Mother of Alexander Abdulov: biography
Lyudmila Alexandrovna was born in 1921. She got married quite early, at the age of 18. A year later, a son, Robert, was born (from his first marriage), and 7 years later, a son, Vladimir, was born from Abdulov Gabriel Danilovich. The husband was 13 years older than his wife. He worked as a director in a theater in Fergana, and Alexander Abdulov’s mother served as a make-up artist at the theater.
When Lyudmila Alexandrovna was pregnant for the third time, she doubted for a long time whether to keep the child. Before that, she already had two boys, and the woman did not want to give birth to another one. Doctors convinced Lyudmila Alexandrovna, who was undergoing a medical examination, that she was having a girl, and she changed her mind about having an abortion. But after a certain time, a child was born - a boy, who was named Alexander in honor of Lyudmila Alexandrovna’s father. He was the most active and lively child in the family of the famous Russian drama theater director in Fergana.
And it was he, Alexander Abdulov, who years later became the closest and dearest to his mother. After a while, the youngest son took his mother to his place, where he surrounded him with care and warmth.
Alexander Abdulov's mother had three sons: Robert Krainov and Vladimir and Alexander. There was also a stepson in the family, Yuri Abdulov, the son of the husband from his first marriage.
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Alexander Gavriilovich Abdulov was born on May 29, 1953 in the city of Tobolsk, Tyumen Region, into a theater family[7].
His father, Gavriil Danilovich Abdulov (1908-1980)[8], had been a director at the local theater for the last two years, having moved there from Fergana.
Mother - Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Krainova (1920-2017)[9]. In 1956, the family returned to Fergana[10].
Alexander Abdulov was the youngest son, he had two older brothers: half-brother (from his mother’s first marriage) Robert Krainov (1940 - December 4, 2011) and Vladimir Abdulov (1947-1980; killed by hooligans)[11]. There was also a half-brother, Yuri Abdulov (1932-2007); after the war, Abdulov’s father was informed that his first wife and son were missing, so he married a second time[12].
Alexander Abdulov first appeared on the theater stage at the age of five in the play “The Kremlin Chimes” at the Fergana Drama Theater[13].
However, he did not strive for an acting career - he went in for sports at school, received the title of Candidate Master of Sports of the USSR in fencing[14], and was fond of music.
After graduating from school, Alexander, at the insistence of his father, tried to enter the Shchepkin Theater School, but was unsuccessful. Returning from Moscow, he entered the Faculty of Physical Education at the Fergana State Pedagogical Institute[15]. At the same time, he worked in his father’s theater as a stagehand.[13] A year later, Alexander Abdulov entered GITIS, taking the course of Joseph Raevsky.
Work in the theater[ | ]
In 1975[16], the chief director of the Moscow Lenin Komsomol Theater (Lenkom) Mark Zakharov invited Alexander Abdulov to the troupe, noting his performance in the graduation performance. Abdulov was offered the main role of Lieutenant Pluzhnikov in the play based on Boris Vasiliev’s story “Not on the Lists.” For this role he was awarded the “Theatrical Spring” award[17].
Since then, Abdulov’s entire further theatrical career has been inextricably linked with Lenkom. Among his most famous theatrical works is his role in the famous play “Juno and Avos.” For his role in the play “The Barbarian and the Heretic” (based on Dostoevsky’s novel “The Gambler”) he was awarded the “Crystal Turandot”, the K. S. Stanislavsky Foundation award, and was also awarded a diploma from the E. Leonov International Theater Foundation.
In 1993, Alexander Abdulov organized and headed the Zadvorki festival, most of the proceeds from which were directed to charitable purposes. For example, through the efforts of Abdulov and the team of the Lenkom Theater, as well as famous pop artists and rock musicians invited to the festival, the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Putinki, which is located next to the theater, was restored and transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church[17].
Film work[ | ]
Since the early 1970s, Abdulov began acting in films. His debut took place in 1974, when, while still a student, he played the episodic role of marine Kozlov in the film by Mikhail Ptashuk “About Vitya, about Masha and the Marine Corps.” In total, he starred in 112 films.
Fame came to him only after the role of the Bear in the television film “An Ordinary Miracle” (1978), directed by Mark Zakharov based on the play of the same name by Evgeniy Schwartz. The next successful role was in the melodrama by Pavel Arsenov based on the play by Alexander Volodin “Don’t part with your loved ones” (1979), in which Abdulov played the main male role, Mitya, and the main female role was played by his wife, Irina Alferova.
He played the role of Nikita in Tatiana Lioznova's "Carnival", Robert in Alla Surikova's eccentric detective story "Look for a Woman", Ivan in "Sorcerers". He starred in comedies (“The Most Charming and Attractive”, “For Beautiful Ladies!”, “Formula of Love”, “That Same Munchausen”), dramas (“Keep Me, My Talisman”, “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk”, “Above dark water"), in historical costume films ("Midshipmen, forward!"), in crime-adventure films ("The Secrets of Madame Wong") and detective films ("Ten Little Indians").
He starred a lot in films by Mark Zakharov and Sergei Solovyov. In 1991, Abdulov’s collaboration with Viktor Sergeev began, and their first film, the picaresque detective story “Genius,” became one of the leaders in video distribution of domestic films; Natalya Fisson and Andrei Sokolov starred in the crime melodrama “Strange Men of Semyonova Ekaterina” together with Alexander Abdulov.
The role of Koroviev in the 2005 television series “The Master and Margarita” by Vladimir Bortko is considered a success in the actor’s creative biography.
year 2001. Anniversary concert of the group Flowers. Song "We wish you happiness." In the photo are Alexander Abdulov, Alexey Romanov, Stas Namin, Sergey Solovyov.
In 2000, Alexander Abdulov made his directorial debut in feature films. He directed the musical "Musicians of Bremen & Co" based on the famous fairy tale. Earlier, in 1990, he shot the semi-documentary film “Backyards 3, or the Temple must remain a temple”[17].
With the participation of Alexander Gavrilovich, the Moscow International Film Festival was revived, of which Abdulov was the general director for several years, starting in 1995[17][18].
In 2006, he began work on a new film adaptation of Alexei Tolstoy’s novel “Engineer Garin’s Hyperboloid,” where he was supposed to play the main role, but did not have time to complete it.
Working on television[ | ]
In 1998, together with his ex-wife Irina Alferova, he hosted the first few editions of the music competition “Stars of the 21st Century” on RTR[19].
In 2004, he was a co-host of Ksenia Nazarova in the TV game “Natural Selection” on the REN-TV channel[20].
Politics[ | ]
In 2005, he took part in the elections of the head of the Domodedovo urban district (Moscow region). Was registered as a self-nominated candidate. During the elections, he withdrew his candidacy[21].
Illness and death[ | ]
At the end of August 2007, Abdulov was operated on in the Sevastopol 1st City Hospital for a perforated ulcer. A few hours after the operation, he began to have serious heart problems. He spent six days in intensive care, after which he was sent to the Bakulev Moscow Cardiocenter. The flight had a negative impact on the body. Three days later there was a sharp deterioration[22]. In early September, Abdulov arrived in Israel, where at the Ichilov clinic he was diagnosed with the fourth (incurable) stage of lung cancer[23][24]. Both Israeli and Russian doctors came to the conclusion that lung cancer was caused by many years of smoking[25]. On December 20, he was supposed to come to the final of the KVN Major League as a member of the jury, but due to health reasons he could not do this.
Alexander Gavriilovich Abdulov died on January 3, 2008 at the Bakulev Center for Cardiovascular Surgery at the age of 55[22]. On January 5, a civil memorial service and farewell to Abdulov were held at the Lenkom Theater. The funeral service took place in the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Putinki on Malaya Dmitrovka. On the same day, Abdulov was buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery in Moscow (next to plot No. 12).
Gabriel Danilovich Abdulov
Lyudmila Alexandrovna's husband, Gavriil Danilovich, was an Honored Artist of the RSFSR, an Honored Artist of the Uzbek SSR, and also an Honored Artist of the Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. After graduating from the Institute of Cinematography, Alexander Abdulov’s father served at the Mosfilm film factory, after which he was an artistic director and actor in theaters in Almaty, Uralsk and Sukhumi.
At the age of 30, Lyudmila Alexandrovna’s husband became the chief director of the Russian Theater in Fergana and served in this position for about 13 years. During World War II, Gabriel Danilovich went to the front. He had 5 wounds and was awarded orders and medals.
After the Fergana Theater, Gavriil Danilovich served for 4 years at the Tobolsk Theater, after which he returned to Fergana to the position of artistic director.
Lyudmila Alexandrovna’s husband passed away in February 1980; he died in Fergana in a hospital. Before this event, Robert, Vladimir, Alexander and Lyudmila Alexandrovna came to visit him.
Tragic coincidence
When his father died, Alexander Abdulov was 27 years old. His mother recalls that the artist loved his dad very much. Just on the day of the death of Gabriel Danilovich, February 24, the middle son Vladimir had a birthday. This coincidence haunted the family for a long time, and the birthday boy himself said that now he would no longer have a holiday.
The spring of 1980 came, and one April day another tragedy befell the Abdulov family. According to the stories of friends of Lyudmila Alexandrovna’s middle son, Vladimir, that day he went with a camera to develop film. Opposite the entrance to the theater he was attacked by drunken hooligans, a fight ensued, during which Vladimir was killed. The middle son, Vladimir Abdulov, died at the age of 33.
Memory[ | ]
Abdulov's grave. Modern look
- On May 29, 2009, a monument was unveiled at the grave of Alexander Abdulov at the Vagankovskoye cemetery, which is a block of gray-white granite, on the left edge of which a white marble cross rises. A slab with the image of Abdulov is built into the block. Photo taken from screen tests for the role of Lancelot in Mark Zakharov’s film “Kill the Dragon.” The letters with the name Alexander Abdulov are laid out in the form of steps going up. The author of the monument is sculptor Vladimir Matyukhin. The main idea of the design belongs to the widow Yulia Abdulova and his close friend Leonid Yarmolnik[36].
- In 2014, a monument to Alexander Abdulov was opened in Khanty-Mansiysk.
Joint family photo
Perhaps a series of misfortunes occurs for the reason mentioned by a neighbor of the Abdulov family from Fergana. On the day of the funeral, Alexander put a family photograph in the deceased’s pocket, which depicted all members of their family. According to the priest, this should not be done under any circumstances, because death will come into the house and gradually take away everyone who is in the photograph.
Alexander Abdulov died in 2008. 3 years after Sasha’s death, the eldest son, Robert, also died. As Alexander Abdulov’s mother, Lyudmila Alexandrovna, recalls, her youngest son always took care of her, helped her, and treated her with trepidation until the very last day of his life. Now the woman is heartbroken and sad because she has outlived her husband and her three sons.
Realities of modern life
At the moment, Abdulov's mother Alexandra lives in the Ivanovo region with her daughter-in-law Albina. After the death of Alexander, an inheritance remained: several expensive cars, a luxurious dacha in Vnukovo, an apartment in the capital and a hunting lodge in Valdai. The inheritance was legally claimed by Alexander's widow, Yulia Miloslavskaya (she gave birth to Abdulov's girl Zhenya), and Alexander Abdulov's mother. Over time, it became known that a serious quarrel occurred between Yulia and Abdulov’s mother due to the fact that the daughter-in-law kicked the unfortunate old woman out into the street in the cold winter.
When Alexander Abdulov was alive, he built a two-story house on a plot in Vnukovo for his mother, saying that this house was intended specifically for Lyudmila Alexandrovna. Over time, Robert and his wife Albina moved in with an elderly woman. But after his death, according to Lyudmila Aleksandrovna, Yulia invited her mother-in-law to remain living as before in the house, but to refuse part of the inheritance due to her and to inform her eldest son and daughter-in-law to move in with them.
This proposal greatly discouraged Lyudmila Alexandrovna, since after the death of her youngest son she lived on medications and could not cope without the help of Robert and Albina.
The relatives did not give up on Lyudmila Alexandrovna, and they all had to move out of the house to Vnukovo. Yulia Miloslavskaya gave away the money that belonged to Alexander’s mother in parts over a long period of time.
According to Yulia, she has an excellent relationship with her husband’s relatives. The daughter-in-law claims that she paid off the money that belonged to Sasha’s mother and sees no reason for quarrels and conflicts. Whenever possible, she tries to visit her relatives with her daughter Zhenya.
For Lyudmila Alexandrovna, her granddaughter now comes first. According to relatives and friends, she is very similar to her grandmother, not only in appearance, but also in character. He is the same with Zhenya - imperious and firm.
Creativity[ | ]
Theater actor[ | ]
"Lenkom"
- 1975 - “Not on the lists” by B. Vasiliev; director M. Zakharov - Lieutenant Pluzhnikov
- 1976 - “The Star and Death of Joaquin Murrieta” by A. Rybnikov; director M. Zakharov - Joaquin
- 1976 - “Hamlet” by W. Shakespeare; director A. Tarkovsky - Marcellus
- 1979 - “Cruel Intentions” by A. Arbuzov - Nikita
- 1981 - “Juno and Avos” by A. Rybnikov; director M. Zakharov - Fernando Lopez / theater man / flaming heretic
- 1983 - “Optimistic tragedy” Sun. Vishnevsky - Sipyly
- 1984 — “Dear Pamela” by J. Patrick
- 1986 - “Dictatorship of Conscience” by M. Shatrov - Verkhovensky
- 1986 - “Hamlet” by W. Shakespeare; director G. Panfilov - Laertes
- 1989 - “Funeral Prayer” by G. Gorin - Menachem-Mendl
- 1990 - “School for emigrants” by D. Lipskerov - Trubetskoy
- 1997 - “The Barbarian and the Heretic” (based on Dostoevsky’s “The Gambler”) - Alexey Ivanovich
- 2005 - “For) - McMurphy
(also director of the play) - 2005 - “Marriage” - Kochkarev
(played in the premiere performances of the play) - "Everything passes"
- "School with a theatrical bias"
- "The Executioner's Lament" - executioner
Film actor[ | ]
- 1973 - Near these windows... - Sasha, young sailor
(uncredited) - 1973 - About Vitya, about Masha and the Marine Corps - paratrooper Kozlov
- 1974 - Moscow, my love - groom
- 1974 - Vera and Fedor (film) - Fedor
- 1976 - Golden River - Boris Rogov
- 1976 - Seventy-two degrees below zero - Lyonka Savostikov
- 1976 - 12 chairs - Ernest Pavlovich Shchukin, engineer
- 1977 - Scarlet Flower - Beast / Prince
- 1977 - Prison Escape - Nikolai Bauman
- 1977 - Front behind the front line - soldier
(uncredited) - 1978 - An Ordinary Miracle - Bear
- 1978 - The Captain's Daughter - Pyotr Grinev
- 1978 - Handsome Man - Pierre
- 1978 - Two in a new house - Sergei
- 1978 - Everything is decided by the moment - Varentsov, Nadya’s first coach
- 1979 - The meeting place cannot be changed - “Loshak”, driver in the “Black Cat” gang
- 1979 - D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers - Cardinal's Guard (uncredited)
- 1979 - That Munchausen - Heinrich Ramkopf
- 1979 - Don’t part with your loved ones - Mitya
- 1979 - Youth, issue 2 (short story “The Green Doll”) - Smith
- 1980 - Sicilian Defense - Evgeny Borisovich Volkov, museum employee
- 1981 - Facts of the past day - Grigory Gavrilov
- 1981 - The Woman in White - Walter Hartright
- 1981 - Carnival - Nikita
- 1982 - Grenada - “Jolly”
- 1982 - Look for a woman - Robert de Charens
- 1982 - Sorcerers - Ivan Sergeevich Pukhov
- 1982 - Premonition of Love - Sergei
- 1982 - Saturday and Sunday (film) - dad
- 1982 - The House That Swift Built - Richard Simpson, Doctor
- 1982 - This fantastic world. Issue 7 - alien / actor
- 1983 - Kiss - Lobytko
- 1983 - Recipe for her youth - Gregor
- 1983 - Juno and Avos (teleplay) - flaming heretic / Fernando Lopez / Conchita’s fiancé / theater man
- 1984 - Formula of Love - Jacob, assistant to Count Cagliostro, coachman
- 1984 - Two Hussars - Sashka
- 1985 - The most charming and attractive - Volodya Smirnov
- 1985 - In Search of Captain Grant - Bob Tar
- 1985 - Insurance agent - Vissarion Bulkin
- 1985 - Dear Pamela - Brad
- 1986 - Descended from Heaven - Sergei
- 1986 - Guard me, my talisman - Mitya Klimov
- 1986 - The Secrets of Madame Wong - Dole
- 1986 - A cheerful chronicle of a dangerous journey - Shalom
- 1987 - Ten Little Indians - Anthony Marston
- 1987 - Midshipmen, forward! — Vasily Fedorovich Lyadashchev
- 1987 - Filer - Ivan
- 1988 - Kill the Dragon - Lancelot
- 1988 - Pocket Theater
- 1988 - Dictatorship of Conscience - Verkhovensky
- 1989 - Black rose is the emblem of sadness, red rose is the emblem of love - Vladimir
- 1989 - For beautiful ladies! — Gena
- 1989 - Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk - Seryozha
- 1989 - The Maid of Rouen, nicknamed Pyshka - Mr. Tota, Prussian officer
- 1990 - Sons of bitches - Igor Gordynsky
- 1990 - Living target - Yura
- 1990 - Humiliated and Insulted - Masloboev
- 1990 - Anecdotes - Vasily Kutuzov
- 1990 - Backyards 3, or the Temple must remain a temple (concert film)
- 1991 - Genius - Sergei Vladimirovich Nenashev
- 1991 - The Sukhovo-Kobylin case - Krechinsky
- 1991 - Siege of Venice - Prince Badritsky
- 1991 - House under the starry sky - Zhora, plumber
- 1992 - Strange men of Semyonova Ekaterina - Igor
- 1992 - Above Dark Water - Lion
- 1992 - Waiter with a golden tray - Lyosha Udaltsov, waiter
(main role) - 1992 - Crazy love - Viktor Shumsky, journalist
- 1992 - Gold - landsknecht Andreas
- 1993 - It's my fault - Viktor Ivanovich
- 1993 - Nastya - Vladimir Ivanovich Teterin, district prefect
- 1993 - Sin. A story of passion - monk Sergei
- 1993 - Prison Romance - Artynov
- 1993 - Funeral prayer - Menachem Mendel
- 1994 - Innocent - de Sainte-Pouange
- 1994 - Coffee with lemon - Valery Ostrovsky
- 1995 - Black Veil - Andrei Yakovlevich Rokshin
- 1995 - First love - Maidanov
- 1995 - Crusader - cameo
- 1997 - Schizophrenia - Ivan Golubchik (“Mute”)
- 1999 - Women's property - Sazonov
- 2000 - Christmas mystery - puppeteer
- 2000 - Still waters - Anton Pavlovich Kashtanov, academician
- 2000 - Bremen Town Musicians & Co - Jester / Storyteller
- 2001 - Fatalists - Clifford Lynds
- 2001 - Next. Next (TV series) - Fyodor Palych Lavrikov (“Lavr”)
- 2001 - Yellow Dwarf - Vladimir Zharovsky, writer
- 2002 - Ice Age - Igor Klepko
- 2002 - Next 2 (TV series) - Fedor Palych Lavrikov (“Lavr”)
- 2002 - Okay! — Arkady Sinikhin, artist
- 2003 - Tartarine from Tarascon - Bezuquet, pharmacist
- 2003 - And in the morning they woke up - Gloomy
- 2003 - Next 3 - Fedor Palych Lavrikov (“Lavr”)
- 2003 - About love - Grigory Stepanovich Smirnov
- 2004 - I love you - Alexander Kazakov, businessman, admirer of Alexandra Ordyntseva
- 2004 - Dream Factory - Avsharov
- 2005 - Barbarian and Heretic (television play) - Alexey Ivanovich
- 2005 - The Case of “Dead Souls” - Nozdryov
- 2005 - Adjutants of Love - Admiral Nelson
- 2005 - The Master and Margarita - Fagot-Koroviev
- 2006 - Park of the Soviet period - Zimin’s friend
- 2007 - Leningrad (TV series) - Chigasov
- 2007 - Artist - Alexander Bosyakin
- 2007 - Route (TV series) - Tembot
- 2007 - Wedding. Case. Death is a prince
- 2007 - Trap - Mikhail Grigorievich Volobuev
- 2007 - Out of nowhere with love, or Merry funeral - Alik
- 2007 - Loser - Dmitry
- 2008 - From flame and light... - Mikhail Vasilievich Arsenyev
- 2009 - Anna Karenina - Stiva Oblonsky
(the film premiered after the actor’s death) - 2010 - Justice of Wolves - writer Volodya
(the film premiered after the actor’s death)
Voice actor[ | ]
- 1982 - Married Bachelor - Sergei Gorelov
(role of Igor Yankovsky) - 2007 - Trap - Mikhail Volobuev in his youth
(role of Stanislav Bondarenko)
Film director[ | ]
- 1990 - Backyards 3, or the Temple must remain a temple
- 2000 - Bremen Town Musicians & Co
- 2007 - Loser (together with V. Fatyanov)
Screenwriter[ | ]
- 1997 - Schizophrenia (together with Evgeny Kozlovsky and Viktor Sergeev)
Songs[ | ]
- “Oh, I’ll drown in the Western Dvina...” (music by Eduard Artemyev, lyrics by Gennady Shpalikov) from the film “Genius”
- “New Year's Gifts” (music by Viktor Dorokhin, lyrics by Lyubov Voropaeva)
- “Rock Weed” (music by Pavel Ovsyannikov, lyrics by Valery Sautkin)
- “Abdullah” (music and lyrics by Igor Nikolaev)
- “Twelve Days” (music by Igor Nikolaev, lyrics by Andrei Voznesensky)
- “Random Street” (music by Dmitry Danin, lyrics by Alexey Lysenko), duet with Aziza
- “My Friends” (music by Dmitry Danin, lyrics by Alexander Elin)[26]
- “Without an understudy” (music by Dmitry Zhurbinsky (Zharov), lyrics by Vladimir Vishnevsky)
- “Dedication to Friends” (music and lyrics by Yakov Kogan)
- “Imagine” (music by Evgeny Krylatov, lyrics by Leonid Derbenev), from the film “Sorcerers”
- “Sholom’s Song” (music by Alexander Basilai, lyrics by Yuri Ryashentsev), from the film “A Cheerful Chronicle of a Dangerous Journey”
- “Dawn, Sunset” (music by Yuri Malikov and Vladimir Presnyakov, lyrics by Vladimir Lugovoy), duet with Alla Pugacheva
- “If we knew” (music by Roman Mayorov, lyrics by Mikhail Plyatskovsky), duet with Irina Muravyova
- “In Memory of Actors” (music and lyrics by Tatyana Markova)
- “Anniversary” (music by Alexey Saulin, lyrics by Valery Belotserkovsky)
- “The Jester’s Song” (music by Gennady Gladkov, lyrics by Yuri Entin) from the film “Musicians of Bremen & Co”
Books[ | ]
- Abdulov A.G.
I want to remain a legend. - Zebra-E, 2008. - 400 p. — (Acting book). — ISBN 978-5-17-054368-7. - Efimova Z. P.
Alexander Abdulov. - M.: Union of Cinematographers of the USSR, 1985. - 32 p., ill.
