The decision to conquer the world
Marinika Smirnova, whose photo is in this article, did not always have a rich and contented life. Her childhood was spent in poverty, and we learned about it from the frank story of Marinika herself, which she tearfully narrated in the film “Meet the Russians” (a story about Russian millionaires who came to live permanently in Foggy Albion).
The girl said that her parents could not even afford to buy Barbie, which was popular in those years. Marinika’s friends played with such dolls, and she could only dream about the treasured toy. Since then, Smirnova decided that she would do everything in her life so as not to need anything, to have everything she wanted.
Music
Timur got into music by accident at the age of 25. As a gift for his sister’s birthday, the young man decided to record the song “The Sky Above the Earth.” The recording process took place at the radio station of friends close to Timur. The result impressed the studio staff, and the musical composition was broadcast. His song took its rightful place in the hit parade.
The name of Timur Temirov became known to a wide circle of the public, and listeners began to take an interest in his biography. But the athlete was in the dark all this time, as he was at the training camp. After returning, having comprehended what was happening and the success that had fallen on his head, Temirov decided to leave sports and pursue a musical career.
Timur Temirov on stage
Timur Temirov mastered the direction of pop song, which is called “Caucasian chanson”. The singer performs songs in Russian and Kumyk. Timur's first tour took place in Dagestan. In addition to performing at national teams and solo concerts, the singer can be seen at private celebrations and weddings. In the early 2000s, Timur Temirov was invited to the TNT channel to film a television concert. A rare video of the young performer can be found on the You Tube channel.
Songwriters Arsen Kasiev, Sergey Kolesnichenko, the Shahuns brothers, and David Rostovsky began collaborating with the talented singer. The geography of Timur Temirov's tours began to grow over time. The beloved artist began to be invited throughout the North Caucasus, to the cities of Russia. He is a frequent visitor to Crimea. The singer is warmly received in the concert halls of Simferopol and Yalta.
Timur Temirov - “Sky Above the Earth”
In 2007, the artist’s albums “You are my heart” were recorded, which included the tracks “Nostalgia”, “Let’s go”, “Mom”, “Don’t wait for me”, “Dagestan”, “Be with me” and “In the southern city ”, which included the songs “My Son”, “Looking for You”, “This Love”. A video was shot for the hit “Sky Above the Earth”. In the same year, two collections of the singer appeared - “To My Friends” and “With All My Heart”. The second disc includes Timur Temirov’s hits – “Daughter” and “My Girl”.
Timur Temirov and Soso Pavliashvili
A year later, the studio disc “This Woman” appeared, which became famous thanks to the songs “Salam, Caucasus”, “My Jana”. The author of the hit “Father” was Arsen Kasiev. In 2009, Timur Temirov again pleased fans with a new work - the album “Just Live”, the central tracks of which were again songs about love: “I’ve fallen out of love”, “I’m dying”, “Do you love or not”, “Roses”, “Over the horizon”. The artist shoots videos for the songs “From Dusk to Dawn”, “If You Weren’t in This World”, “I’ll Draw You”.
Timur Temirov - “If you weren’t in this world”
In 2010, Timur Temirov was blacklisted by the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry after a video with NKR symbols was released for a song he performed in Armenian. Timur Temirov was declared an accomplice of the separatists, and the singer was banned from entering the territory of Azerbaijan. The artist’s excuses that he only sang the song and did not participate in the creation of the video did not help. The misunderstanding was settled only 6 years later thanks to the efforts of Emin Agalarov.
Timur Temirov and Emin
Timur Temirov’s creative activity has not subsided over the years, and in 2012 the album “Artist” appeared, which included 16 tracks, and a video was created for the song “Come Back”. 2013 was marked by the release of the disc “Above the Ground,” which included the hit “My Woman,” and in 2014 the album “White Dove” appeared, which included the musical compositions “The Woman I Love,” “Dove,” “For Love,” “What I dreamed about.”
Timur Temirov - “Come Back”
The singer’s disc contains several duets: “Moscow Time” with Soso Pavliashvili, “Station for Two”, “Call”, “Chamomile” with Mila Ikonskaya.
In the same year, the song “Gardener” appeared, another hit by composer Arsen Kasiev. One of Timur Temirov’s last studio recordings is the album “Welcome”, which was created in 2015.
In 2016, several videos of the singer were released, which were created on the compositions of Arsen Kasiev: “Restaurants are making noise,” “Capital friends,” “Kiss me.” On the New Year holidays of 2020, Timur Temirov took part in the Chanson radio concert “Ehh, Razgulay!”, which was broadcast on Channel One.
Timur Temirov - “You are my sky”
Timur performed the song “You are my sky.” Russian pop stars performed together with Temirov: the duet of Viktor Rybnikov and Natalia Senchukova “RybSen”, Garik Krichevsky, VIA “Gems”, “Turetsky Choir”, Arkady Ukupnik.
On the eve of the New Year 2017, Timur Temirov presented a new hit, in the creation of which the famous singer Sogdiana took part. The song was called “About You”. Soon after the premiere, the musicians presented a video clip for the composition, which received more than a million views. The video featured footage of popular Swedish artist Alexander Skarsgård.
Timur Temirov - “Just Love”
A year later, Timur Temirov participated in national performances that took place at the best venues in the Russian capital. On April 20, the “Successful Songs” concert took place on the stage of Crocus City Hall, and on April 21, the performer already sang at the “Stars of the East FM” music festival, which took place on the stage of the “Mir” concert hall on Tsvetnoy Boulevard.
Successful marriage
In the difficult nineties, Smirnova’s parents were left without work, and the girl was forced to get a job to support her family. No, she did not sell tomatoes at the market, but came to a nightclub, where a slender blonde was happily accepted as a dancer.
Subsequently, Marinika Smirnova receives an incredible gift of fate - an acquaintance with a major businessman, co-owner of the Euroset mobile communications company Timur Artemyev. A wealthy man fell in love with a beautiful girl and soon presented her with an expensive ring with a huge diamond and asked her to marry him.
Perhaps it was her wealthy husband who contributed to her victory in the 2008 Miss Russia competition. Marinika Smirnova was then a 26-year-old woman, and among younger competitors she became the winner, easily taking the crown of the most beautiful woman in the country.
First steps towards success
After graduating from school, I went to study at the university. In the crazy 90s in Russia, many remained unemployed. Marinika’s parents were among those. The girl was forced to go to work to help her family with the family budget, and to earn some pocket money for herself. She got a job at a nightclub as a dancer and part-time model. And, as if by a wave of a magic wand, Marinika is on the path to success. She takes part in the Miss Russia competition in 2008. A 26-year-old contestant from the Moscow wilderness wins and receives the main prize and the title of first beauty. Shortly before this event, Marinika became the wife of a wealthy businessman Timur Artemyev. At that time, he was a co-owner of one of the large companies in the mobile communications and telephone market, Euroset. On his wedding day with Marinika Smirnova, Timur gave her a very expensive ring with an impressive size diamond. According to her, this is one of the most expensive gifts she has ever received. The marriage gives birth to a daughter, Victoria.
Rich life
Marinika worked as a model for some time, but she had to leave her career after the birth of her daughter Victoria. The figure of the young mother quickly returned to normal after giving birth, but she was busy with other, more important matters, so she was in no hurry to return to the podium.
Marinika Smirnova’s husband was a wealthy man and could afford to support his wife, daughter and a whole house of servants who took care of the housework. At that time, Marinika was having fun in closed nightclubs, attending social parties with her friends, among whom were only the wives of oligarchs.
Eva Smirnova from the show “Best of All”. Children in show business - a new trend and a way to earn money for parents
VEASY decided to talk about Eva Smirnova, a girl who is rapidly gaining popularity. And using her example to tell how children become “ show business
projects” of their parents.
So, Eva became the winner of the “Best of All” show, and then co-host of Maxim Galkin. The girl charmed and touched the audience with her spontaneity and sweet appearance.
And of course, in pursuit of ratings, producers of various shows began to invite her as a guest. So the girl visited “Let Them Talk,” “Evening Urgant,” “Master of Laughter,” which by the way won, “The Stars Aligned” and other famous shows.
And everything would be fine, a talented and sweet girl. People are touched, rejoice, the ratings of the show grow along with them and Eva’s popularity, and therefore the financial component of her family. But let's take a closer look at the last one.
Eva first appeared on the “Best of All” program in 2020, at that time she was only four years old. But even before that, her resume was on many websites of children's modeling agencies.
From this we conclude that even before her popularity, her parents relied on the development of Eva’s modeling career, following the example of such already famous models as Anastasia Knyazeva, Anastasia Bezrukova, Kristina Pimenova.
Currently, there are a lot of such “most beautiful girls” and getting into the modeling business is becoming more and more difficult. That's why parents tirelessly take their children to these shows. If you think about this seriously, then in addition to the lack of a normal childhood in our understanding, children may also face other disappointments associated with the “laws” of show business.
And we know how quickly children who once shone on television are forgotten. Remember the same Danila Pluzhnikov, by the way, we recently wrote about him.
Of course, we don’t think that all this is only for the selfish purposes of the parents, to enrich themselves and to forget about working in a hairdresser, in a factory or somewhere else and just promote their child and make money from it. Of course, everyone wants a better life for their child.
Our opinion is
Agree, this is somehow dishonest. When mom and dad had a carefree childhood with toys and grandma’s pies, and a 4-6 year old child spent several hours a day shooting. And this is not as simple as you might think, especially for children.
Endless trips from one studio to another and the like. Is it worth it to bother your child like that? After all, we repeat that show business quickly leaves behind such talented children. Unless, of course, it’s Yana Rudkovskaya’s son or Alsou’s daughter.
But the machine is already running. Today, both children and adults know that it is enough to show up somewhere and gain subscribers on social networks and this will already be a way to earn money, without having to worry about studying and further employment.
By the way, now Eva’s Instagram page looks exactly like this!
Curious to know what you think about all this? Write in the comments.
Lonely but wealthy
Due to problems associated with, the Artemyev-Smirnova couple was forced to leave Russia and settle in London. Marinika was completely alone in a foreign country; she did not have those friends with whom she “lit up” the dance floor of the nightclub, or relatives who always supported her.
In London, Marinika Smirnova could not make friends for a long time, since she did not know English at all. It was this fact that contributed to her admission to study at Westminster College. After graduating, the girl became fluent in English and was able to open and develop her own business.
After some time, Timur Artemyev proposed a fictitious divorce to his wife in order to preserve his financial well-being. Marinika agreed, because her husband remained nearby. They wanted to get married again a little later, but this never happened. Thus, after seven years of marriage, three of which they lived after the divorce, their love story ended.
The case regarding the division of marital property was heard in an English court. According to the law, Marinika and her daughter were supposed to receive at least 30% of Timur's property. After long and tedious litigation, Smirnova received the due amount and an apartment in central London.
Moving to London and proposing a divorce
The scandal associated with the family caused the family couple Marinika and Timur to move to London. The first years of life in a foreign land were difficult for a woman. She was sad, although she had no intention of returning to Russia. There were no friends or acquaintances here. Marinika Smirnova was bored, she needed communication and entertainment. Many problems arose due to lack of knowledge of English. She decided to learn the language and get an education in England. She was enrolled to study at Westminster College, from which she successfully graduated. The Russian beauty now spoke fluent English, which gave her the opportunity to continue her studies and in the future start her own business, becoming a businesswoman.
Some time after the move, Timur suddenly announced that he wanted to divorce Marinika Smirnova. True, according to him, this should not have been a real divorce, but an ordinary formality in order to preserve his fortune and provide the family with financial security. As soon as everything settles down, they will register the relationship again. But this never happened in the future. Thus ended their 7 years of relationship, 4 of which Marinika and Timur lived in marriage.
One of the richest women in England
In addition to receiving the due portion of her ex-husband’s property, Marinika Smirnova successfully developed her business. She is involved in real estate, shares, and during her stay in London she was able to significantly increase her capital. As the businesswoman admits, Artemyev never invested money in her business or helped her formally, so she is the full owner of her business and achieved success on her own.
Marinika Smirnova considers herself a real shopaholic. She loves going to boutiques, buying new and sometimes completely unnecessary things. Price tags don’t bother her, and she can spend hundreds of pounds sterling on one walk. But Marinika never buys jewelry for herself, believing that such things should be given to her by rich fans.
Own business
After the divorce, Marinika Smirnova remained in England and decided to go into business. It should be noted that everything worked out from the very beginning of her career as a business woman. The blond beauty, dealing with real estate and stocks, seriously increased her capital in a few years. The ex-husband did not help her financially; Marinika achieved success in her business on her own. Today she is recognized as one of the richest women in England.
Marinika Smirnova now
At the moment, the businesswoman is considered one of the most enviable English brides. She was credited with many novels, including with the actor Jonathon Rhys Meyers. But their relationship did not last long, since, according to Marinika, the actor earns too little to be her life partner.
Marinika Smirnova differs favorably from her “altered” friends Christina and Maria. Photos “before plastic surgery” are often found on the Internet, but this pretty woman did not alter her lips, nose, or eye shape. The photographs only show the age-related changes of the blonde beauty from Moscow.
Now Marinika works hard and is no longer only involved in stocks and real estate. Smirnova decided to work for the soul, so she took up perfumery and has already released her own fragrance.
When asked if Marinika wants to return to her homeland, she always answers with a smile that she doesn’t miss Moscow, now her home is in London. Of course, a successful businesswoman does not forget about her relatives; she sometimes comes to them and helps them financially.
Marinika also became involved in charity work. Part of her income goes to the needs of children from low-income families in Russia and Ukraine.
Marinika Smirnova: “Jonathan Rhys Meyers didn’t help me financially”
Marinika Smirnova, the ex-wife of Euroset co-owner Timur Artemyev, became a British television star in a matter of months.
Together with her blonde friends Masha Pogrebnyak and Kristina Sysoeva, the girl starred in the show Meet the Russians, which tells about the lives of rich and famous Russians in London. After a scandalous breakup with her businessman husband, the blonde beauty built a successful business in Foggy Albion and allows herself to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds on shopping. Being a welcome guest of London's closed nightclubs, Marinika began an affair with Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers. However, the beautiful love story ended as quickly as it began. According to Smirnova, the actor has too little money to look after her. In an exclusive interview with SUPER, Marinika explained how she managed to build her own business in London and why she will never return to her ex-husband. —Have you always lived in abundance or did you have to get used to luxury? - Get used to it? You get used to good things quickly. I was born in Moscow, thank God. She studied at the university and worked as a model. Yes, I had to start working early, because many people lost their jobs in the 90s, including my parents. — When you moved to London, did you immediately like it there? - No, I didn’t like it here right away. I really wanted to return to Russia. Morals here are not as easy as they seem. It is difficult to adapt here, especially for people who do not know English well. Of course, it’s easier when you have at least some friends, but I didn’t have anyone here at all. I didn’t like it here for a year and a half, until I went to study at Westminster College, then at London Business School. Then I began to speak well, and I made friends. — Don’t you want to return to your homeland? — I travel back and forth periodically, because my grandmother lives in Russia. I don’t want to go back there, since I have already settled here. And the child studies at a London school. —What do you do for a living? — I do business - I buy and sell real estate, shares. Well... If you compare it with an Arab sheikh, then I probably don’t have a very good income. But in principle... Yes, I can afford a lot. I earned it all with my brains! — And if you compare not with sheikhs, but, for example, with your friend Kristina Sysoeva? “She and I have approximately the same income.” She's just a slightly different person. No, of course, I can also afford to go to the store and spend those 50 thousand pounds there, but I probably won’t do that. Well, if I really like something, if it's really crocodile skin, then I'll go and pay 50 thousand pounds for it. These 50 thousand became a stumbling block. Now I went to Harrod's, so what? Arab girls go there and spend much larger sums. No problem at all. They go to a jewelry store and spend one and a half million pounds on a ring. So what? Fine. — Could you live like an ordinary housewife? - No, definitely. Although, maybe I haven’t come across such a man yet. I have people who cook and clean. — In large houses in London, servants usually work. And you? - I don’t have servants, only assistants. Two clean, the other cooks. About three or four people. — Do you have a house or apartment in London? — I live in the center, in Chelsea. I have large apartments in a huge house with only three apartments. - Don’t you have a butler? — We have a common one for three apartments. It’s just that Christina has a huge mansion, she needs it all. - How do you have fun? — First, I go with my friends to a restaurant. By the way, we have Russian karaoke and a Russian bathhouse here. Then we go to the club to dance and listen to music. We go to the Private Members Club. An ordinary person cannot enter this club; they need a special pass. — Is this a card that gives you access to all clubs? - This is not a card. There is no need to show anything. It’s just that the security at these clubs knows me by sight. Previously, only very cool British people went to these clubs, but now there are a lot of Russians there. — How much does this subscription cost you? — Membership in the club costs about 30 thousand pounds sterling per year. But this is only the entrance. You pay for food, drinks and everything else separately. We usually leave £1000 there. — And if you came to a new closed club, how should the security understand that you have a membership? - Well, they just recognize me. Yes, many people in London know me. — Tell us about your shopping. How much money do you spend on clothes, shoes and accessories? — I usually take everything at once. It turns out to be somewhere around 50 thousand pounds. I don't like to wander around the shops pointlessly. I prefer personal shopping. You tell the managers exactly what you need, and they bring several options to a beautiful room at Harrod's. They also have a computer wall, and on it they play a slideshow of outfits, and you sit and choose what you want. It's much more convenient than regular shopping. Moreover, Harrod's is always full of people, it is very difficult there, especially on holidays. — Does it happen that you spend more than 50 thousand pounds? — If you buy a fur coat, then, of course, more. I have a lot of them. I have one that costs over £100,000. — Is this reversible fur coat the star of the show Meet the Russians? - Yes, that's her. I don’t wear it in London, only in Russia. There is nowhere to wear such a fur coat here, and it is not so cold. — How often do you buy jewelry? — A man should buy jewelry. I don't buy them myself. Men who like me give them to me. Clothes, bags, fur coats are not a problem, I’ll buy them myself. — What is the most expensive piece of jewelry a man gave you? — Graff engagement ring given by my ex-husband. It costs about 500 thousand pounds, there is a serious diamond there. — What is your relationship with your ex-husband now? How did the divorce story end? — We are very close friends, we are raising a daughter. — Does he support you financially? - Certainly. — Did Timur help you with your business? - No, I built it myself after the divorce. -Are you planning to return to him? — My ex-husband is a very good person, but we are different people. At one point, he and I realized that we just wanted to be friends. After all, I’m not a dog to run around here and there. — When you married him, were you guided only by your feelings? “I didn’t even know what his condition was.” And it was his wish, not mine. — What’s going on with your personal life now? - Nothing serious now. There were several novels. It's hard for me to find someone on my level. —Have you ended your relationship with actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers? - We are friends. He works in Los Angeles now, and when he comes here, we see each other. — Is there a possibility of resuming the romance? - I do not even know. It's very difficult, he is very busy, and so am I. I can’t follow him everywhere and be close to him, I have a child. Imagine, I take my daughter in my arms and follow Johnny to the other side of the world. Yes, he just won’t attract me, not at all. - In what sense? - Materially. - What, he doesn’t have enough money? He's a popular actor. - Not much. He is a very cool guy, just super. And the actor is great. Johnny can achieve a lot and become a big Hollywood star. “But now he doesn’t have the money to look after you.” - Not now. — Why did you decide to star in the show Meet the Russians? — There was a period when I was very bored. There's nothing wrong with that. A very cool project, especially since we fit in. — Are you upset by the comments on the Internet about the video about “Black Friday”? Oh, my God! I don't read them. But if people start insulting, then you can answer. Yes, I only have Louboutin shoes, so what? When the girls and I walk through the streets here, men fall in piles. Yes, and women too. Three blondes are power! And these hateful comments will get people nowhere. They just take away their energy. This money doesn’t fall on my head, I have to work hard.
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Alexey Smirnov
In the 60s, offers to perform comical characters followed. Smirnov gained people's love for his role in Gaidai's comedy. Fedya’s phrases from “Operation Y” and other adventures of Shurik” were taken into quotes.
Acquaintance with actor and director Leonid Bykov on the set of the film “Bunny” grew into friendship. Later, Bykov offered Smirnov a role in the film.
The episode at the grave of the female pilots from the film “Only Old Men Go to Battle” went down in history as the most dramatic, emphasizing the actor’s versatility. In 1976, Alexei Makarovich Smirnov was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR.
Status of a mother of many children
The lovers' wedding took place in the fall of 2007. The newly-made spouses wanted to live independently, so they soon settled in a small room in a student dormitory. They had to start from scratch, adhering to austerity in everything. Vladimir grew up in a single-parent family, so he began working early and learned a lot. He did not disdain any work, especially since he soon learned that Irina was expecting her first child. After the birth of their son Leva, they were helped by Smirnova’s younger sister, who looked after the small child so that she could graduate from university.
Irina Smirnova with her husband
After receiving their diploma, the family had to vacate their dorm room, but they didn’t know where to live afterwards. Only chance helped the future blogger get a job as an employee of PSLU, thanks to which the room remained with them. Then she managed to become a full-time employee and supervise. Then Smirnova entered graduate school, passed the candidate minimum and began her dissertation on pedagogy. Her husband also decided to get a higher education and soon it turned out that he began to study at the same faculty where Irina taught. True, this was complicated by the fact that there was no one to sit with my son.
son
In 2012, the young woman found out that she was pregnant with her second child. She was happy, however, she was very afraid, since she had already had two pregnancies before, but they were stopped in the early stages. Soon the couple received two rooms, only in another dorm, where they did the renovation themselves. At the end of December of the same year, daughter Lisa was born. Irina was on maternity leave and managed to do a lot. Almost every day she prepared the first, second, and dessert, and also washed the floors three times.
children
In the summer of 2014, the couple learned that they would soon become parents again. When her daughter Evangelina was born, Smirnova became scared, because now she and her husband would have to raise three children. But Vladimir reassured her, promising that he would do everything so that they would not need anything. Many then did not understand these young spouses, who, without their own home, were not afraid to become a large family.
Personal life
After breaking up with his fiancée, the actor’s relationships with women did not work out. He had complexes about his appearance and was concerned about his inability to have children. Being lonely, Alexey Makarovich became interested in collecting: he collected books, stored various insects in dried or preserved form, and cut out notes about himself from newspapers and magazines.
In dreams of a child, Smirnov made wooden toys and took them to a boarding school for disabled children. At the same time, he tried to adopt a boy with a congenital heart defect, but they chose to refuse the lonely man.
