What Russian stars collect: Icons of Leps, Meladze's daggers, Moiseev's cows, etc

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

Public people are always in sight, they talk a lot, write, strive to learn more about their personal life. And since an unusual hobby can more deeply reveal the inner world of every person, understand his ideals, then the subject of keen interest of their fans are collections to which some stars of cinema and show business have devoted more than a dozen years. How are things going in the domestic starry sky, what objects "captured" our idols, then - in our publication.

The desire to collect in an incredible amount of different, sometimes very unexpected things, for someone is a great pleasure, but for someone it turns into a painful passion. Psychologists say that by choosing a collectible, you can learn a lot about a person. So what do domestic stars prefer to collect? And what can their collections tell about themselves?

Icons and glasses by Grigory Leps

At the beginning of the 2000s, having become a deeply religious person, Leps began to collect icons bit by bit, and today experts compare his collection with a museum collection. By the way, some of its copies simply do not have a price, and they can be used to trace the history of Russian icon painting over the past four centuries.

When asked what is the material value of his collection, Grigory Leps himself does not name a specific amount, he only states that:

I would like to note that over 20 years of collecting, Leps has accumulated many different stories related to the acquisition of this or that icon. Almost every copy has its own, and one of the very first says:

Glasses, bracelets and other Leps collectionsGrigory Leps has another passion - glasses. Many fans may remember how Leps first appeared on stage wearing branded black glasses. But not many people know that it was not for the sake of an intriguing image, but out of compulsory necessity: from the bright light of spotlights on the stage, the singer's eyes began to ache and water. Over time, the glasses became more and more, and when the musician collected more than 200 copies, the thought came to him that this hobby should not be in vain, and he immediately invested in a project for the production of glasses, soon opening a salon and showroom "Leps Optics ".

But Leps did not stop there either, bracelets became the next hobby of the artist. And as a result - "Lepsa Jewelry House" and a collection of silver jewelry "Angels and Demons". For several years now, the hit of sales has been the original silver bracelet in the form of a bandolier with the engraved words of the prayer "Our Father". A similar decoration can be seen on the arm of Leps himself. The artist is also happy to give his personalized products to friends and colleagues on the stage.

Alexander Shirvindt - professor of pipes

This is how close friends call the famous artist. His passion for this accessory has been going on for over five decades. He started collecting pipes all over the world as soon as he started smoking tobacco. According to rumors, more than two hundred of them have already gathered in the collection of Alexander Anatolyevich. And, since Shirvindt did not allocate a special cabinet or shelves for them, his pipes can be found everywhere - in the office, in the kitchen, in the glove compartment of a car.

Heather and foam pipes are of particular value in his collection.

They even decided to immortalize this hobby of the actor in bronze - a bronze sculpture dedicated to Alexander Shirvindt in the form of a mask with a tobacco pipe was installed in Yalta. And now Alexander Anatolyevich, with his characteristic irony, says that he is offended that his pipes have become more famous than their owner.

Dolls and elephants of Nadezhda Babkina

The popular favorite Nadezhda Babkina also has a completely earthly hobby: collecting, which she took up many years ago. She started her hobby with elephant figurines. Figurines, magnets and paintings depicting these giants were brought from all over the world. There are figurines of these animals from rare species of African wood in her collection, and from China the singer brought an elephant made in a technique similar to Gzhel, from Greece - an elephant made of marble chips.

However, after a while, in addition to elephants, Nadezhda began to collect handmade dolls. Now in her collection there are both simple but very cute specimens and real works of art. The exhibits include a Kursk column, numerous bereginas, a postman doll, a teapot doll, and a doll in the national Tatar costume that can sing in the Tatar language. All of them were presented to the singer or brought by her from various parts of Russia and other countries. They are made of a variety of materials: straw, clay, wood, birch bark, bast, textiles, porcelain, plastic … The singer devoted about 40 years of her life to collecting. And more recently, she decided to show her treasure to fans.

In the building of the Small Stage of the Russian Song Theater on Sadovaya-Chernogryazskaya Street, the artistic director of which is Nadezhda Babkina, People's Artist of Russia, a doll museum has recently opened, where a unique collection of more than 100 exhibits from the singer's collection was presented.

Collectors of weapons and military uniforms

In purely male collecting, psychologists put the owners of weapon collections in a special place and emphasize in those an unconscious desire to demonstrate strength and superiority. Valery Meladze, Oleg Gazmanov and Alexander Rosenbaum are engaged in such gathering. The most significant place in their collections is occupied by exclusive personalized weapons donated by various influential persons. At the same time, the collection of each of the artists has its own specification: Meladze has daggers, Gazmanov has sabers and checkers, and Rosenbaum has daggers.

Ancient daggers of Valery Meladze

As befits a real Georgian, Meladze is not indifferent to weapons. Therefore, it is quite natural that he collects exactly this. Although such a hobby does not at all fit with the stage image of a romantic. Most likely, this is a tribute to the national Georgian traditions - decorating the house with expensive weapons in order to demonstrate thereby not only prosperity, but also the willingness to defend their home.

Several dozen daggers and sabers hang on the wall under glass in the office of his Moscow apartment. The artist does not hide at all that, like a small child, he likes to occasionally get a knife or dagger from under the glass, play around, turn it over in his hands - and return to place. There is also a firearm in his arsenal, but the artist keeps it, as expected, in a safe.

Each blade of the artist's collection stores the energy of the master's hands, the sacrament of a craft raised to the rank of art. These are mainly gifts from influencers and friends, as well as the artist's own acquisitions.

Oleg Gazmanov's passion for melee weapons

Singer and composer Oleg Gazmanov is another star weapon lover, whose collection consists of edged weapons, sabers and checkers. In addition to them, the artist collects hunting rifles. There is a modern army carbine donated by fans in his arsenal.

Gazmanov developed a passion for arms from the time of a difficult post-war childhood, when, together with other boys, he scoured the abandoned corners of Kaliningrad in search of various ammunition. And in more mature years - the "squadron" spirit of his author's songs supported true patriotism in him and responded with pain for the fate of Russia. Hence, the artist has such a reverent attitude towards weapons.

Collection of military helmets of Valdis Pelsh

Singer and TV presenter Valdis Pelsh collects military helmets from different times. Its collection includes rare items that many museums can only dream of. The hobby appeared in Valdis during his school years, when he was seriously interested in military history as a boy. Especially passionately studied the history of the sailing and steam fleet, the history of aviation.

Among the exhibits of his collection there are such unique things, such as a leather German helmet of the 19th century with horns on which armor plates were attached, as well as a ceremonial helmet of an officer of the army of Napoleon III, decorated with a plume and a horse tail. There are even simpler exhibits - a protective headdress from besieged Leningrad, a plastic helmet from Vietnam. Of particular interest to historians is the "Hungarian orderly" helmet from the Second World War.

But Valdis does not really like to talk about his hobby, and even more so to show someone the exhibits. He says that philistine interest begins with the question: "Which helmet is the most expensive?"

Watch

Watches are often and willingly collected by celebrities. Collect them and the golden voice of Russia - Nikolai Baskov. Of course, his collection consists of almost exclusive pieces. The artist prefers watches of exclusively famous brands. Most of all, from his collection, the Basques loves a watch from Franck Müller - a gift from a close friend, on which his name is engraved.

His unique collection contains just over 20 unique pieces, with a total value of about $ 2 million. Almost all watches are made of gold, some are decorated with precious stones. The cheapest were purchased for 20 thousand dollars, but the artist was silent about the most expensive, until an exclusive worth 70 million rubles from Jacob & Co. appeared in his collection. Astronomia Tourbillon Baguette in white gold. The watch is encrusted with 342 diamonds. There are only 18 copies of them in the world. World-renowned jewelry designer Jacobo Arabo recreated a miniature solar system in them using precious stones and metals.

I would like to note that Nikolai carefully chooses watches to match his suits. If it is an important meeting or negotiation, Basque puts on stricter pieces, with fewer diamonds and jewelry. And if this is a big publication, then the artist is absolutely not being modest. By the way, in addition to watches, the singer has already collected a rather impressive collection of old icons.

The actor and director Fyodor Bondarchuk shares Baskov's passion for watches. And the most valuable piece of his collection, Fedor considers the 1966 "Rollex" watch, which he once inherited from his father, the famous director Sergei Bondarchuk.

Cows Bori Moiseev

Who would have thought that Boris Moiseev collects cows. However, the singer has believed that cows bring him good luck for almost fifty years. And it all started when Boris brought the first statuette from India at the age of 17: More than fifty of these peaceful animals have already accumulated in his "herd".

The artist's passion is supported by his relatives, replenishing the collection with souvenir cows brought from different countries. Boris's friends and relatives do not even have a question of what to bring him from the trip. Everyone knows: the singer only needs cows.

The most diverse collections of domestic stars

For example, singer Leonid Agutin collects boxes of expensive cognac. Once he was the organizer of the "Club of Cognac Lovers", but this is in the past, but the collection has remained. The leader of the group "Accident" Alexei Kortnev collects beer bottles, the contents of which he emptied himself. A non-standard hobby for the famous rapper Timati. There are several dozen funny dolls in his collection, including figurines of characters from the cult "Star Wars". The cheapest exhibit cost the singer an average of 15 thousand dollars. The most expensive is 25.

The category of lovers of clothes, shoes and accessories is also quite impressive in terms of the size of the collections. So, for example, Konstantin Khabensky collects theatrical shoes, Volochkova ballet tutus, but comedian Yuri Galtsev owns a collection of ties, of which he already has about 1000 pieces. It is also noteworthy that these exhibits were most often purchased not in expensive boutiques, but in ordinary second-hand shops.

By the way, many of the readers are not very familiar with many other curious facts from the life of this artist. It turns out he is a frustrated astronaut and a hardened womanizer. However, there are still many what fans about the most charming comedian of Russia Yuri Galtsev.