Golden youth on a needle: Children of Soviet actors, writers and politicians who could not cope with the burden of fame of their parents

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

The problem existed in Soviet times, although not on the same scale as it is today. Even the drugstore assortment contained a variety of drugs containing drugs, ranging from gastric opium pills to heroin, which until 1956 was available at the pharmacy with a prescription. Drugs among children from wealthy families were considered something like a sign of bohemia, however, the realization of the danger lurking in them sometimes came too late.

Philip Smoktunovsky

The son of a famous actor dreamed of becoming no less famous than his father. However, Innokenty Smoktunovsky categorically refused to ask for his son, and Philip was very offended by this. Perhaps this was the beginning of the separation of father and son. When his son decided to marry, Innokenty Smoktunovsky spoke out against, believing that first it was necessary to get an education. This further exacerbated the gap between loved ones.

Philip first became interested in alcohol, then began to take drugs. Innokenty Mikhailovich blamed himself for everything and tried not to leave his son alone, fearing for his life. When the granddaughter was born, all the worries of providing for the family fell on the shoulders of the actor. And he worked for wear and tear, not giving up any roles for the sake of royalties. He often took his son with him to the shooting, and then suffered incredibly, seeing how Philip was literally carried into the bus where his colleagues were sitting in a state of severe drug intoxication. In 1994, Smoktunovsky's heart could not stand the stress, the actor was gone.

Valery Shcherbitsky

The son of the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine Vladimir Shcherbitsky was a prominent representative of the golden youth. His father, the first person in Ukraine, devoted himself completely to work, but the relationship with his son did not work out. When Vladimir Shcherbitsky noticed that something was wrong with his son, it was already too late.

The father first threw a grandiose scandal on his son, and then tried to switch the interests of his son. He gave him expensive cars in the hope that the young man would stop drinking and taking drugs. But Valery with his addiction was not going to fight. Many dubious personalities revolved around him, and the father, carefully hiding the problems with his son, periodically pulled Valery out of the dens. After the police raids, Valery's friends ended up in prisons and psychiatric clinics, but he himself invariably returned home. Police officials who tried to bring Shcherbitsky's son to justice simply lost their posts. In 1990, Vladimir Shcherbitsky died. The son survived him by only one year.

Dmitry Egorov

The son of Natalia Kustinskaya and diplomat Oleg Volkov, the adopted child of cosmonaut Boris Yegorov, became addicted to drugs in the last years of his life, in the late 1990s - early 2000s. According to the mother's testimony, the reason was his partner, who herself suffered from drug addiction. However, Dmitry Egorov's problems began even earlier, when he drank a lot and often.

The ending of the life of the only son of the famous actress was sad: he died in 2002 under unexplained circumstances. Natalya Kustinskaya until the end of her life was sure that the same Olga killed him.

Vladimir Tikhonov

The son of famous actors in childhood dreamed of becoming a lawyer, but on the advice of his mother, Nonna Mordyukova, who saw an acting talent in the child, he nevertheless entered the Shchukin School. He was quite successful in the theater, acted in films. But his life ended at the age of 40. Nonna Mordyukova admitted that drugs were the real cause of her son's death, although the official certificate says heart failure. Natalya Varley, the first wife of Vladimir, echoed her.

However, Vladimir Tikhonov's addiction to drugs was not a secret. Famous parents tried to help him, used all their connections and means. However, no one could help him. Vyacheslav Tikhonov blamed himself all his life for not paying due attention to his son and unable to help him get rid of addiction.

Egor Radov

The son of the famous poet Rimma Kazakova and publicist Georgy Radov inherited his literary talent from his parents. Yegor Radov's innovative works were popular, and he himself was a cult figure in the youth environment of the 1990s. He could have reached incredible heights in the profession, but he became addicted to drugs early. Rimma Kazakova entered into a struggle with the hardest addiction of her son.

She gave fabulous sums for his treatment, and it seemed that her victory was near. But after a one-year-old remission, another breakdown of Yegor followed. She passed away, unable to withstand the race for the health of her son, whom she loved more than anything else. Yegor Radov lived after the death of his mother for only 9 months. The whiskey he drank on the anniversary of the death of his wife Taisiya was his last.

Nikolay Danelia

The son of the famous director Georgy Danelia and the equally famous mother, actress Lyubov Sokolova, showed great promise. He was predicted the glory of Andrei Tarkovsky, but drugs took his life. A sensitive and vulnerable, creatively gifted young man, it was hard for his parents to part. And in just a year, he ceased to be like himself.

Lyubov Sokolova did not fully understand what was happening to her son. She sincerely believed that he was seriously ill with something. This was the disease. On that day in 1985, his body was found in his own apartment. Nicholas's relatives never commented on his departure, limiting themselves to the short one: "He died tragically."

Children born into families of celebrities seem to pull out a lucky ticket as soon as they are born. But parental fame and love, unfortunately, are not a guarantee of a happy life. sometimes leading to a tragic ending.