Why Viktor Tsoi's first wife could not forgive him, and why did the musician introduce his women

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Viktor Tsoi became a unique phenomenon in Soviet culture in the 1980s. And what to tell, and now the songs of the leader of the group "Kino" do not lose their relevance, and the image of the musician himself has become cult. Being an informal person, the artist did not differ in his usual approach in his personal life and, for example, did not see anything bad in introducing his wives - the former, with whom he had not even filed a divorce, and the new one. True, each of them understood such frankness in its own way.

Impulsive and assertive

Viktor Tsoi was then only 19 years old. He was not a well-known musician yet, he did not earn much money, and he had little experience of communicating with the opposite sex. Unlike him, Maryana Rodovanskaya managed to see life: she was married, worked as the head of the production department in the circus. On that day she turned 23, but the girl did not plan to celebrate her birthday, and even more so to go to the apartment building, but for some reason changed her mind. Victor Maryane liked immediately, although she was amused by his awkward attempts to court. But the girl noted that the young man differs from everyone present not only in his unusual appearance (Korean roots could not help but affect), but also in behavior. Choi was laconic, drank and smoked the least of all. Leaving the holiday, Maryana wanted to write her phone number, but there was no pen in the house. Then she brought out the cherished numbers with lipstick right on the guy's face. And Victor somehow managed not to erase them and called the next morning.

The relationship of young people developed in the best traditions of love stories: the couple walked by the hand along the Leningradsky streets and chatted about this and that. But at first, Maryana did not want to get acquainted with the music of the chosen one, fearing to be disappointed. However, when I heard, I realized that the guy's works are real masterpieces, which, by the way, could bring good commercial success. By the way, according to the popular version, Victor dedicated the hits “When Your Girlfriend is Sick” and “Music of Waves” to Rodovanskaya. And Tsoi had problems with money. Yes, and they did not particularly interest him - Victor believed that they were only problems, and he was quite satisfied with the symbolic 15 rubles received from each apartment owner. He was much more attracted by the opportunity to study music. But Rodovanskaya had a different opinion and decided to take on the duties of the administrator of the newly formed group: she worked on the image of the musicians, taking out the decommissioned costumes from the circus, and took responsibility for organizing the concerts. But Tsoi's mother did not particularly like the assertive and impulsive future daughter-in-law. However, in the future, the women did not communicate much. At first, the young lived in a room in a communal apartment. Money was sorely lacking even for food, and instead of a wedding dress, Maryana had to put on a simple light suit. A year later, they had a son, but the parents for a month and a half could not give a name to the firstborn. The wife wanted to name the boy Sasha, but Victor did not like this option, but he himself did not offer anything. As a result, the young mother threatened that she would name the baby Christopher, and only then the father gave up and agreed to Alexander.

Meanwhile, the popularity of "Kino" was growing every day. Choi performed a lot with the team, their songs became hits, and once he was invited to star in the film "Assa". There he met Natalia Razlogova.

Restrained and calm

The girl worked as an assistant director and was the complete opposite of Maryana. Natalya is the daughter of a diplomat, graduated from the philological faculty of Moscow State University, has been abroad more than once, and she spent her childhood in France. It would seem that she has nothing in common with a rock musician. But the opposites cuddled to each other, and those around him noted that with new love he stopped suffering from loneliness. Tsoi did not want to deceive and immediately admitted that he had met another woman. But the spouses did not file for divorce. According to one version, Victor did not officially divorce because of his son. According to another, this moment was deliberately delayed by the wife. And over time, this question no longer interested anyone. And two years later, the musician decided to introduce his wives - the former, but still official, and the current civilian. However, he did not understand how much he hurt loved ones. At least for the first wife, this was a blow. Later, she recalled that she was even surprised that Victor fell in love with someone like Razlogov. They were so different: Maryana is impulsive, emotional and unable to restrain herself, and Natalia is too calm and imperturbable. But the scandal was avoided, although the offended official spouse never forgave such a betrayal.

Tsoi moved to Moscow and the last three years of his life, which were allotted to him, almost never parted with new love. The couple even developed their own family traditions. For example, every summer young people went on vacation to their friends in Jurmala. August 1990 was no exception. Victor took his son Sasha with him. The last meeting of the former spouses took place just on the day when the father arrived for the boy.

Life after Tsoi

Soon the leader of the "Kino" group died in a car accident, falling asleep at the wheel of his car. At his funeral, his two women met again. Maryana got half of the musician's fortune, which allowed her to live comfortably for the rest of her life. She did not forget about her husband and did a lot to preserve her creative heritage: she published books, memoirs and discs, helped to erect monuments to Tsoi, and organize concerts in honor of him. Maryana got married for the third time - her common-law husband was also musician Alexander Aksenov, performing under the pseudonym Ricochet. However, life presented the woman with a difficult test: for seven years she fought against oncology, but could not emerge victorious from this fight. In 2005, Tsoi's first wife did not become, she was buried near the grave of Viktor. After the death of her lover, nothing was heard about Natalia for a long time. It is known that she remarried and moved to live in the United States. And only when the birthday of her common-law husband was supposed to be 50 years old, she broke the silence. It turns out that all these years the woman was preparing a film about Viktor Tsoi, which was released nine years ago. But, as before, Razlogova does not give interviews to the press, and makes exceptions only for fans of the work of "Kino".