Beauty according to the price list: Who in the Soviet Union did plastic surgery

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

Plastic surgery was not discussed in Soviet times. It was not accepted to resort to the services of plastic surgeons, and the operations performed were usually kept secret. At the same time, plastic surgery developed at a fairly rapid pace, but its achievements were mainly used by the stars of the Soviet cinema and the party elite. The Soviet beauty industry also worked in political interests, reshaping the faces of those who needed to remain unrecognized.

Lyubov Orlova

At one time they even said that the beauty institute in the Soviet Union was created specifically to make the film star look no worse than Western stars. Of course, this is a myth, because the Institute of Beauty in the USSR was created in the 1930s, and Lyubov Orlova resorted to the services of plastic surgeons already in the 1960s.

She did a facelift and remove drooping eyelids while fighting the signs of age on her beautiful face. Operations were invariably performed by Alexander Shmelev. Later, in 1974, he starred in an episode of the last film, in which Lyubov Orlova played. "Starling and Lyra" was never released at that time due to illness and then death of the main character, but was shown later, in 1996.

Alexander Shmelev was found murdered at his own dacha in February 1986. The conclusion states that his death occurred as a result of a domestic injury, but after his death there were rumors that the surgeon had been removed by the special services. He was the only one who knew in the face of the illegal intelligence officers, whom he reshaped faces on the instructions of the state.

Joseph Stalin

No, the leader of the peoples himself did not resort to the services of plastic surgeons, although they developed, at the direction of the party leadership, a special technology that could smooth out the numerous scars from pock marks on Stalin's face. But there are literally legends about his doubles. Historians claim that Stalin had only 4 doubles, some sources speak of 14. Each of them, to one degree or another, looked like a leader. But the final resemblance to the original was allegedly achieved with the help of plastic surgery.

In 1936, an operation was made to an accountant from Vinnitsa, Yevsey Lubitsky. He turned out to be strikingly similar to the first leader of the country. Stalin personally taught this double. Only 40 years later, the secret of the double was revealed thanks to the different shape of the earlobes.

Ekaterina Furtseva

After Stalin's death, plastic surgery became closer to the people, but attempts to correct something in his own appearance were still condemned. But Soviet women, no less foreign, wanted to be beautiful. They were ready to stand in line for years to get the longed-for circular lift.

Despite the fact that modesty was considered the main adornment of a woman, the desire to preserve the outgoing youth and beauty often outweighed the fear of condemnation. The Minister of Culture of the USSR Yekaterina Furtseva also did plastic work for herself. It was rumored that she decided to rejuvenate by falling in love. Others argued that the minister decided on the operation, feeling the chair under her had already begun to swing.

Luis Corvalan

About the Kharche case, Operation Domingo became known in 1991. The leader of the Chilean communists was arrested at the direction of Pinochet in 1973, and released in 1976 with the direct participation of the leadership of the USSR. He received political asylum in the Soviet Union, but a few years later he turned to the Central Committee of the CPSU with a request to give him the opportunity to return to his native country.

Luis Corvalan underwent several plastic surgery to change his appearance, and in 1983 he was able to return to Chile with fake documents. For six years the politician lived in an illegal position and even flew to Moscow for treatment. In 1989 he left the country, returning later officially.

Anatoly Ktorov

The actor, who played his first roles in silent films, suffered from a lack of work in the 1950s. It seemed to him that the reason for the refusal of the directors to shoot him lies in his appearance. And Anatoly Ktorov decided to undergo plastic surgery at the age of 60. Doctors dissuaded him, believing that general anesthesia could harm his health. However, Anatoly Petrovich was unshakable in his decision.

The recovery period lasted a long time, the pain was at times unbearable. However, the rejuvenated face did not bring Anatoly Ktorov new star roles.

Nonna Mordyukova

The talented actress turned to the Beauty Institute in a very difficult period for herself. She lost her son and was beside herself with grief. She did not want to live, and she was not offered big roles. And Nonna Viktorovna decided on plastic surgery. She did not even take into account the persuasions of her friends to abandon the dubious undertaking.

The operation went well, the actress was very pleased with her rejuvenated face and then called the Institute several more times, thanks for the second life she had been given.

Gone are the days when natural beauty was valued above all else, now being a famous person and having some kind of flaws in appearance seems simply unthinkable for most, but lately, of course, it is not shameful to use plastic surgery and the services of cosmetologists, the only question is when it is worth stopping in your thirst to change your appearance.