A young, incredibly stylish and beautiful woman - that’s what she is, Matilda Shnurova. Without knowing who is in front of us, one might think that this is just another aspiring actress or singer who managed to successfully marry someone from the rich and powerful of this world. But this statement is only partly true. Matilda is really proud of her marriage to the famous musician, composer and actor Sergei Shnurov. At the same time, the woman herself is a successful businesswoman and a style icon for her many fans.
Matilda Shnurova: biography and interesting facts
The future star was born in Voronezh, then came to conquer Moscow, and later St. Petersburg conquered her. This woman does not hide the fact that the name Matilda is not a figment of her parents’ imagination, but a self-chosen pseudonym. Once upon a time, her passport contained the simple name “Elena Mozgovaya,” but then, deciding to start a new life, the girl chose something more original, and when she got married, she happily took her husband’s sonorous surname. As Matilda Shnurova herself says: “Date of birth, first and last name, some other stamps in the passport - all this is completely unimportant. What matters much more is a person’s words and actions, and what he has achieved.” This woman is in no hurry to voice her age. However, some sources say that Matilda is 13 years younger than her husband, while Sergei was born in 1973.
How Matilda made a man out of Cord
No, no, we’re not being rude, it’s Sergei Shnurov himself, the leader of the Leningrad group, who admitted in an interview that “Matilda made a man out of a freak!” And many people don’t even know that behind the toned torso of the talented and badass singer, there has been a fragile wife standing for many years. A new wave of interest in him covered viewers when a video about Louboutins was released (about how a girl is going on a date, trying to create something similar to a brand out of simple clothes) - about 40 million views in three weeks!
There was a spark in the dressing room
...The idea of Sergei Shnurov’s personal life is stuck somewhere in the area of his high-profile affair with actress Oksana Akinshina. And he, by the way, was married twice more: with his first wife his daughter Seraphim is growing up, with his second wife he has a son Apollo, whom the star dad rarely sees. And he spends all his free time with Matilda.
The future “Mrs. Shnur” was born in Voronezh, into a religious family. She was then called Elena Mozgova. According to secular photographer Dmitry Mikheev, it was he who in the mid-2000s came up with the girl’s pseudonym Matilda, which stuck and was then officially registered in her passport. As Express Gazeta wrote then, Motya replaced Mikheev with actor Evgeny Tsyganov, but the affair with him did not last long.
At that time, her life was quite predictable and measured - Mozgovaya studied to become a biochemist in St. Petersburg. If not...
Sergei and Matilda had a mutual friend. Having arrived from America, she asked the heroine of our story to drop into the Leningrad dressing room for a while on some business. There Motya and Shnur saw each other for the first time. A spark jumped. And the Bickford Cord caught fire.
During the next meeting, Sergei was no longer at a loss - he grabbed the girl’s hand and never let go. Then he admitted (either jokingly or seriously) that Motya reminded him of the girl from Vrubel’s painting “The Swan Princess,” whom he had loved since childhood. That’s why I decided “we have to take it.”
Proposed in front of the refrigerator
If the relationship between the rocker and Oksana Akinshina looked like a romance in the style of “who is more likely to kill whom,” then next to Matilda he gradually acquired a secular gloss. He began, as he admitted, to drink much less, and trodden the path to fashionable stores. The couple bought an apartment in the center of St. Petersburg, near the Fontanka, furnished it with the latest technology, paying special attention to the kitchen, which would have been unthinkable before (photo shoots for magazines from his previous St. Petersburg homes were frightening with their decadent abandonment and alcoholic flair).
He proposed marriage in his own style - the couple was looking for sausage in the refrigerator. Sergei said: “Let’s get married,” to which Matilda replied: “Of course, it’s time.” In 2010 they got married.
Over the years of living together, the couple has adapted to living comfortably together. What was important was that Matilda was always busy with something. “If I hadn’t worked, we would have divorced a long time ago.” Having received her diploma, she decided to go into business - she opened a ballet school in the city center, and then one of the most fashionable restaurants in St. Petersburg, Kokoko. Also, Sergei’s wife is also his muse. Many of the plots of the songs in “Leningrad” are taken from Matilda’s stories about the lives of her friends and some stories that happened to her when her husband was on tour.
The main secret of their happiness is that Matilda does not “float his brain.” She doesn't try to prove that she's in charge. Doesn't force him to be right, doesn't take away his frying pans when he fries junk food at night. Does not create scandals due to unjustified expectations in the absence of a gift on February 14 or on a birthday. And she doesn’t worry that her husband walks around the house naked. “For us, internal relationships are more important than external ones,” says Shnur.
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The wedding of Sergei and Matilda took place in 2010, but before that, the lovers had met and lived together for several years. Today, the total length of their relationship is 9 years. The wedding was very modest and simple, with a minimum number of guests. Matilda Shnurova doesn’t talk too much about her star husband in her interviews. For her, he is, first of all, a loved one, and not a person known throughout the country. Despite constant tours and performances, the couple spend a lot of time together and have common business projects and hobbies. People around them can only be amazed at how, after living together for almost ten years, these people manage to treat each other with tenderness and maintain interest.
St. Petersburg's main fashionista
Matilda considers herself the most stylish woman in all of St. Petersburg; she was often awarded this title by various fashion publications.
She admits that, like any other girl, in her youth she loved experimenting with her own appearance. Today she has found her style and remains true to it. Like any other celebrity, Matilda has a chic dressing room in which foreign and Russian brands coexist peacefully. Shnurov’s wife does not seek to shock the public, but, on the contrary, dresses very discreetly and elegantly, while looking simply divine. Matilda Shnurova is a favorite client of the most expensive and fashionable boutiques in St. Petersburg; very often she receives personal offers to purchase designer items. On her Instagram profile, the star posts daily photos of new clothes or well-combined outfits. However, she does not consider herself a fashion blogger and columnist. Matilda Shnurova loves photography very much, and she likes the opportunity to share new photos with all her friends and fans.
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Restaurant business and other projects
Matilda is known in St. Petersburg as a restaurateur. She admits that she does not like to cook and would never have thought that she would personally manage a catering establishment. It all started with the fact that Sergei asked his wife to help improve the work of the Blue Pushkin bar, of which he was a co-owner at that time. Then Matilda Shnurova met the brilliant chef Igor Grishechkin, who worked in a farm produce store. It was after this meeting that the idea of creating a restaurant arose. “CoCoCo” is a very unusual place; its specialty is the original presentation of dishes of national Russian cuisine, prepared exclusively from natural farm products. Today the establishment is an incredible success; people come to it as if they were on an excursion. Very famous and rich people often come to dine here. In addition, Matilda has her own ballet school, Isadora, where famous ballerinas from the Bolshoi and Mikhailovsky theaters teach. This is exactly how the Shnurovs take on everything: either do it better than everyone else, or don’t do it at all.
Five months without Matilda: what has changed in Shnur’s life
Ex Sergei Shnurov celebrated five months without Matilda with a photo with his new beloved. They have been talking about the wedding of the musician and Olga Abramova for about a week, but it appeared on Shnur’s social networks only today. Matilda responded to this with a poetic curtsey and a call to never regret the burnt love.
The great love between Matilda and Shnur ended in May. It was then that the musician “with regret but gratitude” announced the divorce to his ex-wife. Five months later, a new lady appeared in the photographs on his Instagram - the daughter of a wealthy businessman from Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Olga Abramova. He published a post with her on October 24, signing with the lines:
"Drinking my third shot with you
I told myself, don’t rush, wait.
And then he grabbed your ass.
Look, he’s no longer single again...”
The musician concluded his opus with a confession that he loves the same rake.
Instagram of Sergei Shnurov. Screenshot.
By a strange coincidence, an hour later on social networks, Matilda shared a meaningful poem by Andrei Dementyev “Don’t regret anything”:
“Never, never regret anything
No lost days, no burnt love.
Let someone else play the flute brilliantly,
But you listened even more brilliantly.”
Ex-Mrs. Shnurova, however, is no longer alone. In early October, she was spotted at Pulkovo airport in the company of an unknown man. As socialite Bozena Rynska later said, Matilda is being courted by restaurateur and friend of Ksenia Sobchak Sergei Shponka. Shnurova also owed two dinners to the winners of the Meet for charity charity auction.
In other words, the life of both spouses does not stand still after a divorce. Matilda develops a restaurant business, attends social events, attends a ballet school and participates in charity work. Shnur spends time with Nevzorov, “treads on the same rake” with a new lady and collects the Zenit Arena. By the way, he was the first musician to conquer the stadium built for the World Cup. And now concert agencies fear that none of the Russian stars are capable of this feat anymore.
“The group has set a fairly high bar and is taking Russian show business to a completely different level of the economy – to stadiums,” commented Konstantin Zhmurko, CEO of Euroshow Promoter, organizer of the Leningrad tour.
Sergei Shnurov gives an interview before the Leningrad concert in St. Petersburg. Video: Moika78.
Despite the apparent success, fans of the couple continue to claim that Shnurov has “lost a lot” without Matilda. Like, he’s older, flabby and sings worse. Even the poor sound at the St. Petersburg stadium during Shnur’s concert was attributed to the absence of Matilda in the musician’s life. Allegedly, she would have strictly controlled it and would not have allowed this to happen.
Love for Peter forever
Matilda and Sergei Shnurov permanently reside in St. Petersburg, this city is the hometown of the famous musician. They live in a luxurious apartment on Fontanka, with stucco, a fireplace and exquisite interiors. And this is no longer typical for rich and successful people: everyone strives to conquer Moscow or prefer to settle in the vicinity of St. Petersburg. The Shnurovs love their city and try to revive some local traditions, such as receiving guests and visiting friends at home. Matilda Shnurova, whose biography includes several years of permanent residence in Moscow, admits that St. Petersburg charmed her at first sight. I don’t want to leave here anywhere, and Sergei, after all his work trips, wants to come home as quickly as possible.
