Natalya Nikolaevna Belousova
Natalya was born in 1936 into a family of real nobles. The roots of her family tree go back centuries, back to Semenov-Tianshansky. Since childhood, she dreamed, like her grandfather, of designing beautiful and comfortable buildings.
As a rule, in the summer Natalya Belousova came with her relatives to the dacha, which was located in the village of NIL near Moscow. The village was built under the leadership of my grandfather and was intended for the residence of the creative intelligentsia. Natalya loved to spend all her free time here in the company of her friends. It was in the village at a young age that she met her future husband, Alexander Shirvindt.
Love and life in letters
Alexander, as he wanted, entered the Shchukin School, Natalya entered the Architectural Institute. They worried about each other during the sessions, and celebrated their successful completion together. They did not always have enough time to meet, they began to write letters to each other. Sweet, touching, filled with tender care. They open up a huge world of feelings and great love. Shirvindt's reserved screen image as an actor is crumbling. Deep, sensitive, loving, romantic.
He describes to Natalya all his experiences and creative tossing. And he's bored. Every day, every hour, every minute. He gets worried if he doesn't receive a letter at the post office. He should receive letters from Tatka every day. Without them he feels lonely. He loves, he suffocates without her eyes, words, hands. He writes to her at lectures, on trains, in hotels.
It would seem that there is nothing special in these letters from two lovers. The usual confessions, the usual description of events around. But what an abyss of worldly wisdom opens up in them, amazing clarity in the vision of their joint future. Even a simple description of a mattress or bed from a furniture store becomes a kind of ode to love and happiness.
Friendship with Shirvindt
Alexander immediately fell in love with Natalya. Shirvindt noticed a charming neighbor who was always surrounded by the attention of the stronger sex. The girl simply could not help but like her. She was always kind, cheerful and open.
Shirvindt quickly became friends with the girl and tried to please her in any way possible. He was there as often as possible, tried to help with everything, surprised and supported. The young people were just friends. At that time, Natalya Belousova was 15 years old, and Shirvindt. respectively, 16. The summer passed, and it seemed that the youthful hobby would fade away. However, Alexander and Natalya continued to see each other in the capital.
Natalya Belousova - Shirvindt's wife
The girl went to study at the architectural institute, and Shirvindt went to the Shchukin School. The guys were very worried about each other during the sessions, and they always celebrated successful passing of exams together. They did not always have time to meet, so they often wrote letters.
7 years after they met, the young people got married. One frosty January morning, Shirvindt came to Natalya Belousova’s home and suggested, without delay, that they go to the registry office. After the wedding, they moved to live in a communal apartment where the Shirvindt family lived. Despite the fact that the girl was used to living in a spacious apartment that her grandfather designed, she was completely calm about moving to more modest conditions, believing that over time she and her husband would be able to achieve more, and now the main thing is to be close.
Alexander Shirvindt and Natalya Belousova - a whole era together
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A whole era fit into the life of this amazing couple. The era of love, mutual respect, endless life wisdom. They are so different - Alexander and Natalya, Kis and Tatka. They are so alike: in love with life, with creativity, with each other. Their lives cannot be divided into two parts. Perhaps because their love story began so long ago that it is simply impossible to imagine them without each other.
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Alexander
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Alexander Shirvindt
The future star actor was born and raised in an amazing creative environment. Mom, Raisa Samoilovna, in her youth was an actress at the Moscow Art Theater, and then an editor at the Moscow Philharmonic. Anatoly Gustavovich, violinist at the Bolshoi Theater, later a music teacher.
Sasha, contrary to expectations, did not shine at music school. After five years of training, the ego was practically kicked out, deciding that he had no musical inclinations. Classes at the ballroom dancing school at the House of Scientists gave the younger Shirvindt real pleasure. Especially polonaise and padegras.
A unique atmosphere reigned in the family. The family was friends with many famous actors who visited the Shirvindts’ house. It is not surprising that the boy chose the theater for his future. And to begin with, he began performing in an amateur theater, gradually approaching his cherished dream of becoming an actor.
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Natalia
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Natalya Belousova in her youth
Natalya turned out to be a real noblewoman, as Shirvindr himself likes to say about her. The roots of her family tree go far back to centuries, back to Semenov-Tianshansky. Natalia's grandfather was the chief architect of the capital. And Natalya dreamed of someday designing beautiful and comfortable buildings, just like her grandfather, uncle, and brother.
In the summer, the whole family went to the dacha, to the village of NIL. It was here that Natasha most loved to be, enjoying spending time in the company of her peers. The village was designed and built under the leadership of her grandfather and is intended for the creative intelligentsia: writers, composers, architects. Here in 1951 she met Sasha.
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The class in which Natasha Belousova studied
In 1953, Natasha’s essay “What I Dream About” was published in the Ogonyok magazine. And she still has a whole album with letters that were written to her then from all over the country.
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First love
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Snapshot from the 50s: Alexander and Natalya
Shirvindt fell in love once. One, but immediately for life. They met in a holiday village near Moscow. Alexander immediately noticed his pretty neighbor in the country. Natalya, a charming girl from a family of hereditary architects, was always surrounded by the attention of boys. Cheerful, kind, open, she simply could not help but like her. But how could she resist the pressure of a handsome man who constantly tried to be there, help, support, surprise. They were about 15 years old and in those chaste times they were just friends. But day after day they became closer to each other.
The summer has flown by, it would seem that children's sympathy will quickly be forgotten and recede. But Sasha and Natasha continued to meet in Moscow. Youth, love, romance of recognition and understanding. Understanding that this is the very feeling that needs to be preserved. Shirvindt once couldn’t think of anything better than standing on his head in front of his beloved to surprise her.
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Love and life in letters
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Letters./ Photo: from the book “Passage Yards of Biography”
Alexander, as he wanted, entered the Shchukin School, Natalya entered the Architectural Institute. They worried about each other during the sessions, and celebrated their successful completion together. They did not always have enough time to meet, they began to write letters to each other. Sweet, touching, filled with tender care. They open up a huge world of feelings and great love. Shirvindt's reserved screen image as an actor is crumbling. Deep, sensitive, loving, romantic.
He describes to Natalya all his experiences and creative tossing. And he's bored. Every day, every hour, every minute. He gets worried if he doesn't receive a letter at the post office. He should receive letters from Tatka every day. Without them he feels lonely. He loves, he suffocates without her eyes, words, hands. He writes to her at lectures, on trains, in hotels.
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Letter from Natalya./ Photo from the book “Passage Yards of Biography”
It would seem that there is nothing special in these letters from two lovers. The usual confessions, the usual description of events around. But what an abyss of worldly wisdom opens up in them, amazing clarity in the vision of their joint future. Even a simple description of a mattress or bed from a furniture store becomes a kind of ode to love and happiness.
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Happiness for two
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They had known each other for seven years when Alexander decided that he could no longer live like this. On a frosty January day, he burst into Natalya’s room with the words: “Let’s go to the registry office.” Brief and very succinct. And with a flourish he placed an unimaginably huge paper parcel on the table. Natalya had to remove layer by layer to see its contents. A large bush of blooming snow-white lilac. In January 1957, in Moscow! It was a real miracle. It turns out that the actor managed to charm the attendants of the Botanical Garden, so that they felt the peculiarity of the moment and the need for lilac magic for their beloved.
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The Shirvindt family lived in a communal apartment in Skatertny
At first, the newlyweds lived in a huge communal apartment where the Shirvindt family lived. Natasha, accustomed to the spacious apartment designed by her grandfather, absolutely calmly endured the move to much more modest conditions, sincerely believing that the most important thing is to be close to her loved one, and then they will be able to achieve everything themselves.
And so it happened. In a few years, having made several incredible exchanges, the young family of Natalya and Alexander will already find themselves in an elite house on Kotelnicheskaya Embankment in the center of Moscow.
“You and I will live with a capital L and with great feelings, without speculation and, most importantly, without sacrifice!”
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At the Shirvindts' dacha, 1970s
Tours, rehearsals, filming with him, interesting projects. Opening new objects with her. There are thousands of kilometers between them and thin strings of letters and telegrams.
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Natalya Belousova with her son
In 1958, their son Misha was born. Pride and hope. Alexander arrived in Moscow from another tour and almost went crazy, looking for his wife in all the maternity hospitals in Moscow. He was angry with the nurse who could not tell how his beloved Tatka was feeling.
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A note to the maternity hospital./ Photo: from the book “Passage Yards of Biography”
He was worried that after the pain she had suffered, she would stop loving him; he wanted to see her and his son. Natasha, infinitely happy, tried to discern the familiar features of her lover on her small face. He wrote to her again, demanding to appear at the window at least for a second. They grew up together, reaching the heights they only dreamed of in their youth. And they set themselves more and more new goals.
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The secret of happiness
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Big happy family
The days flew by in an instant. Alexander Anatolyevich and Natalya Nikolaevna have almost sixty years of happy marriage behind them. They were spared rumors and gossip. But not because they were not there. Simply because they trusted each other immensely. Their love turned out to be stronger. Today they are still together and still happy, enjoying life and the success of their grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Their secret turned out to be quite simple. They never dissolved into each other. They were always interested together, because each is an integral person, with his own character, his own hobbies. They did not interfere with each other, but supported each other at the right time. Alexander Shirvindt is happy to say that he, unfortunately, turned out to be a monogamist. Natalya Nikolaevna picks up that this is to her happiness.
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At the book presentation
In 2013, Alexander Shirvindt’s book “Passage Yards of Biography” was published. It published part of the correspondence between Natalya Nikolaevna and Alexander Anatolyevich. A touching testimony of their endless love.
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Source
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Birth of Mikhail
And so it happened. Within a few years, Natalya and Alexander began to live in an elite house, which was located in the center of the capital. Shirvindt actively toured, and Natalya was busy opening new facilities.
A year later, a boy was born to the young family. Mikhail was the pride and hope of the couple. According to Alexander Anatolyevich, when he arrived home from another tour, he almost went crazy until he found his beloved in one of the capital’s maternity hospitals. The young husband was very worried that after childbirth and the pain he suffered, his wife would stop loving him as before. However, thanks to the birth of her son, Natalya began to love her husband even more, and peering into the small face, she tried to find familiar features.
Mikhail continued the work of Alexander Anatolyevich and became a successful presenter and producer. However, by the way, when he was in school, he was repeatedly expelled for bad behavior and poor academic performance.
At the age of 17, he began training at Shchuk, but in his 2nd year he was expelled for desecrating the flag. After that, he again entered a theater university, after which he began working in the theater, where he met his wife. At the age of 34, Mikhail received a position on television. He could be seen in such programs as “Dog Show” and “Loto Million”.
At the age of 23, Mikhail had a son, who was named Andrei. At the moment, the man is 37 years old and he teaches law at Moscow State University. Five years later, Mikhail had a daughter, Alexandra, an art critic by profession. It is known that Andrei has two daughters - Anastasia and Ella.
Happiness for two
They had known each other for seven years when Alexander decided that he could no longer live like this. On a frosty January day, he burst into Natalya’s room with the words: “Let’s go to the registry office.” Brief and very succinct. And with a flourish he placed an unimaginably huge paper parcel on the table. Natalya had to remove layer by layer to see its contents. A large bush of blooming snow-white lilac. In January 1957, in Moscow! It was a real miracle. It turns out that the actor managed to charm the attendants of the Botanical Garden, so that they felt the peculiarity of the moment and the need for lilac magic for their beloved.
At first, the newlyweds lived in a huge communal apartment where the Shirvindt family lived. Natasha, accustomed to the spacious apartment designed by her grandfather, absolutely calmly endured the move to much more modest conditions, sincerely believing that the most important thing is to be close to her loved one, and then they will be able to achieve everything themselves.
And so it happened. In a few years, having made several incredible exchanges, the young family of Natalya and Alexander will already find themselves in an elite house on Kotelnicheskaya Embankment in the center of Moscow.
“You and I will live with a capital L and with great feelings, without speculation and, most importantly, without sacrifice!”
Tours, rehearsals, filming with him, interesting projects. Opening new objects with her. There are thousands of kilometers between them and thin strings of letters and telegrams.
In 1958, their son Misha was born. Pride and hope. Alexander arrived in Moscow from another tour and almost went crazy, looking for his wife in all the maternity hospitals in Moscow. He was angry with the nurse who could not tell how his beloved Tatka was feeling.
He was worried that after the pain she had suffered, she would stop loving him; he wanted to see her and his son. Natasha, infinitely happy, tried to discern the familiar features of her lover on her small face. He wrote to her again, demanding to appear at the window at least for a second. They grew up together, reaching the heights they only dreamed of in their youth. And they set themselves more and more new goals.
Natalya and Alexander now
Alexander Anatolyevich is a passionate person. In addition to acting and directing, he enjoys playing basketball, playing the violin and fishing. Natalya Nikolaevna has a huge number of sanatoriums and theaters that were built everywhere in Soviet times.
Belousova worked for more than 30 years at the Institute of Experimental Design of Construction Structures and Spectacular Buildings. She took an active part in the development of sanatorium projects in Sochi and Gagra. Natalya Nikolaevna was involved in the creation of projects for the Omsk Theater and three-hall cinemas, which were built throughout the Union. However, the most important work of Alexander Shirvindt’s wife should be considered to be housekeeping and raising their son. The woman had the opportunity to become a housewife, but she could not leave her favorite job and workshop.
