Which Russian actors served in the Airborne Forces? Army service of Russian stars (21 photos). The beginning of a musical career
Therefore, during the filming of the film, it was not difficult for him to realistically perform the song “The Blue Splashed” together with the paratroopers. The actor admits that he owes his good physical shape to his service in the Airborne Forces - in a special intelligence platoon. And although Ian came to the St. Petersburg Theater Academy for the first time wearing a blue beret, he himself is not particularly fond of Airborne Forces Day. “The holiday unfolds according to the same scenario: a touching beginning, the laying of flowers, and in the end a showdown and a scuffle. I’m a little old for all this,” admits the actor.
Still from the film “Bitter!”
Fedor Dobronravov
The broken, cheerful fellow Ivan Budko from the TV series “Matchmakers” is a stern man in life, who received real army training in the Airborne Forces. In 1978, Dobronravov came to Moscow to enter the circus school in the clownery department. But then young men who had not served in the army were simply not accepted into the school. And the future artist was offered to return after demobilization, in two years. By assignment, Fedor ended up in Azerbaijan, in the airborne troops, where he served from 1979 to 1981. He later admitted that military service made him disciplined, efficient and romantic. “There is a lot of romance in the army. It is in service, and in weapons, in guys like you, in the sky, in the Motherland that you defend. We call our colleagues, meet, congratulate each other on this day,” Dobronravov said. “During my service, I learned to follow orders, which is very good for an artist.”
Still from the TV series “Matchmakers”
Vladimir Tishko
TV presenter Vladimir Tishko. Photo: Global Look Press
The TV presenter honestly served for two years of his life in the 83rd Separate Guards air assault brigade. Vladimir admits that it was the army that strengthened him and made him a man. Despite his fear of heights, he jumped with a parachute along with the others. “Wonderful feelings remained, although the service was not easy,” recalls Vladimir. “Once the parachute lines injured my neck. But these are trifles, because service in the Airborne Forces has become the best school life."
Maxim Drozd
As a boy, he dreamed of continuing the family tradition and becoming an actor. But Maxim failed to follow in the footsteps of his father, Georgy Drozd, who was a People’s Artist of Ukraine, immediately after school. Failing exams in theater university, Maxim went to the army. He got into the Airborne Forces thanks to his youthful hobby - while still at school, he began to seriously engage in boxing and even became a master of sports. The athletic and strong guy was quickly assigned to the paratroopers.
After the service, Drozd fulfilled his dream and entered the theater. According to him, his army experience has come in handy more than once in his acting profession: “And not only in work, but also from an everyday point of view, the army gave me a lot. I served in a reconnaissance company because I was a sporty guy with good reactions. You understand that in reconnaissance you need to think and act quickly and accurately. I believe that every man should undergo military service. Such experience is simply necessary: not enough sleep, not enough food in the name of a serious man’s business. I have great respect for service people who take an oath and then follow their duty, no matter what the cost.”
Still from the film"Late Repentance"
Alexander Pyatkov
In the film about paratroopers “In the Zone” special attention“The actor played one of his best roles - the fearless captain Zuev. This year the film turns 40 years old.
“I will never forget that time, and I always say that my birthday airborne troops- this is both my birthday as a citizen and as an actor. And Vasily Margelov, commander of the USSR Airborne Forces, is mine Godfather, says the artist. “He sent me straight from the service to shoot the film “In the Zone of Special Attention.” I consider it a great blessing that I got this role then, and I will be forever grateful for it. Winged Infantry there are no equals in the world. I congratulate everyone with the words with which we, paratroopers, usually begin to greet each other: “Glory to the Airborne Forces!”
After his first parachute jump, Pyatkov wrote a song that he now calls the unofficial march of the airborne troops. When the composition became truly popular, the commander of the Airborne Forces, General Shpak, gave the actor a watch from his own hand.
Actor Alexander Pyatkov. Photo: Global Look Press
Ivan Demidov
The famous TV presenter also gave two years to the airborne assault. And this despite the fact that Ivan’s father had the position of Deputy Minister of Communications of the USSR; in 1981, he sent his son to the army. Demidov did his military service in airborne units in Lithuania, where he received the rank of junior sergeant.
TV presenter Ivan Demidov. Photo: Global Look Press
Evgeniy Sidikhin
As a child, the future actor dreamed of becoming a sailor, and as he grew up, he ended up in Afghanistan. A talented first-year student of the acting department of Leningradsky state institute theater, music and cinematography were unexpectedly drafted into the army due to shortages. He even asked for Evgeniy National artist Russia Igor Vladimirov (husband of Alisa Freindlich): I went to the military commissar, and he promised that the guy would study.
“Then, apparently, some kind of check came upon them, and naturally, as a “thieve,” they first of all took me away for two years,” recalls Sidikhin. - We were sent first to the Turkestan Military District, and then distributed to Afghanistan. I served there for a year, it was in 1983-1984. I fell ill with typhus and was admitted to the hospital. However, Afghanistan seemed to me a very worthy place.”
In Afghanistan, Sidikhin had to take part in hostilities. Having been demobilized in 1985, Evgeniy reinstated himself at the institute, enrolling in Lev Dodin’s course, where he studied until his successful graduation in 1989.
Still from the movie "Viking"
Fedor Dobronravov.
Vladimir Chistyakov
Fedor Dobronravov
Eighteen-year-old Fedor was drafted into the army in 1979, he ended up in the 104th Guards artillery regiment airborne division and served in it until 1981. Part of Dobronravov was located in Azerbaijan, not far from the Iranian border. Like everyone else, the future actor wrote an application to go to Afghanistan, but he was not accepted. Nevertheless, the artist remembers his service with gratitude. He claims that over time, all the bad things were forgotten, but the romance remained.
Jan Tsapnik
After school, which Tsapnik graduated from in Chelyabinsk, the young man went to Yekaterinburg (then Sverdlovsk) to enter theater school. The professional athlete (Ian played handball) was treated leniently, and the young man entered on the first try.
Gennady Avramenko
However, two years later, in 1987, he was drafted into the army. The parents wanted the future actor to take advantage of his position and join either a cavalry regiment or a song and dance ensemble. But Tsapnik wanted to serve in Afghanistan, about which he immediately wrote a statement. But he was sent first to Poland and then to Germany. As a result, the future actor ended up in a reconnaissance airborne company, in a special intelligence platoon. Ian recalls that the service was not easy, but he returned home with the rank of senior sergeant.
Yan Tsapnik in the film "Bitter!"
Gennady Avramenko
Maxim Drozd
While still in school, Maxim began boxing, and by the end of school he became a master of sports. It is not surprising that at the recruiting station, a fit and physically strong guy was assigned to serve in. After the army, Drozd fulfilled his dream and entered the theater, but his army experience more than once came in handy for the actor in his profession.
Maxim Drozd. Still from the film "Stanitsa".
Vladimir Tishko
Every year on the second of August, the showman celebrates Airborne Forces Day and claims that he has gained tremendous experience, which helps him to this day. At the age of 18, Volodya was drafted into the army. And he ended up in the 83rd Air Assault Brigade, which was located in the Polish city of Bialogard. After being demobilized in 1990, he joined the theater.
Vladimir Chistyakov
By the way…
Mikhail Volontir is called the “chief warrant officer of the Airborne Forces.” It is noteworthy that the Moldovan actor did not serve in the army, but received the respect of the professional military community for his film work. Thanks to the films “Zone of Special Attention” (1977) and “Return Move” (1981), in which Mikhail Ermolaevich played a guard ensign, viewers believed that the artist was a real paratrooper.
In their youth, many of our famous people served in the army. You will be surprised to know who famous people passed military service and who doesn't.
Leonid Agutin
He served in the border troops on the Karelian-Finnish border. For his ability to sing he was transferred to a song and dance ensemble, and for being “AWOL” he was transferred back to the border.
Oleg Gazmanov
He received the profession of a mine engineer (!) at the Kaliningrad Higher Naval Engineering School, then served near Riga in mine and torpedo depots. Reserve officer.
Sergey Garmash
For the fight with his “grandfather,” the actor was sent to the disbat, to the construction troops, to the Arkhangelsk region. Behind shock service returned to the previous part, to Moscow.
Vladimir Vinokur
Private Vinokur served in the song and dance ensemble of the Moscow Military District, from which Igor Nikolaev, David Tukhmanov, Ilya Oleinikov and others came.
Sergey Zverev
Zverev served not just in the army, but in the troops air defense on the territory of Poland. The artist commanded an entire platoon and rose to the rank of senior sergeant.
Vladimir Zhirinovsky
For two years he worked as a special propaganda officer at the headquarters of the Transcaucasian Military District, already honing his oratory skills.
Valery Kipelov
The future star of the rock scene Valery Kipelov chose military service honeymoon. The 19-year-old conscript got married in May 1978, and already in June he went to repay his debt to the Motherland.
Grigory Leps
After serving in the army in Khabarovsk, he worked on the dance floor, in Sochi park"Riviera", sang in Sochi restaurants, played in rock bands. In the late 80s he was the lead singer of the Index-398 group.
Lev Leshchenko
In 1961, near Tambov, a young soldier completed a course, then he was sent to serve in Germany, in the 62nd Tank Regiment. A year later they transferred to the song and dance ensemble.
Yury Nikulin
In 1939, Yuri Nikulin, after graduating from the tenth grade, was drafted into the army, into the anti-aircraft troops. Later, recalling his army years, he said: “At first, some treated me with irony. I suffered the most during drill training. When I marched separately, everyone laughed. On my awkward figure the overcoat hung awkwardly, the boots dangled funny on my thin legs...”
Sergei Mironov
At the age of 18, he voluntarily joined the army while attending a technical school. He completed “real men’s service” in 1971-1973. in the airborne troops
Joseph Kobzon
He joined the army after graduating from the Dnepropetrovsk Mining College, in the second year he was called to join the song and dance ensemble, but the year honestly “rewinded his footcloths.”
Timur Batrutdinov
“I served in the army, which, by the way, I’m quite proud of. I remember the service itself well, but the farewell is very vague. I was terribly worried, everything was in some kind of haze.”
But these celebrities did not serve in the army, although some position themselves as military people.
Nikolay Rastorguev
Nikolay Valuev
Timati
Timati, known to the military registration and enlistment office as Timur Yunusov, considers spending time in the army useless: “You can’t find fault with me, I have a military ID. But I already know how to use a weapon.”
Dima Bilan
Dima Bilan tells a touching story about how he prefers to serve his Motherland on stage rather than in the armed forces.
Prokhor Chaliapin
“I am absolutely fit for service,” admits Prokhor Chaliapin. “But my father is a disabled person of the second group, and I am the only breadwinner in the family.”
Maksim Galkin
Galkin does not consider himself a draft dodger. He assures that he is ready to repay his debt to the Motherland at any moment.
Philip Kirkorov
When Kirkorov needed to serve, he first studied and then began to work. In one of the interviews, the singer said that he would gladly join a military orchestra.
Oleg Yakovlev
The medical commission rejected the future artist due to heart problems. “I didn’t have any particular desire to serve,” admits Yakovlev. “That’s why I took the doctors’ verdict calmly.
Nikolay Baskov
“I would join the infantry if the need arose,” says the singer. “And now I’m past conscription age.”
"Winged Infantry", they are also called "blue berets" Airborne troops, celebrates its main holiday.
August 2, 1930 is considered the birthday of the Airborne Forces. At that time, parachute landing was carried out for the first time in the Soviet Union. There are legends about how “Uncle Vasya’s troops”, as they are also jokingly called, celebrate their holiday. On Airborne Forces Day, the site finds out which of the stars actually served in the Airborne Forces, which means they have every right to swim in fountains and do other crazy things.
Jan Tsapnik
Like his hero in the film “Bitter!”, the actor served in the Airborne Forces. Yan Tsapnik, a former professional handball athlete, joined the army after his second year at the Sverdlovsk Theater Institute and ended up in a special intelligence platoon. After being demobilized in 1989, he transferred to the Leningrad Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography.
As the actor later recalled, the first time he came to LGITMiK in a blue beret, he went to exams in a paratrooper uniform. True, Tsapnik is not celebrating Airborne Forces Day now. “I’m too old for this,” admitted the actor, who will turn 50 in August, in one of his recent interviews.
Fedor Dobronravov
Private bussiness
The star served in Azerbaijan. In 1978, after school, Dobronravov wanted to enter the clownery department of the Moscow Circus School - but then young men were accepted there only after the army. The future actor was a strong guy, since childhood he played a lot of sports - boxing, basketball, swimming (he had a second adult category in diving and jumped with a parachute three times).
“Serving in the Airborne Forces attracted me with its romance since childhood, so long before conscription, I firmly decided to give two years to the “winged guard,” he later said. Fyodor Dobronravov has the warmest memories of the army: as the actor admits, there was so much romance in his life then that everything negative was forgotten over the years. He still calls his former colleagues; on August 2, they congratulate each other on their “professional holiday” - Airborne Forces Day.
Ivan Demidov
For the TV presenter, director and producer, August 2 is also a personal holiday. In the early 80s, the future presenter of MuzOboz passed conscript service V airborne troops in Lithuania, served in the 285th UPDP. In the early 90s, he once appeared on August 2 in “Muzoboz” in a vest and take the airborne forces, for many spectators this was new: in those years, the paratroopers had not yet organized such a large-scale celebration as they do today.
“It’s very difficult to forget this,” Ivan Demidov recalled about his time serving in the Airborne Forces. A year ago, he admitted that he “doesn’t particularly celebrate Airborne Forces Day,” but he doesn’t see anything reprehensible in the fact that his “brothers in arms” are bathing in fountains.
Maxim Drozd
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While still in school, the actor began to seriously engage in boxing; by the end of school, Drozd was already a master of sports. Having failed to enter a theater university the first time, Maxim joined the army. At the recruiting station he was assigned to the Airborne Forces, he served in a reconnaissance company. Subsequently, Maxim Drozd admitted that his army experience was very useful to him in life. “Every man must do military service,” says the actor.
Vladimir Tishko
Valery Leontyev
Perhaps the most stellar representative of the Airborne Forces is Valery Leontyev. There is little information on this matter on the Internet, but users of “landing” forums are proud to call the artist one of their own and even know the number of the unit where he served.
Fedor Dobronravov
“Matchmaker of All Rus'” Fedor Dobronravov also knows firsthand about skydiving. The artist admitted that his service made him disciplined, efficient and... romantic.
“There’s a lot of romance in the army. It’s in the service, in the weapons, in guys like you, in the sky, in the Motherland that you defend. We call our colleagues, meet, congratulate each other on this day,” - quotes the actor "Evening Moscow". By the way, in the fourth part of “Matchmakers”, where Dobronravov played main role, the phrase “Who served in the army does not laugh in the circus” was uttered for the first time.
Vladimir Tishko
Vladimir Tishko honestly “rewinded his footcloths” for two years in the 83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade. The service was not easy: he was afraid of heights, but he jumped, like everyone else. The presenter remembered that the slings injured his neck, but noted that all these were trifles, because service in the airborne forces had tempered him.
Alexander Pyatkov
The star of the film "Collective Farm Entertainment" Alexander Pyatkov, after his first parachute jump, wrote a song that he now calls the unofficial march of the airborne troops. When the composition went to the people, the commander of the Airborne Forces, General Shpak, handed Alexander a watch from his own hand.
In the film about paratroopers "In the Zone of Special Attention" the actor played the fearless captain Zuev. This role is considered one of best works Pyatkova.
Ivan Demidov
TV presenter Ivan Demidov also gave two years to the landing. In 1981-1983 he served in one of military units Lithuania.
Jan Tsapnik
The actor who played the entrepreneur Arthur in “The Brigade” owes his excellent physical shape to the Airborne Forces. Yan Tsapnik served in a special intelligence platoon, but as a matter of principle he does not celebrate Blue Beret Day.
“The holiday unfolds according to the same scenario: a touching beginning, laying flowers, and in the finale a showdown and a fight. I’m a little old for all this... By the way, I first came to the St. Petersburg Theater Academy wearing a blue beret,” he admitted in one of interview.
Maxim Drozd
Maxim Drozd on the set of the film "Parents' Day"
Maxim Drozd, who recently starred in new version film “The Dawns Here Are Quiet”, was accepted into the Airborne Forces thanks to his youthful hobby. While still in school, he started boxing and eventually became a master of sports. The fit and strong guy was assigned to the paratroopers. After his service, Drozd fulfilled his dream and entered the theater, and his army experience more than once came in handy in his acting profession...