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Lev LESCHENKO is rightly considered the most faithful husband of the national stage. For 30 years he has been married to his wife Irina. Few people know that his first wife was the singer Albina ABDALOVA. Fortune did not smile at the talented performer of romances. She is single and lives on a meager pension. The correspondent of "Express newspaper" found her. Albina Alexandrovna told what prevented the outstanding singer from becoming truly happy.

Maria SVETLOV:

I tried to arrange a meeting with Albina Abdalova for three years. In an iron voice, she politely refused. But this time, something broke in her. She willingly supported the telephone conversation and unexpectedly agreed to meet.

... Trying to walk smoothly, she left the entrance. She held a photograph in her hands. “This is me when I was young. She was like that when we broke up with Leva, ”she handed me a picture, as if justifying herself for her current unpresentable appearance. On June 19, she turned 67 years old. Smiling guiltily, she doused me with a slight fumes.

I'm sorry, I drank a little, - she apologized, bashfully covering her mouth with her hand. - I have almost no teeth now.

Calling on the phone, I asked for a visit, but Albina Aleksandrovna did not succumb to any persuasion.

My house is a mess,” she admitted. Therefore, we had to talk in the yard, on a bench.

Leva and I lived in the next entrance, in a three-room apartment. Our first apartment is a kopeck piece in Chertanovo. From the radio committee, where Leva worked, they built a cooperative. Of course, we didn’t have our own money - my sister helped. Later we moved here, to Sokolniki, our friend contributed. In addition, Leva was already a laureate of the Golden Orpheus. He left me, as befits a real man - with one suitcase. And why do I need one three rooms? I exchanged for a two-room apartment. I wanted to show you photos where we are together - young, beautiful. But they got stuck somewhere, I can't find them. I removed them away so as not to poison the soul.

Her eyes reddened, she took off her glasses and sobbed like an offended child.

When Leva left, I thought he would take our pictures as a keepsake. But no, I didn't take a single photo.

I had to shoot a cigarette for the interlocutor. As she lit a cigarette, she calmed down a bit and started reminiscing.

Love to Heaven

We studied together at GITIS at the operetta department. He is two courses younger, although I am a year older than Lyova, he just entered after the army. The girls were delighted: what a handsome man appeared! He also had curls. For some reason, he was embarrassed and straightened them. But what he lisped - he did not complex and did not work with speech therapists. Thought he was good enough.

Once Leva looked into the dance class. I look - he looks at me point-blank. I'm not timid. After class, she came up and asked: “What’s the matter?” He replied that I was very similar to his niece. I was not taken aback: "Let's take her to her and show her, I'll see if you're lying." We arrived in Khimki, to his house. And for sure: I’m the spitting image of my niece!

Levin's stepmother took our visit very seriously, she decided that since Lyova had brought home a girl, it meant a bride.

Once I come to class, and he is standing in front of the audience with a bouquet of daisies, - continues Abdalova. - It's my birthday. Of all the flowers, I love daisies. He took my arm and led me to the front garden near GITIS. He sat down on a bench and took out a bottle of wine. Then the guys still ran to the store ... I still can’t stand sweet wine. By the way, at a party I always had to drink for two. Leva sips a little, and he has such diction that he can’t make out anything, one hiss.

Since then, Leva and Alla have been walking each other home after class. First, he took her to Karbyshev Boulevard, then she took him to the Voykovskaya metro station. Then again he is hers.

Somehow they were so escorted that it was too late for Alla to return. He invited the girl to spend the night with him.

He said: "Don't think anything bad: I have a father, mother and sister at home." The family, of course, were in a deep sleep. Then he asked me: “Al, is it true, we are then for the first time?” And I was fooling around, no, I don’t remember something.

Was it your first adult love?

No, before Leva I had men, and Leva had women. We lived with him for seven years before registration. We met secretly - sometimes with my sister, then with his parents. Lyova once told me: “We didn’t sleep with you, except in heaven!” That is, everywhere!

It's really a miracle if you are a man at any moment... even the wrong one! There are people around, but I feel: he wants. And he should get it. And I want it too. That is, we are tuned to the same wave ... - Albina Aleksandrovna took a deep puff on her cigarette, sighed: - After Leva, I didn’t allow myself anything like that. After all, you can lose your head only with your beloved man.

Failed father

Once Lev Valerianovich complained that he did not have a chance to raise children. You have not given birth. The second time he married a woman younger than himself. And this marriage is also fruitless ...

If you are hinting that something is wrong with Lev Valerianovich, then you are mistaken! He is fine with this. And I was not barren, I had to have several abortions from him.

Yes, he sometimes said that it would be necessary to give birth to children. But in reality, everything turned out differently. Having become pregnant, I thought for a long time what to do. I was haunted by doubts whether we would be together in the future. I asked him: “Do you love me? If yes, then I will give birth. He didn't answer me. So I went to the midwife. Another time, she flew in again, again I ask him what to do. And he is not up to it. He came from Japan, he has impressions ... He muttered something, like, do as you like. Foolishly, perhaps, I asked the doctor which one of me had been scraped out. She says, "Boy." I didn’t tell my husband that we would have had a son. Then she already went for abortions, without consulting. Once the doctor told me after the operation: “Alla, you could have two great boys. Twins". Like I was scalded. I barely made it home. I come and see: Leva collapsed in an armchair, chattering on the phone with Slava Dobrynin. And Slava, I'll tell you, is still that woman walker. I hear they agree to hang out with the girls. And Leva at the same time smiles as if nothing had happened, and also asks me: “What are you, old woman?” I answered him: "Do what you want." But in general, Leva was not a goon, I never found him with anyone. Before Irina, his current wife, he never cheated on me with anyone. He is a decent person.

Attractive man

Many women liked Leva, but not only women, - Abdalova laughed good-naturedly, remembering a funny story.

1972 was a real breakthrough for Lev Leshchenko. He won the Golden Orpheus in Bulgaria, then received an invitation to participate in a competition in Sopot, Poland.

Alla and Leva lived in poverty. Lev Valerianovich did not have suitable clothes. Someone advised to turn to fashion designer Vyacheslav Zaitsev. The couturier invited the singer to come to the atelier for a fitting.

Have you noticed that Lev Valerianovich's butt is so ... well, not quite, as it should be for a peasant. In general, the dream of pederasts, - Abdalova giggles mildly. - The first time he was caught by homosexuals in the toilet at the operetta theater. I look, my man flies out of the latrine all white: “I almost killed just now!” I ask: "Faggot, or what?" And I joke: “Nothing surprising, you have a butt oh-oh-oh, I don’t have one.” So the fashion designer also appreciated it. Lyova persuaded me to go along, he always insisted that I be present at his business conversations, because he is shy. But at that time I did not agree. And then I look: the husband jumps out from Zaitsev, trembling already with indignation. Immediately he declares to me: “I will not go to him again!”

Leshchenko had to go to Sopot in his wife's trouser ensemble. Red wool double-breasted suit with elasticated pants. According to Abdalova, he still hangs in her closet like a memory.

Edita Piekha could not resist and quipped, what was Levochka doing? And I answered: “In your negligee, Edita Stanislavovna!” Abdalova laughs.

Even after two victories at prestigious festivals in the Soviet years, Leshchenko was not at all torn apart by the concert organizers. Abdalova, according to her, tried to help her husband, using her connections. And even the crown song "Victory Day", he, as Abdalova says, sang with her help.

Mark Fradkin and his wife treated me very sincerely. I often visited them at home, and tried to take Lyova with me. Once Mark called David Tukhmanov and recommended Lev to him as a performer. David brought "Victory Day". Leva did not like the song at first. I felt that this is what I need. He winced, but I managed to convince him.

Gave it up without a fight

Albina Alexandrovna fell silent and picked up a bouquet of flowers that I gave her.

These are the ones Leva gave me. I have always believed him. And he deceived me. I immediately felt that he had a woman on the side and said: “I need you all. Once you have another - go away. And then she filed for divorce. He himself would never have decided to break up. That was stupid!

He said that a friend was going to introduce him to Irina, his current wife, but fate got ahead of him: they accidentally ran into each other in the elevator. I know this friend. This is Fima Zuperman. In those years, he was a famous card sharper. Fima led a nocturnal lifestyle. He came to our house in the evening and stayed until the morning. I could not stand it, I drove everyone, because in the morning Leve either went to the recording, then to the concert, and he did not get enough sleep. Fima got angry and somehow threatened: “You don’t like my company, so I’ll divorce you from Leva.” And divorced. He deliberately arranged everything, brought Leva and Irina together. And that Leva could not give birth to children ... But in spite of everything, I still love Leva and wish him only happiness.

Abdalova has not seen Lev Leshchenko for more than 30 years, since they broke up. Even on TV. She doesn't have it. She receives a small pension. Therefore, he moonlights - sings in temples.

I led Albina Alexandrovna to the entrance. At parting, she said:

Call me tomorrow please. And then after all, no one calls me except my sister.

REFERENCE

* Albina ABDALOVA was born on June 19, 1941, a performer of romances. She sang in the orchestra of Leonid Utyosov. Together with Lev Leshchenko, she recorded the songs "Old Maple", "Song of Young Neighbors", a song for the film "Yurkin Dawns". She worked at the Mosconcert, now retired.

* Lev LESCHENKO was born on February 1, 1942. Since 1970 he has been a soloist of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, after victories at the Golden Orpheus and in Sopot, he has been a laureate of the Lenin Komsomol Prize, since 1983 he has been a People's Artist of the RSFSR, a performer of many dozens of hits that have become classics of the national stage.

* Irina LESCHENKO (BAGUDINA) was born on May 15, 1954. Lev Valerianovich met her in 1976 in Sochi, where he toured, and Irina rested. She is the daughter of diplomats and graduated from the University of Budapest. They got married in 1978. There are no children in the marriage.

A taut figure, a military bearing, soft features, a kind smile - this is Lev Valeryanovich. If you don’t know for sure, then it’s impossible to guess how old Leshchenko Lev is. But the singer is so famous that almost everyone knows his age.

Year of birth of Lev Leshchenko - 1942, the height of the Great Patriotic War. Childhood fell on the hungry post-war period, but the singer remembers him only with warmth. Today, like half a century ago, Lev Leshchenko is still famous. The biography, personal life of this talented person deserve attention and, of course, are of interest to admirers of his work.

Family and childhood

The year of birth of Lev Leshchenko, as mentioned earlier, is 1942. His parents were happy when on February 1 they had a boy. Father was especially happy. Being already a regular military man, he was looking forward to his son. This event happened in Moscow, so the singer is a native Muscovite, and all his childhood was spent in Sokolniki.

The Leshchenko family is rooted in the village of Nizy, Sumy district, Kharkov province. From there, the singer's grandfather, Andrei Vasilievich Leshchenko, came from, who in 1900 moved to the Kursk province (the village of Lyubimovka). There he worked at a sugar factory as an accountant. It was from him that Leo inherited absolute pitch and a unique voice. Andrei Vasilyevich played the violin in the factory quartet, and in addition, he sang in the church choir. The grandson often visited his grandfather and received his first lessons in music and vocals from him.

The singer's father, Leshchenko Valeryan Andreevich, was born in 1904 and lived a long life, making an excellent military career. After graduating from a gymnasium in Kursk, he got a job at a neighboring state farm, then, in the direction received in 1931, he moved to Moscow. He worked as an accountant, like his father. After being drafted into the Red Army, military labor no longer left. At first he participated in the Finnish campaign of 1939-40, then the Great Patriotic War broke out. He went from soldier to officer, retired with the rank of colonel. He was awarded many medals and orders. Despite the trials that fell to his lot, he turned out to be a long-liver, Valeryan Andreevich died at the age of 99. As a child, Leva spent a lot of time with his father, went to the shooting ranges, ate in the soldiers' canteen, he was, as everyone called him, "the son of the regiment." The father could not keep track of the nimble child, so foreman Andrey Fisenko was assigned to him. How old was Leshchenko Lev when he first put on a military uniform? This is a very interesting fact: at the age of only 4 years old, he decided to try on a uniform, in addition, he stood on soldier's skis, which were three times longer than himself!

The singer's mother, Klavdia Petrovna Leshchenko, was born in 1915, but did not live long. In 1943, a year after the birth of her son, she died. She was only 28 years old. The house of Lev Leshchenko was left without female warmth for five whole years. In 1948, his father married Marina Mikhailovna, who gave birth to Leo's sister, Valentina Valerianovna. The relationship between the boy and his stepmother was excellent, until now the artist remembers her with love. The foster mother raised her stepson as her own, without depriving her of attention and affection.

school time

From childhood, Leva dreamed of a career as an artist, listening to Utyosov's songs. The beginning of a creative career was laid in the Palace of Pioneers. Having not yet decided what he likes best, the boy attended two circles: choral and drama. In the first he sang, and in the second he recited poetry with rapture. After some time, not a single district or city amateur performance review could do without a vociferous Leo. Soon the boy gave preference to vocals, the teachers completely agreed with his choice. The voice was wonderful, but the classes in the drama club were not in vain: Leo was not lacking in artistry.

Young Lev Leshchenko

The biography of this period covers the formation of the personality of the artist and the mastery of the profession. School years flew by, and the young Leo went to enter the theater institute. The first attempt was unsuccessful. The young man decided not to move away from the stage and got a job as a simple worker at the Bolshoi Theater. Then he still had to leave there and work for some time as a fitter at the factory.

Having received a summons to the army, Leshchenko sought to get into a sailor, but his father "tried", and his son instead of a ship ended up in a tank. Lev was sent to serve in a group of Soviet troops in Germany. There, the young soldier was noticed thanks to his voice and remained the soloist of the song and dance ensemble, until the end of his service life.

In the army, Leshchenko did not forget about his intention to study at the theater. Returning to the "citizen", the persistent guy for the fourth time appeared before the introductory commission, which was more supportive and accepted him to the department of musical comedy. So Leshchenko became a student of GITIS. In his second year, he played the role of the Sinner in the production of Orpheus in Hell at the Operetta Theater. And it was the first step to worldwide fame.

Pop singer Lev Leshchenko

The biography of this time of the artist's life is gaining fame, combined with incredible diligence. After a successful debut in 1966, the singer became a full member of the Moscow Operetta Theater. But the young artist did not want such fame: he dreamed of a tour, an enthusiastic audience, he was drawn to a big stage. Four years later, in 1970, he was received by the USSR State Radio and Television. Many veteran singers could only dream of such an invitation. From that moment, a pop career began: recording songs, live broadcasts on the radio ... His talent was recognized by the team of the Big Symphony Orchestra, with which the singer performed.

The popularity grew steadily, Leshchenko became the first number on the Soviet stage. The song "For that guy" was the first sign. And the artist truly became famous by performing the immortal song "Victory Day" by David Tukhmanov. It was first performed in 1975 and became the calling card of Lev Leshchenko.

Awards and titles

The work of such a talented singer as Lev Leshchenko has been repeatedly noted by the state. The biography of this artist is worthy of study! The performer has earned a large number of titles and awards, some of which I would like to mention here:

1. Honored Artist of the RSFSR - 1977.
2. People's Artist of the RSFSR - 1983.
3. Order of the Badge of Honor - 1989.
4. Order of Friendship of Peoples - 1980.
5. Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II, III and IV degrees;
6. "Golden Gramophone" - 2009.

When the USSR ceased to exist, the singer did not sit without work for a minute. In 1990, he created the "Music Agency" and began organizing tours, presentations, concerts...

The artist continues to give concerts and go on tour. Lev Leshchenko discovered the talent of a teacher: among his students there are such celebrities as Marina Khlebnikova, Katya Lel, Varvara ... His wonderful duet with his best friend Vladimir Vinokur is known to everyone and is a success both in our country and abroad. Lev Valeryanovich wrote the book "Apology of Memory", in which he told about his life.

Lev Leshchenko: biography, personal life

In his personal life, the singer is happy, he was married twice. The first wife of Lev Leshchenko, Alla Alexandrovna Abdalova, was an actress and singer, he lived with her for 10 years, from 1966 to 1976.

With his second wife, Irina Pavlovna Bagudina, the singer started a family in 1978 and found real family happiness. They have no children, which Lev Valeryanovich regrets.

Interesting facts from the life of the famous singer

Lev Leshchenko has a very eventful life, there have been many different cases over the long years of his creative activity.

Interesting Facts:

1. In 1980, at the closing of the Olympics, Lev Leshchenko and Tatyana Antsiferova sang a song that brought all listeners to tears - “Goodbye, Moscow”. Under this song, the Olympic Bear flew into the sky.

2. Leonid Brezhnev was very fond of songs performed by Leshchenko, no one dared turn off the TV during the singer's performance.

3. In 1970, Leshchenko miraculously survived. He was to tour south with his musicians and parodist V. Chistyakov. But he was not released from Moscow, as an important performance in the capital was coming. The plane took off without him, there was a plane crash, people died. Such vicissitudes of fate.

4. In the 80s, the singer gave concerts in Afghanistan. On the way to Jalalabad, the escort fell behind and the car stalled. At this time they were attacked by dushmans. Only the engine that started up again saved the passengers of the gas truck, including Lev Leshchenko, from certain death: the attackers did not have time to reach the frightened travelers.

Lev LESCHENKO is rightly considered the most faithful husband of the national stage. For 30 years he has been married to his wife Irina. Few people know that his first wife was the singer Albina ABDALOVA. Fortune did not smile at the talented performer of romances. She is single and lives on a meager pension. The correspondent of "Express newspaper" found her. Albina Alexandrovna told what prevented the outstanding singer from becoming truly happy.

Maria SVETLOV

I tried to arrange a meeting with Albina Abdalova for three years. In an iron voice, she politely refused. But this time, something broke in her. She willingly supported the telephone conversation and unexpectedly agreed to meet.

... Trying to walk smoothly, she left the entrance. She held a photograph in her hands. “This is me when I was young. She was like that when we broke up with Leva, ”she handed me a picture, as if justifying herself for her current unpresentable appearance. On June 19, she turned 67 years old. Smiling guiltily, she doused me with a slight fumes.

I'm sorry, I drank a little, - she apologized, bashfully covering her mouth with her hand. -

I have almost no teeth now.

Calling on the phone, I asked for a visit, but Albina Aleksandrovna did not succumb to any persuasion.

My house is a mess,” she admitted. Therefore, we had to talk in the yard, on a bench.

Leva and I lived in the next entrance, in a three-room apartment. Our first apartment is a kopeck piece in Chertanovo. From the radio committee, where Leva worked, they built a cooperative. Of course, we didn’t have our own money - my sister helped. Later we moved here, to Sokolniki, our friend contributed. In addition, Leva was already a laureate of the Golden Orpheus. He left me, as befits a real man - with one suitcase. And why do I need one three rooms? I exchanged for a two-room apartment. I wanted to show you photos where we are together - young, beautiful. But they got stuck somewhere, I can't find them. I removed them away so as not to poison the soul.

Her eyes reddened, she took off her glasses and sobbed like an offended child.

When Leva left, I thought he would take our pictures as a keepsake. But no, I didn't take a single photo.

I had to shoot a cigarette for the interlocutor. As she lit a cigarette, she calmed down a bit and started reminiscing.

Love to Heaven

We studied together at GITIS at the operetta department. He is two courses younger, although I am a year older than Lyova, he just entered after the army. The girls were delighted: what a handsome man appeared! He also had curls. For some reason, he was embarrassed and straightened them. But what he lisped - he did not complex and did not work with speech therapists. Thought he was good enough.

Once Leva looked into the dance class. I look - he looks at me point-blank. I'm not timid. After class, she came up and asked: “What’s the matter?” He replied that I was very similar to his niece. I was not taken aback: "Let's take her to her and show her, I'll see if you're lying." We arrived in Khimki, to his house. And for sure: I’m the spitting image of my niece!

Levin's stepmother took our visit very seriously, she decided that since Lyova had brought home a girl, it meant a bride.

Once I come to class, and he is standing in front of the audience with a bouquet of daisies, - continues Abdalova. - It's my birthday. Of all the flowers, I love daisies. He took my arm and led me to the front garden near GITIS. He sat down on a bench and took out a bottle of wine. Then the guys still ran to the store ... I still can’t stand sweet wine. By the way, at a party I always had to drink for two. Leva sips a little, and he has such diction that he can’t make out anything, one hiss.

Since then, Leva and Alla have been walking each other home after class. First, he took her to Karbyshev Boulevard, then she took him to the Voykovskaya metro station. Then again he is hers.

Somehow they were so escorted that it was too late for Alla to return. He invited the girl to spend the night with him.

He said: "Don't think anything bad: I have a father, mother and sister at home." The family, of course, were in a deep sleep. Then he asked me: “Al, is it true, we are then for the first time?” And I was fooling around, no, I don’t remember something.

- Was it your first adult love?

No, before Leva I had men, and Leva had women. We lived with him for seven years before registration. We met secretly - sometimes with my sister, then with his parents. Lyova once told me: “We didn’t sleep with you, except in heaven!” That is, everywhere!

It's really a miracle if you are a man at any moment... even the wrong one! There are people around, but I feel: he wants. And he should get it. And I want it too. That is, we are tuned to the same wave ... - Albina Aleksandrovna took a deep puff on her cigarette, sighed: - After Leva, I didn’t allow myself anything like that. After all, you can lose your head only with your beloved man.

Failed father

Once Lev Valerianovich complained that he did not have a chance to raise children. You have not given birth. The second time he married a woman younger than himself. And this marriage is also fruitless ...

If you are hinting that something is wrong with Lev Valerianovich, then you are mistaken! He is fine with this. And I was not barren, I had to have several abortions from him.

-What for?

Yes, he sometimes said that it would be necessary to give birth to children. But in reality, everything turned out differently. Having become pregnant, I thought for a long time what to do. I was haunted by doubts whether we would be together in the future. I asked him: “Do you love me? If yes, then I will give birth. He didn't answer me. So I went to the midwife. Another time, she flew in again, again I ask him what to do. And he is not up to it. He came from Japan, he has impressions ... He muttered something, like, do as you like. Foolishly, perhaps, I asked the doctor which one of me had been scraped out. She says, "Boy." I didn’t tell my husband that we would have had a son. Then she already went for abortions, without consulting. Once the doctor told me after the operation: “Alla, you could have two great boys. Twins". Like I was scalded. I barely made it home. I come and see: Leva collapsed in an armchair, chattering on the phone with Slava Dobrynin. And Slava, I'll tell you, is still that woman walker. I hear they agree to hang out with the girls. And Leva at the same time smiles as if nothing had happened, and also asks me: “What are you, old woman?” I answered him: "Do what you want." But in general, Leva was not a goon, I never found him with anyone. Before Irina, his current wife, he never cheated on me with anyone. He is a decent person.

Attractive man

Many women liked Leva, but not only women, - Abdalova laughed good-naturedly, remembering a funny story.

1972 was a real breakthrough for Lev Leshchenko. He won the Golden Orpheus in Bulgaria, then received an invitation to participate in a competition in Sopot, Poland.

Alla and Leva lived in poverty. Lev Valerianovich did not have suitable clothes. Someone advised to turn to fashion designer Vyacheslav Zaitsev. The couturier invited the singer to come to the atelier for a fitting.

Have you noticed that Lev Valerianovich's butt is so ... well, not quite, as it should be for a peasant. In general, the dream of pederasts, - Abdalova giggles mildly. - The first time he was caught by homosexuals in the toilet at the operetta theater. I look, my man flies out of the latrine all white: “I almost killed just now!” I ask: "Faggot, or what?" And I joke: “Nothing surprising, you have a butt oh-oh-oh, I don’t have one.” So the fashion designer also appreciated it. Lyova persuaded me to go along, he always insisted that I be present at his business conversations, because he is shy. But at that time I did not agree. And then I look: the husband jumps out from Zaitsev, trembling already with indignation. Immediately he declares to me: “I will not go to him again!”

Leshchenko had to go to Sopot in his wife's trouser ensemble. Red wool double-breasted suit with elasticated pants. According to Abdalova, he still hangs in her closet like a memory.

Edita Piekha could not resist and quipped, what was Levochka doing? And I answered: “In your negligee, Edita Stanislavovna!” Abdalova laughs.

Even after two victories at prestigious festivals in the Soviet years, Leshchenko was not at all torn apart by the concert organizers. Abdalova, according to her, tried to help her husband, using her connections. And even the crown song "Victory Day", he, as Abdalova says, sang with her help.

Mark Fradkin and his wife treated me very sincerely. I often visited them at home, and tried to take Lyova with me. Once Mark called David Tukhmanov and recommended Lev to him as a performer. David brought "Victory Day". Leva did not like the song at first. I felt that this is what I need. He winced, but I managed to convince him.

Gave it up without a fight

Albina Alexandrovna fell silent and picked up a bouquet of flowers that I gave her.

These are the ones Leva gave me. I have always believed him. And he deceived me. I immediately felt that he had a woman on the side and said: “I need you all. Once you have another - go away. And then she filed for divorce. He himself would never have decided to break up. That was stupid!

He said that a friend was going to introduce him to Irina, his current wife, but fate got ahead of him: they accidentally ran into each other in the elevator. I know this friend. This is Fima Zuperman. In those years, he was a famous card sharper. Fima led a nocturnal lifestyle. He came to our house in the evening and stayed until the morning. I could not stand it, I drove everyone, because in the morning Leve either went to the recording, then to the concert, and he did not get enough sleep. Fima got angry and somehow threatened: “You don’t like my company, so I’ll divorce you from Leva.” And divorced. He deliberately arranged everything, brought Leva and Irina together. And that Leva could not give birth to children ... But in spite of everything, I still love Leva and wish him only happiness.

Abdalova has not seen Lev Leshchenko for more than 30 years, since they broke up. Even on TV. She doesn't have it. She receives a small pension. Therefore, he moonlights - sings in temples.

I led Albina Alexandrovna to the entrance. At parting, she said:

Call me tomorrow please. And then after all, no one calls me except my sister.

REFERENCE

* Albina ABDALOVA born June 19, 1941, performer of romances. She sang in the orchestra of Leonid Utyosov. Together with Lev Leshchenko, she recorded the songs "Old Maple", "Song of Young Neighbors", a song for the film "Yurkin Dawns". She worked at the Mosconcert, now retired.

* Lev LESHCHENKO was born February 1, 1942. Since 1970 he has been a soloist of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, after victories at the Golden Orpheus and in Sopot, he has been a laureate of the Lenin Komsomol Prize, since 1983 he has been a People's Artist of the RSFSR, a performer of many dozens of hits that have become classics of the national stage.

* Irina LESCHENKO (BAGUDINA) was born on May 15, 1954. Lev Valerianovich met her in 1976 in Sochi, where he toured, and Irina rested. She is the daughter of diplomats and graduated from the University of Budapest. They got married in 1978. There are no children in the marriage.

Lev Valeryanovich Leshchenko. Born February 1, 1942 in Moscow. Soviet and Russian pop singer. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1983).

He told about the circumstances of his birth: “I was born in February 1942 in Sokolniki. At that time, the Germans stood in the Moscow region and a fierce battle was going on for Moscow. Maternity hospitals did not work, and therefore my mother gave birth to me right in the apartment - they lived in two-story house, still a merchant's building. Two grandmothers-neighbors took birth... Family tradition says that by the time of my birth he managed to bring a loaf of bread and a quarter of alcohol. which was done extremely rarely, although the cold at home was terrible - plus three or four degrees.

His roots are in the village of Nizy, Sumy district, Kharkov province, where his grandfather Andrey Vasilievich Leshchenko was born, who moved from here to the village of Lyubimovka, Kursk province, in 1900, where he got a job as an accountant at a sugar factory. As Leshchenko said, his grandfather was a musically gifted person, he sang in the church choir, played the violin in the string quartet at the factory.

Father - Valeryan Andreyevich Leshchenko (1904-2004), graduated from a gymnasium in Kursk, worked at a state farm, in 1931 he came to Moscow on a referral, where he began working as an accountant at a vitamin plant in Krasnaya Presnya. Drafted into the Red Army, fought in the Soviet-Finnish war, on his return from which he was sent to serve in the NKVD. During the Great Patriotic War, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Special Purpose Regiment of the Convoy Troops, he was awarded many orders and medals. At the end of the war and until his retirement, he continued to serve in the MGB, the Main Directorate of the KGB Border Troops. Died at the age of 99.

Mother - Leshchenko Claudia Petrovna (1915-1943) died at the age of 28. “The trouble came in September 1943. Something happened to my mother’s throat - either cancer, or tuberculosis. But how to treat if there are no medicines? They didn’t save it, they buried it,” said Lev Valeryanovich.

Grandmother, my mother's mother, moved to them from Ryazan. However, his father did not have a relationship with her. However, she managed to baptize her grandson: “when my grandmother and I went to her in Ryazan, she secretly baptized me there from my father. Dad, when he found out about this, was in shock, and they completely quarreled.”

Soon, the father moved the family to Bogorodskoye, where his unit was based, they settled in an officer's barracks. The father was busy in the service, and in those years his adjutant, foreman Andrey Fisenko, was engaged in the upbringing of the future singer.

Little Leo grew up as a "son of a regiment": he dined in a soldier's canteen, worked at a shooting range, went to the cinema in formation. At the age of 4 he wore a military uniform, in winter he walked on soldier's skis, which were three times longer than the boy. Leo visited his grandfather Andrei Leshchenko, who before the October Revolution was an accountant and was very fond of music: grandfather Andrei played the old violin and taught his grandson to sing.

In 1948, he had a stepmother, Marina Mikhailovna Leshchenko (1924-1981), who had a sister, Lev Leshchenko, Valentina Valerianovna Kuznetsova (nee Leshchenko) (born 1949). "Marina Mikhailovna Sizova turned out to be a kind-hearted, caring, patient stepmother. She came to Moscow from the village of Ternovka, which is along the Volgograd road, entered a medical institute here, and when she got along with her dad, she dropped out of school, because she had to raise three children," the artist said.

His childhood was spent in Sokolniki, then the family moved to the Voikovsky district, where Lev went to school number 201.

He attended the choir in the house of pioneers, went swimming, attended a circle of artistic expression and a brass band. At the insistence of the choirmaster, he quits mugs and is only engaged in singing, performs at school, performs popular songs.

Lev Leshchenko recalled: “I sang in the second grade. My voice suddenly appeared, and the music teacher, Lyudmila Andronikovna, began to take me to various musical groups - she showed me. I stopped at the children's choir of the Falconer's House of Pioneers, where I then went for three years. Everyone gasped: “Oh, what a voice the boy has!” In the tenth grade, I began to sing in earnest. I bought all sorts of records - I especially liked the Italian tenors - I listened and sang. Although I had a strong baritone, which later, already at the institute, turned into a bass-baritone. "

After school, he tried to enter theater universities, but he did not succeed, therefore, from 1959 to 1960, he worked as a stage worker at the Bolshoi Theater.

Then, from 1960 to 1961, he worked as a fitter at a plant for precision measuring instruments. Then he was drafted into the army, he wanted to be a sailor, he said so in the military registration and enlistment office, but his father ruined his plans, thanks to him Leo was sent to serve in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, in tank troops.

On January 27, 1962, the command of the unit sent Lev Leshchenko to the song and dance ensemble, where he became the soloist of the ensemble. In the ensemble, he sang in a quartet, led concerts and recited poetry, sang solo. In the army, he begins to prepare for exams at the theater institute.

After the army, Leshchenko again came to enter GITIS in September 1964, the exams had already ended, but he was given a chance, since they managed to remember the promising performer. In the second year, Leshchenko was admitted to the Operetta Theater at the invitation of the chief director Georgy Anisimov, the singer's teacher at GITIS. The first role - "sinner" in the play "Orpheus in Hell", consisted of 2 words: "Let me warm up."

He studied, according to him, with Pokrovsky, Ansimov, Goncharov, Zavadsky, Efros.

From the same year, work began at the Mosconcert and the trainee group of the Operetta Theater. During the summer holidays, Leshchenko tours with concert brigades throughout the USSR.

Since 1966, Lev Leshchenko has become an artist of the Moscow Operetta Theater. And on February 13, 1970, the singer became the soloist-vocalist of the USSR State Radio and Television.

In March 1970, he became a laureate of the IV All-Union Competition of Variety Artists (II prize). In 1972 - the winner of the competitions "Golden Orpheus" (Bulgaria) and in Sopot (Poland).

Lev Leshchenko - Don't cry, girl

In 1977, the singer was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR, and in 1978 he was awarded the Lenin Komsomol Prize. The footage of the end of the Olympics has already become a textbook: to the sounds of Alexandra Pakhmutova’s song “Goodbye, Moscow”, the Olympic Bear flies into the sky.

In the video, thousands of Luzhniki and large - crying faces of guests and athletes. The song was performed

Lev Leshchenko and Tatyana Antsiferova - Goodbye, Moscow

In 1980, he was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples, in 1983, for outstanding services, Lev Leshchenko was awarded the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR, and in 1985 he was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor.

In 1990, he created and headed the theater of variety performances "Music Agency", which in 1992 was given the status of the State. The main activity of the theater is the organization of tour and concert events, presentations, creative evenings. To date, the "Music Agency" unites several large groups, and also cooperates with almost all pop stars, both in Russia and in neighboring countries. Over the years, with the participation of the theater, the BFT company, together with director Oleg Ryaskov, has produced a musical television film "Military Romance", which became a laureate at the 1998 IFF ​​in Volgograd. The theater also took part in the production of the video film "Anniversary ... Anniversary ... Anniversary ..." and the anniversary program of David Tukhmanov "On the wave of my memory", the program "10 years of the Russian Emergencies Ministry". The premiere of the musical TV show "STAR and Mlad" took place.

Lev Valeryanovich teaches at the Gnessin Musical and Pedagogical Institute (now the Gnessin Russian Academy). Many of his students became famous stage artists: Marina Khlebnikova, Katya Lel, Olga Arefieva, Varvara and many others.

Over the years of creative activity, Lev Leshchenko has released over 10 records, CDs and magnetic albums. Among them: "Lev Leshchenko" (1977), "Gravity of the Earth" (1980), "Lev Leshchenko and the Spektr group" (1981), "In the circle of friends" (1983), "Something for the soul" (1987 ), “White color of bird cherry” (1993), “The best songs of Lev Leshchenko” (1994), “Not a minute of rest” (1995), “The aroma of love” (1996), “Memories” (1996), “World of Dreams” ( 1999), "A Simple Motif" (2001), as well as over 10 minions. Performed by Lev Leshchenko, dozens of songs were also recorded on the combined and author's records of composers.

Lev Leshchenko - Farewell

In 1999, the name star of Lev Leshchenko was laid on the Square of Stars of the Rossiya State Central Concert Hall.

In 2001, Lev Leshchenko's book "Apology of Memory" was published, in which the artist talks about his life and his contemporaries - outstanding people of art, sports and politics.

On February 1, 2002, Lev Leshchenko was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree.

The voice of Lev Leshchenko is a soft, voluminous low baritone, of a courageous velvety timbre. In his youth and middle age, Lev Leshchenko had a very high popularity both due to his voice and appearance. Leshchenko has always been distinguished by a toned figure, soft graceful features, and a kind smile. This image of him contrasts with the sharp, assertive, grotesque manner of stage behavior, with which Leshchenko often performs in a duet.

In 2011, he took part as a participant in the TV project of the First Channel "The Phantom of the Opera". In 2015, he performed as an honored guest at the KUBANA rock festival.

On March 11, 2014, he signed an appeal by cultural figures of the Russian Federation in support of the policy of Russian President V.V. Putin in Ukraine and Crimea. Among other Russian pop stars, Lev Leshchenko is included in the sanctions list of Ukraine. He is banned from entering Ukrainian territory.

According to Forbes magazine, Lev Leshchenko is the "corporate poet" of oil giant Lukoil. A corporate anthem was written on his poems with the following words: “We walked along the highway, climbed right through, / Digged into the ground, froze in the tundra, / Fate tested us for a break, / And then life did not seem like paradise to us.”

He is friends with Vagit Alekperov. According to Forbes, for the theater of variety performances "Music Agency", headed by Lev Leshchenko, partnership with Lukoil is the main source of income.

Russian Railways, Gazprom, and smaller companies also turn to Leshchenko's services. At these corporate parties, Leshchenko not only performs himself, but also brings artists working with other producers.

Lev Leshchenko in the program "Alone with everyone"

The growth of Lev Leshchenko: 180 centimeters.

Personal life of Lev Leshchenko:

Was married twice. No kids.

First wife - (born 1941), singer and theater actress. They were married from 1966 to 1976.

They got married when Leshchenko was in his third year. Alla Abdalova was a student of the fifth and was considered the most talented and promising at the university. "A classical singer, with a beautiful deep mezzo-soprano, a student of Maria Petrovna Maksakova. She was taken to the trainee group of the Bolshoi Theater. But it so happened that because of me she was attached to the stage. When at the beginning of the third year I was invited to play at the Operetta Theater, I told the artistic director of our course, director Ansimov: "Georgy Pavlovich, I will work for you, just take one more girl." Lev Valeryanovich.

Disagreement in relations began when Lev Leshchenko's career went up, he toured a lot, and besides, they began to work in different teams.

The singer recalled: “From the moment Alla and I dispersed into different organizations, life began to breed us - we each endlessly dangled on our tours. At the same time, I became more and more popular, and she, with all her unconditional talent, remained in the shadows "Which, of course, hurt her. Conflicts, reproaches, violent quarrels began. The situation heated up. The explosion occurred in 1974 after my one and a half month trip to Japan with some kind of ensemble. Reconciliation was already difficult for us, but here the differences reached their I arrived, and it began: “You only think about yourself, cheated on me there, twisted novels!” It was already simply unbearable, my nerves could not stand it, I felt that I would not last long. And Alla and I parted ways. True, the next year they nevertheless tried to glue the relationship again. But you won’t enter the same river twice. Honestly, creative people rarely get along together. At the heart of the problems is jealousy - both creative and human."

Alla Abdalova - the first wife of Lev Leshchenko

According to the memoirs of Alla Abdalova, "before Leva, I had men, and he did not get me a virgin. But never - neither before nor after - I never lost my head like that." The reason for the breakup of the family, according to Abdalova, was Leshchenko's affair with Irina Bagudina and the numerous abortions that she was forced to do in marriage because of her husband's unwillingness to have children. She especially grieved for the loss of two twin boys. After her divorce from Leshchenko, Alla Aleksandrovna did not marry again, she never gave birth to children, which she later bitterly regretted. Along with loneliness, bad habits gradually entered Abdalova's life.

Second wife - Irina Pavlovna Leshchenko (nee Bagudina, born in 1954). They met in 1976 on tour in Sochi. They were introduced by his friend, who met with Irina's friend. She was at that time studying in Hungary as a diplomat.

“And imagine, I fell in love with Ira almost immediately. It happens like this: I saw it, and inside it’s like a signal - mine! As if someone whispered from above: this woman was sent to you, intended, she is your destiny. First of all, Ira attracted me visually - she still looks good now, but then she was a rare beauty: a spectacular brunette, however, for my taste too thin, but most importantly - some kind of peace and unpretentious love of life emanated from her. And she was unusually feminine - impeccable style, charm, a little slyness, an insinuating voice, cheerful sparks in her eyes. And I was also struck by her indifferent attitude towards my person, "said the singer.

In 1978 they got married.

He is fond of sports. As a fan loves tennis, basketball, swimming. He was the honorary president of the Lyubertsy basketball club "Triumph" (before the team moved to St. Petersburg).

Discography of Lev Leshchenko:

1971 - Don't Cry Girl
1974 - Melt Water
1975 - "Lev Leshchenko"
1975 - "Songs of Yuri Saulsky"
1976 - "Songs of Soviet Composers"
1976 - "Lev Leshchenko"
1979 - "Lev Leshchenko"
1980 - "Gravity of the Earth"
1981 - "Parent's house"
1983 - "In the circle of friends"
1987 - "Something for the soul"
1989 - “Beloved. Songs of Vyacheslav Rovny»
1992 - "White bird cherry"
1994 - “Lev Leshchenko sings for you”
1996 - "Fragrance of Love"
1996 - "Memories" (2 CDs)
1999 - "World of Dreams"
2001 - "Simple Motif"
2002 - "The Best"
2004 - "Mood for Love"
2004 - "Song for Two" - songs by Vyacheslav Dobrynin
2004 - "Territory of Love"
2006 - "Be Happy"
2007 - “Names for all time. Nightingale Grove»
2009 - "Songs of Alexandra Pakhmutova and Nikolai Dobronravov"
2014 - Anniversary Edition. Unknown songs"
2015 - "I'll give you"

Video clips of Lev Leshchenko:

1985 - "Old tram"
1993 - "There"
1994 - "Nothing" - a duet with Lada Dance
1996 - "Why didn't you meet me?"
1997 - Muscovites - a duet with the Lyceum group
1997 - "Song of Forgiveness" - duet with Alena Sviridova
1997 - "Hope"
1998 - "Victory Day" - a duet with the Lyceum group
1999 - "World of Dreams" - duet with Angelica Agurbash
1999 - Moscow Tram
2009 - "Girl from the Past"
2011 - "Hymn of Berezovsky"

Filmography of Lev Leshchenko:

1967 - "The Way to Saturn" - episode
1967 - "Sofya Perovskaya" - episode
1974 - "Yurkin Dawns" - vocals with A. Abdalova, song "Promise"
1975 - "Looking for the Dawn"
1979 - “Grandmothers said in two ...” - performs the song “Where have you been?”
1995 - "Old songs about the main thing" - summer resident
1997 - "Old songs about the main thing 3" - announcer of the program "Time"
1998 - "Military field romance"
2005-2007 - "Destined to become a star"
2013 - Treasures of O.K. - cameo. Performs the song "Don't Cry, Girl!"

Bibliography of Lev Leshchenko:

2001 - "Apology of Memory"

Songs performed by Lev Leshchenko:

"Alyoshenka" (E. Martynov - A. Dementiev) (music - poetry)
“The aroma of love” (A. Ukupnik - E. Nebylova)
"Aty-baty" (V. Migul - M. Tanich)
“Oh, what a pity” (A. Nikolsky)
"The Ballad of a Mother" (E. Martynov - A. Dementiev)
"White Birch" (V. Shainsky - L. Ovsyannikov)
"White stork" (E. Hanok - A. Transverse)
"Careless birds are flying" (A. Zhigulin - I. Gabeli)
“We were young and happy” (M. Minkov - L. Rubalskaya)
"In the land where the hills" (L. Lyadova - V. Petrov)
"The Cherry Orchard" (V. Dobrynin - M. Ryabinin)
"You are leaving" (A. Nikolsky)
"White Blizzard" (O. Ivanov - I. Shaferan)
"In dazzling white" (O. Sorokin - A. Luchina)
“Where have you been” (V. Dobrynin - L. Derbenev)
“Where is my home?” (M. Fradkin - A. Bobrov)
“The main thing, guys, is not to grow old with your heart”, together with Iosif Kobzon (A. Pakhmutova - N. Dobronravov and S. Grebennikov)
"City Flowers" (M. Dunaevsky - L. Derbenev)
"Bitter Honey" (O. Ivanov - V. Pavlinov)
"Victory Day"
"Gentlemen officers" (A. Nikolsky)
"Let's talk" (G. Movsesyan - R. Rozhdestvensky)
"Victory Day" (D. Tukhmanov - V. Kharitonov)
"Long farewell" (E. Kolmanovsky - E. Yevtushenko)
"Dear Birds" (A. Palamarchuk - N. Tverskaya)
"Vicious circle" (M. Minkov - M. Ryabinin)
“Belated love” (A. Ukupnik - B. Shifrin)
"For that guy" (M. Fradkin - R. Rozhdestvensky)
"Lace" (N. Pogodaev - K. Krastoshevsky)
“Fly with Aeroflot aircraft” (O. Feltsman - A. Voznesensky)
"Beloved Women" (S. Tulikov - M. Plyatskovsky)
"MMK" (A. Pakhmutova - N. Dobronravov)
“Mine and close and distant” (I. Krutoy - R. Kazakova)
"We are a single whole" (K. Gubin - K. Gubin)
“Love lives on Earth” (V. Dobrynin - L. Derbenev)
“We cannot live without each other” (A. Pakhmutova - N. Dobronravov)
“Memory is dear to us” (Yu. Yakushev - I. Kokhanovsky)
“Write me a letter” (V. Dobrynin - M. Ryabinin)
"Beginning" (G. Movsesyan - R. Rozhdestvensky)
"Don't cry, girl" (V. Shainsky - V. Kharitonov)
“Not a moment of rest” (V. Dobrynin - L. Derbenev)
“She was right in everything ...” (I. Kataev - M. Ancharov)
"Late Woman" (A. Savchenko - R. Kazakova)
"Last meeting" (I. Krutoy - R. Kazakova)
"Last Love" (O. Sorokin - A. Zhigarev)
“Why didn’t you meet me” (N. Bogoslovsky - N. Dorizo)
“I invite all friends” (K. Gubin - K. Gubin)
"Gravity of the Earth" (D. Tukhmanov - R. Rozhdestvensky)
"Farewell" (V. Dobrynin - L. Derbenev)
"Parent's House" (V. Shainsky - M. Ryabinin)
"Native Land" (V. Dobrynin - V. Kharitonov)
"Wedding horses" (D. Tukhmanov - A. Cross)
“The heart is not a stone” (V. Dobrynin - M. Ryabinin)
Nightingale Grove (D. Tukhmanov - A. Cross)
"Old Moscow" (A. Nikolsky)
"Old swing" (V. Shainsky - Y. Yantar)
"Old Maple" (A. Pakhmutova - M. Matusovsky)
"Tatiana's Day" (Yu. Saulsky - N. Olev)
"Tonechka" (A. Savchenko - V. Baranov)
"Meadow grass" (I. Dorokhov - L. Leshchenko)
“I love you, capital” (P. Aedonitsky - Y. Vizbor)