Marina Neyelova was born in Leningrad, dilapidated during the war. She holds the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR. Neelova's creative career began in the late 60s of the last century. According to critics, she is one of the most prominent Russian actresses.

Marina Neyolova was born on January 8, 1947. Her childhood was spent in difficult post-war years. The parents of the future theater star were far from creative professions, but this did not prevent them from instilling in the girl a love of art. Mother, Valentina Nikolaevna, who went to war from a student's bench, was never able to graduate from the institute, returning from the front. She devoted all her time to raising her daughter. Parents saw her as an artist or ballerina.

Father, Mstislav Pavlovich, was a great lover of painting. Trying to show his daughter's interest in her, he hung his watercolors throughout the apartment. When the girl was 4 years old, she was taken to a ballet school.

Neyolova's love for ballet remained for the rest of her life. She was no less strong than her passion for the theater. The family's trips to the cinema and concerts alternated with visits to the Kirov Theater, which was staged with its own opera and ballet performances. All this aroused the girl's interest in art from early childhood.

Neyolova's creative talents began to appear in her school years. In first grade, she won the school poetry competition. After this victory, her parents sent her to the circle of the artistic word. The recitation skills acquired in him were useful to Marina in her future profession. In 1964, the girl, after graduating from school, applied for admission to LGITMiK. The dream of becoming an actress haunted her since childhood.

The competition at that time in this institute was more than 100 people per place. For creative viewing, she chose an excerpt from War and Peace. The girl managed to do the almost impossible. She entered the institute on the first try and got into the course of Irina Meyerhold.

First creative successes

Student Marina Mstislavovna Neelova for a long time looked like a little sparrow. She weighed 45 kg and could not get better. Already during her studies, she established herself as an extraordinary actress. Her talent was combined in her with a difficult character and uncompromising attitude.

The first serious success came to her in the third year of the institute. The young student was invited to star in the film "Old, Old Tale". This was the first film of the actress in which she played two roles at once.

The first picture was immediately followed by the second and third. First comes the film The Color of White Snow, followed by The Shadow. During her studies at the institute, Neyolova dreamed of the stage of the BDT. The main director of the theater for many years was the famous Soviet director Georgy Tovstonogov.

Fate developed in such a way that after graduating from the institute in 1969, Neyolova did not even try to enter this theater for service. She was unsure of herself. She retained a critical attitude to herself throughout her entire creative career.

Instead of trying to get a job at the theater, the artist went to work at Lenfilm. It seemed to her that Tovstonogov, having seen her in the cinema, would certainly invite to work in his theater, famous throughout the country. Her dreams have almost come true. The director appreciated the creative potential of the artist after her first acting job, but was late with his proposal.

After graduating from the institute, Neyolova got married and moved from Leningrad to Moscow. She never managed to work with Tovstonogov. The annoyed director then predicted sad prospects for the actress. The director's prophecy did not come true.

The theatrical career of the actress began in 1971 with service at the Mossovet Theater. The head of the theater at that time was Yuri Zavadsky. In parallel with him, Marina Neyolova is rehearsing Radzinsky's play "Turbaza". Anatoly Efros puts it.

Following these works, Neyolova received an offer from Nikolai Fokin. Together with Konstantin Raikin, he introduces the actress into the play based on the play by playwright Roshchin "Valentine and Valentine". This work became for the actress a real admission ticket to the big theater stages.

A successful theatrical debut brought Neelova to the Sovremennik Theater, to which she devoted more than 30 years of her creative life. She has played many roles over the years.

Among them: Viola in "Twelfth Night" and Anya in "The Cherry Orchard". The actress's great creative success was the roles of Marya Antonovna in The Inspector General and Niki in Lopatin's Notes. All theatrical roles of Neyolova have always been positively evaluated by critics and received warm responses from the audience.

Works in cinema

Neyolova's cinematic fate was no less successful than theatrical. She starred in 69 feature films and TV series. Many films with the participation of the actress are considered golden classics of Soviet cinema. There could have been much more films, but the actress refused many offers. She takes her choice of scripts quite seriously.

The last picture with the participation of the artist was released in 2017. In the star company with Yevgeny Mironov and Yevgeny Mironov, she played the main role in the film by Vladimir Kott "Frostbitten Carp". This motion picture won the Golden Eagle award, and Neyolova was recognized as the best actress.

"Old, old tale"

The film was released in 1969. Neyolova's partner in the painting was Oleg Dal. The actor at that time was a student at the Shchukin school. When the artists were approved for the role, the artistic council was categorically against Neyolova.

The director of the film, Nadezhda Koshevarova, managed to defend the actress. She delivered an ultimatum to the artistic council, stating that she would not shoot the picture without Neyolova. Ultimately, the actress played two roles: the princess and the innkeeper's daughter.

"Monologue"

The film was released in 1973 and premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. The director of the film, Ilya Averbakh, gathered a star cast for the shooting of the film. It includes: Mikhail Gluzsky, Stanislav Lyubshin and Marina Neyolova. The film was recognized by the Polish magazine "Ekran" as the best foreign film of the year. Neyolova played the role of Ninochka Sretenskaya.

"Autumn marathon"

The film by George Danelia was released in 1979. The picture was filmed difficult. The actors were in constant conflict. For a long time, Oleg Basilashvili could not find mutual understanding with Neyolova. In the end, the picture was nominated for an Oscar and had every chance of becoming the best foreign film of the year. The end of the Oscar was given by the introduction of Soviet troops into Afghanistan.

Neyolova played the role of the main character's mistress Alla in the film. For her performance, the actress was awarded the State Prize.

"Ladies invite gentlemen"

The premiere of the film by Ivan Kiasashvili took place in 1981. Neyolova appeared before the viewer as a comedy actress. She played the main character Nina Pozdnyakova in the film. Most of the filming took place in Sochi. In this picture, Karen Shakhnazarov made his debut as a screenwriter.

"Dear Elena Sergeevna"

The film was released in 1988. For the director Eldar Ryazanov, this picture was the first in the youth theme. She is knocked out of the context of his other works. Neyolova played the main role of the teacher Elena Sergeevna in the film, who opposes the major students.

Awards and recognition

The actress has government awards: the Order of Friendship of the People (1996), the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (2006), the Order of Honor (2012). Twice she was awarded the State Prize of the RSFSR (1981 and 1999) and once the State Prize of the Russian Federation (2001).

Among other significant prizes and awards of the actress: the Golden Femina prize for her role in the film With You and Without You, the Lenin Komsomol Prize, Nika and Triumph. In 2017, the actress was awarded the Best Actress Award for the film Frostbite Carp at the Honfleur Film Festival.

The personal life of the actress was not easy. Family for her has always come first. The first husband of Marina Neyolova was the director Anatoly Vasiliev. He met her while looking for an actress for his short film The Color of White Snow. Vasiliev was 8 years older than Neyolova. It was he who brought her from Leningrad to Moscow. The couple got married in 1970. The marriage broke up for no apparent reason in 1978. None of the former spouses discovered the true reason for the separation.

The second husband of the actress was the diplomat Kirill Gevorgyan. He turned out to be 6 years younger than Neyolova. Between the first and second marriages, the actress had a love story that was discussed by all the creative elite of the country. It started spinning in 1984.

The 37-year-old actress developed a relationship with 21-year-old chess player Garry Kasparov. Neyolova met him with the composer Vladimir Krainev.

The actress introduced the young man to all bohemian parties. At this time, Kasparov still lived in Baku. His mother was categorically against his connection with Neyolova. She did everything to break off this relationship. In the end, they fizzled out.

Immediately after the break, it became known that Neyolova was pregnant. In 1987, her daughter Nika was born, whom Kasparov never recognized. Despite this, it is enough to look at the girl to understand who her father is. She is very similar to Kasparov.

Marina did not make a fuss. For two years after the birth of her daughter, she led a reclusive life. Having linked her fate with Gevorgyan in 1989, she left the country, leaving the theater for several years. The second husband of the actress replaced Nika's father. She graduated from the School of Fine Arts in London in 2010. Now Nika works in television.

After filming the film "Monologue" Mikhail Gluzsky began to call Neyolova his granddaughter. It was this role that the actress played in the film. In the process of work, a warm, almost kinship relationship arose between the actors.

In the late 90s, the actress left the country for several years. During this period, the schedule of performances with Neyolova's participation in Sovremennik was specially adjusted to the dates of the actress's arrival in the country. During this period, she lived for 3 years in France and 6 years in the Netherlands. In Paris, the daughter of the actress went to the 1st grade.

Throughout her life, the actress has maintained a ballet weight. At more than 70 years old, she weighs 57 kg with a height of 165 cm. All her life, Neyolova had complexes about her height and weight, considering herself a gray mouse.

For many years, the artistic director of the Sovremennik theater walked towards Neyolova, reshaping the schedules of performances with the participation of the actress. During this period, the theater troupe joked, calling Volchek the husband of Neyolova.

In the list of roles played by Neyolova in the theater, there are not only female roles. In the play "The Overcoat" the actress plays Bashmachkin.

Neyolova does not like to talk about her life. During the period of her career, she gave no more than 4 interviews.

Marina Neyelova now

In 2017, the actress celebrated her 70th birthday. You can see her on the stage of Sovremennik in the performances The Cherry Orchard (Ranevskaya), The Steep Route (Evgenia Semyonovna), We Play Schiller (Elizaveta). Marina Neyolova is still happy in her second marriage.

Conclusion

Marina Neyolova's creative destiny has developed successfully in cinema and theater. She took place as a woman and a mother. Spectators are waiting for new roles of the actress in the cinema and are happy to go to her performances in the theater.

Last year Nika Neelova graduated from the sculpture department of the London Slade School of Fine Art. Perhaps this fact would have gone unnoticed in the art world if Nick had not won the New Sensations Prize. This annual competition, run by Saatchi Gallery and British Television Fourth, brings together thousands of UK art alumni. So the victory of Neelova is a serious recognition of the talent of the sculptor, who is just starting his career, and a great start on the way to conquering the London art market. Before moving to the British capital, Nika, along with her father, diplomat Kirill Gevorgyan and her mother, the famous actress Marina Neyolova, first lived in Paris for five years, then (in the late 1990s) the family returned to Russia. In 2003, Gevorgyan was appointed Russian ambassador to the Netherlands. In The Hague, 16-year-old Nika entered the Royal Academy of Arts - becoming, by the way, the youngest applicant in her history. And now - London, a victory in the competition "New Sensations", on the way - a personal exhibition in the gallery Charlie Smith ...


Nika, your art education began in Russia, where you studied at the courses of the chief artist of Lenkom Oleg Sheintsis. Then she entered the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague (2008). What caused your choice, how did you study at the academy?

In the first introductory course at the academy, we studied all types of art - painting, graphics, sculpture, and then everyone chose a certain direction for themselves, got a studio and worked for four years, consulting with teachers. True, many students did not make it to the finish line. In fact, it is very difficult to work on your own. From the very beginning, teachers warned that, as a rule, only 6% of graduates of such art academies subsequently engage in their profession - the rest cannot stand it! We, of course, did not believe the teachers, we were full of enthusiasm and ambition, but now I am really convinced that very few of those with whom I studied in The Hague continue to pursue art.

What motivated you? You were the youngest of all on the course when you entered the class.

Probably, this was one of the motives: to prove to myself that I can work on an equal basis with others, and preferably even better!

Why did you choose installation and sculpture from all the arts?

For me, this choice was unambiguous from the very beginning. I somehow immediately fell in love with space, it was interesting to see and create things in space, in three dimensions. This process intrigued me, made me look for new structures, materials, shapes, sizes.

The installations that you have shown in the Netherlands are huge in size, require large expenditures of materials and, accordingly, serious financial costs. For example, 360 kilograms of burnt sugar was used for one of the installations. Who funded its implementation - college?

No. (Sighs) Me myself. I have always worked in some other jobs, in galleries, translated, wrote articles - and this brought me money, which I used to create my installations.

How do ideas for your work come about?

This is a rather long process of accumulating everything seen, heard, read over the months, and sometimes over the years. I very often work with my own story, childhood memories.

Please tell us about the installation "There is always a time for departure ...".

This was my last examination paper at the Royal Academy of Arts, a month before moving to London. The long six-year period in my life was coming to an end, there was something new, unknown ahead. I wanted to capture this past stage and the uncertainty of the future. Stepping on the sticky "sensitive" floor, you feel its texture, interact with it, and leave traces. For me, this feeling was unusually exposed and intensified at that transitional moment in my life. The spiral in the installation is like a staircase that, resting against the ceiling, leads either up or down, or to nowhere. The work has many associations with Holland, its history, painting of the XVIX-VIII centuries: dark brown tiles found on Vermeer's canvases, their ocher burnt shades - as a symbol of the past.

How did the idea for burnt sugar come about?

As a child, we always burned sugar on a spoon. For me, this smell is both the smell of childhood and some painful memories, something burned out that changed its consistency in short moments.

Many of your installations have a philosophical and pessimistic attitude: stairs leading to nowhere, bells that will never sound ...

Basically, they respond to a sense of loss - of childhood, history, time. Many of my works are based on personal experience.

It so happened that I moved a lot - every five years, and childhood memories of losses are associated with this. I was losing one city - gaining another, losing one life -

acquired another. It was a constant cycle of impermanence - I always knew that I was coming on time. This temporality and fragility somehow took root in me, it is interesting for me to reflect on this in my works. After moving to London, this topic changed, I focus more on the idea of ​​ruins and the restoration of history from memory, with the accompanying distortions of the past.

How was the installation “Attitudes to a Miss?” Created?

- I showed the Swing in The Hague, in a rather strange cathedral with ten-meter ceilings. I went back there for a very short time, after moving to London, just to do this installation. It was a kind of moment of returning to the past, and I wanted to convey a quick reaction to this room, and to my feeling of anachronism between the past and the present. A swing for me is, first of all, a childhood memory, and it is a very specific, real swing, a kind of iconic picture in my memory. I decided to reproduce the swing in a large size in the cathedral. The material was old boards from a destroyed house, and I attached new chains to the swing - as a connection between the past and the present.

How was your life in London? Why did you choose Slade School of Fine Art?

It is one of the top art universities in the UK. While still living in the Netherlands, I sent my documents to Slade - to be honest, not hoping for anything. Thousands submit documents, and 40 people are selected for interviews. And when I suddenly received an invitation for an interview, I realized that something was happening. This admission was for me, probably, the most unexpected and greatest achievement in my life.

After graduating from university, you took part in the "New Sensations" competition held by the Saatchi Gallery among graduates of art universities in the country, and became the winner ...

I took part in the competition out of despair. After graduation, I had no job, no studio, and my British visa was running out. Applying for the competition, I didn't really expect anything, and only when I entered the top twenty out of a thousand, and then got into the first four, I had hope, and I began to work like crazy. Installation with bells (Principles of Obedience, 2010) is by far one of the most difficult and interesting for me. As in working with trees upside down (The Grove, 2010), I wanted to show something that is hidden from view, but is of great importance in the life of the subject. I cast the bell tongues from wax mixed with ash - they lost all their acoustic properties and could no longer fulfill their main function. Obedience to the removed bells, which will never ring again, but only remind of something that could have been. I'm interested in taking things out of their natural environment and placing them in a completely different context in which they create a rather unusual strange impression.

Your mother, Marina Neyolova, is one of the most beloved actresses in Russia. Have you ever had the urge to become an actress?

No, it was not. Mom beat them off (laughs) when I was still at the age of three. I didn't know how to speak yet, but I knew that I would not become an actress!

And in your father's footsteps, in your diplomatic career, did you want to try yourself?

I have always really enjoyed playing the role of the daughter of a diplomat ... and over the years I have seen and learned a lot. But, as it seems to me now, I knew from the very beginning that I wanted to do some kind of art. Over time, the realization came that it would be a sculpture.

What happens to your installations after the exhibitions?

My works are basically the embodiment of the moment of presence. Usually they are captured at the moment of a prolonged disintegration or just before the disintegration - on the verge of disappearance in the presence of the viewer. Of course, their lives are short-lived. But this is precisely their essence - to convey the temporality of life, the fear of disappearance, death. Until now, installations have been successfully bought, but what will happen next ...

Who are the buyers?

The installation Principles of Obedience was purchased by Saatchi for the gallery's collection and is now in his warehouse. A charcoal chandelier was bought for a private collection in London, mirrors ("Prophecies for the Past") from the exhibition "The Future Can Wait" are now being acquired by a collector, and inverted trees ("The Grove") were commissioned for a park in the Netherlands. So far, all the work is going somewhere, but I'm already starting to think about what needs to be done something more permanent.

What are your plans for the future?

I was lucky that recently I received three art awards in a row, and also sold three installations. This year I will have two solo exhibitions: in April at the Charlie Smith Gallery in London, and also in Berlin. This is my first experience of solo exhibitions, so I feel a huge tension and responsibility.

Your installations tend to be large in size, which in turn requires large studio spaces to complete. Where are you currently working?

I rent a small workshop. It's too small to do more than two jobs at the same time, so I'm looking for another room now.

Perhaps the fact that you speak several foreign languages ​​helps to live in such a cosmopolitan city as London? What languages ​​do you speak?

French, Dutch, Russian, English. Now I am studying Italian.

What is your perception of London from an artist's point of view?

Since my first visit to London in 2006, I have dreamed of living in this city. London shocked me, struck me with its extremely close coexistence of history and modernity, its dynamics. This city makes me want to create something, to respond to what I see, feel, experience here.

The fact that the legendary actress Marina Neyelova has a child was never particularly advertised. Maybe because the girl does not know her father, or maybe for a number of other reasons. But, nevertheless, Nika Neelova is dear daughter of Marina Neyolova, which the actress is incredibly proud of. Not much is known about Nick. She was born in 1987 and many believe that her father is the famous Garry Kasparov, with whom Marina had a stormy relationship, despite the sixteen-year age difference. The reason for the separation of the couple was Harry's mother, but Neelova ghostly hints that he is the father of the child. Kasparov completely denies this.

Nika's father was replaced by the current spouse of Neyelova Kirill Horatsievich Gevorgyan, a Russian diplomat, and today the director of the legal department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Thanks to his occupation, Nika went to first grade in Paris. Later she studied at the courses of the chief artist of the Moscow theater "Lenkom" Oleg Sheintsis, graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague, and after the art school at University College London in sculpture.

Nika is an incredibly talented girl, her work has often been exhibited at the most prestigious European exhibitions, and in 2010 she won the New Sensations competition, run by London's Saatchi Gallery, with the installation Principles of Obedience.

In addition to art, Nika studies foreign languages, they come to her very easily. Diligently avoids publicity and excitement around his person. She is a very attractive girl who builds her own life on her own and loves her parents very much. Many people notice that in appearance she is practically a copy of Kasparov, who did not recognize her, but Nika does not even think about it. Like her mother, she erased his name from her life.


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What is our life? The game!

Olga GURINA, "FACTS"

Legendary Soviet chess player celebrated his 50th birthday
He started playing chess at the age of five. They called him a child prodigy
a brilliant child. Now many experts consider Garry Kasparov
the greatest chess player in history. He is the 13th world champion, eight times
winner of the World Chess Olympiads, winner of eleven Oscars.
The grandmaster single-handedly topped the FIDE rating from 1985 to 2006.
In 1999, he reached a record rating of 2851 points.
His achievement lasted 13 and a half years. Harry is married again.
And it seems that in his personal life, at least for the last seven years, an idyll reigns.

9 facts from the life of Garry Kasparov

1. Harry's parents belonged to the cream of Baku society.
Klara Shagenovna Kasparova and Kim Moiseevich Weinstein were excellently educated,
intelligent. "What a beautiful couple! - admired others.
"And a brilliant child, too." Their son Garik was a classic child prodigy: toys
did not like him, he was more interested in books and newspapers. At the age of five, he told his parents
solving a chess problem: mother and father were avid players and every evening
bent over the board in unison. Garik inherited his passion for chess from his mother.
When the boy was seven years old, he suddenly died of lymphosarcoma
father. Clara Shagenovna never got married again.
Little Garik played under the name Weinstein. But then his mom decided that
Soviet grandmaster Kasparov sounds better than Soviet grandmaster Weinstein.
From the age of thirteen, the boy received a personal scholarship. Lived with my mother in a posh
apartment in the center of Baku. But the Kasparovs spent most of the year at the training camp
- at a luxurious dacha on the coast, next to the dacha apartments of Heydar himself
Aliyev, who took a talented chess player under his wing.
2. In 1981, Klara Shagenovna left her job (she was a specialist in automation,
scientific secretary at the research institute) in order to devote himself entirely to his son's career. Even the salary
received from the sports committee on a par with professional coaches. And soon it became
the main confidant of his son, who accompanied him everywhere. Coaches finally
turned into hired personnel.
“More ideal candidates for such a role than an extremely ambitious mother
Garry, it was hard to come up with, - writes in his book “With Kasparov move by move, year
over the year “coach Alexander Nikitin.
- This was done gradually and subtly enough. Clara Kasparova's entry into the role
was approved by all interested parties. I was glad that she willingly took
to resolve all technical issues related to our fees and trips,
negotiations with local leaders - I had purely chess problems
enough. I did not take into account that her influence on her son is not limited by anything. And very soon
her former softness and humanity gave way to a decisive, almost
bossy, treatment of coaches ”.
“The main thing is that I can be frank with her like with no one else,” said Garry Kasparov.
- At critical moments you hear a voice that you used to believe for many years.
Each of us needs someone to whom you can trust, to express everything without hiding, calling
things in their proper names. And then, more often than not, you yourself understand what to do. Mom jokes
that it absorbs my stress. "
3. The influence of Klara Shagenovna could not but affect her son's personal life. She is calm
belonged to his many hobbies. But she strictly monitored that Garik observed
mode. If he was absent even for a short time, he always warned his mother where he was going.
In 1984 Kasparov met actress Marina Neyelova. He turned 21,
and he was the youngest world champion contender in the history of chess.
“Our close communication with Marina Neyelova lasted more than two years. She was older
me for 16 years, like all my friends of that time. Partly because I matured very quickly.
But much more due to the fact that peers, as a rule, sought to get married as soon as possible.
Of course, I could not even think about this, as I was preparing for my first championship match.
the world. Everything - my health, my training, my aspirations - was subordinated to this goal.
On the other hand, I was a normal young man with ordinary needs.
and desires. Not a monk.
She and I had many mutual friends among writers and artists. She is very extraordinary
female. It is quite possible that our union was based on the feeling of our exclusivity. "

Kasparov then lived in Baku, visited Moscow on short visits, and Marina did not fly to him.
When they succeeded, the lovers retired in Neelova's apartment on Chistye Prudy.
4. The actress supported Kasparov in a difficult time for him. In the match for the title of champion
At first he lost peace with Anatoly Karpov. And even with a score of 0: 5! Harry was even nicknamed
long-playing player. At the matches, Neelova sat next to Klara Shagenovna.
“Two mothers,” they said about them.
“At the end of January 1985, when the score was 5: 2, Karpov and I were even driven out of the Column Hall of the House
Unions. Because Karpov, despite his assurances that he is about to squeeze me, no way
could not win, and then, one after another, members of the Politburo died, and for the farewell
ceremonies had to free the territory. Then Karpov passed the third game, and the question even
not that he was physically exhausted and could not continue to play ...
He became uncomfortable psychologically - he just got scared, and most importantly, those who
who was behind him.
Although Brezhnev was no longer there, his famous address to Karpov: "Take the crown, so hold it",
- was still perceived as a direct instruction for action. Say, the chess throne
must take "his" person. In the hotel "Russia", where my delegation lived, they auditioned
all the conversations. At least one of my coaches passed information to an opponent. "
(From the book "Child of Change" by Garry Kasparov)
Kasparov managed to turn the tide of the longest match in the history of chess.
With the score 3: 5, FIDE President Florencio Campomanes, who supported Karpov, interrupted the match.
In November 1985, while playing out, Kasparov finally won a victory and became the world champion.
* At the 1985 World Championship, Kasparov defeated Anatoly Karpov,
becoming the 13th chess king
5. A year after Kasparov's victory, when Neelova became pregnant, Klara Shagenovna did
official press statement: "This is not our child." She convinced her son: “If you want
to marry an actress, it is better to marry at once in a whole factory hostel. "
“I almost stopped seeing Marina. Parting was becoming inevitable. Therefore, it was
completely sure that the child she was carrying could not be mine. Each of us already
had a separate personal life. I tried to get it all out of my head and focused
on chess ". (From the book "Child of Change" by Garry Kasparov)
In 1987, Marina Neyolova's daughter Nick was born, like two drops of water similar to
Garry Kasparov. Now the famous actress lives with her daughter in California.
6. In 1986, friends introduced Kasparov to Maria Arapova. Pretty blonde
by that time she graduated from the Romano-Germanic department of the philological faculty of Moscow State University and worked as a translator
in "Intourist" and the Press Agency "Novosti". They got married three years later. Then because of the Armenian
During the pogroms in Baku, the Kasparovs fled to Moscow, where they were secretly taken by charter. To the chess player and his
the mother was provided with two luxurious suites at the Azerbaijani embassy.
Maria, like Klara Shagenovna, devoted herself entirely to Harry. But as soon as Masha gave birth to a daughter
Polina, his and Harry's family boat cracked. To give birth, Maria left for Finland, where they lived then
her parents. She called her husband with her, but he stayed in Moscow with his mother. Kasparov rarely visited his wife
with his daughter and did not even take them with him to London for the match with Nigel Short. Later it turned out
the real reason: in the capital of Great Britain, Harry recaptured the girl from Short
- the chess player Virginia Mora, whose relationship lasted for about two years.
In 1995, the chess player offered Maria to divorce, to be discharged from the 200-meter Moscow
apartments and refuse material claims. It got to the point that the spouses began to communicate
exclusively through lawyers.
“I am not a supporter or instigator of divorce,” said Maria Arapova in an interview.
- I am bitter and offended. On the contrary, I tried to talk to him, but he does not want to return to us ...
They put pressure on me. In particular, if I do not agree to its terms, I will be deprived of my credit
cards. And, by the way, we have already hurried to put the threat into execution. I feel that he is fighting with us,
as with their chess players or political opponents. But it's just a woman
with your own child. I was disappointed in Harry. God will judge him. "
The divorce proceedings and the division of property lasted a year and a half.
Now Maria and her daughter live in America. Polina looks very much like her father.
Under the contract, Harry can take his daughter to him for two months a year.
7. As for Kasparov's next marriage, many chess players even made bets on how much
it will last - six months or a year. In 1996, 33-year-old Kasparov married an 18-year-old student
Julia Vovk. They met in Riga at the final banquet after the Mikhail Tal memory tournament.
Julia found a common language with her mother-in-law, who was even present at childbirth and was the first to pick up
grandson Vadim. The marriage lasted nine years.
At the end of 2004, Kasparov was increasingly noticed in the society of another student and model.
- Dasha Tarasova. The grandmaster took the girl on all his overseas trips and even bought her
apartment in the center of St. Petersburg. In 2005, Kasparov divorced Yulia and immediately got married
with Daria, who is twenty years younger than him. In 2006, they had a daughter, Aida. The girl was named
in honor of the chess player's mother. According to the passport, Klara Shagenovna
- Aida, and her deceased husband and relatives called her Clara.
8. In 2005, Garry Kimovich announced the end of his chess career and went into politics.
“There are too many generals and colonels in Russian politics and little intelligence,
- Kasparov declared.
"I hope that my ability to think strategically will help my homeland."
In 2008, he became one of the founders and a member of the Federal Bureau of the United
democratic movement "Solidarity", but at the beginning of 2013 left the leadership.
The story of Kasparov's arrest in 2007 for organizing an unauthorized
processions of opponents of Vladimir Putin. The chess player and politician spent five days under arrest.
“All this is an experience that you wouldn’t wish anyone to go through,” Kasparov said in an interview.
- Although for me it was very important: now, despite the short time spent there, I understand
what it means to be in custody. They put me in a cell for three: three beds bolted to the floor,
the passage between which was literally a meter. They took me to teach a lesson.
They gave me five days, although they could roll in 15. They decided, apparently, to isolate and see what happens to me.
The first day was, of course, terribly difficult:
firstly, you don't fully understand where you ended up and what will happen next,
and secondly, there is no connection with the outside world.
There were even concessions: the light was not turned on at six in the morning (at least for me),
made it possible to feel freer.
For example, I could walk as much as I wanted, but only in a cage about three meters by five, on the top floor.
I managed to take a bar of chocolate with me and a bottle of water (they let me into the cell with this!), But I thought about
as far as such a supply is enough for me, because I decided to give up the prison gruel.
However, five days without food can be sustained. "
8. Now Kasparov spends most of his time overseas. Together with his wife, he is for 3.4 million
dollars bought himself an apartment in Manhattan of three bedrooms with a total area of ​​160 square meters.
In New York, he often gives master classes in chess, heads the chess foundation of his name in the city
Montville, New Jersey. It is in this state that his ex-wife Maria Arapova and daughter Polina live.
“I don’t participate in tournaments, but sometimes in the evenings for my own pleasure I play on the Internet under
a pseudonym, says Harry Kimovich. - For me, this is an important element of spiritual relaxation.
I publish books, read 20-25 lectures a year all over the world. I don't earn much less than I did then
when I played chess, plus there are savings that need to be invested correctly. "

However, this is only a statement of fact. Prima "Sovremennik" does not tell about those whom he loves or has loved. Nothing. Not about his first marriage with the Taganka Theater actor Anatoly Vasiliev, or about a stormy romance with Grandmaster Garry Kasparov. These facts were made public by the former companions of the actress ... For many years she has been happy in her second marriage. Her husband is diplomat Kirill Gevorgyan. The daughter is the artist Nika Neelova. She is twenty-four years old, she has been living abroad for a long time. Nika for the first time agreed to talk about what her famous mother usually passes over in silence.

Shells, ashes, wax, sheep bones ... For the uninitiated, it all looks like the ingredients of a witchcraft potion. And for Nika Neyelova - the usual working material. She is engaged in installations - a very laborious type modern art. Making a name for yourself in this genre is not easy. However, Nika seems to be on the right track: at the end of 2010 she became the winner of the prestigious New Sensations competition, which is curated by the Charles Saatchi Gallery in London in conjunction with British television. It is held among graduates of art universities in Great Britain - out of hundreds of applicants, four finalists are selected, among which the strongest is determined. Nika became this. She is petite and charming, she has a melodiously happy voice and attractive blue eyes. Keeps his distance - benevolent, but tough. Well, heredity. Her mother, the legendary Marina Neyolova, rarely gives interviews and coldly suppresses questions about her personal life. And my father, Kirill Gevorgyan, is a diplomat. And that's it. So Nika is the true daughter of her parents, about whom she talks carefully and little. However, even this scanty information is enough to get an idea of ​​the world that shaped her as a person.

Survival School

Nika lived abroad longer than at home. At the age of five, she went with her parents to France. At eleven she returned back to Russia, and at sixteen she left it almost completely, coming here occasionally for a week or two.

Nika, where do you feel more like a foreigner - here or abroad?

Nika NEYELOVA: “Now I'm more used to living there. Eight years have passed since I left Moscow. I received an education abroad, started a career, achieved something, and now I am trying to determine my prospects. In general, it seems to me that I have learned to combine two cultures - Russian and Western. I am impressed by European minimalism in everything, restraint and even, to some extent, aloofness. And at the same time, Russian features are also close to me, combining a certain abundance of everything. These two extremes are dear to me, since they are both part of me. "

What do you remember from early childhood, before the first departure?

Nika: “Kindergarten, cold winter, overalls, life with my mother, her leaving for rehearsals. She never took me to work with her - she didn't want me to be interested in theatrical life. In the end, she turned out to be right, I never had the desire to become an actress. "

In 1992, you and your mother moved to Paris, following your father, who received a diplomatic post there. Was it difficult to adapt to the new place?

Nika: “Dad took me to school two days after our arrival. I was five years old and did not know a word of French. First, she explained herself on her fingers, walked by the hand with the teacher. But I really didn’t like that I was dependent on someone. It has become good stimulus to quickly master the language. "

How did your classmates feel about you?

Nika: “At first they scoffed - they laughed and ran away. But soon I learned the language and was no longer shy about answering them. And nobody else touched me. After two or three months I spoke French quite fluently, and after a year I was fluent in my studies and became the first in the class. "

Did your parents intercede when you were offended?

Nika: "No never. They taught me to solve my problems myself and achieve what I want. And don't rely on someone else. It helps me a lot now that I live abroad alone. In addition, with such parents early comes the desire to prove that I am not only their daughter, but also can achieve something on my own. And then this 'proof' becomes a part of life. "

Children quickly get used to the new environment. There was no such moment that you felt more like French than Russian?

Nika: “In France, I very quickly adapted and turned into a typical Parisian child - they all have the same neat blouses, shoes and very bad characters. But my dad always raised me as a person of two cultures. He taught me to love France, but not forget where I come from. He told me when and how Maslenitsa and Easter are celebrated in Russia. At the same time, we celebrated both Catholic Christmas and Orthodox. Dad in general opened limitless horizons for me. He gave me first France, then Holland, where he was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. Without him, I would not have been there. "

But before getting to the Netherlands, you returned from France to Russia and lived here for several years. Did you fit in easily too?

Nika: “Life in Russia was very different from life in France, and at first a lot was incomprehensible and unusual. For example, here I was forced to get rid of the habit of not allowing cheating. What was considered the norm in France was perceived here as greed and seriously spoiled relationship . I also had to get used to the prefix "Neyolova's daughter".

What were your parents' upbringing principles?

Nika: “They gave me complete freedom to do what I want. From early childhood I made all decisions myself. They pushed me to this all the time. I graduated from school as an external student at the age of fifteen - a year and a half earlier than others, I myself chose an educational institution in Holland - the Royal Academy of Arts and a specialty - sculpture ... Although my parents would have preferred that I chose architecture. "

And when did you decide that you need to deal with installations, and not painting, say?

Nika: "With time. I have been drawing since childhood, but I never went to art school. Then she attended courses of the famous theater artist Oleg Sheintsis. I admired him, but realized that the theatrical design - that's not mine. I finally decided what I want to do, only at the Royal Academy of Arts. "

Is it true that you became the youngest applicant in the entire history of its existence?

Nika: “Yes, they say so ... I entered the academy at the age of sixteen, which is very early for Europe. They prefer to take people who already have life experience there. However, the head of the department liked my portfolio and was enrolled. True, I had to learn Dutch in record time - in three months. The academy taught only on it ”.

So what is student life in Holland?

Nika: “We spent most of the time in the academy studios, worked from morning till night, went to each other's workshops, visited museums and galleries. At the same time, of course, they did not forget about all kinds of cafes and clubs. In many ways it was a wonderful, versatile life - endless work at the institute, the madness of Amsterdam and the tranquility of The Hague, located by the sea ... "

In your biography, were there extravagant antics typical of youth?

Nika: “There were many different things, but mostly I tried to be the“ right ”daughter of an ambassador and a diplomat. Since my mother often flew to Moscow for performances, I went with my father to receptions. Etiquette was not difficult for me. From the age of three I was taught to eat with a knife and fork and not keep my elbows on the table. In addition, before moving to Holland, my mother and I read many books on etiquette, where all the details were described. And then, I have always been very attracted to the idea of ​​monarchy. Despite the fact that in Holland she is democratic and modest, the presence of a queen, a lady-in-waiting, life at court - all this somehow excited my imagination. "

Have you ever upset your family?

Nika: “As a child, I was a rather impudent, wayward girl, I never obeyed anyone and learned solely from my mistakes. Mom criticized me a lot - harshly, but always objectively. Thanks to her, I was able to withstand the harshest criticism from the academy teachers. They often said awful things to the students - “how incompetent and incapable you are, and your topics are empty and worthless”. In general, tears shed during the exams, chairs flew from the windows. Many students could not stand it and left. But criticism has always stimulated me. If they scold, then there is the possibility of growth. At our academy, praise was considered a bad sign - that means they sympathize with you. Everyone started to get scared when they heard positive comments in their address. "

Without fear or reproach

In Europe, children leave their parents early. When did you start living separately?

Nika: “Only when I graduated from the academy in Holland. I decided to continue my studies at the London Slade School of Fine Art - one of the most quoted educational institutions for artists. Since then, I began to live on my own. I really like London, there are many people of different nationalities, aspirations, interests, me admire its dynamics and brightness ”.

England is known for its fanatical attitude towards sports. Did this affect you in any way?

Nika: “There is no time for him now. And before I was athletic - I swam, played tennis, did gymnastics and horse riding. She especially loved hurdle races, although she too often risked unjustifiably, fell from a horse and sometimes took obstacles without a horse. I liked to ignore the feeling of fear ... My parents were nervous, but they tried not to show it. "

Among your works there is a spiral staircase that rests against the ceiling, called "It's never too late to leave." Have you had periods when you wanted to escape from people and circumstances?

Nika: “This installation was made before my departure from Holland and symbolized the end of an important period of my life. I knew that I would never return there, and if I did, I would be not the same as before. I said goodbye to the past, as my work spoke about. A spiral staircase is a spiral, a symbol of continuous movement that never returns to its starting point. Either you are higher or lower. It is impossible to stop - just like in life. "

The installation "Principles of Obedience" brought you victory in the "New Sensations" competition, it was called successful and philosophically profound. Could you explain what your anthem to abstractionism means - this is a large-scale structure with numerous weights?

Nika: “The weights are the tongues of the bells, which I cast from wax from samples taken at the Whiechapel foundry, where all London bells were cast, including Big Ben. This is a topic that I have been doing for a long time - to show what is usually hidden from view. The tongues of bells are almost never seen, no one knows their shape. And in a wax incarnation, they lose their acoustic properties - they become fragile objects taken from their usual context, time and history. So the bell tongues no longer play the role originally intended for them. "

How has your life changed after winning the competition?

Nika: “I received many interesting offers, I had a personal exhibition in London. Also, my works have been shown at exhibitions in Basel, Switzerland, Paris, Lithuania and Germany. The Principles of Obedience and another work were purchased for the Saatchi Gallery. And the rest went to private collections. "

So your profession is profitable?

Nika: "Not yet. My production costs exceed the sales proceeds. But now profit is not my main goal. "

Are your parents helping you financially?

Nika: “I try to cope on my own. Recently received sponsorship from the Olga Rubinova Foundation to finance exhibitions in 2011. I was also given several awards after graduation, and my work is being sold. I don’t know what will happen next ”.

You love to use unusual materials - shells, ash, chocolate, burnt sugar and animal bones. Why do you need such strange substances?

Nika: “They have certain properties that are necessary for the embodiment of some idea in every work. And by themselves, these materials already say a lot, they touch upon the themes of the transience of time, fragility, irrevocability of the past and history. "

Does your mom understand your art, attends exhibitions?

Nika: “She is very interested in my work and, whenever possible, goes to exhibitions. Her approach is not an artist or a gallery owner, she perceives what she sees on an emotional level. Her opinion is very important to me. "

Do you watch films and performances with her participation?

Nika: “I know all of her performances almost by heart and sometimes jokingly quote her monologues to her ... For some reason it is more difficult for me to see her on the screen, especially in old films, even before I was born. It always hurts me to see her suffer. Mama delights me as an actress, but even in the auditorium, first of all, I remain her daughter. "

What do you read, what kind of music do you prefer?

Nika: “I don't really listen to music. It so happened that I like silence more. And I read a lot. Mom has a huge library. "

You are very calm and confident. Have you never had complexes - about your appearance, say, as a teenager?

Nika: "This confidence, alas, is very deceiving ... I have never been confident in myself and never considered myself beautiful."

Are you going to get married?

Nika: “No, not yet. Although I have a young man and we live together. "

Who is he?

Nika: (After a pause.) “He's not my profession. He is Italian, we met in London. In general, I prefer to adhere to the idea that personal life is personal and that you can not talk about it. "

And yet it is interesting: what should a man have to be next to you?

Nika: (Suho.) “He has to be an intelligent and interested person. Then people just complement each other. "

In Russia, girls are often brought up on a fairy tale about Cinderella waiting for a prince. What do you think about it?

Nika: “It's not my nature to wait. I prefer to achieve everything myself, not counting on anyone. And I never dreamed of wearing a wedding dress. "

Marina Makunina