are obstacles in the form of his son Sergei, who does not want to see his father with someone other than his mother.
The ex-wife of Fyodor Bondarchuk - Svetlana Bondarchuk
The ex-wife of Fyodor Bondarchuk, Svetlana Bondarchuk, entered the director’s life when she turned sixteen. The young people were introduced by a friend with whom Fedor was in a relationship. The guy was serving in the army at that time, then he was hospitalized, and Sveta was nearby.
Svetlana practiced fencing and was a librarian by profession. Currently, the woman is a model, host of the STS and Domashny channels, editor of the Hello! magazine, and has her own PR agency.
The couple had been married for 25 years and separated suddenly, although they remained friends. Svetlana and Fedor communicate for the sake of their beloved daughter, and take care of their grandchildren together.
Inna Makarova said that her love with Sergei Bondarchuk lasted a lifetime
The actress passed away on March 25 at the age of 94. In recent years, Inna Makarova was seriously ill for a long time. According to her daughter Natalya Bondarchuk, Inna Vladimirovna sometimes lost her memory and began to “see people who passed away long ago,” especially often her husbands came to her in visions - Sergei Bondarchuk - famous director, Oscar winner, People's Artist of the USSR . And Mikhail Perelman is an academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, a talented surgeon.
GODFATHERS – ALEXANDER FADEEV AND SERGEY GERASIMOV
In the movies, Inna Makarova has often played simple village girls. And she said about herself that her character was tempered in Siberia, when she first lived in the city of Taiga, and then in Novosibirsk. They say that as a child she made her way through the snowdrifts with a music notebook, rushing to the drama club, and dreamed of becoming an artist. But this is more of her cinematic image. She was still not a village girl, but a city girl.
Inna Makarova was born into a fairly intelligent family. Father Vladimir Makarov is a poet, member of the Union of Writers of the USSR. Mom is a correspondent, worked on the radio committee, and was the head of the Novosibirsk Youth Theater. The actress's maternal grandfather is Arman Ludwig, exiled from Austria - a Pole. Even the actress’s grandchildren could not tell us the details of how exactly this happened. Nevertheless, such a family legend about the “Austrian great-grandfather” exists.
In 1943, Inna Makarova entered VGIK. During the war, the Institute of Cinematography was evacuated to Alma-Ata and admission of applicants was conducted there. Together with VGIK she moved to Moscow. And he played his first noticeable role on the stage of an educational theater. She was Carmen in the play staged by Tatyana Lioznova, who at the same time studied at the director's workshop. Makarova’s student work was appreciated by the writer Alexander Fadeev and chose her for the role of Lyuba Shevtsova in the film adaptation of his novel “The Young Guard,” which Sergei Gerasimov was going to direct. Although Makarova would have ended up in her master’s painting in any case, Gerasimov decided to film his entire course. But he first appointed her to the role of Valeria Borts. So the participation of Alexander Fadeev turned out to be fateful for the graduate student.
All the actors who played the main characters of the underground organization “Young Guard” were awarded the Stalin Prize. It was a very successful debut.
BONDARCHUK WAS CALLED “DADDY”
While studying at VGIK, another fateful meeting took place with Inna Makarova. Sergei Bondarchuk came to their course from the front. Her first impression of her future husband was that he was some old guy. He began to turn gray early, he was indeed older, but not by much - only 6 years. He already had a family in Rostov-on-Don. But he considered himself a bachelor, since family life with his first wife did not work out. Makarova immediately gave him a nickname - “folder”, and called Bondarchuk that way all his life. She explained that she gave this nickname to her husband also because she lost her father very early. Vladimir Makarov died when he was not even thirty-five years old. “No big deal - a crumb got into the wrong throat, an acute abscess, and then necrosis of the lung.”
Bondarchuk immediately set his eyes on the petite blonde with dimples. He didn’t leave her one step, although the relationship with the “folder” was platonic at first. But one day their friends invited them to their dacha. It was some kind of Soviet holiday. And then they left us to spend the night in the same bedroom, believing that the couple had long had a real romance. In those circumstances, Sergei Bondarchuk, of course, could not resist...
They got married on the set of “The Young Guard” (Bondarchuk played the underground communist Valko).
The beginning of family life coincided with the first great success after the release of the film. In 1948, the film was watched by 80 million viewers.
Portraits of 22-year-old Inna Makarova were on the cover of Ogonyok magazine and in central newspapers. A crowd of fans and admirers followed her. Inna Makarova “and her husband” was invited to official events and banquets. But Bondarchuk was not jealous of his wife’s popularity; on the contrary, he was happy for her.
At this time they lived in the basement, sometimes spending the night in the actor’s theater. True, before the birth of their daughter Natasha in 1950, they received a one-room apartment in the Sokol metro area, in which five of them lived - a nanny and mother Inna Makarova. The first cradle of the future star of the film “Solaris” and Andrei Tarkovsky’s muse was an ordinary suitcase, in which she was placed, after being brought from the maternity hospital, on a cloth.
Despite all these everyday troubles, they were happy.
FATAL "OTHELLO"
The break with Bondarchuk occurred suddenly, when Inna Makarova was at the peak of her popularity. Films with her participation were released one after another. But his career also took off. At the age of 31, Bondarchuk received the title of People's Artist of the USSR. All-Union glory came. There were a lot of fans in love with him. Inna Makarova did not seem to see this, believing that their love was indestructible, that he was very attached to her and to their daughter Natasha. I couldn’t even imagine that one day well-wishers would vie with her to tell her that her husband had someone else. Bondarchuk went to shoot the film “Othello” and met a new love there - actress Irina Skobtseva.
Then he filmed “Ivan Franko” and again together with Skobtseva, but he hid this fact from his wife. When Inna Makarova was finally convinced of his betrayal, she blurted out rashly: “Seryozha, we need to break up.” And she almost fainted from her own words. She set Bondarchuk free, breaking off the relationship as impetuously and impulsively as her heroines from the films “Height” and “My Dear Man.”
Years later, she recalled in an interview: “Our lives were destroyed, but we loved each other. Bondarchuk suffered for a long time from feelings of guilt in front of me and our daughter Natalya.”
The breakup was very difficult. The unfaithful husband did not want to leave.
CONSCIOUSNESS FADED AFTER HUSBAND'S DEATH
Afterwards, many men wooed her; famous fans included director Alexei German and singer Ivan Kozlovsky. But she married 12 years after her divorce from Bondarchuk to surgeon Mikhail Perelman, a future academician. And she was happy, claiming that it was Perelman who became the love of her life. And I always remembered Bondarchuk with tenderness. His photographs were prominently displayed in her apartment; she said that her ex-husband would always remain a dear and dear person. Natalya Bondarchuk believes that her mother regretted until the end of her life that she drove her father away and provoked their spontaneous breakup.
Both husbands of Inna Makarova were on friendly terms. When Sergei Bondarchuk became seriously ill (they say he had lung cancer), Perelman treated him at the Central Clinical Hospital.
When Inna Makarova lost her second husband, it happened seven years ago, it was as if her consciousness had faded. She lost a lot.
By the way, Inna Vladimirovna treated all of Sergei Bondarchuk’s children very warmly. And to his eldest son from his first marriage, Alexei, she maintained a relationship with him for many years, and to Fyodor and Alena Bondarchuk - children from Irina Skobtseva. In her last interviews, she said that her love with Sergei Fedorovich remained for life.
BY THE WAY
Many, remembering Inna Makarova, call her the star of the film “Girls,” but Makarova did not like either this film or her heroine Nadya for her spinelessness in her relationship with her flopping boyfriend and curmudgeon Ksan Ksanych. The actress was seriously offended by director Yuri Chulyukin for making her character a “submissive sheep.” She didn't even come to the premiere. But witnesses say that this was not the only reason.
In the films “Height” and “My Dear Man” she had the main roles, but here she found herself in the ensemble of “girls” - young and no less ambitious actresses, where the first violin was played not by her, but by Nadezhda Rumyantseva. And Makarova had, in her own words, just an “extended episode.”
