Are all the famous couples of our era really just empty shells, whose fake feelings are needed only for entertaining the respectable public? In this book, you’ll find those whose love is unconditional—whose suffering, jealousy, and tenderness are real. Believe me, love still exists, reading about which makes your eyes sting—and there are people from whom you can learn to forgive and live for another.
Orlova and Alexandrov, Plisetskaya and Shchedrin, Миронов and his wives, Mikhalkov s, Bezrukovs, and many others, in a piercing, touching, and vibrant book about love.
Contents
Nikolay Gumilev and Anna Akhmatova. Paladin and Witch
Vladimir Mayakovsky and Lilya Brik. The Ever-Changing Muse
Mikhail Bulgakov and Elena Nürenberg. The Master and Elena
Grigory Aleksandrov and Lyubov Orlova. The Lark and the Lyre
Alexander Vertinsky and Lidiya Tsirgva va. Pierrot and Phoenix
Rodion Shchedrin and Maya Plisetskaya. Musical Love
Andrey Mironov and Yekaterina Gradova. Parting isn’t for us…
Gleb Panfilov and Inna Churikova. A Good Beginning…
Nikita and Tatyana Mikhalkov. One among their own
Alexander Abdulov and Irina Alferova. Not Quite an Ordinary Miracle
Sergey Tsigal and Lyubov Polishchuk. Love Without Privileges
Sergey and Irina Bezrukov. The Love of Two Actors