Nikita and Tatiana Mikhalkov: Authoritarianism as a Component of Family Happiness

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

Nikita Mikhalkov is a talented, stellar and controversial person. His name does not leave the tabloids, and his every step becomes an occasion for discussion. For many years, the press has repeatedly appeared "scandalous news" that Nikita Sergeevich is divorcing his wife Tatyana. But they, despite all the gossip, intrigue and gossip, have been walking hand in hand through life for 45 years.

How it all began

Tatiana graduated from the Institute of Foreign Languages, but all her attempts to get a job in her specialty were unsuccessful. According to potential employers, she looked too frivolous for a teacher: short skirts, long flowing hair. Frustrated by another failure, she walked along the Kuznetsky Most. Seeing the ad about the recruitment of fashion models, I decided to try my luck and, to my own surprise, received a pass to the wonderful world of fashion.

Acquaintance with Nikita Mikhalkov took place in the House of Cinema, at one of the screenings. Tatiana immediately felt her man in him. On the first date, she was collected by the entire Model House. The outfit, thought out to the smallest detail, was complemented by a bright makeup with clear arrows, false eyelashes and a bright red mouth.

Nikita, seeing her near the restaurant, first of all sent the beauty to wash. And she went to the toilet to wash off all the beauty from herself. Her natural beauty was more popular with the discerning gentleman. She didn't even think to be offended by his demand. But I understood: he is very domineering and strong. And this did not frighten her, did not force her to abandon the relationship. On the contrary, her love flared up rapidly.

By the time they first met, both of them already had a not entirely successful experience of family life. But at the moment of meeting each of them was already open to new feelings. Nikita Sergeevich saw in her what he lacked so much in his first marriage: humility, willingness to accept his demands. Tatyana Evgenievna completely fell under his masculine charm, felt a certain strength and reliability in him.

Parting

They met for only a few months, and then Nikita Mikhalkov went into the army. He did not ask her to wait correctly, but wrote serious philosophical letters. Colleagues tried to convince Tatiana that he was not her match, called on to pay attention to wealthy fans who curled around the beautiful model. But her heart was already taken.

Only one thing worried her: as if during the time of separation he did not cool down to her and did not return from the army to his first wife Anastasia Vertinskaya. Moreover, their son Stepan was growing up.

During his service, Tatiana changed her apartment, but he still found her. He only knew the area in which she lived. But Mikhalkov's dedication and faith in his own strength was not to be occupied. For her, the appearance of Nikita on the threshold of her new home was a complete surprise. How unexpected was his proposal. She gathered friends in the House of Cinema and suddenly asked for her hand in front of everyone. And he himself was terribly worried that she might refuse him.

Happiness is not an easy burden …

They signed in Grozny, where Nikita Mikhalkov filmed his first director's picture "One among strangers, a stranger among friends." We arrived at the registry office in a huge ZIS, surprising all the employees and street onlookers. And when they entered the wedding hall, Tatyana saw a running mouse. And the whole ceremony stood on a chair, afraid to move.

Before bringing his beloved down the aisle, Nikita Sergeevich warned her that in his life work would always take the first place, friends second, and only then everything else. In fact, it turned out that in the first place, second and third - all the same work.

But he did not forget about his wife. Introducing her to his colleagues, he said that she was working as a teacher, not wanting to dwell on her profession as a fashion model. And after the birth of Anna and Artyom, he resolutely demanded the constant presence of Tatyana at home. She had to choose: work or family.

Tatyana Evgenievna became a really ideal wife for Mikhalkov. Gentle, kind, flexible. She was engaged in children, cooked dinners, created all the conditions for her husband's creativity. She became friends with his parents, which was not easy at all. Sergei Mikhalkov loved to communicate with his daughter-in-law, generally loved her, and his mother, rather domineering and firm Natalya Konchalovskaya, somehow immediately took Tatyana into the family.

It was never easy for her, but everything that she did in life was guided by love. Love for her husband, love for children, love for their home. He very rarely confessed his love to her, spoke some kind words. But at the same time, she always understood and understands: he is grateful to her for the unshakable rear, which was created by her efforts.

When the children grew up, she headed the Russian Silhouette charitable foundation, of which she is still the president. And Nikita Sergeevich proudly talks about his wife's activities, sometimes at shows.

Perhaps their happiness looks completely different from what she imagined in her girlish dreams. And not even the way Nikita Sergeevich once saw it. But it has 45 years of marriage and three children who continue the Mikhalkovs' acting dynasty.

Why did he hide his wife's modeling past for a very long time?