Lev Durov and Irina Kirichenko: love at first sight and for the next 60 years

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

It would seem that a stately beauty with aristocratic manners could find in a modest, even a little funny, young man? And Lev Durov and Irina Kirichenko simply loved each other. Until death did them part.

At first sight and for life

Irina Kirichenko transferred to the Moscow Art Theater School from the Kiev Theater Institute. Seeing her once, he just disappeared. Young Lev Durov immediately realized that the new Ira Kirichenko was his fate and his life.

He began to look after the beauty with all the ardor and attention that he was capable of. He brought her armfuls of flowers on dates. The student, of course, had no money. And he, inspired by his feelings, in complete darkness, cut off the surrounding flower beds to please his beloved. And the girl could not resist. The short Leo simply shone with charm, warming everyone around him. And the young aristocrat chose him from all her many admirers.

Irina and Lev got married two years after they met, celebrating their marriage with a bottle of Soviet champagne and Bulgarian grapes.

Happiness behind the curtain

They began to live in a communal apartment, which did not even have a bath. Six people huddled in the room at once. Leo's parents separated a place in the room for the newlyweds with a curtain. Soon, the spouses had any daughter, Katenka, surprisingly similar to her father. Lev Durov brought a crib from the store and suddenly realized that there was simply nowhere to put it, it was so cramped in the room. And the actor himself took up the saw, hammer and nails, transforming the bulky structure into a miniature crib.

Their family was always warm and cheerful. The spouses never quarreled, preferring to resolve all issues calmly. How can people who love each other so tenderly quarrel over some trifles?

And also in their family there was never any talk about money and about earnings. Irina considered it unworthy to roll up scandals. There could be no reason for unpleasant scenes and proceedings. That is why she has never in her life reproached her husband for not having enough money. All salaries were added to the top drawer. When the money ran out, Leo firmly promised that they would earn. And they made money! When they moved to a tiny, but their own apartment, their joy knew no bounds. 16 meters seemed incredibly spacious to them.

Creative union

Irina Kirichenko never tried to compete with her husband in talent and demand. She diligently kept in the shadow of her husband, recognizing his genius. And she devoted all of herself to her family - two relatives. She continued to play on stage. When Lev Durov staged a play at the theater on Malaya Bronnaya, he gave her the main role. However, already at the rehearsal, the director Gurov realized his mistake and decided to replace the main character. Of course, Irina was hurt, but she admitted her husband was right.

In Strange Adults, Lev Durov and Irina Kirichenko played a surprisingly touching married couple. This was their only joint film work.

Love and jealousy

Family for this amazing woman has always been in the first place. She completely trusted her husband and was never jealous of him. Except when he sent her a letter from the tour, addressed to another woman. The situation was funny. Lev Durov wrote a letter to his wife and a sick colleague. And mixed up the envelopes. When, having arrived, he saw the offended Irina, laughed and explained everything to her.

Leo himself was jealous of his wife. True, there were no particular reasons for this. Once, back in his student years, he got into a fight on the move when he saw a handsome Caucasian man next to Ira, who simply asked for directions to the store.

Lev Durov said that he would not condemn his colleagues who leave their wives for the sake of other women, but he considered this behavior unacceptable for himself. He had a tremendous sense of responsibility for his family. And he also endlessly loved his beautiful wife. And he believed that you should not hurt your loved ones, following your own emotions.

Even when he became famous, they lived quite modestly. He never asked for anything or demanded anything for his merits. He believed that he had everything in abundance. And what did not exist, he could easily have done with his own hands, as he once had a bed for his Katyusha. The actor was generally extremely unpretentious in everyday life. He could do a lot himself and was not ashamed to help his wife in everything.

Together and forever

He was faithful to his wife until the end of his days. When, in 2009, already middle-aged by that time, Irina Nikolaevna broke her hip neck and turned into a bedridden patient, her husband, despite his own health problems, was touchingly caring for his wife.

For more than two years, Irina was bedridden. And he was always there. It was incredibly difficult for him, he suffered along with his beloved. And when his Ira was gone, he had a very difficult time. Their love did not die, Ira just passed away. Lev Durov survived his wife for four years. And after she left, he still loved her, not allowing himself to start a new relationship. Evil tongues tried to accuse the actor of having ties with a young girl, but in reality she was just helping him with the housework..

Lev Durov and Irina Kirichenko lived together for 57 years, they touchingly cherished their feelings, supporting each other and observing the oath of allegiance that they once made to each other: to be together always and in everything, to be support and support to each other.

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