Igor Borisovich Bulatov - Vice President of the construction group. He gained great fame after he was spotted with pregnant Victoria Lopyreva on the ocean coast.
At the same time, the name of the child's father finally became known. We will talk about these and other features of a man’s biography in this article.
So, here is a short biography of Igor Bulatov.
Business and career
After Igor Bulatov became Tatevik’s legal husband, he ended up in the Karapetyan family business. As a result, at the age of 24, the son-in-law of a construction magnate received the position of vice president at.
It is worth noting that Igor is also the chairman of the Cascade holding, which under his leadership has grown into a large-scale engineering and construction structure. An interesting fact is that Bulatov’s father-in-law has a billion-dollar fortune, which is why he is included in the list of the richest people in Russia.
Biography of Igor Bulatov Tashir
- Age – 29 years
- nationality – Armenian
- marital status – divorced, has two children
Literally, a couple of hours after the news appeared about Igor Bulatov’s relationship with the pregnant Victoria Lopyreva, a little more details about him became known, although the man’s official biography is not on the Internet.
As it turned out, the 29-year-old guy, who is Armenian, although with a Russian surname, met Tata Karapetyan while studying at the Financial University under the Government. It is not known what motivated him then - love or the desire to be closer to the feeding trough, but after a few years of relationship, Igor became Tatevik’s husband and son-in-law of a billionaire.
Along with his new status, Bulatov received a solid position as vice president in the Tashir group of companies of Tata’s wealthy father, where the girl had worked since she was 22 years old.
It would seem that the man had everything - a beautiful wife, two children, and a lot of money, but he wanted Lopyrev - a frequent guest of their home and his wife’s friend. As a result, the man, if you can call him that, committed treason, becoming involved in the scandal with Victoria’s pregnancy. As soon as random footage revealed the secret that the father of Lopyreva’s child was Bulatov, Tatevik filed for divorce, and her unfaithful husband was expelled from the group’s management.
The result is a destroyed family, but neither Igor Bulatov nor Victoria Lopyreva think so. The guy spoke about his feelings for the blonde, and the expectant mother spoke about the terrible details about which she is nobly silent.
Personal life
Igor Bulatov met his first wife Tatevik Karapetyan during his student years. The young people immediately showed a keen interest in each other, after which a whirlwind romance began between them.
Later, the couple decided to legitimize their relationship. In 2014, the couple had a boy, Samvel, and a few years later, a girl, Amelia, was born.
Igor Bulatov with Tata Karapetyan’s family
Everything was going well until Bulatov was captured by paparazzi cameras. The man was spotted hugging the famous fashion model and TV presenter Victoria Lopyreva.
The press immediately published many photographs of Igor and Vika relaxing on one of the Miami beaches. This news began to be actively discussed on social networks and by the entire capital's elite.
Igor Bulatov and Victoria Lopyreva
Until the situation became clearer, former Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko, entrepreneur Goda Nisanov, and even the model’s ex-husband, Fedor Smolov, were listed as the child’s “fathers.”
After it became clear that Bulatov was the father, another interesting news followed. After performing simple calculations, it turned out that the child was conceived when Igor lived with Karapetyan. Moreover, together with her he also expected the birth of his daughter Amalia.
The last episode in Bulatov’s biography caused a lot of criticism against him. However, Lopyreva, who actually became the mistress of an exemplary family man, was subjected to even greater criticism. She was accused of breaking up her family and of betraying her friend Tatu, whom she had known for a long time.
The girl heard a lot of reproaches from representatives of show business. Andrei Malakhov said that this incident literally shocked him, and Olga Buzova called Lopyreva’s act “bottom.”
The people involved in the scandal justified themselves in every possible way. Victoria stated that when she developed a relationship with Igor, he allegedly no longer lived with his wife. In addition, the TV presenter said that there has never been a close friendship between her and Karapetyan. Moreover, she even wanted to break up with Bulatov, but he convinced her to stay with him.
In one of the interviews, Igor openly admitted that he was not surprised by so much negativity regarding what happened. He also added that no matter what, he tries to live in the present.
An interesting fact is that when Tatevik found out about Igor’s love affairs, she decided to go on vacation abroad with her son and daughter.
Igor Bulatov and Tata Karapetyan
There is another interesting version that deserves attention. There is an assumption that Lopyreva’s true father is none other than Samvel Karapetyan. It is interesting that supporters of this version claim that all photographs with Igor and the model are staged.
Expulsion from Paradise
The entire capital's elite, all the friends of the Karapetyan family - Philip Kirkorov , Nikolai Baskov and others - can now take up arms against Victoria. As for Igor Bulatov , he has already been removed from the post of vice-president of the Tashir Group of Companies. But this, most likely, will not prevent him and his new girlfriend from living without knowing any need - during his time working in Samvel Karapetyan , he could accumulate a tidy sum in foreign currency with seven or eight zeros.
Igor Tata’s wife was at first very upset by her husband’s betrayal, but then she pulled herself together, deleted all unnecessary memories of him from her Instagram page and began to simply enjoy life. In July, the girl gave birth to a daughter, whom she named with the beautiful name Amelia. Now Tata is vacationing in the Maldives with her children.
Grigory Bulatov: heroes do not die
One of the most controversial in Russian historiography is the question of who was the first to break into the Reichstag and raise the red banner over it in the spring of 1945? After moving away from the concepts of the Soviet ideological foundation, introducing new sources into scientific circulation and conducting a number of fundamental studies, it became obvious that the names of many heroes of the capture of the Reichstag for a long time were not just in the shadows, but were deliberately relegated to the background. Modern researchers of the problem under consideration have proven that in fact the first red banner appeared on the Reichstag at 14:25 on April 30, 1945. The banner was secured to the harness of the horse of the sculptural group of William I by 19-year-old intelligence officer Grigory Bulatov. Unfortunately, Bulatov’s feat did not bring him either glory or honor, but quite the opposite - Bulatov was forgotten and consigned to oblivion, his whole life was divided into “before” and “after” the hoisting of the scarlet banner. Today I would like to return to the difficult fate of the hero and consider how the life of the standard-bearer of Victory turned out.
Grigory Bulatov was born in 1926 in the village of Cherkasovo, Sverdlovsk region, into a family of workers. In the early 1930s, when Bulatov was barely four years old, the family moved from Kungur, Sverdlovsk region, to the city of Slobodskaya, Kirov region. From the age of eight, Grigory studied in high school, after the start of the Great Patriotic War he worked at the Krasny Anchor plywood mill. At the age of 16, having learned about the death of his father, Pyotr Grigorievich, he tried to volunteer for the front, but was refused. He was trained by the military registration and enlistment office and received a driver's license. In June 1943, 17-year-old Bulatov ran away from home and, with a train of horses sent to the front, reached Velikiye Luki, where he was enlisted as a rifleman in the 150th division. He received his first baptism of fire in the battle for the height of 228.4. From the company in which Bulatov served, only 12 people remained alive. Having shown courage and ingenuity, he was transferred to the reconnaissance platoon of the 674th Infantry Regiment of the 150th Infantry Division of the 3rd Shock Army of the 1st Belorussian Front under the command of Lieutenant Semyon Sorokin. In June 1943, Bulatov captured the valuable “tongue” and received the second medal “For Courage”. By April 1945, he was already an experienced intelligence officer, awarded, in addition to two medals, the Order of Glory, III degree.
1949 G. Bulatov in Berlin before demobilization
The key moment in the history of Grigory Bulatov was the capture of the Reichstag and the hoisting of the red banner over it as a symbol of Victory. It is known that dozens of assault groups advanced towards the Reichstag from different directions and at different times. In the 3rd Shock Army, there were only nine official banners intended for hoisting over the Reichstag, while there were also homemade ones, which soldiers and officers made on their own initiative. According to the version widespread in Soviet historiography, M. A. Egorov and M. V. Kantaria were the first to erect the banner. They did this at about 3 a.m. on May 1, and it was the flag they planted that went down in history as the Victory Banner. For a long time, this concept was carefully guarded from any other interpretations, despite a number of obvious contradictions and inconsistencies. However, from documents published in the post-Soviet period, in particular, by candidates of historical sciences B.K. Asanov and D.I. Oleinikov, it is obvious that it was Bulatov, along with other reconnaissance platoon soldiers, who was the first to break into the Reichstag and raise the red banner. At the same time , “on the day of April 30 at 2:25 p.m., no other red banners were brought to the German parliament and... it was only late in the evening that the captured (albeit not cleared) Reichstag literally blossomed like red.”
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Grigory Bulatov against the background of the defeated Reichstag
The discussion about the priority in planting the flag began almost immediately after the capture of the Reichstag. Bulatov was young, passionate and hardly understood the complexity of the ideological overtones of this story, which brought to the fore the international motive of the feat of friendship between Georgian and Russian soldiers. When, at one of the meetings of the assault participants, they tried to convince the standard bearers of the 674th regiment of the priority of their colleagues of the 756th regiment, Bulatov turned to the division commander: “Comrade General! Order the battle to be replayed from the beginning! We will prove to Colonel Zinchenko who was the first to break into the Reichstag and hoist the banner!”
For his accomplished feat, Bulatov was nominated for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, but was awarded only the Order of the Red Banner.
In Bulatov’s native Slobodsky they knew about his outstanding deed and were waiting to meet him. However, as a result of dramatic events, the circumstances of which have not yet been studied in detail, Bulatov was sentenced to 1.5 years. Bulatov’s friend Viktor Shuklin describes this episode as follows: “Grisha was taken to an appointment with Stalin.
The conversation was brief and without witnesses: “Comrade Bulatov! You committed a heroic act and therefore deserve the title of Hero of the Soviet Union and the “Gold Star,” but today circumstances require that other people take your place. You must forget that you accomplished a feat. Time will pass, and you will be awarded the “Gold Star” twice .
After this, Bulatov was asked to rest and was sent to the government dacha, where Bulatov’s attempted rape of a maid took place. Veteran of the Slobodsk police department V.A. Sitnikov claimed that during a personal meeting with Bulatov, Stalin allegedly said: “People should know that the Victory Banner was erected by Russians and Georgians
,” this was the reason why Bulatov was actually isolated from society, and his name consigned to oblivion.
To this day, there are no documentary sources about Bulatov’s presence in the camp. Most historians believe that this was an attempt to discredit him, since the “sitting” could hardly claim the status of a hero in the minds of the broad masses. Two years later, without trial or investigation, Bulatov was released from prison, where he received tattoos of a “thief in law and authority.” Only at the end of 1946 Gregory returned to service and was sent to Berlin with the condition that for 20 years he would not revise the official version of the story of the hoisting of the flag on the Reichstag.
Bulatov was able to return to Slobodskaya only in 1949. He again began working at the Krasny Yakor plywood mill. He answered questions about the battles for Berlin reluctantly and hid his feat for a long time. Bulatov’s acquaintances claimed that once at a family feast, after drinking, Bulatov told through tears how he set up the banner: “I was the youngest and smallest, they sat me down, since I was the lightest of all, and I strengthened the banner...”
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In 1957, Bulatov decided to move to the Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic to work as a drilling foreman. One of the reasons for the change of residence was the fact that Bulatov “was irritated that every time any correspondents or leaders at one level or another asked to talk about his participation in hoisting the banner on the Reichstag, he had to lie.” In the first years after demobilization, Bulatov, still hoping that the management would understand his case and truth would prevail, led an active lifestyle, took part in the work of the factory drama club, and in 1962 became a candidate member of the CPSU. But gradually he begins to withdraw more and more into himself, often changes jobs, and cannot find harmony in his personal life and understanding from the people around him. At some point, Bulatov finds an outlet in trips to a remote suburban village, where a war participant, former captain, and blind invalid Grigory Vylegzhanin lived. When they met, they loved to read poetry and even competed to see who could recite the most.
However, the passion for poetry was temporary, and Bulatov began to increasingly “drown” his grief with alcohol. In the 60s - early 70s. He becomes a regular at suburban pubs, where for his frequent stories about his front-line past, he receives the nickname “Grishka the Reichstag.” In official events dedicated to the anniversaries of the Victory, Bulatov took part reluctantly and often ignored them. Bulatov wrote to his friend Rakhimzhan Koshkarbaev: “It’s unbearable, Rakhimzhan, when on Victory Day you are instructed to speak to the working people, and someone shouts from the seat: “If you hoisted a banner on the wall of the Reichstag, then why don’t you have a Gold Star?”
Monument to Grigory Bulatov in Kirov (photo: gorodkirov.ru)
In 1968, on the eve of the next Victory Day, Hero of the Soviet Union V.M. Shatilov came to Slobodskaya, but he was not able to meet with Bulatov, since during this period he was serving a prison sentence in the institution of the ITU of the Kirov Region Internal Affairs Directorate in the city of Kirovo-Chepetsk. Shatilov decided to go to the colony, and the result of his actions was the early release of Bulatov on May 22. In 1970, Bulatov was convicted again, but was again released on parole. All offenses were committed by Bulatov while intoxicated. Upon his release, Bulatov bought a ticket to Moscow to meet with his fellow soldiers. But at the capital's station, instead of a passport, showing the policeman a certificate of release, he was put on a carriage and sent back to the Kirov region. This story, of course, had an extremely negative impact on the emotional state of Bulatov, who was tired of the misunderstanding and cruelty of the surrounding reality.
All his life Bulatov dreamed that his feat would not be forgotten, because in fact Grigory Petrovich disappeared from the history of the Great Patriotic War for 20 years. In a story about the Victory standard bearers authored by Igor Klyamkin in 1964 in Komsomolskaya Pravda it was stated: “Unfortunately, the fate of other standard bearers from different units... Private Bulatov from the 674th Infantry Regiment is still unknown.”
. Bulatov placed special hopes on the 20th anniversary of the Victory Day. It should be noted that other eyewitnesses of the events of April 30, 1945, Bulatov’s fellow soldiers, and Lieutenant Sorokin’s intelligence officers had a similar attitude. The former commander of the 674th Regiment, Alexei Plekhodanov, trying to achieve justice, in 1966 sent out an article “How the scam of the century came true” to central newspapers, which was never published. In October 1967, the unrecognized heroes of the storming of the Reichstag, tired of running into a wall of silence from the official press, released a samizdat collection of their memoirs, copies of which were transferred to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the Union of Writers of the USSR and the Institute of Military History of the Ministry of Defense.
Fragment from the film “Flag Bearers of Victory. Unrecognized heroes" about the fate of Grigory Bulatov (2016)
However, despite all efforts, the official version was never subjected to any revision. Moreover, every time on Victory Day, Bulatov saw himself and his comrades in historical newsreels, but the names were different. But in the newsreels of R. L. Karmen, and in the shots of photographers I. M. Shagin and Ya. I. Ryumkin, it was the group of Lieutenant S. E. Sorokin that appeared, and the young intelligence officer Grigory Bulatov was in the foreground. It was them, the heroes, who were photographed and filmed by film reporters on May 2, 1945. It is noteworthy that this was the only day for filming; soon the Reichstag was transferred to the English zone of occupation, and it was virtually impossible to create other historical footage - with the “correct” heroes.
Grigory Bulatov never received recognition of his feat, dying at the age of 47. On April 19, 1973, Bulatov committed suicide: he was found hanged in a factory toilet. This happened ten days before the next anniversary of the storming of the Reichstag and on the eve of the publication of M. P. Sboychakov’s book “They took the Reichstag,” where the events of April 30, 1945 were presented in a completely different way than in the official presentation. There is also a version of the deliberate murder of Bulatov, which is confirmed by the testimony of a number of witnesses who saw two suspicious men in civilian clothes looking for Grigory. His wife Rimma Andreevna recalled that the night before his suicide he “didn’t sleep and constantly tossed and turned on his side<...>he didn’t say anything, but it was clear that he was worried about something.”
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People who knew Bulatov spoke of him as a brave and decisive person. These qualities, of course, were useful in war, but in peaceful life they were also especially valued. There is a known case when Bulatov saw how a boat on the river dragged his comrade Nikolai Karpov downstream, rushed into the icy water and saved the man. Bulatov’s colleague from the Sloboda distillery, Ivan Volkov, noted that Bulatov was “a bumpkin guy, it was people like him who could only be real intelligence officers. They performed great feats"
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Bulatov’s rafting partner N.A. Polushkin said that he sometimes made comments to Grigory: the work was dangerous and there was a real possibility of drowning. But to this Bulatov replied: “Heroes do not die!”
He considered himself a hero and indeed was one, despite the fact that he never received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Unfortunately, Bulatov has become a largely forgotten, lost, underestimated hero.
