Biography of singer Shura
Singer Shura (real name Alexander Vladimirovich Medvedev) is an eccentric performer, an idol of the 1990s, winner of a number of prestigious awards, including the Order of Benefit, Honor and Glory, Golden Gramophone, Night Life Awards, Golden Decibel .
Shocking singer Shura
He became famous for the compositions “Do Good,” “The Summer Rains Have Stopped,” “Don’t Believe Tears,” as well as for his extravagant behavior and unusual stage image: lack of upper front teeth, bright makeup, and strange outfit. Some viewers highly valued his singing talent, others called him a homosexual and a mentally ill character.
This is how shocking Shura became after cancer. Even relatives won't know!
Celebrities love to shock the public, it helps them always be heard. But being shocking requires a certain amount of courage. This is an image that needs to be maintained in the minds of fans.
Shura , aka Alexander Medvedev, knows how to shock the public. Just take into account the rumors about his unconventional orientation.
The future artist was born in Novosibirsk, grew up with his mother, grandmother and younger brother. He especially loved his grandmother.
The singer has no musical education, but he began singing at the age of 13 in the Novosibirsk restaurant “Rus”. As the artist himself says, his grandmother, who worked as a cook, instilled in him a craving for extravagance.
She had a very indirect relationship to art: she loved to sing romances in front of the mirror, dressed in non-trivial outfits.
Shura graduated from design courses in Riga and immediately came to Moscow. The peak of its popularity came in the late 1990s. The most famous songs, of course, are still heard today - “The Summer Rains Have Stopped” and “Do Good .
After a surge in popularity, the singer abruptly disappeared. As it turned out later, he was diagnosed with cancer, which was provoked by drug addiction. “I ate drugs so as not to go crazy after the concert from loneliness,” the artist admitted.
The cancer was discovered in an advanced form, so it took a long time to defeat it. The singer had one testicle removed. It was difficult, but he accepted everything as it came. In parallel with chemotherapy courses, the singer was undergoing treatment for drug addiction.
“The worst thing is that most of my acquaintances immediately turned their backs on me. It became clear later that unnecessary people who existed at my expense left.
But then it was terrible, because only a few remained nearby, although they were the most faithful and devoted friends. They saved me. Treatment and recovery require crazy amounts of money,” said the singer.
Thanks to this support, the singer overcame the disease and got rid of addiction.
Posted by Shura Medvedev (@shuramedvedev) Dec 28, 2020 at 3:29 PST
As a result of treatment, Shura became overweight. But he managed to cope with it: the artist reappeared on television and began to actively tour.
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And then the other day the singer found himself in a hospital bed again. In Kurgan he underwent a complex operation on the hip joint. After rehabilitation, Shura wants to go on stage again and no longer limp.
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Posted by Shura Medvedev (@shuramedvedev) Jan 9, 2020 at 12:46 PST
The operation was successful, and Alexander now feels well. The singer hopes that he will soon be jumping on stage like in his youth.
We wish the artist speedy rehabilitation and good health. Fans are probably already waiting for him.
Also for your attention is an article about celebrities who have overcome cancer.
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Difficult childhood
The future singer, who at one time became a national pop sensation, was born on May 20, 1975 in the secret capital of Siberia - Novosibirsk. His mother Svetlana Medvedeva was barely 18 at that time, and his father Vladimir Shapkin was 21 years old. Soon after Sasha’s birth, his father left the family and subsequently did not take part in his son’s life.
Shura's parents
Mom also treated him, to put it mildly, with restraint. Instead of taking care of her son, she was actively involved in improving her personal life, and often took out her anger on the boy for her “unsettlement”, beat her, and forced him to call her not mom, but Svetlana. The woman worked as a secretary-typist.
Quite quickly, her efforts to find her soul mate were crowned with success - she got married again, and a son, Misha, younger by 2 years, appeared in their family. According to the artist, his mother provoked their enmity, and it was Mikhail who knocked out his teeth. Until he came of age, Sasha did not know that his father was not his own, but he always felt that he was loved less than his brother. When Sasha turned 9, his relatives sent him to an orphanage, from where his grandmother Vera Mikhailovna took his grandson 2 years later.
Singer Shura in his youth
The singer remembered her with great warmth, calling her “the closest person and a wonderful woman.” She loved to dress in unexpected dresses and sing romances in front of the mirror, and worked as a chef at the Rus restaurant. There, at the age of 13, Sasha also began earning money, performing songs in no less extravagant outfits and in his grandmother’s wigs, receiving a storm of applause. His repertoire included compositions by the groups “Modern Talking”, “Tender May” and other popular performers.
Shura with grandma
During his school years, the boy loved to relax in a pioneer camp, led a handicrafts group, and at evenings he performed mainly in the image of the incomparable Baba Yaga. But he didn’t study very hard, and after the 7th grade he dropped out of school altogether and went to Riga, where he successfully completed a training program for florist designers.
Music
Shura's debut in the capital took place at the Manhattan Express club. The bet on shocking was correct, and the singer woke up famous. Another important event for the young singer took place in the same club. There Alexander met the stylist and fashion designer Alisher. Since then, Alisher has been sewing stage costumes for Sasha and consulting during shopping trips.
The peak of the pop singer's fame was at the end of the 90s. The artist gained rapid growth in popularity thanks to his shocking manner of performance and appearance: Shura had no teeth and was in no hurry to insert them. According to the artist, as a child, his younger brother Mikhail knocked them out during a fight.
Shura with and without teeth
Shura’s most famous songs are “The Summer Rains Have Stopped Noisy” and “Do Good.” The popularity of the songs was so great that videos immediately appeared for them. The shocking artist’s hits became the objects of numerous parodies. But for many, Shura’s songs from those years are associated with the period of growing up, which is why they are still relevant today.
Shura recorded his first two albums in collaboration with composer Pavel Yesenin, who also acted as a backing vocalist. In 1997, the first album entitled “Shura” appeared in the musician’s discography. And in 1998, the album “Shura-2” was released as a continuation.
Shura - “Do good”
Medvedev has many musical awards. For the songs “Don't Believe Tears” and “Do Good,” the singer received the Golden Gramophone. In “Song of the Year” Shura sang “You don’t believe in tears” and “The summer rains have stopped making noise.” The awards were received by the songs “Artist”, “Zimushka Winter” and “Sky for Us”.
The style introduced by Shura to the Russian stage was given the name “Eurodance” by critics.
After the rise in popularity, the showman suddenly disappeared. Shura’s creative biography was interrupted for a long time. As it turned out, he was seriously ill. Evil tongues started talking about the singer’s drug addiction and alcoholism. Medvedev confirmed drug addiction, calling it the main cause of the disease - cancer. But Alexander managed to overcome the terrible illness, although it took a lot of time: the cancer was discovered in an advanced form.
Treatment began in a military hospital in Moscow. Shura underwent a complex operation, but this was only the first stage on the path to healing. Next came chemotherapy, which was carried out simultaneously with treatment for drug addiction.
Shura about healing from cancer
The singer’s mother even flew in from Novosibirsk to help get him into the clinic. Friends supported the artist, helped him in word and deed: a large amount of money was needed for treatment and rehabilitation. Shura continued his course of treatment in one of the Swiss medical centers.
The disease receded, thanks to the support of his close circle, Shura recovered, overcoming both cancer and cravings for narcotic substances. But a new problem arose: the musician recovered in every sense of the word, the exhausted body reacted to the treatment in an unexpected way - extra pounds appeared. With a height of 175 cm, the artist’s weight reached 140 kg.
To resume his career, Shura lost weight
However, the guy managed to overcome this obstacle. Several courses of liposuction helped get rid of fat deposits. The renewed singer reappeared on television and began touring. The outrageousness diminished, but the story of a terrible illness and miraculous healing became the calling card of the artist who returned to the stage, causing a new surge of interest in his person.
Returning to the stage in the late 2000s in an updated image, Shura became a guest on popular shows. In the “Musical Ring” his opponent was Boris Moiseev.
Musical ring NTV - Shura VS Boris Moiseev
In 2007, the artist appeared in the program “You are a Superstar!” on NTV. The new image allowed the artist to reach the finals, where Shura lost first place to singer Aziza. The number that impressed the audience was the song “Let's Pray for Our Parents.” Shura sang this hit in a duet with Soso Pavliashvili. By this time, the artist already had a full smile, which cost the singer 8 million rubles.
Shura and Soso Pavliashvili - “Let's pray for our parents”
In 2020, Shura celebrated 20 years of creative activity. In the same year, the singer appeared in the popular transformation show “One to One!” on the TV channel "Russia-1". A year later, the artist began a large tour “New Life. New image”, in which he presented the songs “Penguins”, “Our Summer”.
First steps to glory
In 1992, an important event took place in Alexander’s life - an acquaintance with composer and aspiring producer Pavel Yesenin, which was fateful. Pavel wrote a number of songs for the aspiring performer that became hits and convinced him that great success awaited him in show business. Sasha set off to conquer the capital.
Shura and Pavel Yesenin
The first time in Moscow was not easy for the guy from Novosibirsk - he spent the night on a bench in the Botanical Garden and looked for at least some work in restaurants. Then he got lucky. He was sheltered by a representative of an ancient profession named Tatyana, and he ended up in the popular Manhattan Express club for a casting of singers.
Appearing on stage in a fur coat, with incredible makeup, he captivated the audience with his original manner of performance, his voice with a characteristic whisper due to the lack of teeth, his relaxedness and, in general, shocking image, and got a job in this prestigious night establishment.
Shura - Cold Moon Later, he was noticed there by the famous stylist Alisher, who agreed to create stage costumes for him. According to the singer, when working on his image, they were guided by the legendary Ozzy Osbourne and the super shocking Marilyn Manson. All this contributed to the growth of Alexander's popularity.
He released his first records, called “Shura” and “Shura-2,” in tandem with Pavel Yesenin. The composer not only wrote music for them and performed all the arrangements, but also performed the role of backing vocalist.
Shocking image of Shura
The compositions presented in these and subsequent albums (“Fairy Tale”, “Thank you for the second wind”, “News”) were a huge success among listeners. They brought the singer victories in the charts, twice one of the country’s main music awards, the Golden Gramophone (for “Don’t Believe Tears” and “Do Good”), and the title of best performer at the song festival “Song of the Year” in 1998 and 1999 -m, recognition as the most stylish singer of 2000. His songs “Cold Moon”, “Artist”, “The Sky for Us”, “Zimushka-Winter” were awarded with various prizes. Shura - Do Good At the peak of his popularity in 2002, the singer disappeared from the sight of the media and fans, but 5 years later he reappeared on the Russian pop scene, having changed in appearance (putting in teeth, gaining noticeable weight, changing incredible outfits to a decent suit). As it turned out, he was undergoing treatment for drug addiction and cancer, managing to overcome fatal illnesses.
Shura underwent oncology treatment
The artist again began to tour actively, delighting fans with new extraordinary works that received flattering reviews from professionals, and delighting them with already beloved songs, causing a new surge of increased interest in his work.
He participated in the TV show “You are a Superstar!”, “Musical Ring”. In 2010, he presented the video clip “Balloons,” and a year later he presented the album “New Day.” In 2012, two songs and a video for them were released - “The Heart Beats” and “Prayer”, created in a duet with Svetlana Surganova, who at one time also went through a battle with oncology. Experts noted the unusual and life-affirming nature of their collaboration.
Surganova and Orchestra and Shura - Prayer In 2015, he became a guest of the transformation show “One to One”, a year later his compositions “Penguins” and “Heart Beats” were released, in 2017 - the single and video “Girlfriend”.
Shura: “My younger brother Misha knocked out my teeth, my mother constantly pushed our heads together”
The performer of the hits “Do Good” and “The Summer Rains Have Stopped Making Noise” is being evicted from his apartment by his relatives through the court
Missing front teeth, a bald head, high-platform shoes and strange outfits - this is what singer Shura looked like when he appeared on stage in the mid-nineties. They called him gay, a feathered wonder, mentally unstable. By show business standards, the Shura project was extremely successful, but in 2002 the singer disappeared as suddenly as he had appeared, and reappeared only five years later. The artist transformed himself, changed his crazy outfits to a solid suit, put in teeth...
As a child, Alexander Medvedev (real name Shura) was not loved, and was not taken seriously in his youth. Now his own mother is trying to deprive him of his apartment through the court.
The host of the “We Talk and Show” (NTV) program, Leonid Zakoshansky, spoke with 38-year-old Alexander Medvedev about the lawsuit and more.
* “I returned to show business as a completely different Alexander Medvedev,” says the artist
— How did you find out that your mother sued you?
Shura: — My mother sent a lawsuit for my eviction from an apartment in Novosibirsk to my director by mail. In the statement of claim, she indicated that I have several apartments in Moscow and my own office. Although in reality I have nothing in Moscow! No registration, no apartment, not even a car!
In general, I was in shock, although I always knew that any inappropriate act could be expected from her. But still, this is my own mother! She could have called me and suggested, Sasha, let’s sell the apartment, I would have understood. But act on the sly! So mean...
Director and friend of Shura Pavel Deperschmidt : “When Sasha saw this lawsuit, at first he didn’t even understand what was happening, he was so amazed. He paused, then said: “Okay, let him check out of the apartment.” A minute later it dawned on him: “What is this, am I going to be homeless now?” Now he can’t go to the bank, get a foreign passport, or get health insurance... Sasha loves his mother, sends her money. And she states in the lawsuit: “We do not maintain relations with him. Presumably lives in Moscow.”
The artist’s lawyer Alexander Treshchev: “It is impossible to discharge the singer from the apartment unless he provides documents proving that he owns other real estate. The court cannot rule in favor of the mother and throw Alexander out onto the street. (The court granted the claim of singer Shura’s mother for the loss of his right to use an apartment in Novosibirsk. Alexander Medvedev appealed this decision. - Ed. )
- Do you really not communicate with your mother at all? Maybe at least on some family holidays she calls you?
Shura: - Never. Recently I was attacked on the street with a knife. They talked about this on TV and wrote in the newspapers. And even then she didn't call me. Only one day on my birthday (I turned 25) my friend Natasha secretly found my mother’s number in my phone and called her. When my mother answered the call, Natasha literally forced her to talk to me. We talked for the first time in a long time. They talked for a long time, even both of them burst into tears. But this was an isolated incident.
*Singer Shura: “In the mid-90s, the public could only be surprised by a shocking image and a complete lack of complexes”
— Have you visited your mother recently?
Shura: - Well, first of all, not visiting my mother, but at home. I still think this is my home, even though I don't even have the keys because my mom keeps changing the locks. The last time I was there was five years ago. And during that wonderful time when we worked seven days a week, I sent my mother $500 from each concert for several years.
— How did your mother treat you as a child?
Shura: “I was an unwanted child, she wanted to get rid of the pregnancy.” Mom called me a miscarriage and always found a reason to scold me. It seems to me that she loved my father so much that when he left her, she began to blame and hate me. Imagine, she didn’t even allow me to call her mom - only Sveta! Otherwise she would beat me. As a child, I couldn’t understand why my mother couldn’t be called mom, but I didn’t want to get punched in the face either...
One day I returned from school early and found my mother with her lover. Out of jealousy, I cut off all the buttons on his clothes. And in general, then he tried in every possible way to quarrel between them - he “kissed” his shirt with red lipstick, and put soldier’s shoulder straps in her pockets. But I was not a bad son! I loved my mother and still love her. I was always drawn to her, gave her gifts made with my own hands, and she... sent me to an orphanage when I was nine years old. Why? Yes, I just disturbed her, because my mother was young, and the apartment was one-room. She tried her best to arrange her personal life, but potential suitors for her hand were blown away by the wind when they saw children's things in the apartment. So she blamed me for her loneliness.
— Was life bad in the orphanage?
Shura: “I was always a lively kid, and in the orphanage no one really bothered me.” Moreover, I often went to my grandmother’s restaurant, where she worked as a chef, and picked a bunch of fruit there. By the way, my mother strictly forbade me from telling my grandmother that she sent me to an orphanage. Grandma continued to think that I lived at home. So, I picked fruit from her and distributed it to the children. This is how I earned myself immunity and even, one might say, authority.
— So you didn’t lose your front teeth in an orphanage?
Shura: - My younger brother Misha knocked out my teeth (Mikhail Dudchenko - Ed. ). And I still have a lot of scars from him. Mom constantly pitted us against each other and wanted us to be at enmity.
The artist’s mother was not present in the studio, but in her interviews she tries to justify herself. “There was no orphanage! - says Shura’s mother Svetlana Medvedeva . “I didn’t have a husband, I was alone with two boys, and they had endless fights, so much so that the glass in the doors broke!” I sent Sasha to boarding school so that he could live in peace for at least a week. But as soon as he complained, she immediately took him away. Terrible things happened at the boarding school - children hurt each other, set fire to beds... Sasha only stayed there for a month.”
Shura: “My grandmother took me from the orphanage, she was the only one who needed me.” I was teased at school, and after sixth grade I dropped out. Yes, yes, I didn’t even finish school, can you imagine! Why do I need education when I have a “honorable diploma” from the school of life. But he began performing at the restaurant where my grandmother worked.
— Did your stage image begin to take shape already then?
Shura: Yes, and also thanks to my grandmother. Grandma is the most cheerful and sincere person in my life. One day, two weeks before the New Year, she began to wear an unusual gypsy skirt, which was embroidered with... bottle caps. My grandmother also allowed me to try on her wigs, of which she had a lot. And so, at the age of 12, I began to put on my grandmother’s costumes, jewelry, and platform boots and go on stage dressed like that. I sang songs by the groups “Tender May” and “Modern Talking” and, you know, received a storm of applause.
“But it wasn’t your performances in the restaurant that made you popular.” How did you manage to reach a new level?
Shura: - You can say that the restaurant gave me a chance. It was there, when I was 17 years old, that I met the young musician Pavel Yesenin. Pasha wrote several songs for me, over time they became hits. The first person to appreciate my album was my grandmother. She said: “You sing so well! But I didn’t understand in what language.” Then Pasha convinced me that success would shine for me with this album. And I went from Novosibirsk to Moscow. By the way, five years later Pasha became a famous composer - he wrote songs for Alla Pugacheva, Diana Gurtskaya, Dima Malikov.
It’s clear that no one was waiting for me in Moscow. For two weeks I lived... in a botanical garden, right on a bench! It’s good that it was summer - I picked berries and ate. It was fun. During the day he begged, and at night he went to nightclubs and looked for at least some kind of work. He even agreed to be a dishwasher. And when he really wanted to eat, he offered his songs in exchange for a bowl of soup. One Moscow prostitute saved me. She took pity on me and let me live with her. But for some reason she was afraid to leave me at home alone, so she took me with her to work. So I was in the right place at the right time. In one of the most popular clubs in Moscow, a casting was held for aspiring singers. This was my chance! I was the last one to go on stage, wearing a fur coat and bright makeup. In the mid-nineties, the jaded Moscow public could only be surprised by a shocking image and a complete lack of complexes. And in the end, I was one of hundreds of applicants who got a job in a prestigious nightclub.
Pop artist Alexander Peskov: - I was on the jury of this competition. When Sasha came out, I was stunned, in the good sense of the word. And I thought: “Wow, how brave!”
Journalist Otar Kushanashvili: “Although I was warned to take Validol with me to his speech, I thought that this was said for form’s sake. But it turned out to be true.
Shura: — The managers announced me as the son of Russian emigrants from America. The director of Zhanna Aguzarova came up with this game: “You sing one song in English, pretend that you don’t understand anything in Russian and leave.” But in fact, I didn’t know a word of English! I had to bluff. Here the lack of teeth played into the hands - the English sound “the” was pronounced very easily. One day the famous stylist Alisher saw my performance. He worked on the image of the best Russian pop stars - Sofia Rotaru, Zemfira, Pugacheva, Kirkorov, Rasputina...
Alisher asked me only one question: am I ready to become a star? He convinced me to add some details to the image. When working on the image, we were guided by Ozzy Osbourne and Marilyn Manson. In general, Shura was a blast.
— How did you feel when you became a star?
Shura: - I was blinded, spinning in an eternal holiday. Along with popularity came a bunch of pseudo-friends. I borrowed money left and right, paid for everyone at banquets, bought drinks, threw parties... I'm generous, yes. Money doesn't mean much to me at all. If it's enough to buy my dog a piece of meat, everything is fine. This is important to me, but money is not.
But I still remained a lonely Novosibirsk boy. And that’s why, when they first offered me drugs, I didn’t refuse. I was accustomed to such rubbish that you get used to incredibly quickly, and it causes a constant feeling of anxiety and irritation. I constantly had a headache; one unkind word was enough for me to fall into hopeless depression. At the slightest provocation he would shed tears and throw tantrums. I became uncontrollable - I threw myself at the guards, pulled assistants by the hair, disrupted concerts - it’s terrible to remember. But the public was only entertained by this, everyone thought it was a show, and no one understood that in fact I was just dying. At concerts there were five thousand people in front of me, but when I came home, I was left alone. I constantly heard in my head: “Nobody needs you.” And I had to suppress these thoughts with drugs.
— When did you decide to quit drugs?
Shura: “One morning I saw that my dog had nothing to eat. And I have nothing either - the refrigerator is empty, there is no money. I decided: to hell with all these crowds of guards, retinue, let it all go... far away! I realized that I wanted to return to a normal life, and voluntarily went to a drug treatment clinic. Just in time, as it turned out. Doctors discovered I had knee cancer. In two months I was supposed to die. And then, when I called all my “friends” and asked them to borrow at least a little money to save my life, every single one of them told me “no”. At that moment I could have gotten drunk, called drug dealers, forgotten, but I pulled myself together and survived! The operation was performed, everything went well.
Treatment for cancer took place simultaneously with treatment for drug addiction. I was lying under two drips: chemicals were dripped into my right hand, and addiction medicine was dripped into my left. I had time to reassess my life and I felt sick of myself. When I left the hospital, I threw away all my heels and terrible outfits and began to clean myself up. But because of chemotherapy, I had another problem - my metabolism was disrupted, I gained weight from 46 to 130 kilograms! I was terribly embarrassed by this, afraid to leave the house, not to mention the stage. No diets or diet pills helped. I had to take desperate measures: I borrowed money from the owner of the establishment where I started my career and had liposuction. I don't hide it. I had 50 kilograms of excess fat removed.
— Was it scary to return to the stage after a five-year break?
Shura: - Terrible! Besides the fact that I was still full, my hand began to shake. When I was invited to speak at a private party, I was more nervous than ever. I understood that if even one person let me know that they noticed my hand, which was just shaking, I would burst into tears. But everything worked out - I spent the performance sitting on a bar stool, with my hand under my butt. And the fear began to recede. And I gradually returned to show business. But a completely different Alexander Medvedev.
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Personal life of singer Shura
During the period of his career takeoff, the artist was often spoken of as a representative of a gay person. He did not refute these assumptions, but later called it a PR stunt to maintain interest in his person.
Shura created the image of a gay representative
In 2010, on his birthday, Shura went out with his common-law wife Elizaveta. According to him, they had already lived together for a long time, and met at the Opera nightclub, where his chosen one worked as a promoter. The singer not only introduced his beloved to his friends, announcing the beginning of their relationship, but also gave her a Mercedes car.
Shura and Lisa
For a long time, the artist could not improve his relationship with his mother. According to rumors, she refused to communicate with him for more than 25 years because of the insult, and did not answer calls. But in 2020, they finally reconciled, which he announced on his blog by publishing a photo of them together.
Singer Shura: In Yekaterinburg I am undergoing surgery because of pain that has tormented me for seven years
The other day, photos from Yekaterinburg suddenly began appearing on the singer’s Instagram. Either he is sitting on a bench in the center of the Ural capital, or he is posing in front of the city administration in an unusual coat. At the same time, Ekaterinburg does not appear at all on the concert schedule. Users of social networks began to wonder: Why did he come? Perhaps he's aiming for mayor? Where will the concert be? Komsomolskaya Pravda decided to ask directly.
- You will be the first printed publication to whom I even tell this. I am undergoing surgery at the Ilizarov Center in Kurgan. I will be replacing my hip joint. I have been suffering from pain for seven years and have finally decided to take drastic measures. Yesterday I passed all the tests and took all the pictures. All. I'm going to have surgery in January. So I’m with you in January-February. And in March again on stage.
- What happened to the joint?
- He's worn out. It's all because of my work on stage. I'm in heels all the time. And men are generally contraindicated from jumping in heels! While the female spine is still somehow adapted to this, the male spine is not. My image ruined my health.
- But you are also performing now. Or do you wear sneakers on stage?
- Sneakers?! I'm on injections! Before each concert I give an injection and go on stage. But as? Work is work. Many have already noticed that something is wrong with their leg. I hope everything will be improved at your wonderful clinic. I did not have the operation in Moscow, it is noisy there and there are a lot of eyes. And it’s so cozy and good here. But the main thing is that the Ilizarov Center employs real professionals. People with a big soul who live by their profession! Plus, I have many friends in Yekaterinburg. Yesterday, for example, we went to Dimka Malikov’s concert, tomorrow I have a photo shoot in the studio.
— So you don’t aim to become mayor of Yekaterinburg?
- I hasten to disappoint you - I am not going into politics. It's just a beautiful building. And everyone immediately trumpeted that I wanted to be mayor of Yekaterinburg (laughs). In general, the city is very beautiful and clean. The people here are nice and smiling. On the street, they are not shy, they approach you. They will sit on the bench with me. And the grannies love to chat with me! So nice! I actually walked past the Pension Fund, and the entire pension fund came out! And it was their chief accountant’s birthday, so we sat and chatted with her. We drank non-alcoholic beer. I haven't drunk for three months now. I realized that alcohol was bothering me. I used to blame them for all their troubles, but now I realized that he was useless. So I went and got stitched up (coded - Ed.) Besides, I had surgery on my nose.
— The city appreciated your extravagant coat, where did it come from?
- Cool, right? A friend sewed it. There is a German designer named Ekaterina Fonstein... So we “stole” the idea from her. And the coats were put together from what we had. These sleeves were completely lying around. In the end, we packed up and went!
Shura’s love for heels brought him health problems. Photo: Larisa KUDRYAVTSEVA/EG
IN THE 90'S I CARRYED MONEY IN SPORTS BAGS
— For most people, Shura is a singer without teeth.
- Toothless, yes. (laughs)
- Why did you put them in?
- Why did they knock them out for me? I put it in because I wanted to eat well and tasty. In the 90s it was normal to go on stage in just shorts and without teeth. Now where am I going with my ugly smile? Today, beautiful, well-groomed, without speech defects are in fashion. Missing teeth generally leads to health problems.
-Well, that was your trick! Now what's the trick?
— Good voice, high-quality solo performance, beautiful music. Come to the concert, you will see for yourself.
-You don’t come to Yekaterinburg.
— I’ll come in December!
Shura used to drink a lot, but for the last three months the singer has been on a dry spell. Photo: Larisa KUDRYAVTSEVA/EG
- Teeth cost a lot of money, they even insure them later.
“At that time, my teeth would have cost me three million rubles, but I didn’t pay a penny for them.” An American company based in Russia gave me such a gift. Plus I have lifetime service on them. And insure... Why? Well, they’ll knock me out, and I’ll walk around without teeth again. Don't get used to it.
-Where will they knock you out? Why are you fighting?
- Well, I try not to get into such situations. But what if?
—You have a song “Do Good,” what good did you do last time?
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With doctors at the Ilizarov Center in Kurgan
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“I won’t say that I get up and do good every day.” Well, probably in Kurgan. I talked to children with cerebral palsy. They hear everything, understand everything.
- Don’t you want children yourself?
— I’m a former cancer patient. So I don't want to take any risks. But I'm thinking about it. Let's see. Cancer is the scourge of our time. When this diagnosis is announced to us, we give up. I don't want to live! I don’t want to condemn my loved ones to torment... But at that time I had something to hold on to. I was so disappointed in people that I bought myself a dog. Chihuahua girl. He named her Tilda and lived for her. This little lump forced me to get up for chemotherapy, I took it with me. Tilda is still alive. She is already 18 years old. She's toothless. Repeats my career.
Shura always shocked the audience with his outfits. Photo: Anatoly Zhdanov
— You once said that in the 90s you had nothing, neither an apartment nor a car. Why? Did the producers really not let you make money?
- Imagine, nothing happened! Although he carried money in sports bags. You could earn so much! I took all the money into my pocket. And I've never had a producer who ripped me off. Another thing is that I needed to make normal friends, not drug dealers. But I wasn’t smart enough to buy a house. At one time, Mikhail Luzhkov sobered me up. Said: Sasha, come on already! What are you all jumping about? Now I have an apartment. I still don't regret that time. It happened as it happened. The main thing is that I am alive and well. Oncology didn’t kill me—I had knee cancer. And now I don’t anger God, but thank him for every day!
I WILL KEEP A VIDEO DIARY IN THE HOSPITAL
— What is the star of the 90s doing now?
- Yes, I’m slowly doing something. In November, for example, we will go on tour around Russia together with Bad Boys Blue. 17 cities.
— A concert in the Kremlin is on your list.
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In Yekaterinburg, Shura went to a concert with Dmitry Malikov
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- Yes, the day after tomorrow there will be filming for television for the New Year's program. We will sing live.
— They write that on New Year’s Eve all old performers will be removed from the airwaves.
— On what channel? I doubt that the First will live without Kirkorov and Baskov. Some kind of fake.
— Do you listen to anything modern? Nowadays it’s fashionable to listen to rap.
- Well, yes. I won’t say that I’m a rabid fan and listen to newfangled hits from day to night. But due to my age, I’m already supposed to listen to young performers. I love Basta very much. Svetka Loboda.
-Have you thought about rapping yourself?
- We thought and thought... And then we scratched our heads: “Why?” No matter how many new songs I make, everyone only wants to hear old hits. That's why I'd better take care of them. I'll come up with a new arrangement for them. Maybe it will be something jazzy. So we live by old songs.
- And who is your listener today?
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Due to a bad leg, Shura often rests on a bench.
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— Just three years ago, my audience were those who went to my first concerts. And now, I noticed, young people are catching up. Apparently, parents take their children to listen to good music. By the way, yesterday in Kurgan all the girls from the clinic ran out for autographs.
— Do you assemble large halls?
- No. I don't feel comfortable with a large hall. I’d rather sing somewhere quietly for an hour and a half. On the veranda, in a cafe. The main thing for me now is to heal my leg. And then we’ll think about the halls.
— How about a blog? You have such an image, you would be popular. Especially abroad.
— Yes, Instagram is enough for me. I've been around since the 90s. I'm not used to all these social networks. I’ll go to the hospital and keep a diary...
Shura now
Despite the fact that the peak of the singer’s popularity has long passed, and today there is less shocking in his life, he continues to make music, perform in concerts, participate in entertainment programs, delighting his fans.
Shura's performance in Krasnodar
In 2020, Shura became a guest on Lera Kudryavtseva’s show “Secret for a Million,” where he spoke about all the controversial events that filled his life, including drug addiction and the fight against cancer. On air, the singer admitted that he dreams of becoming a father, introducing the audience to a potential surrogate mother of his future children.
Shura lost his apartment after being deceived.
The information that the artist lost the apartment he bought in 2013 for $95 thousand also caused a lot of noise in the press. In the evening talk show of Andrei Malakhov “Hello, Andrei!” he said that, taking advantage of his legal illiteracy and being “high,” the construction company registered his home in the name of its employee Arabov Murad Mansurovich, and he transferred it to the new owners.
Media: Personal driver knocked out Shura’s last teeth
Today, as usual, Ytro
presents a review of central newspapers. Stay tuned.
"Life"
almost half of the issue is devoted to the wedding of Lolita and businessman Alexander Zarubin. However, now everyone is writing about this, but here is something that few people know: a serious quarrel occurred between the singer Shura and his personal driver Ernest Istomin, as a result of which Shura lost all his false teeth and both ended up in the Arbat police station. As the singer’s driver said (he was so drunk and excited that he could not speak), Shura suddenly became capricious and kicked the windshield of his Mercedes, causing it to crack. Istomin, fearing for the car and Shura, tried to push him out, but he began to resist, hit his jaw on the driver’s forehead - and knocked out his teeth. Having calmed down a little in the police department, the pop character began hugging the police officers and even tried to sing. Then the artist called his lawyer, after which he burst into tears and began to complain that he had lost all the inserted teeth, for which he had paid €12 thousand.
"Kirkorov.net" is already "MK"
. The anti-Kirkorov campaign has captured Russia, the newspaper states. The released recording of the press conference, where the star cursed at the journalist three stories high, touched a nerve among many. The scandal also affected the Russian part of the Internet. The most active Internet users have already organized several projects designed to “deny Philip Kirkorov the right to be rude and deceive the public.” The site kirkorov.net has already firmly taken its place in the top twenty most visited resources on the Runet. Its organizers, who decided to collect a million signatures from opponents of the star’s shameless behavior, are confidently moving towards their goal - in less than three days, about 60 thousand people have already responded to their call. "MK" interviewed Kirkorov's colleagues in the workshop. “They only slapped you lightly on the butt, and you’re already making a whole scandal out of it,” laments Joseph Kobzon. - Well, do you want me to say that Kirkorov is right? So I will say: Kirkorov is right. Maybe not in form, but in content - for sure. Well, how else can one communicate with you paper killers? Like in that joke when the murderer of an old woman is brought to the police station, and he is greeted there with smiles: “Oh, look who came to us! What a joy!” Maybe Philip was a little annoyed. But he had every right to do so. How these so-called journalists don’t mock him: about his personal life, sexual orientation, appearance, marriage to Pugacheva... How much can you tolerate?!” And here is the opinion of Sergei Shnurov (Shnur): “It’s stupid to go to a press conference if you have nothing to say. Who am I talking about? Think for yourself. This is all funny to me. As they say, what is allowed to Jupiter is not allowed to the bull? Well something like that. But who knows what happened to Kirkorov before this press conference. Maybe the girl he loved left him... Actually, hmm... Well, or the boy he loved. Well, he was not ready to communicate with journalists. But this does not give reason to think that a star or n...e, as it was said, everything is allowed. By the way, please convey my apologies to this girl. Yes, yes, exactly mine.”
"TVNZ"
tells the love story of a girl from a small village in the Vologda region. At first everything was as usual: Nadya met Zhenya at a disco in a neighboring village, both fell in love with each other at first sight, then the two companies dispersed to their own villages, and the lovers never had time to exchange addresses. Then the girl got a job in the city center, where she was told that the guy was looking for her; mutual searches eventually led to a new meeting, and then Zhenya left to serve in the army. For six months, the lovers wrote tender letters to each other, and one day Nadya “got a call from some guy from the village and said that Zhenya had died in Chechnya.” The girl eventually ended up in Moscow, got a job here, got married, and had a son, Dima. And then one day the “dead” Zhenya himself called her; It turned out that he also came to Moscow, got a job, and then found Nadya. The guy said that it was a “test of love” and began to insist on a meeting. Read about what happened next in KP.
Nikolai Mikhailovich Girenko, a leading expert on problems of interethnic relations, was killed on Saturday morning at his home in St. Petersburg. The Girenkos lived in an old apartment on Podkovyrova Street. Survived by Nikolai Mikhailovich’s wife, eldest daughter, and two granddaughters. Everyone interviewed by Izvestia
, version one - Girenko was taken revenge for his expert anti-fascist activities. It was he, as the publication notes, who made the decisive scientific conclusion at the most noisy trials against skinheads and fascist nationalists. “The situation is much more severe than four, five years ago,” film director Alexander Sokurov said in an interview with the newspaper. “If earlier we saw the first shoots, which the state did not notice, now this evil has taken root. Monstrous anger both in the capital and on the periphery. The restlessness of millions, unemployment and a monstrous moral state can detonate, fueled by the rampant television barbarism.”
Edition "Newspaper"
analyzes past matches of Euro 2004. The Czech national team wins its second strong-willed victory in a row and earns the status of Euro favorite, the newspaper notes. Unfortunately, 90% of the championship at the playoff stage will take place without the orange team (in the sense of the Dutch, who lost the last match to the Czechs 2:3). For the Dutch, they need to beat Latvia themselves, but also count on the Czech Republic not losing to Germany... “And when did they consider it for others, if they don’t consider it for themselves? And why should we do this? Seeing agreements everywhere and knowing that the Czechs are all the first in the group. They will put up a double, one hundred percent. And they will be right. Because they deserve it. And then - well, anyway, Holland would have lost to someone else just like that. Necessarily. So why kill yourself for them? But because I don’t want to award a prize for the best match of the championship at the group stage. And who else can give a clash such degree and radiance as the team that childishly carelessly lost its main match on Saturday in Lisbon? It was the end of the orange season at the Euro. But how beautiful it was, damn it!” — sums up the publication’s columnist Yuri Rozanov.
"Newspaper"
also compares two national teams - Russia and Bulgaria, which at first glance are similar in many ways: two defeats after two matches, no goals scored. “There really are similarities, but I don’t see what conclusions can be drawn from this,” notes football commentator Vasily Utkin. — The result of the work of both coaches is the national teams in the final tournament of the European Championship. At the moment when both of them accepted their commands, there were many more arguments against this result than in favor. Don't forget about this. The Russian team looked better in that it was more united and did not fall apart in a single game. Although she had more prerequisites for this - she lost players before the championship, and the roster was much less developed due to the fact that the coach works much less than Plamen Markov, and removals in every game. And the Bulgarians and Swedes were, as my grandmother said in my deep childhood: “Real players first allow up to ten, and then... they cry and leave.” That's the difference."
Radio "Maximum" organized another rock festival "Maxidrom-2004". Perhaps the culminating moment was Zemfira’s return to the big stage, as reported by Kommersant
. When in the middle of the evening Ilya Lagutenko and Zemfira sang together the song of the Mumiy Troll group “Bear”, it became clear that the Maxidrom festival had taken place and will remain in history. This duet was enough. Zemfira appeared on stage in a fresh Spanish tan, high-heeled sandals and a low-cut floral dress, which was made by friend Ilya Lagutenko, designer Nadya Skazka, Fr. She played a very short set with the musicians of the Mumiy Troll group, just a few old songs in good stadium arrangements, plus an absolutely fresh song “Skymoreoblaka” - a manifesto of the current period of her life. The singer’s brief performance aroused a wild desire to finally come to her real solo concert someday. But in general, everything that happened at Maxidrom, besides Zemfira and Mumiy Troll, was a repetition of what had been passed (like fragments of the programs of Dolphin, “Night Snipers”, groups “Splin” and “Bi-2” already known to Muscovites) or strong , but obviously not the headlining performances of the foreign lineups Reamonn and Hooverphonic, sums up Kommersant.
"Vedomosti"
the editorial reflects on the latest proposals of the Ministry of Economic Development - to ensure stable economic growth, increase government spending of a “developmental nature,” primarily large projects in the field of transport infrastructure. They, these proposals, are conceptually correct, the publication believes. This is confirmed by the example of China, where the boom in foreign investment and the rapid development of free economic zones was preceded and accompanied by multi-billion dollar government investments in infrastructure, primarily in transport. If you choose this path, you will have to reverse the current sad trend. Vedomosti cites several strategic megaprojects in the field of transport infrastructure as an example. Thus, the result of endless hesitation about the route of the export pipeline from Eastern Siberia to the Far East is that after delays and political games with Japan and China, today the route has not been approved, the project is only in the development stage. At the same time, there may not be enough oil in Eastern Siberia for the two planned pipe branches. In general, the main obstacle to the development of transport infrastructure in the country is the state itself. And all the authorities need to do in this area is to minimize their interference, the newspaper concludes.
