Why emigrant stars could not live abroad: Zhanna Aguzarova, Mikhail Kozakov, etc

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

It is inherent in a person to strive for the best, look for new horizons, conquer new heights, try yourself in different areas of creativity and try to change life by changing places. Sometimes it seems to creative people that it is there, abroad, that they will be able to realize themselves, become successful and famous. But in fact, the experience of many domestic celebrities proves that not everyone can live and work abroad. What makes famous people, even those who have achieved some success, return to their homeland?

Elena Safonova

The famous actress, who starred in the film Winter Cherry, in 1992 married Samuel Labarthe, an actor from France. Together with him and her eldest son Ivan, Elena Safonova left for Paris, gave birth to a son, Alexander. She did not give up her profession abroad either, she acted in films in France and flew to the shooting in Russia. But family life did not work out. The ambitious and ambitious spouse could not come to terms with the success of his wife and the fact that he was perceived exclusively as the husband of a Russian actress. The family broke up, and Elena, even through the court, could not obtain permission to leave Alexander. Since 1997, the actress has lived permanently in Russia, but she often flies to France to visit her son, who has long grown up and received the profession of a director.

Evgeny Grishkovets

The famous playwright and actor dreamed of moving abroad. He withstood the confrontation with close people, moved to Germany, was able to gain a foothold there. But soon Evgeny Grishkovets realized that his move was initiated by his own illusions. And abroad, in principle, no one expected him. Then he did everything to return to his homeland. Since then, 30 years have passed and he has never regretted the decision taken then.

Lyudmila Nilskaya

She made a very successful film debut while still a student at the Shchukin School. Her career was very successful, but after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Lyudmila Nilskaya, at the insistence of her husband, emigrated to the United States, selling her metropolitan apartment for the sake of her husband's future business overseas. With the business, the husband of Georgy Isaev did not work out, the successful actress was forced to go to work. In an effort to somehow provide for the existence of the family, she worked as a driver and cleaner, salesman and tester of computer programs. When her husband left the family in 2001, Lyudmila Nilskaya was left alone with a nine-year-old child in her arms. Two years later, she decided to leave for her homeland, later she was able to return to the profession.

Mikhail Kozakov

In the Soviet Union, Mikhail Kozakov was very popular, he won many prizes and awards, the most important of which was truly nationwide love. However, in the early 1990s, he left for Israel not just like that, but agreeing to an offer of a high-paying job. For several years he played in a theater in Tel Aviv and staged performances, but then returned to Russia. According to the actor and director, he liked the country in which he lived, liked his work, and was fascinated by creativity. But most of all he was weighed down by loneliness, which once and for all relieved him of the desire to ever live abroad. In 1996, Mikhail Kozakov returned to Russia. Unfortunately, in 2011 he was gone, the director and actor died of cancer.

Lyubov Polekhina

The actress who played the main role in the film "Mothers and Daughters" by Sergei Gerasimov never wanted to live abroad. And even her marriage to a citizen of Colombia, Mario Ribero, did not make Lyubov Polekhina change her mind. But over time, she succumbed to the persuasion of her husband and went to his homeland on vacation, and after that she stayed for many years. She starred in Colombian films, later moved to the United States, where she was engaged in teaching. But she was always drawn to her homeland, to Russia. As soon as her daughter graduated from high school, the actress returned to Moscow.

Rodion Nahapetov

In the late 1980s, Rodion Nakhapetov, an actor and director, set out to conquer America, leaving his wife Vera Glagoleva and two daughters Anna and Maria in Moscow. Acquaintance with the manager Natalia Shlyapnikoff led to a divorce from Vera Glagoleva and subsequent marriage to Natalia. Later, together with his wife, Rodion Nakhapetov created two film companies and launched several humanitarian projects to provide medical assistance to those in need. In the USA, Rodion Rafailovich is doing pretty well, but since 2003 he has been living and working in Russia all the time, visiting America only as needed or desired. However, Nakhapetov never renounced Russian citizenship.

Zhanna Aguzarova

The talented and extravagant singer, like many at the time, went to the United States in 1991 in search of a better life. Unfortunately, she was never able to fully realize herself. From the restaurant where she worked immediately after the move, Zhanna Aguzarova had to leave due to disagreements with the management. She came to Russia several times, took part in the recordings and even in the anniversary tour of the Bravo group in the former USSR. In the United States, the famous performer worked as a DJ, and later as a driver. In 1996, Zhanna Aguzarova returned to Russia, where she now gives concerts in clubs.

Leonid Kanevsky

In the early 1990s, the performer of the role of Major Tomomin from the TV series "Experts lead the investigation" decided to emigrate to Israel with his family. He was quite in demand and successful there, he became one of the founders of the Gesher theater, where he played himself. Leonid Kanevsky years later admits that the move was pure gamble. Since 2006, he again began filming in Russia, but he also has a home in Israel. At the same time, he does not like to be called an emigrant and considers himself a Russian who has a job in Israel.

Lyubov Uspenskaya

The singer moved to the United States back in 1978 and became one of the most popular performers, earning the unofficial title of Russian star of American chanson. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Lyubov Uspenskaya began to regularly visit Russia, and in 2003 she decided to return to her homeland. After all, it is in Russia, and not in America, that she is loved and famous.

Maxim Leonidov

One of the founders of the "Secret" group, together with his wife, actress Irina Selezneva, emigrated to Israel. The details of his creative activity abroad remained unknown, but his marriage with his first wife broke up, and in 1996 Maxim Leonidov returned to his native St. Petersburg.

Alexander Galich, finding himself abroad, was in demand and provided. But he lacked the main thing: his spectator and his listener. In addition, the radio, where he happened to work, had its own censorship. He was depressed by the fact that he left the pressure and returned to him, only this time in a foreign country.