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Biography

In the spring of 2020, at the age of 70, Elena Demidova, a talented figure in Russian cinema and the mother of Honored Artist of Russia Vladislav Galkin, passed away. Over her long life, she managed to prove herself as a gifted screenwriter, editor and production designer.

Elena Demidova with her husband Boris Galkin and children Vlad and Maria

Little is known about the early biography of Elena Petrovna Demidova. She was born on April 24, 1947 in the village of Konnovo, Pskov region, which, like the whole of Russia, was overtaken by the consequences of the Great Patriotic War. It is not known for certain which educational institutions the future screenwriter graduated from.

Elena Demidova: biography pages

The woman was born in post-war 1947, on April 24. Little is known about her. The mother of the Russian cinema star gave birth to two children - a son and a daughter - from different marriages. Vladislav, born in 1971, was raised by his grandparents and spent most of his childhood in Zhukovsky near Moscow. His biological father is considered to be Georgy Cherkasov, but at school they remember him by his surname Sukhachev. This is exactly how he was listed in the credits of his first film work based on Mark Twain’s work “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.” Vlad began acting at the age of nine, showing extraordinary talent.

Elena Demidova married Boris Galkin for the third time, an actor who perfectly embodied the images of military men on the screen. He not only officially adopted the children, giving them his last and patronymic names, but also actually took care of their upbringing. The school remembers that in high school, Vladislav’s stepfather was most often present at parent-teacher meetings. How did Elena Petrovna’s career develop?

Movies

At the beginning of her career, Elena Demidova appeared as an actress only on the theater stage, but in 1992 she played her debut episodic role in the melodrama directed by Boris Galkin and her part-time husband “Remember the smell of lilacs...” about the friendship of an old man and a young girl. She also wrote the script.

Boris Galkin and Elena Demidova

Vladislav Galkin’s mother realized herself most fully as a production designer, editor and screenwriter. She has worked on more than 10 film projects.

In 1983, the musical biography Anna Pavlova, directed by Emil Loteanu, was published, telling the life story of the famous Russian ballerina. The role of the main character was played by actress Galina Belyaeva. Demidova, together with 3 other international professionals, carried out the installation work. Three years later, an extended version of the film premiered on Soviet television, consisting of 5 episodes with a total running time of 273 minutes.

Galina Belyaeva in the film "Anna Pavlova"

In 1991, Elena Petrovna again sat down at professional equipment to complete the production of the action film “Caravan of Death” with Alexander Pankratov-Cherny and Boris Khmelnitsky in the lead roles. This time the woman edited the film herself.

The next year turned out to be especially busy for Demidova’s career. She wrote her first scripts for feature films, which were taken into development. The comedy “The Game” can be considered the family brainchild of the Galkins - Elena’s husband, Boris, was the director and producer, and the main character was played by her son Vladislav.

Elena Demidova

The woman herself was the author of the plot. The film told the story of two desperate friends Yasha and Sasha, who went to work in the southern regions under the guise of two charming beauties.

Also in 1992, Elena Petrovna worked as a production designer for the dramatic war film “...June 22, exactly at 4 o’clock...” about the infamous events of 1941, starring Sergei Parshin and Irina Rozanova. Her husband again appeared as the director of the film. Finally, this year the woman edited 2 films - the melodrama “Is it okay to sleep with someone else’s wife?!” with Elena Proklova and the action movie “Executor of the Sentence” with Vera Glagoleva and Evgeny Sidikhin.

Elena Demidova in recent years

In 1994, the action adventure film “Maestro the Thief” was released about an artist named Vladimir Beletsky, who replaced 2 valuable paintings in an art gallery with his own copies. The main role was played by actor Vladimir Ferapontov, and Elena completely edited the film. At the same time, she wrote the script for the fantasy thriller "Black Clown", in which her husband played the central character.

The following year, Demidova, for the second and last time in her life, worked as a production designer (and scriptwriter) for a Russian action film called "Male Talisman", dedicated to the special forces of the Don division, starring her husband.

Documentary film “Vlad Galkin. It's hard to be a hero..."

The final work of the cinematographer was participation in writing the script for the crime-comedy series “Truckers-2”, consisting of 12 episodes, in 2004. The driver Sashka, who is one of the main characters, was played by her son Vladislav Galkin.

In 2010, Elena Petrovna took part in a short documentary film about the life of her child “Vlad Galkin. It’s hard to be a hero…”, in which the actor’s relatives and friends talked about his last years, difficult fate, problems with alcohol and personal life, and also showed rare photos and videos.

Galkin, Vladislav Borisovich

Born on December 25, 1971 in Leningrad and raised in the town of Zhukovsky near Moscow[8] in the family of theater actress, film playwright and screenwriter Elena Petrovna Demidova[9] (April 21, 1947 - May 23, 2017)[10][11][12]. As a child, he lived with his grandmother Lyudmila Nikolaevna Demidova, a primary school teacher. Grandfather Pyotr Nikolaevich Demidov was an art teacher who died under the wheels of a bus while on his way to work. Vladislav studied at school No. 6 in the city of Zhukovsky, where his grandmother taught [8]. In the summer she worked as a teacher in a pioneer camp, where she took her grandson with her. Despite his bad behavior at school, thanks to Lyudmila Nikolaevna, the teachers gave Vladislav a good reference. The grandmother worked until she was 70 years old, until her granddaughter Masha graduated from school. She died of breast cancer[8].

It was the grandmother who brought 9-year-old Vlad to the screen test, secretly from his mother. Vladislav Galkin’s film debut was the role of Huckleberry Finn in Stanislav Govorukhin’s film “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn” (a film based on the works of Mark Twain), credited as Vladik Sukhachev. Vlad’s godmother, Ekaterina Vasilyeva, also starred in this film.

When Vladislav was 10 years old, Elena Demidova married actor and director Boris Sergeevich Galkin, he became a foster father for Vladislav and his sister Maria[13].

The next bright work in cinema was the main role in the children's film “That Scoundrel Sidorov” (1983).

Boris Galkin: I remember when Vlad called me dad for the first time. We went to the cinema with him to watch the film “That Scoundrel Sidorov” - a film in which Vladik starred almost immediately after “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn”.

I came out impressed - in front of me was the absolutely mature acting work of an 11-year-old boy, a constructed role, a lived destiny. Everyone thought: well, the boy is starring in one film, another, a third... But the boy was already working! And I said: “You know, Vladyukha, you will be a very good artist.” He looked at me carefully - I have noticed this childish, demanding look of his many times: they say, aren’t you being cunning, aren’t you being a hypocrite? That’s when Vladik looked at me like that. He asked again: “Is this true?” - "Absolute truth". - "Thank you dad"…

— [14]

Vladislav recalled:

My parents were generally against my work in cinema. They knew how difficult an actor’s work is, both morally and physically, and did not wish me such a fate. My grandmother brought me to the audition secretly from everyone. My parents were shocked, they didn’t even imagine that my grandmother, who always had “verbal incontinence,” could hide our secret for almost six months

— [15].

In 1986, he starred in Alexander Muratov’s film “The Golden Chain” (based on the novel of the same name by Alexander Green) in the role of Sandy. In 1990, Konstantin Khudyakov directed him as the deserter Yegor in the film “Death in Cinema.”

By the age of 18, Galkin had several successful films to his credit. After graduating from high school, he entered the Theater School. B.V. Shchukin (course of Albert Burov), which he graduated in 1992. He also studied at VGIK on the course of Vladimir Khotinenko.

Film roles as an adult

In 1999, he starred in the role of district police officer Alexey in Stanislav Govorukhin’s film “Voroshilovsky Shooter”. In 2000, he played senior lieutenant Tamantsev in the film “In August 44th...” From 2000 to 2001, he starred in the TV series “Truckers,” which brought him popularity. In 2002, he starred as a GRU special forces soldier nicknamed Yakut in the TV series Spetsnaz and as a young officer Sergei Vysik, after demobilization, appointed to the post of head of the Moscow region criminal investigation department in the thriller Beyond the Wolves.

In 2004, he starred in the film “72 Meters” and in the TV series “Truckers 2” and “Saboteur”. In 2005, he played Ivan Bezdomny in the television series “The Master and Margarita” (directed by Bortko, based on Bulgakov’s novel of the same name). In 2007, he starred in the TV series “Saboteur 2: The End of War” and in the film “An Imperfect Woman.”

In 2008, he starred in the TV series “I’m Flying” as Alexander Nikolaevich Gordeev, a talented surgeon, head of student practice, as well as in the TV series “Petrovka, 38. Semenov’s Team” in the role of police major Andrei Semyonov.

Family

Galkin left his parents' home at the age of 17, his parents bought him a one-room apartment in Zhukovsky, and when he got married for the first time, he began to live with his wife[18]. He explains it this way[19]:

Initially, we were not fathers and sons, but friends. This is how it happened for us. It seems to me that a family is two people, a husband and wife. I love my parents madly, but I understand that under no circumstances can I live with them. There is such a thing as personal space. So, people living together violate it in one way or another: one gets up at 8 in the morning, the other at 2 in the afternoon, hence the irritation. Another thing is husband and wife, they are one whole.

— Vladislav Galkin surrendered to his own “demons.” The actor died at 38

• Adoptive father - Boris Sergeevich Galkin (born September 19, 1947), actor, director.
• Mother - Elena Petrovna Demidova (April 21, 1947 - May 23, 2017) - theater actress, film playwright and screenwriter.
• Grandmother - Lyudmila Nikolaevna Demidova - primary school teacher.
• Grandfather - Pyotr Nikolaevich Demidov - art teacher.
• Half-sister - Maria Borisovna Galkina (born September 3, 1977), lives in a village in the Pskov region, near Velikiye Luki, journalist, former cook, sergeant of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, suffers from autism.[16]
• Half-sister - Anna Borisovna Galkina (born July 30, 2017), daughter of Boris Galkin.

Personal life

• The first wife is Svetlana Fomicheva (married in 1988, divorced in 1989).
• Second wife - Elena Galkina.
• Third wife - Valentina Elina.
• The fourth wife is actress Daria Mikhailova (October 2, 1998 - February 25, 2010).

They had no children; together they raised Daria's daughter from her first marriage, Vasilisa. Galkin himself said in 2002 that “I cannot call what happened before our meeting being married.” Vladislav Galkin celebrated his birthday on December 25, 2009 with a one-day trip to St. Petersburg with his last girlfriend, 34-year-old Anastasia Shipulina, acquaintance Katerina Bashkatova and her husband, actor Mikhail Bashkatov.

Officially, Vladislav Galkin and Daria Mikhailova never divorced. The divorce from December was postponed to March. But they did not have time to reconcile or divorce.

Last year of life

On January 11, 2010, he was hospitalized in the 50th surgery department of the Botkin Hospital in Moscow, where he spent two weeks due to worsened inflammation of the pancreas[20]. Previously, V. Galkin was diagnosed with “acute pancreatitis” (inflammation of the pancreas).

He died on February 25, 2010 in Moscow at the age of 39.

The circumstances of the death have not been fully clarified. He was found dead in his apartment on Sadovaya-Spasskaya Street on February 27, 2010 at about 14:00 Moscow time. The day before, the actor’s father sounded the alarm, telling a family friend that Vladislav had not been in touch for more than a day. Friends arrived at the actor’s apartment, but no one answered the doorbell[21]. The rescue team was called and opened the apartment door at 14:07 Moscow time.

According to varying reports, the actor’s body was found in bed or on the floor, he was lying face down[22]. During the initial external examination of the body, no signs of violent death were found. An examination showed that the actor died approximately two to three days before the discovery of the body, and the cause of death was named acute heart failure with cardiac arrest. The death certificate lists the cause as “cardiomyopathy (sudden cardiac arrest).”

He was buried on March 2, 2010 in the actors’ alley of the Troekurovsky cemetery in Moscow[23]. Only friends and relatives attended the funeral.

Boris Galkin's assumption about the murder of his son

Galkin's grave at the Troekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow.
In the program “Man and the Law,” B. Galkin provided facts on the basis of which one can make an assumption about deliberate murder. So, on February 19, 2010, Vladislav withdrew $136 thousand from the bank, which he intended to spend on renovations in the apartment he bought after separating from his wife. According to his father, the actor kept money at home (which the alleged customers and perpetrators of the crime might have known about); In addition, SMS messages containing threats were sent to Galkin Jr.’s phone, and a few days after visiting the bank, bruises appeared on the actor’s face. According to B. Galkin, abrasions and bruises were visible on the body of the already dead actor and during the initial medical examination immediately after the discovery of the corpse. The amount indicated by B. Galkin was not found during the search of the apartment. The father was also embarrassed by the presence of a bottle of cognac and a packet of tomato juice in the room next to the body: after Vladislav was diagnosed with pancreatitis, he stopped drinking alcohol and went on a diet.

The investigation into the causes of death also raises a number of questions for the father: for example, one of Vladislav’s close friends is an active law enforcement officer. According to B. Galkin, he had the keys to the actor’s apartment and thus had the opportunity to influence the course of the investigation[24][25]. The facts presented by B. Galkin are not confirmed by anything and are not reflected in the investigation documents. The official version of the actor’s death remains acute heart failure.

Personal life

Before meeting Boris Galkin on the set of the drama “Matveyeva Joy” in 1985, the woman had already been married twice and had two children - Vlad and Maria. The marriage with the actor turned out to be the longest and happiest for Elena - they lived together for 30 years. Although not the biological father of the children, Galkin treated them as family - with warmth and love. The man adopted Vladislav and gave him his last name, with which he became famous throughout Russia.

Elena Demidova with family

On February 25, 2010, a tragedy occurred in Demidova’s personal life - at the age of 38, the Honored Artist of Russia and her only son, Vladislav Galkin, died. The man was found dead in his own home. According to the official version, the cause of death was alcohol abuse and nervous exhaustion, which led to sudden cardiac arrest. The woman barely survived the tragedy.

Elena Demidova at the funeral of her son Vladislav Galkin

The grieving parents dreamed of opening a museum in honor of their child, located in Vladislav’s last apartment, which he purchased a year before the accident. But the actor’s ex-wife Daria Mikhailova managed to sell the property before the plans were implemented.

Three years later, Elena had to go through another test - her husband announced that he had fallen in love with the chanson singer Inna Razumikhin. Boris left his wife, leaving her an apartment in the center of Moscow.

Death of a son and divorce

The official cause of death of Vlad Galkin is heart failure. But many remember the persecution of the press that preceded this event after the actor, while intoxicated, behaved unworthily in one of the bars in Moscow. And although there was a show trial and an official apology was made, it was impossible to calm the journalists down. How did Elena Demidova perceive these events? Galkin Boris Sergeevich’s wife, as well as the actor’s father, realized that the breakdown was associated with the hard work on the film “Kotovsky” and troubles in his personal life. The young man was unable to withstand the “public flogging”.

Already at the funeral it was obvious that the country had lost one of its most talented actors. The parents were supported by the idea of ​​​​creating a museum in an apartment on Prechistinka, which their son bought a year before the tragedy. But after ex-wife Daria Mikhailova sold the apartment, she had to give up her dream.

And in 2013, Elena Demidova suffered another blow. Galkin's wife was left alone. Boris Sergeevich, who himself performed beautiful romances, fell in love with chanson singer Inna Razumikhin and left the family. He left his ex-wife an apartment in the central area of ​​the capital. Eyewitnesses say that Elena Petrovna herself, distraught with grief, pushed him to take such a step.

Death

Left completely alone after such life upheavals, Elena Petrovna fell ill with cancer. Daughter Masha came to help a woman from the Pskov region, who left her everyday life and work to take care of her mother.

Elena Demidova's grave

After some time, they moved to Demidova’s native village of Konnovo, where she spent her last days, full of poverty (the women lived on one pension). Death came to Elena on May 23, 2020.

The ex-husband of the deceased, Boris Galkin, took care of the funeral, and fulfilled the screenwriter’s last request - to rest in Troekurovskoye Cemetery in Moscow near the grave of his beloved son.

Alleged father of Galkin

• The alleged biological father is Georgy Petrovich Cherkasov (born in 1942), lives near Omsk. He appeared in February 2020 on NTV in the program “New Russian Sensations” (“Galkin’s Father: I’m Alive!”). When Vladislav Galkin was alive, he had no idea that this was his son, and in 2010, when Vladislav died, Georgy first heard on TV that the name of Vladislav’s mother was Elena Petrovna Demidova and that Boris Sergeevich Galkin was not his own father, and he realized that Vladislav was his son. He came with a film crew to the Pskov region to visit Elena Petrovna Demidova, but her daughter Maria did not allow them to see her[26][27][28][29].

Wikipedia Vladislav Galkin

One of Galkin’s best dramatic roles is playing the role of the literary character Ivan Bezdomny in the film adaptation of Bulgakov’s book “The Master and Margarita.” A twenty-three-year-old poet finds himself imprisoned in a mental hospital for his atheistic poem about Jesus Christ. Galkin’s speech in the frame, when the viewer finds himself in the clinic room in which Ivan Bezdomny lies, captivates, makes you believe in what is happening and take a fresh look at the work of the classic author. Many people played the role of the poet on the theater stage and in cinema, but Galkin’s vision, perhaps, left the most noticeable mark on the souls of the audience. Wikipedia Vladislav Galkin is the only page today that contains all the information about the talented and beloved actor.

The ex-wife of Vladislav Galkin - Elena Galkina

Vladislav has always been a private person, so very little is known about his early marriages. After divorcing his first wife, the actor soon married again. The second wife of Vladislav Galkin, Elena Galkina, lived with her husband for a short time. As in the first case, the young people lived together for about a year and soon divorced. We can say that Galkin was a very decent guy; as soon as he fell in love, he immediately offered his hand and heart to the girl. Whether it was advisable is a second question, but the man kept his promise and got married.

Height, weight, age. Years of life of Vladislav Galkin

Vladislav Galkin was not only a truly talented actor, but also dubbed many films and cartoons on television. In 2005, Vladislav hosted a program on the RenTV channel “Island of Temptations”, and also, after the release of the series, became the idol of many. Today, 7 years have passed since the actor’s death, and fans are still interested in his life and work. Netizens want to know how the actor lived and what he was interested in outside of television cameras, as well as his roles and parameters, such as height, weight, age. The years of Vladislav Galkin’s life 1971-2010 are remembered by many of his true fans.

Vladislav Galkin's wife - Daria Mikhailova

Taught by bitter experience, in his fourth serious relationship the actor did not immediately get married. However, he fell in love so much that he proposed and got married a year later in 1998. The fourth wife of Vladislav Galkin, Daria Mikhailova, became the actor’s widow. Daria is an Honored Artist of Russia, teacher and director of theatrical performances. The actress staged the play “The Brothers Karamazov” and really wanted to see Galkin in one of the main roles. That's how the couple met. Daria has a daughter from her first marriage.

The ex-wife of Vladislav Galkin - Valentina Elina

The scenario of Galkin’s marriage, alas, was repeated a third time. Vladislav Galkin’s third wife, Valentina Elina, was also just love for the actor. The young people lived together for about two years, but soon the actor realized that this woman was not his destiny. Most likely, the actor, who grew up without a father, simply did not know how to build relationships with women, which is why this marriage ended in divorce. It is unknown how this happened, but despite the fact that the actor was officially married four times, he never had his own children.

The ex-wife of Vladislav Galkin - Svetlana Fomicheva

When the actor left home in 1988, he was already interested in one girl; Galkin met her when he was still in school. This was Vladislav Galkin’s first wife, Svetlana Fomicheva, with whom the actor married at the age of 17. The young people had no idea what they wanted from family life, so it was a very short union. A year later, the newlyweds divorced. What happened to the girl, who she married, and whether she has children is unknown. Svetlana is not a person of a public profession.

Filmography: films starring Vladislav Galkin

Filmography. It is quite difficult to list films with Vladislav Galkin in the title role; the huge number of images he created in a variety of genres makes this task difficult, so we will present only a few of the actor’s most memorable works, having previously divided his creative path into childhood and adult years. As a child, Galkin is remembered for the films: “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn”, “That Scoundrel Sidorov”, “The Golden Chain”. These are the most striking works of little Vlad, and there were also dozens of episodic images that we will not dwell on and move on to the work of the matured Galkin. It was here that the TV series Truckers, in which he played the young, charismatic and courageous heavy truck driver Alexander Korovin (Sashka), brought him real fame. In addition, film experts highlight Vladislav’s roles in war films: “In August 1944”, “Saboteur”. In addition, the following projects with Galkin’s participation were popular among viewers: “Plot”, “72 Meters”, “The Master and Margarita”, “Hot November”, “Kotovsky”, etc.