Evgeny Tsyganov is a theater and film actor, an amateur musician, a talented, vivid character of Russian cinema, who embodied on the screen the images of cameraman Viktor Khrustalev (Thaw), Lieutenant Leonid Kitsenko (Battle for Sevastopol, 2015), architect Maxim (Peter FM ”, 2006), as well as dozens of other memorable characters, so beloved by the audience thanks to the always sincere play of Eugene. The actor also played at the Pyotr Fomenko Workshop Theater.

Evgeny Tsyganov's childhood

Evgeny Tsyganov was born into a family researchers Lyubov Viktorovna and Eduard Evgenievich. As a child, the boy most of all dreamed of carving from wood, but about acting career did not even think. Nevertheless, at the age of 9, he entered the troupe of the Taganka Theater, on the stage of which he performed for the next four years.


The impressions of the theatrical backstage completely discouraged the teenager from continuing to walk this path. Drunkenness, squabbles, conflicts - this is how the world of theater seemed to him. At some point, to the question "What do you want to become when you grow up?" he confidently answered: "Manager!".


At the same time, little Evgeny Tsyganov was fond of many things: he played tennis, went to the pool, studied the basics of playing the piano at a music school. For three years he studied at the Moscow International Film School with Yuri Kolokolnikov; first in the workshop of a theater director, then in a sound engineering workshop. At the age of 15 he was expelled, saying: "Eugene, you are uncontrollable."


Musical career of Evgeny Tsyganov

At the age of 14, he began performing in the youth rock group "A.S." (Apage, Satanas!), Which existed for four years, and then smoothly transformed into another collective - the group "Grenki". Tsyganov's group played music close in style to ska-punk.

Evening Urgant. Evgeny Tsyganov visiting Ivan Urgant

Since 1997, the future actor, together with his friends, actively gave concerts in clubs in Moscow and the Moscow region, and even recorded a studio album. But in 2001 the ensemble broke up.


Much later, in 2015, on the remains of "Croutons" Evgeny Tsyganov and his friends Andrey Muravkin and Mikhail Khimakov founded the collective "Poka pret". V new group Eugene plays bass.

Acting career of Evgeny Tsyganov

Evgeny Tsyganov chose the theater institute - in 1996 she became a student of the directing department "Pike". A year later, he transferred to a similar faculty at the RATI, where he studied until 2001. However, the only directorial work of Eugene was the film novel "Accidental Waltz", which was published as part of the almanac "May 9. Personal Attitude ”in 2010.

Evgeny Tsyganov's directorial debut - "Accidental Waltz"

Soon, Pyotr Fomenko offered Eugene to work in the theater as an actor. He played the role of Mikheev in theatrical performance"One absolutely happy village", and later became a full member of the troupe.


As for the first role of Evgeny Tsyganov in the cinema, such was the role of Ilya from the film by Yuri Grymov "The Collector". The next landmark film with Yevgeny Tsyganov was the multi-part film Children of the Arbat (an adaptation of the work by Anatoly Rybakov). The actor played an intelligent, intelligent, principled Sasha Pankratov, forced to endure a series of terrible tragedies. The audience noted not only Tsyganov's sensitive play, but also the thoughtful love line of his and Chulpan Khamatova's characters.


Immediately, Space as a Premonition, a film by Alexei Uchitel, a director with whom Tsyganov had to work more than once, was released on the screens.

In 2006, viewers saw the tandem of Evgeny Tsyganov and Ekaterina Fedulova in the romantic film Peter FM. Magical story The acquaintance of a radio DJ and a young architect raised more than $ 7 million at the box office and became a truly cult film among young people.

Evgeny Tsyganov on radio Mayak

In the same year, TV viewers saw Evgeny Tsyganov in the fantasy series Hunter - his hero, a pagan, killed on false accusations many centuries ago, ends up in modern Moscow and helps the girl with the investigation of the murder of her husband.


Among the iconic films with Evgeny Tsyganov, it is undoubtedly worth mentioning the fantasy melodrama "Mermaid". The film did partly retell Andersen's famous fairy tale, but director Anna Melikyan was able to present the old plot from a completely different perspective, interpreting it in a modern way. Tsyganov's partner was actress Maria Shalaeva, who played the role of "mermaid" Alice.


In 2013, the name of Evgeny Tsyganov again thundered all over the country thanks to the series "Thaw" by Valery Todorovsky. The actor tried on the role of a young talented cameraman Khrustalev, who dreams of making a film based on the script of the deceased best friend... Eugene was the best fit for the role young man, beyond his years serious and mature inside. “My hero had to simultaneously attract women and repel them,” Eugene shared.


The action takes place in the 60s of the last century - the viewers fell in love with the series not only due to the excellent game and twisted plot, but also due to the very accurate temporal stylization. Together with Tsyganov on set worked Alexander Yatsenko and Anna Chipovskaya. And for Paulina Andreeva, the role of the singer Dina was the breakthrough after which she woke up famous.

Evgeny Tsyganov reads poetry by Gennady Shpalikov in the Thaw project

In 2015, viewers saw the tandem of Evgeny Tsyganov and Yulia Peresild in the military epic "Battle for Sevastopol". During the Second World War - a hidden, closed girl sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko takes part in hostilities. On her account - more than three hundred killed Germans. The plot is built on real events, but great attention is given a romantic line with captain Leonid Kitsenko, played by Eugene.

In 2016, he participated in the creation of as many as seven projects. This is the sensational series "about the first time" "The Crisis of Tender Age", where Eugene became a teacher-veterinarian, in which the heroine of Maria Poezzhaeva falls in love.


Tsyganov also appeared in the comedy series "Perverted" (the plot of his long time remains a secret, it is only known that the main roles are assigned to Maxim Vitorgan and Maria Shalaeva), and in "Drunken Firm" - a "hangover TV series" about a doctor who came up with an ingenious way to get people out of binge drinking.


Together with Konstantin Khabensky, he starred in the full-length horror film "Dead Lake".

Personal life of Evgeny Tsyganov

In 2003, on the set of the film Children of the Arbat, Yevgeny Tsyganov met actress Irina Leonova, who played the role of Lena Budyagina. The girl had been married to Igor Petrenko for three years, but the divorce was not long in coming. Just two years later, a daughter, Polina, appeared in the family of Tsyganov and Leonova.


After that, the actress almost completely left the profession, devoting all the time to raising a child. Yes, and Eugene himself assured her that the main function of a woman is to give birth to children. Therefore, it is not surprising that within ten years, five more children were born in the family: Nikita, Andrei, Sophia, Alexander and Georgy. The actor had to work hard to provide children with a dignified existence. There were no problems with new proposals, rather the opposite, but it was not always possible to successfully combine family and shooting.


In 2015, fans of Evgeny Tsyganov learned the good news - Irina was pregnant with her seventh child. Around the same time, rumors appeared out of nowhere - Eugene was leaving the family. Both spouses refused to comment on this information.


Evgeny Tsyganov did not just move out of the family apartment, leaving his wife in such a difficult situation. There were rumors that during the filming of "The Battle of Sevastopol" was seriously carried away by Yulia Peresild, and that this novel became the straw that broke the back of his marriage with Irina. In reality, a girl named Julia was, but completely different.

When Vera Tsyganova, the seventh daughter of Eugene, was born, the actor was already living with Yulia Snigir, whom he met in 2014, on the set of the film "Where the Motherland Begins". In March 2016, Snigir gave birth to their common son, named Fedor. Irina had to go to work at the Maly Theater to feed all seven children.


At some point, the attention of the press to the father of many children reached its climax. Once Yevgeny could not resist: when an unknown journalist lay in wait for him at the exit from the hospital and filmed how the spouses put the newborn in the car, Tsyganov attacked him with fists. Julia separated the men, but the journalist had to remove the filmed video. However, the photos did make it to the network.

Shot from the movie "The Man Who Surprised Everyone"

Irina Leonova is forced to agree to any part-time job

To feed seven children, Irina Leonova is forced to agree to any part-time job

For a whole year, fans of Evgeny TSYGANOV closely follow not only his work, but also his personal life. Family drama, developing in full view of the whole country, is worse than any soap opera. The popular actor left his common-law wife Irina LEONOVA with seven children for the sake of Yulia SNIGIR, who in March of this year gave another child to the Thaw star. It would seem that in this whole story the devil himself will break his leg, but we tried to figure out how the abandoned Tsyganov family still survives.

Life in a four-room apartment on Leninsky Prospekt, which Tsyganov shortly before leaving the family, he bought it with the assistance of his native Fomenko Theater, it rages around the clock.

Day Irina Leonova starts at five in the morning: she gets up first to prepare breakfast for the children, and then takes them to school and kindergarten. The youngest - two-year-old son George and one-year-old daughter Varechka - have to be taken with them: there is simply no one to leave them with.

At lunchtime, when the older children return home, mother of many children leaves for work (recently Leonova returned to the Maly Theater, from where she went on maternity leave for 12 years). Artistic director Yuri Solomin nobly supported the actress and gave her one of the main roles in the play "King Lear". True, until the production is released, Irina is forced to sit on a "bare" salary - this is about 50 thousand rubles a month. Agree, on a horde of children - quite sparsely. Of course, the "heroine mother" also receives help from the state - six and a half thousand (allowance for caring for two babies up to three years old) plus 750 rubles of compensation for each child. Total - a little more than 18 thousand.

Of course, Leonova is also entitled to other payments. For example, five thousand rubles for the purchase of school clothes or 900 rubles for the purchase of children's goods. And also free travel to public transport, meals for children in school and kindergarten. In addition, she can receive some medicines free of charge. But it is impossible to take advantage of everything without visiting the authorities, where you need to collect all the necessary information. And this also takes a lot of time.

Ira counts every penny, - told us Leonova's neighbor Lyudmila Pavlovna. - She buys groceries in an economy class store and mainly on promotions. He does not go to beauty salons, does not pamper himself with outfits. Children wear clothes one after another, I have never seen expensive toys with them. When her husband left Ira, it was scary to look at her - she constantly walked with tear-stained eyes. And now, as I returned to the theater, I moved away a little, took up my spirits. Now she also takes a part-time job - she is engaged in tutoring, and the other day she returned very late from some literary readings.

According to a neighbor, Irina still continues to love Tsyganov, despite his vile betrayal with Yulia Snigir.

I don't think he really complains about him for this very reason, although he is unlikely to help her a lot. I saw Zhenya here at most five times during the whole time. Even his parents visit more often - in the summer they took the children to their dacha. I once asked Tsyganov's mother if she was babysitting her eighth grandson, her son Snigir, but she replied that other grandparents, Yulia's parents, were doing it.

Close friends of the once happy married couple they are also perplexed: how did it happen that the demanded Tsyganov (the actor is now filming in several projects at once, plays in the theater, and in addition also performs in nightclubs with his group "Poka rt"), whose fee is about 200 thousand per shooting day, left ex-wife and seven children without significant support?

In Moscow, the son of SNIGIR and Tsyganov lives with his grandmother - Yulia's mother, but sometimes the actors take Fedya with them to the shooting. Photo: " TVNZ- Pskov "

It is also surprising that his beloved Yulia Snigir was forced to go to work almost immediately after giving birth - there was no time, they say, to sit on maternity leave.

Julia pays rented apartment for her mother, who left her job and moved to Moscow to sit with little Fedya, - our friend Snigir shared with us. - Plus the child needs a lot. Fortunately, the apartment in which Julia lives with Zhenya is fully paid by Tsyganov. They have a separate budget, so no one knows what he spends his money on. Maybe he invests in the group, well, or saves up for something.

His debts are heavy

Tsyganov has been banned from traveling abroad for a year now, because he cannot pay off his debts to the state in any way. On the website of the bailiffs, the actor has 13 fines (mainly for breaking the rules road traffic) on total amount about 27 thousand rubles.

The news that the "Thaw" star abandoned his common-law wife Irina Leonova, who was pregnant with her seventh child, shocked everyone a year ago. The actress was left alone: ​​without the support of her parents - they live in Tallinn - and work. Tsyganov then hid for a long time new sweetheart Yulia Snigir - in March she gave him a son, Fedor. To feed two families, the actor has to film a lot. On August 8, TNT will host the premiere of the new series "The Crisis of Tender Age" with Evgeny Tsyganov in the title role.

Army of sweet tooth

At the entrance multi-storey building a black Hyundai is neatly parked on Leninsky Prospekt. "Who will help mom?" - with these words the actress Irina Leonova comes out of the car, and joyful children - the Tsyganovs - jump out of the back seats onto the lawn. Mom has prepared an individual task for each baby. 10-year-old Nikita gets to bring two bags of groceries to the entrance at once, 6-year-old Andrey - a liter bottle of water, 2-year-old Georgy - a package of chocolate cookies. After closing all the doors and windows of the car and turning on the alarm, Irina goes home with the children. She has in her hands the heaviest bag of food and her 10-month-old daughter Vera. The baby sleeps peacefully in the carrier.

The actress is a frequent visitor to the local Magnolia grocery store. “Leonova has no stardom, she takes only the most necessary things from us,” the cashiers share. - Does not miss promotions and discounts on goods. The other day I bought pearl barley and corn grits, cervelat sausage, beef pate, cream cheese, sour cream at a special offer. Older children Nikita and Polina help her, they always try to take the most full basket of groceries. "

All residents of the house know about the friendly Leonova family. In the nearest stall, the guys are called the army of the sweet tooth. “Irina has never said that she is an actress,” says the ice cream saleswoman. - Maybe three times a day to come for the kids' favorite delicacy. The artist's everyday life is not only for shopping and raising kids. Leonova does not forget to take care of herself, visits a hairdressing salon - however, economy class, a five-minute walk from the house. The actress has her own master.

“Irina's haircut costs 500 rubles, while for children it costs from 300 to 400 rubles. She always comes to good mood, dresses quite simply: a discreet jacket, a skirt. But always with taste ”, - recalls the employee of the salon Eugene.

By the way, after the seventh birth, Irina got back into shape in a matter of months and immediately left the decree to work - at the Maly Theater. Now he is actively rehearsing in the new play "King Lear". The newly hired young nanny is helping to look after the children of the actress. She accompanies the elders to school for summer circles, and the younger ones to Kindergarten. Father of many children Evgeny Tsyganov also tries to take part in upbringing as much as possible - however, it happens not as often as the guys would like.

"Daddy has arrived!" - joyful shouts are heard throughout the entrance. The noise and squeal of the little Tsyganovs cannot be confused with anyone else. They rush to Eugene on the neck right from the doorway. They always hug and kiss tightly, especially the older sons. This sentimental ritual is often observed by the neighbors on the staircase.

"Eugene comes to visit former family once a week and a half, ”says Irina's neighbor Alexander. - Immediately goes out with the children. In the yard he swings small ones on a swing or catches them from a slide. Instills a love of sports: cycling, rollerblading and skateboarding. He encourages successes with marmalade ”.

The fact that the family broke up is still a shock for the residents. “Eugene gives the impression of a decent father, - continues Alexander. “We often see him with sweet gifts: marshmallows, nut-chocolate paste, domestic sweets by weight”. The actor also chooses useful gifts. “Tsyganov bought the Great Reader for Schoolchildren from us, and for junior books with vivid illustrations - "The Wizard Emerald city"," Cat's house "," We teach the kid to read ", - says the seller of the bookstore" Labyrinth ". Eugene often takes children outside the yard. And when it comes time to say goodbye, the baby does not stick away from the father. Understand that he is leaving for new family.

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To the world

Tsyganov and Snigir rent an apartment on Kutuzovsky Prospekt, together they bring up their four-month-old son Fyodor. “Yulia’s mother helps Yulia with the baby,” the actress's aunt Taisiya Siriskina tells StarHit. - She has not been to her native Donskoy in the Tula region for several years. Yulia's dad is also in Moscow now. Parents rent an apartment. At first, the father did not approve of his daughter's union with Tsyganov, but recently, as far as I know, he nevertheless accepted it - they communicate. " Especially her granddaughter is missed by her grandparents - Lyudmila Yakovlevna and Viktor Ivanovich, they still live in Donskoy. “We have never seen our great-grandson, but we are waiting for that,” the old men shared with StarHit. - Only here Yulechka's brother, Sasha, came and showed us his photo - he looks like Tsyganov, of course, but the smile of a granddaughter.

Tsyganov tries to help Snigir in everything. In a pharmacy near the house, a couple was seen together with four-month-old Fedor, they often go for diapers. “Julia was sitting on a bench and holding the baby above her, he was shaking his legs, as if he were walking through the air, while the father of the family was shopping at that time,” recalls a resident of the house. By the way, now Julia and Eugene are inseparable not only at home, but also on the set. Snigir came to him with her son in Pskov - there is work on the film "Sophia", where Tsyganov plays the prince of Moscow Ivan III. And at the end of summer, the couple starts filming in the crime melodrama "Blockbuster", which will be released next year.

The largest actor in Russia works hard to provide for two families

The largest actor in Russia is working hard to provide for two families.

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Evgeny Tsyganov is one of the most popular serial actors in the country. The series "" with his participation has just ended. Several more films are coming soon. The actor has just finished shooting in Pskov, and in the fall he will star in two more films. He manages to play in the Pyotr Fomenko Workshop theater, plans to stage a performance there as a theater director. Despite the crisis, Tsyganov has a job. And he can still afford to refuse offers to hold a corporate party or star in an advertisement. The actor's agent assured us that even six-figure fees would not force Tsyganov to change his principles.

Teleprogramma magazine found out how the 37-year-old father of eight children: former and current. Recall that a year ago Irina Leonova, who was pregnant with her 7th child. Then, in the summer of 2015, another actress, Yulia Snigir, learned about pregnancy from Tsyganov. A father with many children went to her.

Sunday dad


From 38-year-old Irina Leonova, Evgeny left for 33-year-old Yulia Snigir. Photo: kinopoisk.ru

Evgeny Tsyganov once admitted that at the age of 14 he understood: strangers cannot give correct assessments of a person's deed - everyone only himself understands how to live and act better. Tsyganov made the decision to leave his common-law wife shortly after he learned about the pregnancy of Yulia Snigir. Apparently, love turned out to be stronger than father's feelings. Past year showed that even in this, in the opinion of the majority, a hopeless situation, a compromise can be found.

Former common-law wife the actor stayed to live in their apartment on Leninsky Prospekt. Irina manages to cope with the guys: they are always clean and neatly dressed, attend clubs and sections. Tsyganov's parents, to the best of their ability, help in raising their grandchildren. Now actress Irina Leonova prepares children for September 1, attends school bazaars. The money for purchases is transferred to the card by the father of the children. Tsyganov and Leonova are growing up: 11-year-old Polina, 10-year-old Nikita, 7-year-old Andrei, 6-year-old Sofia, 5-year-old Sasha, 2-year-old Georgy and Vera, who will turn one year old in September.

“My parents and I visit Ira and nephews,” - Vladimir. “All her time is occupied by children and rehearsals in the theater.” Leonova's relatives live in Tallinn, so they do not come often. Eugene pays the nanny and the necessary expenses. The family is not chic, but also does not need. If the actor is not busy on the set, then on the weekend he takes the children out for a walk. As the neighbors of the Leonovs told us, Evgeny gives the impression of a caring father: he never arrives empty-handed (he enters the entrance with packages of gifts and toys), the children are happy with him and literally do not stick to their father.

Eugene, before parting with Irina, said that his children have an amazing mother, and nannies appear in the family from time to time. He advised that because of him Leonova changed her career for maternal chores. Their romance began on the set of the film Children of the Arbat. Because of Tsyganov, Leonova divorced actor Igor Petrenko. 12 years later, Eugene had a new office romance.

New family

Julia Snigir. Photo: Yuri SAMOLYGO / FOTODOM.ru

This summer, residents of Pskov met Yulia Snigir and Yevgeny Tsyganov with their son Fedor on the embankment, in shops, in the market of the city. Fedya will be six months old on September 9, but he is already actively traveling with his mother in Russia. The actress accompanies her beloved man on the set. In Pskov, work is being completed on the 10-episode historical film Sophia, where Tsyganov plays Ivan III. During the day he was busy on the set, and in the evening the family went hiking. Julia like wise woman, tries not to leave Eugene alone for a long time. Perhaps he is bored, or maybe because he knows his temperament. After all, Tsyganov himself described himself in one interview as “gouging” and shared his thoughts about his attractiveness with the opposite sex: “… We all want to love and be loved. You are a man, so, in theory, you should be attracted to women. There is still a concept of temptation ... "

Evgeny Tsyganov with his son Fedor and Yulia Snigir for a walk in Pskov. Photo: "KP" - Pskov

In Moscow, on Kutuzovsky Prospekt, Yulia's parents help them with the baby. They came from the Tula region and rent an apartment in the capital to help their daughter with the baby when she is busy filming. Friends of the 33-year-old actress say that she is happy, and Eugene willingly babysits the baby in free time... Everyone hopes that Tsyganov's throwing is behind and he has finally decided.