Peter Chernyshev is a Soviet and Russian figure skater who has managed to make a dizzying career in figure dancing on ice and become a five-time US champion. After completing his career in the early 2000s, Chernyshev took up coaching, and later began performing in ice shows. Returning to Russia, Peter met the love of his life, actress Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, who allowed him to find out what family happiness is, and gave him a daughter.

Childhood and family

Pyotr Andreevich Chernyshev was born on February 6, 1971 in Leningrad. The athlete received his name in honor of his grandfather, who from 1951 to 1972 was the head of the Leningrad Metal Plant. However, in the history of the USSR, Pyotr Sergeevich, the grandfather of Pyotr Chernyshev, entered not only as a leading specialist in the field of turbine construction, but also as a single skater who won the Championship of the Soviet Union four times.


It was the grandfather who first brought Petya onto the ice and taught him to stand on skates. The boy himself wanted to be a hockey player more, but his parents, engineers Andrei Petrovich and Lyubov Vasilievna, considered this sport too dangerous. So at the age of 6, Peter began to engage in figure skating, and two years later he won the first competition. He felt responsibility and pride, realizing that he could not shame the name of his grandfather, who died when Peter was 8 years old. But even after his death, Pyotr Sergeevich remained for his grandson a role model and the main example.


Pyotr Chernyshev has a younger brother, Alexander. At one time, grandfather tried to "infect" him with figure skating, but the boy had an unsuitable physique. Due to his precocious height, Sasha constantly fell, he had problems with coordination, so he had to forget about skating. He was involved in other sports, but at an amateur level, and by profession he is a mathematician.


At the age of eight, Petya began going to training camps, traveled all over Russia, spending 200 days a year outside his parental home. At first, he yearned for his family, but quickly found pluses: he communicated with his peers, looked at the beauty of the country and felt a feeling close to euphoria from the heights taken.

Training and competition did not prevent Peter from studying, he was an exemplary student and did not upset his parents with bad grades. Sometimes the boy was attacked by laziness and apathy. At one of these moments, Petit's father wrote a motivational poem with the promise that the main enemy of any person, forcing him to postpone things until tomorrow, is inside. Now Chernyshev understands how right his father was, and believes that laziness is the athlete's main enemy, because 90% of success depends not on talent, but on hard work. Andrei also motivated his son by collecting newspaper clippings for him with notes about the victories of professional skaters.

First steps in big sport

Until 1989, Chernyshev was making progress in single figure skating, taking first places in city and regional competitions. The name of the young skater was named among those few athletes who mastered the technique of the triple jump.


At seventeen, he had five triple jumps in his arsenal, but due to an ankle injury, he was forced to leave single figure skating, because he realized that after treatment he began to lag behind the main competitors.

Interview with Peter Chernyshev. A sea of ​​revelations

It was because of the injury that Peter went to ice dancing. With his very first partner, Maria Anikanova, he trained for just over a year. The coach of the pair was Gennady Ackerman, but the young athletes did not achieve significant success.


For a very short time, Peter skated with his second partner, Svetlana Lyapina, but the first great success awaited him in a pair with Olga Pershankova. As Chernyshev admits, their couple with Olga won gold at the first Russian Championship, which took place immediately after the collapse of the Soviet Union, by accident - for various reasons, the strongest couples could not take part.


Despite the success, the sports couple broke up shortly after winning the Russian Championship. As Chernyshev says, one of the reasons was his hot-tempered and incorrect behavior. Affected 12 years of training in the status of a single skater, during which Peter lost the habit of reckoning with the opinions of other athletes.


In 1991, Peter decided to leave for America, where he was invited by Sofia Eliazova, who was looking for a partner to participate in the US Championship. The skater's mother, Tatiana, helped him settle in Lake Placid and obtain a residence permit. The skater later received dual citizenship.

Moving to the USA

Peter skated with Sofia Eliazova for several years, they trained at the famous school of Natalia Dubova, whose pupils at different times were Tatyana Navka and Samvel Gezalyan, Marina Klimova and Sergey Ponomarenko, as well as a couple of Oksana Grishchuk and Evgenia Platova.

Having taken the thirteenth place in the US Championship, in 1996 the couple of Sofia Eliazova and Petra Chernysheva broke up, and Naomi Lang became the new partner of the athlete.


In 1997, Peter and Naomi went to coach Igor Shpilband and moved to Detroit. At the 1997 US Championship, the pair of Naomi and Petra was able to take only fifth place, but a year later Shpilband's pupils took bronze, and starting from the next year they steadily won the Championship gold. Under the leadership of Igor Yuryevich, Pyotr and Naomi skated for six years, until the end of their careers in 2003.

Major achievements

The main achievement of Peter Chernyshev in sports is the first place in the US Championship, which he and his partner Naomi Lang won five times in a row, from 1999 to 2003.

Also among the sports victories of Chernyshev and his partner are two gold medals at the Championship of the Four Continents (in 2000 and in 2002).

Petr Chernyshev and Naomi Lang, 2002 World Figure Skating Championships

At the 2002 Winter Olympics, the pair of Petra and Naomi failed to win. They were able to become only eleventh and the next year, after the injury received by Naomi in training in preparation for the 2003 US Championship, they left the big sport.

Coaching work

After leaving the big sport, Peter began to conduct coaching activities, in particular, he was engaged in the production of choreography for figure skaters from the group of Elena Buyanova. Among the athletes with whom Chernyshev worked: a couple of Maya and Alex Shibutani, singles Meryl Davis and Charlie White, as well as Maxim Kovtun and Maria Sotskova.

How are the weekdays of Peter Chernyshev

With the pupils of Tamara Moskvina, Yuko Kawaguchi and Alexander Smirnov, Peter worked as a choreographer and director for several years. In his work, Chernyshev tried to take into account the characteristics of the couple and focus on psychology, which, as Tamara Nikolaevna noted, was a significant component of the success of Yuko and Alexander.


Olympic champion Adelina Sotnikova also preferred to put numbers with Pyotr Chernyshev. The champion's trainers were Tatyana Tarasova and Elena Buyanova, but it was Peter who had the idea to use unusual and vivid images in the program of the 2014 Olympics. In an interview, Peter admitted that Sotnikova's path to the top of the sports Olympus was more difficult for him than his own.

Ice shows

In the fall of 2005, Peter, along with his former partner Naomi Lang, took part in Alexei Yagudin's show "Alexei Yagudin and Friends" in St. Petersburg.


Two years later, the American champion took part in the luxurious show “Dancing on Ice. Velvet Season ”on the TV channel“ Russia ”. Peter's partner in this project was the singer and TV presenter Yulia Kovalchuk, with whom he won a victory, charming the Russian audience with skill, artistry and natural modesty.

Dancing on Ice. Peter Chernyshev and Julia Kovalchuk

In the next three seasons of "Dancing on Ice" Chernyshev also took part, he also performed in Evgeni Plushenko's show "Golden Ice Stradivari" and in the show "Figure Skaters and Gymnasts".


In the period from 2009 to 2015, Chernyshev was a participant in various ice shows, including in several seasons of the Ice Age TV show, where his partners were Ksenia Alferova, Yulia Zimina and Elena Podkaminskaya. It is also worth mentioning the TV show "Ice and Fire", in which the audience saw him paired with Nadezhda Granovskaya.

Peter Chernyshev and Nadezhda Granovskaya - Tango

Personal life of Peter Chernyshev

The first choice of the skater in 1988 was Natalya Annenko, his colleague, who had already achieved considerable success in sports. Natalia is seven years older than Peter, at the time of marriage she was already a multiple medalist of the European and USSR championships.


When Peter received an invitation to become Sofia Eliazova's partner and move to America, Natalya agreed to go with him. The marriage between Chernyshev and Annenko lasted almost seven years. But although both moved to the States, Peter constantly traveled to competitions, and their relationship could not stand the constant separation. Annenko, who had already completed her career in sports, dreamed of children, while her wife was attracted by the Olympic peak, so she let him go, although she was in pain.

Many years after the divorce, Natalya speaks warmly of Peter and calls him a sincere and decent person. Despite this, evil tongues call the main reason for their parting completely frequent separation. Allegedly, after Naomi Lang became Chernyshev's partner, Natalia began to notice that her husband had grown cold. Calling Peter to a frank conversation, Natalya tried to gain recognition, but in vain.


Natalia's suspicions were not in vain, Peter really felt for Naomi something more than just sympathy and friendly disposition, but the skaters did not manage to build a serious relationship. Peter and Naomi broke up in 2003.

In 2008, Peter Chernyshev married a second time. Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, a Russian actress and star of the sitcom My Fair Nanny, became the lucky woman.

Pyotr Chernyshev and Anastasia Zavorotnyuk

Peter and Anastasia met in 2007, during the filming of the show "Dancing with the Stars". Zavorotnyuk was the host of the program. At the time of the meeting with Peter, the actress had two marriages behind her shoulders: with a German entrepreneur Olaf Schwarzkopf and a Russian businessman Dmitry Stryukov. In her second marriage, Nastya gave birth to two children, Anna and Michael.


Throughout the year, Peter looked after the most beautiful nanny in Russia and, while vacationing in Sardinia, proposed to her. According to the skater, their marriage was modestly registered in one of the Moscow registry offices at the end of September 2008, and on October 12 they got married in the Church of the Resurrection of Christ, in a beautiful temple located in the Crimean village of Foros.

In September 2019, rumors appeared that Peter was canceling his tour as part of the troupe of the Tatiana Navka show "Navka Show", in which he had worked over the past years, but a representative of the show's production company denied this information.

On October 31, 2019, the grandiose premiere of the show "Ruslan and Lyudmila" took place in St. Petersburg, in which Chernyshev plays the main role. At the press conference before the performance, Pyotr Andreevich was not present, and when asked by journalists about how he was feeling, Tatyana Navka, in her usual harsh manner, replied that he was in perfect order and ready to work, that against the background of rumors about his wife’s illness seemed to the Russians somewhat strange. However, at the end of the event, the skater went out to the fans to take a general photo, after which he quickly left without any comments to the press.

According to the audience who personally attended the event, Peter performed impeccably, but looked exhausted. This is his first public appearance in several months.

Colleagues of the skater urge the public not to exaggerate and wait for official information about the state of the actress, expressing the hope that love will help the spouses overcome any difficulties.

Despite the many roles in cinema and theater, Anastasia Zavorotnyuk was remembered by the audience as Vika's nanny in the TV series "My Fair Nanny". She played a rustic girl from Ukraine, who ended up as a nanny in the house of a wealthy producer. This series shows almost everything that could happen to a girl in real life, including a love relationship that ended happily.

In the life of Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, there were many obstacles on the way to happiness. There were several men in her life, but she was not happy with them. Behind her shoulders are three official marriages and a long-term relationship with Sergei Zhigunov, because of which he broke up with his wife.

First marriage

He remembers the first husband very reluctantly. She considers this marriage a mistake of youth. The girl got married almost immediately after graduating from the Moscow Art Theater School. Acquaintances with her future husband took place in the famous "Snuffbox", where Oleg Tabakov invited her to play right after school-studio.

The acquaintance took place during the "skits" organized in honor of. One of the guests was German businessman Olaf Schwarzkopf. Young and energetic Zavorotnyuk liked him immediately. He firmly decided that this girl would become his wife. This was the beginning of a period of active courtship.

The German groom achieved his goal, and Anastasia became his wife. But this marriage did not last long. Depending on which side talks about the reasons for the divorce, there are two versions.

Anastasia says that she ran away from her husband because he regularly raised his hand and humiliated her. For this reason, the girl had a miscarriage.

Olaf tells a completely different story. Nastya had an abortion, as she was very worried about her figure and did not want to get better after giving birth. She was completely unsuitable for everyday life and Olaf had to do all the housework. The German calls the new love of Nastya the reason for the divorce.

Christmas meeting

Zavorotnyuk met her second husband on Christmas absolutely by accident. A festive evening was approaching, and Nastya had time to do a lot of things. She wanted to buy gifts for all her loved ones and still have time for a rehearsal at the theater.

To do all this, Anastasia decided to stop the car. When she was voting on the road, an expensive foreign car stopped near her driven by a handsome young man. Having learned about the girl's plans, he agreed to become her personal driver for one day. The guy's name was Dmitry Stryukov. At that time, he was already a successful businessman in Russia.

Dmitry and Nastya had a lot in common. Both had families, but were not happily married. They did not yet know that this meeting would change their lives. As a gratitude, Anastasia invited the guy to the play with his entire family. He accepted the invitation, but one appeared. Dmitry came the next day. This went on for three days.

Already on the fourth day, the man made an offer to Nastya.

She was amazed at his determination, but both had families. It was necessary to resolve this issue. They managed to quickly divorce and Anastasia soon married Stryukov... The celebration was very quiet. The young people signed in one of the registry offices of the capital and celebrated this event only together.

The couple soon moved to America, where they founded their own business. Zavorotnyuk tried to live in two countries. Her family was in America, and her work in the theater in Russia. A few years later, a joyful event took place in the family.

Nastya and Dmitry had a daughter, whom they named Anna. A few years later, a son, Mike, was born.

The couple lived in America for only three years and then returned to Russia. But despite this, even after the divorce, they run their own business there, which consists in renting luxury real estate.

The series "My Fair Nanny" at the same time brought Zavorotnyuk fame and discord in the family. On the set, the actress got carried away by her colleague Sergei Zhigunov and divorced her husband.

Meet on ice

While the whole country was following the novel of Zavorotnyuk and Zhigunov with interest, a new plan for the actress's love relationship was already being built in heaven. She was waiting for a meeting with her third husband. She met him on the show "Dancing on Ice".

Interesting notes:

It happened in 2008. Anastasia Zavorotnyuk was invited to be the host of the ice show, and figure skater Pyotr Chernyshev took part in it with the singer Yulia Kovalchuk. Unexpectedly for everyone romance broke out between the actress and the skater, which grew into a family relationship.

For the sake of this relationship, Peter divorced his wife, with whom he lived together for more than eight years, and Anastasia left Sergei Zhigunov.

Today the couple is happy together. Despite the fact that rumor and the press have bred them more than once, their marriage is considered one of the strongest, and has been going on for almost 10 years. They try not to give interviews often, especially about their personal lives.

In life, Nastya had enough public relations, followed by the whole country and commenting on them. Perhaps, Peter Chernyshev turned out to be exactly that man with whom Nastya feels happy.

In 2018, the couple became the parents of a lovely baby named Mila. The actress hid the pregnancy and announced the birth of her daughter only a few months later. Judging by the information on the network, after the birth of the child, the couple learned about a malignant brain tumor from Anastasia. In the fall, the actress was admitted to intensive care with cerebral edema, her husband Zavorotnyuk is next to her and worries about the state of his beloved woman.

Late evening. Film crew bus. A touching picture: Anastasia Zavorotnyuk and Peter Chernyshev are sitting on a cramped bench ...

Photo: Mikhail Korolev Anastasia Zavorotnyuk and Peter Chernyshev

Huddled together and drink tea. Nastya has just finished shooting, her husband drove up from the rehearsal of the new season of "Ice Age". Both did not even feel a slight fatigue. After words of greeting, I expressed my admiration for the family photo session, which took place a few days before our meeting.

Nastya, it was unusual to see you in photographs next to such grown-up children ...

Anastasia: Children grow up. And I am still like a cat that does not let kittens out of their paws, but they also need to master the territory. This is already ridiculous: Anya is 17 years old, she is a student at Moscow State University, studying at the Faculty of the Higher School of Contemporary Social Sciences. She is under meter eighty. Mike recently turned 13 and is even taller. But I didn't worry about them less.

Peter: They say that little children are little trouble. The children have already grown up, and there are more worries with them. And the tasks they set before us are larger, more global.

A.: When Petya is in New York, the children make orders for what to bring from there. Mostly Anya, of course. She calls me: "Mom, I want to ask Petya for something." I say: “So, don't touch me! I'm busy at work, come on by yourself. " And Pete is sent whole lists of orders. I think, having received all this, Petya cannot do anything but go shopping.

Peter, do you still have to live between Russia and America? As you know, in the mid-90s you moved to the USA, even became a five-time figure skating champion of this country.

NS.: Now I live permanently in Russia. I visit America for professional reasons: my ice partner Naomi Lang lives there with her family. I put on the numbers with which we, as professional skaters, perform in different countries of the world.

A.: Peter is terribly modest in our country, and I boast: he is now the choreographer of our Olympic team. It was recommended by Tatiana Anatolyevna Tarasova. I'm bursting with pride for him! Petya delivered excellent programs to the winner of the Grand Prix final among juniors Maxim Kovtun, the silver medalist of this year's European Championship Adelina Sotnikova. They are trained by Tatiana Tarasova and Elena Buyanova. And a couple of Yuko Kawaguchi - Sasha Smirnov (their coach is Tamara Moskvina). The guys are members of the Russian national team, candidates for the country's Olympic team.

Well, Petya, congratulations! You and Nastya have been together for five years. Admit it, did you easily find a common language with Nastya's children?

NS.: As far as I remember, not a single acute angle arose in relations with Anya and Mike. Everything went very naturally. We quickly developed warm, friendly relations. I think it should be so, but I have nothing to compare with. By the way, Mike is engaged in boxing. So it's good that we don't have sharp corners with him! ( Smiles.)

A.: When Petya appeared in our life, Anechka was eleven or twelve years old, and Maykushka was six or seven. I saw that the children were watching him and appreciating everything: every word, every deed, every look of Petya in my direction. For the fact that there were no problems in the family, I must say thank you to Petya. He has incredible patience and hearing. I have a different temperament, I quickly boil, I tend to make hasty decisions.

Sometimes Petya even stops me. And if I can't stop, he puts me in a car and drives me around Moscow so that I exhale, calm down and return home already in a more or less normal state.

Trips like these are great therapy. I know from my own experience.

NS.: This was the case before, when Anya began to grow up rapidly. Nastya continued to strongly control her daughter, and Anya wanted freedom.

A.: No, my daughter did not burden me with problems, there was no such thing that she left somewhere without warning or did not return to spend the night. It's just that I am so afraid for the children ...

NS.: Then we sat down and talked that it was time for Anya to give more freedom. We came to a common decision and voiced it to Anya.

Reasonable. And how did the situation develop?

NS.: It turned out that the very fact of gaining freedom for Anya is more important than the opportunities that open up. But we began to save on gasoline. ( Smiles.) After all, it was no longer necessary to drive Nastya in a car so that she would calm down. Everything returned to normal. And Maikushka has not yet reached this boiling point.

Nastya, you and I met long before the TV series "My Fair Nanny" appeared. You were an excellent theatrical actress, played in "Snuffbox" in the play "The Last" by Maxim Gorky, in "Dangerous Liaisons". In the production of The Passion for Bumbarash, your partner was Zhenya Mironov. Why did you decide to leave the theater?

A.: It turned out to be absolutely impossible to combine theater with such a busy schedule of filming in films, which suddenly appeared in my life.

How did Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov react when you told him that you were leaving?

A.: We didn’t have time to really talk. The situation developed so rapidly that I was forced to send a letter of resignation. Do I feel remorse or embarrassment when I remember this situation? Absolutely not. I can't say that I was spoiled for big, serious roles in the theater. What you have listed is rather an exception. I believe that with the advent of cinema and television in my acting life, I began a different, happier period.

NS.: As a professional skater, this situation is very clear to me. When an athlete reaches a certain level, he often has to change coaches in order to continue to grow. And there is nothing wrong with that, our entire sports world rests on this. And if Nastya chooses a new path, then she does it in order to feel development.

What, Nastya, you have a sensitive and wise husband! You became famous thanks to television. But television is tricky. The show "Nastya" did not last long on Channel One ...

When I received an offer to host my own show, I was surprised, because stand-up was an unknown genre for me. But I decided to try. And I liked it, I "entered" this project and fell in love with it. It seems to me that thanks to this I grew up. Not in terms of status. Working on yourself, you develop. And this is very valuable.

What about the movies?

A.: I starred in the film "The Hunt for the Gauleiter", which will be released on Channel One in the near future. This is a film about the war, a very serious and important work for me - I feel as if I gave it half my life. She also played in the TV series Don't Cry for Me, Argentina!

Petya, do you want to try yourself in cinema? Your appearance is suitable. And the audience loves you - you've been participating in Ice Age for four years.

NS.: Try a movie? Maybe a bit later. ( Smiling.) On Ice Age, I do what I love. And I want to thank "Ice Age" and Ilya Averbukh ( the ideological inspirer of the project. - Approx. OK!) for the fact that he makes it possible to engage in creativity and feel satisfaction from it.

You were introduced to the project “Dancing on Ice. Velvet Season ”on the channel“ Russia ”. You, Nastya, were his host, and Peter skated together with Yulia Kovalchuk. Has your relationship history developed rapidly?

NS.: We noticed each other instantly ...

A.: But both stopped immediately. I was not free then (A Nastasia met with producer and actor Sergei Zhigunov. - Approx. OK!). In addition, word of mouth reported: Peter is a terrible womanizer, besides, he has an affair with his partner on the show ...

NS.:... which was not true. I was the first to speak to Nastya, it happened at a banquet on the occasion of the end of the show.

A.: And the first time we saw each other on the first day of shooting, which is always very hectic. I ran past the participants, already in a dress for filming, with styled hair, and saw a young man. We met eyes, and I felt: mine. It was like an electrical discharge. I don't even remember whether we said hello or not. I just remember his eyes.

Did you know who this young man is?

A.: No.

NS.: As well as I. I had a big gap in terms of Russian show business and culture. I was cut off from everything that was happening in Russia.

A.: Yes, he could say anything then! For example, that I am a ballerina. ( Smiles.)

NS.: On the project, we saw each other regularly - every week when Nastya talked with the participants on stage.

A.: But I could not interview Petya, like other participants, - I was embarrassed. And when on stage I had to talk with a pair of Kovalchuk - Chernyshev, I always turned to Yulia. And I saw in the eyes of Peter the question: "Why?" I remember his look - calm, benevolent, very open. And a dumb request: "Please talk to me!"

NS.: As a result, we talked at the final banquet, then talked a few more times when Nastya joined us during the tour of the show "Dancing on Ice" in the cities of Russia. And then I had to leave for Germany. On the eve of my departure, I invited Nastya to the ice to give her first ice skating lesson.

A.: Petya that day simply said: “Something is wrong in your life. You need to understand yourself. " Then we realized that we would be together.

Nastya, at that moment the whole country was closely following your personal life. Maybe in Petra you were just attracted by his calmness and solidity, which you lacked then?

A.: Yes, Vadim, obviously, this is what attracted me. I would never agree to star in the TV series "My Fair Nanny" if I knew the downside of popularity. My children could not go to school for six months, because the press provoked my ex-spouse and their father ( businessman Dmitry Stryukov. - Approx. OK!) to a variety of follies. These were just provocations, such people know exactly how to push a person to make mistakes. Children could not leave the house, because journalists were waiting for them everywhere - they took pictures, asked questions. It seemed to me that I was going crazy. You become a hostage to this situation, and there is no way to stop and think: “Why do I need all this? I want to go out. " The only thing that saved me was my children. I understood that I had to take care of them, to protect them as much as possible from the consequences of the trauma inflicted on them. My dad was seriously ill due to nervousness. He was very worried about the persecution that turned against me, when they washed my bones, came up with some terrible things about me. Anything happened.

For example, the director of the school, where my daughter was then studying, called her and began to say: "Anya, tell your mother that her behavior ..." To which my third-grader daughter, without letting him finish, said: "Thank you very much! My mom is my mom. If you want to tell her something, call. True, I do not advise you to do this. And I will go to study. " My kids are used to taking a punch.

NS.: I am glad that I had a chance to first meet Nastya, and only then learn about all these moments of her personal life. I recognized Nastya different, not the one about which the press wrote. It was very interesting for me to be with Nastya next to me, to communicate with her. She seemed to me not only an attractive woman to whom a man cannot but feel attraction and passion, but also a person with whom you can talk on any topic, learn something new. The qualities that I discovered in Nastya probably led me to the desire to develop our relationship.

A.: In Petya, I was bribed by another amazing quality - this natural feeling of freedom. What I am probably missing. In that difficult situation, he just taught me how to live. For example, we were going to a restaurant. I was trembling, in fright I told Petya: “We cannot come there! Everyone will take pictures of us. " I felt like a hunted animal that sits in a corner and is afraid of everything. Petya took my hand and simply said: “Sit down, calm down. Let's talk. What are you afraid of?" Gradually, we began to meet with friends again. The tension dropped very slowly. Peter taught me to look at the world in a new way, to see that it is beautiful. Petya told me: “You constantly live in anticipation of a blow, maybe that's why you get it. See the world differently. Turn the kaleidoscope a little, and there will be a different picture. "

Over time, I started to get it right. We traveled a lot, alone and with children. We just packed up and left. Petya said: “Breathe. There is no need to dress in any special way, no need to put on makeup. Put on your cap and sneakers. " I started wearing these things and today I enjoy it a lot. In a word, Petya taught me to breathe freely.

I listen to you, I see how you communicate, and I understand how amazingly you complement each other. Petya, are you generally explosive, emotional?

NS.: Very rarely.

A.: Rarely! One-sixteenth of the Estonian blood is in his veins, but even this small part is very strong.

Got it, hot Estonian guy!

A.: And I have strong Cossack blood. This is what saves us. Usually Petya is restrained, smart, reasonable and makes very balanced decisions. But if Petya explodes, he becomes as ... funny as a five-year-old child! ( Smiles.) Once we had an argument. Tired of the bickering, I went to my room and went to bed. Peter immediately flew in and turned on the light with the words: “No, you will not sleep! Everything! Like this!" I had no choice but to laugh: "Okay, everything is okay."

NS.: It happened once. You exaggerated everything as an actress! ( Smiles.)

Many did not believe in the sincerity of your relationship, they believed that this was just another PR. Did you feel it?

A.: Of course they did. And not only us, but our whole family. We decided to ignore it. I have advised our entire family not to read such publications. Friends called: "Oh, they said this about you ..." I answered them: "Don't tell me, I don't need this." Many people ask me: "Why don't you print refutations?" My answer is: "I don't want to get involved in this endless argument." We never react.

This is probably the most correct decision.

NS.: This was my initiative.

A.: Yes exactly. At some point, I got used to being trampled on, but then they started throwing mud at Petya. I exploded: "This cannot be tolerated!" Petya stopped me, said: "This is pointless." The next day I cooled down and agreed: yes, it is pointless. Although very unpleasant. Especially when they hit the children. For example, there was a story: some girl was photographed naked, signed the photo: "Anya Zavorotnyuk" - and posted it on the Internet. At that moment, Petya, Mike and I were in America. Anya called: "Mom, there is such a story ..." My girl, a man of incredible self-control, was crying.

Yes, I remember the story with this photo. Guys, let's talk about something nicer. Tell me, Petya, can Nastya know how to cook?

NS.: He knows how, and very well! ( Anastasia shakes her head in disagreement.) For example, she cooked a rabbit in a creamy sauce.

A.: Sofia Mikhailovna Rotaru taught me this. I just wanted to try!

NS.: But she cooked! The rabbit was great.

Peter, Nastya talked a lot about how you changed her. Do you yourself feel that you are somehow changing under the influence of Nastya?

A.: I have an answer to this question, but I'll wait to see what you say.

NS.: This looks like a test? I haven't passed it yet? ( Smiling.)

A.: Can I tell you how I feel then? During the years that we are together, Petya was able to take root in our life, become a part of me, my children, the country to which he returned. And in this I see my participation. When our relationship was just beginning, Petya and I had one conversation. It was late at night. I suddenly realized that everything, the ice project is completed, there seems to be no need for Petya to stay here further. And I asked: "Don't leave." Petya then heard me, understood: if he leaves for America, then it will be very, very difficult for me, and it will not be easier for him either. At that moment we had the only chance to preserve our relationship. But for this, someone had to sacrifice their usual life. I remember Petya was sitting with his arms folded behind his head, looking at me. He spoke one word: "Good." And that's all. We never returned to this topic. It was difficult for me to muster the courage to ask him to stay. But it was more difficult for him: at that moment he decided to leave his life in the USA, a country he fell in love with over the 17 years he spent there.

NS.: I had to determine what is most important for me in life. At that moment, I chose what was really important. I need a family. I need a loved one to always be by my side.

Nastya, what is it like to feel like a mother of an adult daughter? She has already tried herself as a TV presenter.

A.: Don't even start talking to me on this topic, because you have no idea how proud I am of my children! You risk spending the rest of the evening, night and morning in this conversation. ( Smiling).

The actress and skater commented on rumors about their divorce

The couple commented on rumors about their divorce

Rumors that Anastasia ZAVOROTNYUK is divorcing her husband, figure skater Peter CHERNYSHEV, have been circulating on the Internet for more than a week. Alarmed friends and acquaintances cut off the phones for a couple, sympathizing and wondering why? Spouses of "stupidity" - in their words! - did not comment, but flew away together on a romantic trip to the Seychelles.

According to the actors, lately they barely manage to be together due to busy work schedules.

I spent almost half a year in Minsk, filming the military drama "The Hunt for a Gauleiter", - says Zavorotnyuk in an interview with the magazine HELLO! - Petya had to live for a month and a half in St. Petersburg, where the show "Bolero" was going on with his participation. And now, in September, he opened his own figure skating school at the Tavrichesky skating rink in St. Petersburg, so he spends a lot of time in his hometown.

When asked about parting, Nastya expressed obvious bewilderment:

Petya is very attentive both to me and to all the women of our family - to my mother Valentina Borisovna, my daughter Anya, even to our nanny Tatyana Petrovna. He often gives flowers and gifts for no reason at all.

However, romance in their relationship is still not enough, Anastasia admits. Chernyshev also believes that their feelings sometimes need a good "shake-up".

Routine eats up these sensations, but you just stop for a second, slow down and focus on your loved one. And then what you felt at the very beginning, you will feel even more strongly, I assure you.

At the same time, the lovers admit that it is quite difficult for them, as two artistic natures, to get along.

Petya, tell the truth: you can't live with an artist, - laughs Anastasia.

- You can't live with the artist Anastasia Zavorotnyuk! Nobody! - her husband assent. - Only I can and only with this artist. ( Laughs.) But seriously, the difference in temperament saves us. Like any man, I tend to rely more often on common sense, logic, and, when emotions boil, calmly judge.

As for jealousy, in which the journalists now and then incriminate them (and then happily "bred"), the couple said that in fact they were not familiar with this feeling.

I don't really understand this feeling - jealousy, - says Peter. - It arises, in my opinion, only when you are either not sure of yourself and your love, or you are not sure of your spouse. Although, why this question arose, I understand: Nastya is kissing in the frame with the artists.

Anastasia, in turn, admits that she is not so philosophical about such topics.

I have a clear position - jealousy can poison life, kill love, so I do not allow myself to think about it. We must trust each other.

We also spoke with Nastya Zavorotnyuk herself [audio: candid interview]

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As we wrote in the last issue of the weekly, Nastya Zavorotnyuk confessed to KP that she really had an affair with Pyotr Chernyshev and they left for their honeymoon in Portugal. We wanted to know more about the new chosen one of the capricious beauty. And we phoned his ex-wife, figure skater Natalya Annenko, to America. Who else if not her, who lived seven years with Peter, know what he really is. I confess, I expected to hear a real exposure of the "intruder" and the gigolo, but ... according to Natalia, Chernyshev is a rare gift for any woman! This is what she told "Komsomolskaya Pravda"

"We never fought"

I met Petya when he came to our group in Moscow to skate. I was already a very famous figure skater, I skated together with Genrikh Sretensky, and competed at the Olympic Games. And Petya was just starting to dance. I am seven years older than him, ”Annenko told KP. - It made no sense for me to part with my partner Heinrich and pair up with Petya. Because in the international arena we were known as a pair of Annenko and Sretensky.

And Petya Chernyshev and I just loved each other. Petya immediately after meeting me surrounded me with care and attention. He was distinguished by his seriousness. And, having fallen in love, he seriously approached this issue - he soon offered his hand and heart. But we got married later - there was no time. We drove around the competition. I went on tours. And he sent me flowers and gifts to any city. In America, when I performed in the show, I could fly to me across the country. Spent half a day on the plane just to see me and fly back. This is a feat!

- And what kind of person is he?

Oh, as a person he is simply amazing, very good! Gentle, intelligent, incredibly caring. Throughout our life together, I don't even remember that we had any quarrels, that he at least raised his voice to me. I was behind him like a stone wall. He always calmed me down before the competition. I am an explosive, impulsive person, and he never lost his temper, did not break down. You could always lean on his strong shoulder.

- What about thrift?

In fact, we ran more and more, we weren't at home much. But he took care of the apartment and the repairs in it. When they lived in Russia, his idea was to buy one apartment, then exchange it for a large one. I did everything myself. He organized our life with dignity. We had a huge apartment on the Lubyanka - all this through the efforts of Petit. We went to restaurants with him, to the movies. We lived very happily. For seven years I can’t remember anything bad.

"Almost perfect husband"

- But they say, Peter is amorous?

I wouldn't say that. For seven years he did not give reasons for jealousy. It seems to me that he is closer to monogamous. Feelings are not scattered. He's a serious, solid plan.

- It turns out that he is an ideal husband ?! Why did you break up?

It would be perfect if we stayed with him, had children. He was just a little short of complete perfection - we parted. But I cannot complain about him. I understand that he fell in love with the beautiful Naomi, his American dance partner. I have already finished performing in sports and started to train. And Petya and Naomi continued to perform, go to the world championships. Petya hid his growing feelings for Naomi, did not want to offend me, but I noticed everything. Perhaps I could have struggled with this, but I didn’t - I wanted a family, a child, my own home. But to him - no. I think our interests and outlook on life simply diverged. At 35, I wanted a child. Because in sports I fully realized myself and achieved what I wanted. And Petya was just on the rise. Competitions fascinated him. Petya has more common interests with Naomi than with me ...

- Were you jealous?

Of course! But I understood him perfectly. Naomi is a prominent, beautiful girl. She carried him away. Petya and I had no quarrels, no arguments. We parted peacefully.

- You had no desire to remake it, to say: let's live for ourselves, and not for a career?

To be a leader in the family, he needed to be realized in the profession. And he was on the way to it. We would have had a hard time if we had not parted. I would have to wait for him to finish his career.

- And he himself admitted to you that he has love with Naomi?

No, he was hiding, but it was hard to hide! I saw that they had some kind of feelings. By the way, it seems to me that for a long time he did not want their romance to turn into something serious. Before our divorce, Petya rushed about. Their official romance began after our parting. It is difficult to say from whom more the initiative for parting came. It was just that a critical moment came when it became clear that this could not continue. We came to understand that each of us needs different things. I am married now. I have two children. I have the kind of life I dreamed about then.

"Left me everything"

After the divorce, Petya left me everything - the house, the money. I gave money from the sale of a Russian apartment. I left all the jewelry. Although I had a well-paid job. I just left with nothing. And then he worked for himself. By the way, after the divorce, he often sent me flowers. To this day he calls and is interested.

- Did it hurt when you parted?

It hurts, of course! I didn’t just marry him - I loved him very much. But she did not forcibly keep the person near her.

- So, you do not regret that you parted with Peter?

Well, sometimes a thought slips, if only if they had not dispersed, how would everything have worked out for us. But I remember that stage and I understand that we made the right step. We turned into parting, and it became natural for us.

- Did you suffer for a long time after the divorce?

Yes, it was. But holding it was already useless. His heart is not here, not with me. Letting go is probably better than torturing.

- Nevertheless, he parted with his American too!

This was her initiative. She was looking for something all the time.

- And you did not want to call him back?

It's too late now. I have a good family. The past is the past. After a divorce from Petya, I got married two years later. And Petya was with Naomi all this time.

- I wonder how it is possible to disperse peacefully! Did you love him and give him away so easily?

Many do not understand how this is possible. But I don’t have any evil feelings towards him, so we did it! He did not offend me during our married life.

- And how is his financial situation? Is he a wealthy man?

Yes. After the divorce, he earned money on the house. He always knew how to make money. His parents were wealthy, they helped us. He never had a problem with that.

- Have you heard that Peter has an affair in Moscow with actress Nastya Zavorotnyuk?

Yes, I heard. What can I say - your actress is lucky! I live in America and I don't know anything about this actress, but, from my point of view, any woman who will be with Peter will be very lucky with him! Because he is a very good husband, caring, attentive, courteous, generous.

- We had rumors that he was looking for benefits next to rich brides.

Absolutely, I did not have such an impression of him. I do not think. He himself is handsome, rich. He just doesn't need anything. He has everything. He has a name, titles. He's serious. He's just looking for love, wants to start a family. I wish him happiness.

Anastasia ZAVOROTNYUK: "I'm not in a hurry with the wedding"

The newspapers are now in full swing discussing Nastya's romance with Chernyshev. Every day, there is a new message. We decided to get a summary from the love front from Nastya herself.

"Everything was decided by one glance"

- Nastya, they say you are already preparing for the wedding with Chernyshev?

So far I cannot call Petya my husband. I think that you should never be in a hurry, running for a stamp in your passport. Relationships should develop calmly, without stimulation! That is, an official marriage is probably a pleasant trifle. But you can exist together without it. Understand correctly, this is not a principled position. It's just that if it comes, it will be great. If he doesn’t come, well, it’s worse for him (laughs).

- You have such an easy attitude to life, right?

No. It's just that between a man and a woman, the most important thing is not the print, but the essence of the relationship, which is not subject to paper.

- When did you see Chernyshev for the first time? And when did you notice that he was an interesting man?

Yes, you can see and understand it right away! Our events began with the shooting of "Dancing on Ice". On the run, late from all my endless filming, I came to meet the participants in the show. And suddenly I came across such a LOOK. I can't even explain this feeling in words. Although everything was out of place, and I had no plans for this person, but there were completely different plans for the future: children, shooting. And not to the point of nonsense, for this I am not really famous. But it was impossible not to notice that look. Although I was aware that with this electricity that ran between us, nothing would happen in the future.

But over time, to my surprise, I realized that this look means more than it seemed at first. At the show, I watched Petya. He stood out a lot from the other participants. He doesn't just skate, but it seems he was born on skates. Of course, he is not just a five-time American champion and won the Olympics. And I wanted to go out on the ice to him. But I was terrified of all this. But six months after the launch of the project, she went on a tour with a show in cities. And I had to go out on the ice on stiletto heels. I stepped on the ice, shaking with fear, skater Ruslan Goncharov immediately drove up to me, picked me up in his arms and began to circle with God knows what speed. His eyes darkened with fear. Ruslan puts me on the ice, and immediately Petya comes up to me, takes me in his arms, gives me support, and it turns out that my face turns out to be in front of his. We look into each other's eyes and are silent. He radiates such kindness, strength and tranquility that the whole world around - hairpins, 12 thousand people in the hall, the camera - everything, everything has disappeared somewhere. And we look at each other. And somehow everything was clean, natural and without words everything was clear ...

And then after some short time we parted with Sergei (Zhigunov. - Ed.). I called Pete - I just wanted to try if I could stand on the ice at all or not. We met, rode with his help. Probably, I did not shine. But this, perhaps, was not so important. And then he left - he had a long tour in different countries. And he returned to Moscow in March.

"I got along with my children"

- How did you confess your love to each other?

Very nice. But there are intimate things that should remain between people.

- You are a beautiful and very strong-willed woman. And it always seemed to me that there should be an even stronger man next to you, and the feeling is that in your pair with Peter you are a strong personality, and not he!

You are absolutely wrong! No! Oh oh oh! (Laughs.) In fact, he is so strong internally that he does not need to demonstrate this. He is conflict avoidant, just like me, but he knows exactly what he wants. No, no, don't be mistaken about him! From all positions he is a man-man!

- Isn't it scary that he may have a complex, that he is with a star?

No. He's so fine: many titles, secured. He doesn't have to worry about that.

- Have you already introduced him to parents and children?

Yes. They hit it off.

- And what do you affectionately call him?

- (Laughs.) Don't tell me, we can do without "bunnies" and without "fish"!

- And about Zhigunov, do you regret that everyone started with the novel, with his divorce, scandals?

You see, this is our life, we want to keep it all to ourselves. I think Sergei can be treated with respect.

- Explain why Peter charmed you so quickly that you fell in love so quickly ?! After all, there must have been a difficult period after the break with Zhigunov!

Yes, it was a difficult time. What charmed Peter? There is kindness in him! You know, when people feel good together, it is difficult to tell what unites them. They just sent something from above. And then - the details.

- Does Chernyshev have any drawbacks?

No one!

- But you have already made mistakes in men more than once ...

Is it possible to do without mistakes? And this does not mean that you need to put an end to your life.

"How to charm men, I do not know"

- Have you offended anyone in your life?

Probably not without sin! Although, when I was hurt, I try to stop and not redirect this pain to others.

- How do you manage to find a new object of love so quickly? Just broke up - and then a new lover. Are you conquering them?

No, no, I'm not a conqueror by nature. Very shy in this sense. Simply, apparently, there is some kind of attraction. And the secrets of how to charm men, I do not know.

- Are you the owner? Do you like to command a man?

No, I love to exist in dialogue. And this is exactly how it happens with Petya.

- Do you like yourself?

Yes. And my image suits me. I don't want to change anything now.

- Are you an amorous person?

So!!! (Laughs.) Anya, do not envy! I said everything I wanted to say about myself!