"Bjoerndalen will have problems." Why did Evgeniy Ustyugov leave?

The two-time biathlete announced his retirement from biathlon. Olympic champion Evgeny Ustyugov. He is now only 28. When Magdalena Neuner left, the entire biathlon space was seething, putting forward one version of such an early departure more outlandish than the other. And she couldn’t say much less. In the case of Ustyugov, Sportbox.ru columnist Evgeny Slyusarenko was surprised only by the method of leaving, but not by the fact itself. Speaking directly, Evgeniy Ustyugov finished biathlon four years ago - after winning in Vancouver. The remaining years he endured rather than enjoyed.

It must be said right away that Ustyugov has made a great career. There are very few of our people who have won at the Olympics more than once. Alexander Tikhonov (four times at four Games from 1968 to 1980), Viktor Mamatov (twice - in 1968 and 1972), Ivan Byakov (twice - in 1972 and 1976), Nikolai Kruglov Sr. (twice in 1976), Anatoly Alyabyev (twice in 1980), Dmitry Vasiliev (twice - in 1984 and 1988) and Sergei Chepikov (twice - in 1988 and 1994). If we remove those who won only in relay races, Kruglov Sr., Alyabyev and Chepikov will remain. And if those who did this not within the framework of one Olympics, then only Chepikov.

In other words, we, contemporaries of Evgeniy Ustyugov, observed with our own eyes one of the coolest characters in the entire history of our biathlon. This is a mathematical fact. And in response to any o(b)judgment, this character may well use the famous meme “What have you achieved, boy?” And, in general, like no one else, he will have every right to do so.

Another thing is that Evgeniy Ustyugov could have achieved more. Much more. “When we got him, I thought that now Bjoerndalen and all the Norwegians will have serious problems for many years. His last lap“This is something unique,” ​​said Vladimir Alikin, senior coach of the Russian men’s team in 2006–2010. As a result, in addition to two Olympic victories, Ustyugov has two silver medals at the 2011 World Championship and three victories in individual races at the World Cup. This is all. He made his debut in the World Cup quite recently, in January 2009. Some five years later I held my last race there.

This story, meanwhile, is not only about Ustyugov. This is the story of an entire generation of Russian biathletes - coincidentally, it came at the time of the leadership of the RBU by oligarch Mikhail Prokhorov and his team. This is the story of those who grew up on Doshirak and reserved seat carriages, and then suddenly found themselves in the world of business class flights, team managers with handkerchiefs at the ready and generous prize money, when success in one race can be paid in several places at the same time. This is the story of those who - like all our athletes - were afraid of coaches like fire, and then got the opportunity to resolve all issues directly with senior management. One call - and the famous coach turned into a helpless servant.

There is such a famous “caisson disease” - when suddenly rising from depth to the surface, submariners must take precautions. There were no limits in biathlon, and most couldn’t stand the climb to the top. Well, they couldn’t stand it - they just became different.

From some point on, the guys changed a lot,” Alikin recalled. - We are sitting at the training camp, three months until the Olympics. I hear conversations: they are discussing what repairs to do in the house, who to hire and what car to buy. If something was not to their liking, they started calling their superiors. It always took their side. This is the end for the coach.

“I understand everything, but we need to stop the practice of solving problems at the top, and not within the team,” even the cautious Nikolai Lopukhov, the senior coach of the men’s team in 2012–2014, could not stand it at a recent coaching council. - I had no leverage over my athletes. The same Evgeny Ustyugov did no more than 70 percent of the work that was necessary. And I couldn't do anything about it.

The fact that Ustyugov, after Vancouver, did not fully devote himself to his profession, was said by everyone involved in the process - first on the sidelines, then without hiding. The athlete himself denied this, but the results spoke for themselves: not a single personal victory in this four-year period. Most likely, there was simply a lack of real purpose. Here’s the thing: when sport becomes just a means to change your life for the better, it’s a good motivation, but temporary. She quickly leaves.

In this sense, Evgeny Ustyugov acted as honestly as possible. He could have spent at least another season, without particularly bothering, collecting payments and grants for the Olympic success of Sochi, and then leaving. Many will do this - you'll see. He decided not to participate in this.

It’s just a pity that “Bjoerndalen and all Norwegians” had problems for so short a time.

Evgeniy SLYUSARENKO

Alexander Ustyugov was born in the Kazakh city of Ekibastuz. The boy’s parents had no direct connection to acting, but his love for theater was inherent in him at the genetic level. Once upon a time, his father also passionately dreamed of becoming an actor; his grandmother even took him off the train while trying to escape to Moscow. And my mother’s mother played at the Vakhtangov Theater during the war years, when the troupe was evacuated to Omsk. Already from school, Alexander dreamed of devoting himself to the acting profession.

However, the capital did not immediately submit to the talented guy. He entered the famous Shchukin School only on the fourth attempt. “The acting path is ninety-nine percent of hard daily work and only one percent of luck. Although this small percentage is very important. In my opinion, anyone can call themselves an artist unless proven otherwise. Even if they told you: “Thank you, you are free,” there is no need to despair,” Ustyugov admitted in one of his interviews.

Marriage to a "major"

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With my future wife, actress Yanina Sokolovskaya, Alexander met while still a student. The young people studied at Shchuka on the same course. Sasha later recalled that the charming girl he liked so much was not at all ready for life’s difficulties. For example, he often walked Yana home after midnight; the theater school student never had money for a taxi, and he returned to the hostel on foot. And it didn’t even occur to Yana to ask how her boyfriend would get to the dorm.

Soon the lovers began to live together in her parents’ apartment on Kutuzovsky Prospekt. But this happiness did not last long; Ustyugov decided to arrange a test for his young wife. He moved his beloved girl to his dorm. “Since Yana was born in Moscow into a wealthy family, where she was protected from everyday life in every possible way, she is, by definition, a major - she doesn’t know what a frying pan looks like or how to turn on the gas. Well, what could I offer other than promises of a bright future? Of course I was sure that actor career It will work out, and I will provide for my family. But this is in the future, and then we just had to understand - can Yana wait for this, can she stand it? So I said: “If you love me, we’ll live in a hostel.” I wanted to feel like the head of our small family, but in my mother-in-law’s apartment this was impossible, there I felt like a guest,” Alexander told reporters.

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However, Sokolovskaya was not embarrassed by this. She very quickly got used to the noisy hostel, learned to cook deliciously and keep the room clean. But soon classmates asked the newlyweds to vacate the room, which was needed by students in dire need. Yana and Alexander moved to another apartment, which the girl got from her relatives. And then they, together with Yana’s parents, began building their own country house, where there was more than enough space for everyone.

Millionaire's daughter

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Alexander and Yana lived in a prosperous marriage for about ten years, they had a daughter, Evgenia. But suddenly something broke. It turned out that the artist was interested in another woman. She became Anna Ozar, the daughter of a major businessman, general director of the Sukhoi aviation holding. Anna received two degrees, graduating from the journalism department of Moscow State University and the higher directing courses for film and television at VGIK.

Anna and Alexander had known each other for a long time, but a romantic feeling broke out between them on the set of the movie “Viking”. Love turned their heads, and soon they signed secretly from friends and relatives. Immediately after marriage, the couple went to Honeymoon in Paris. The newlyweds preferred not to advertise their feelings in public, although for the sake of his beloved, Ustyugov finally moved to St. Petersburg. But this marriage did not stand the test of time. Two years later, the couple separated, deleting all photos together from social networks.

"Toad Squirrel"

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It seems that Alexander Ustyugov’s heart is not free again. In St. Petersburg, he met the bright and charismatic Maria Prokhorova. The artist’s new girlfriend jokingly calls herself Toad Squirrel for her hair dyed in all the colors of the rainbow and her love of communicating with people. Recently, Maria became the director music group"Ekibastuz", in which Alexander plays.

The lovers have not yet officially registered their relationship. But everyone who knows them closely can see with what tenderness and passion these two look at each other. “Freaky girl! A bundle of positivity and stunning energy. Any man would be happy to be next to such a lighter. It will definitely never be boring!” - says Ustyugov about his new girlfriend.

Alexander Ustyugov

Alexander Ustyugov is not only a popular actor whose filming is scheduled months in advance, but also a person with an incredible range of hobbies: from antiques to antiques.

Alexander, you act a lot and play in the theater. How do you find time for hobbies? How serious is boxing?

I haven’t reached the hall for a very long time. I think as soon as I have time, I’ll go straight to the gym. I dream that one day a film will appear, during the filming of which it will be necessary to restore physical and athletic data. When I just have an obligation to study. It’s really a dream that I would be forced, forced to go to the gym against my will. (Laughs.)

-Are you also a motorcyclist? We used to love riding a bike from St. Petersburg to Moscow and back, but today?

Motorcycles, of course! Although I’ve been “out” for the third motorcycle season due to being busy. I used to travel fifteen thousand kilometers a summer, but now I can hardly do five. And all because I work. (Smiles.) Today I try to ride a motorcycle to work. This year I plan to visit the motorcycle festival in Riga and go to the “Invasion”. I will definitely get to Tver. I'll see if more routes will appear. Perhaps, I don’t rule out work-related. I don’t have much time, I regret it, and the season is short. I dream that there would be some kind of winter court where I could skate, practice some tricks and stunts. So far there is no such thing either.

- Where is your other hobby - artistic photography?

Now I only pick up a camera when I need it for business. For example, for filming my pieces of wood - then I remember some photography skills. I turn on a discrete “poltos” (lens with a fixed focal length - MKB) with an aperture of ½ - and go ahead. Woodworking is my passion and business; I have been making antiques for five years. Plus carving. Accordingly, photographs are needed, then I take them myself. And now I rarely take pictures for myself - the phone has already replaced artistic photography to such an extent that, in principle, when you want to take your equipment somewhere with you, you think that it’s a huge suitcase. Well, our air carriers now prohibit the transportation of photographic equipment.

- What’s wrong with your group “Ekibastuz”?

We are currently writing our second album. It turns out to be very joyful, positive, and brings a lot of happiness.

- Bar owner is a new and unknown type of business for you. Is everything working out?

At first it was scary to start in the restaurant business, but we have been working since November last year, and we really like everything. Everything is great. I think the bar will expand. It will cover motorcycles, the motor capital, and festivals. By summer, I want to believe, a new word will appear in the restaurant business.

- You were born in Kazakhstan, lived in the capital for a long time. And why in the end did they choose St. Petersburg over Moscow?

I didn’t prefer it - I lived in Moscow and filmed for twelve years in St. Petersburg. For six months I lived in St. Petersburg, and for six months I was anywhere. Therefore, Moscow was also divided between Belarus, Ukraine and the place where the filming took place. At some point, I simply stayed in St. Petersburg and did not leave. And I didn’t regret it. In addition, on my mother’s side, my relatives were all Leningraders, blockade survivors. Grandfather - Colonel, commanded air defense. Apparently, something is working, and Peter brings me great spiritual joy. Every time I come back here with pleasure. The city provides incredible creative potential. I think if I had stayed in Moscow, I would not have done even a quarter of what I have now. And Peter inspires very much.

- You once called Moscow a “production facility”...

-...Yes, absolutely right. And St. Petersburg is a place where you can live, love, just walk, it is a niche for peace. And the longer I don’t live in Moscow, the more I understand that this is true.

- One of your new works is a role in the series “Golden Horde”. How satisfied are you with the reviews?

I don't look at reviews. But everything I hear is quite favorable. I know that people I didn’t expect were watching unexpectedly. The target audience was somewhat different. It's not bad. This means that someone is interested in this. And, I admit, I haven’t seen the film yet.

- What's coming now?

There are two historical projects in the pipeline. These are “Decembrists” and “Boris Godunov”. Large-scale and interesting projects: horses, nature... A very beautiful set of old Moscow was built for “Boris Godunov”. I’ve been in cinema for twenty years and this is the first time I’ve seen such a beautiful work that just fascinates me: the Kremlin wall, the Spasskaya Tower, everything on the hill...

- So you are imbued with historical films?

Life goes in stripes. Now it's history! Then - war films, then - bandits... Everything is filmed in cycles.

- You were married twice, divorced twice. Do you think God loves a trinity?

I don’t think about this topic. Because God loves, God gives, God takes. In this regard, if the Lord gives me another chance to fall in love, let him. As my heart dictates, I will do so. In this case, I won’t even say that I will never love again! No, I am absolutely in the power of the Lord. But I think it would be crazy. (Laughs.) After all, love does a lot to people... It changes them! (Laughs.) Therefore, on the one hand, I pray and ask you to give me love, on the other hand, I am very afraid of this. I can’t even imagine what will happen to me. (Laughs.)

Did you break up amicably with your ex-wives, Yanina Sokolovskaya and Anna Ozar? What is your relationship with them today?

Parted amicably. And the relationship is absolutely normal. We meet, talk, eat common topics. And the common child is growing. In this regard, everything is good.

- Do you think you spend a lot of time with her?

No, of course, a little. This cannot be measured by the category “time and children.” It's never enough, no matter how much. I want more and more. I want to put her to bed and wake her up, take her to school. Unfortunately, this is not always possible.

- You are a kind father, do you spoil your child?

I try not to indulge. In this regard, I have a very large resource, I can shower her with gifts, diamonds, gold, but I realize that this is not necessary. Firstly, it is unethical, and secondly, it will be difficult for her later, in adult life. That's why we have teddy bears, love, kisses, flowers, everything is about it. Something like this.

- What is she interested in, what does she like?

Studying - the workload at school is serious, a large number of circles. She likes dancing now. Theatrical as well. It's very busy. Sometimes I want to thin out this busyness. Zhenya leaves early and returns late. All the time there are some reporting concerts, preparations for something, rehearsals... The schedule is not childish. But she likes it.

-Have you ever seen her diary?

Yes, I even do homework with her... (Laughs.)

Sex secrets of the main stars of the series “Cop Wars”

For 10 years now, the action-packed series “Cop Wars” has been broadcast on NTV with constant success. Viewers so loved following the adventures of the “homicide” department of the criminal investigation department of St. Petersburg under the leadership of now Lieutenant Colonel Roman Shilov that they watched the eighth season of the project with interest. The start of filming the ninth part is just around the corner, but in the meantime, at your numerous requests, friends, we will tell you what is happening in the lives of the leading actors.

Bykovsky-Romashov cluttered the entire storage room with helmets

45-year-old “Major Evgeniy Ivanov”, or simply “Jackson”, usually does not give interviews - he sees no point in wasting time on this. But for our readers, the colorful actor Dmitry BYKOVSKY-ROMASHOV made an exception.

At the age of 25 I entered theater school. In Voronezh, where my family moved,” the actor smiles. - I was born in Central Asia, then served in the army in Hungary. I brought half a suitcase of chewing gum and cigarettes from there. My father was very happy to receive a block of Marlboro from me. In the USSR at that time there was nothing anymore except seaweed and sweatshirts. “Thank you” to Gorbachev for the collapse big country and the strongest army in the world - I just hate him for that! In my opinion, everything that is happening in our lives now, including in Ukraine, is the fault of this man. I am half Ukrainian, half Russian. And there are millions like me. We have the same blood, culture, faith. We always understood each other...

- Having received your acting degree, you immediately moved from Voronezh to St. Petersburg, where do you now live?
- No, first there was Volgograd, then Lipetsk, and from there I moved to St. Petersburg. I can say with confidence: this is my favorite city, because it has a soul. That's why I dropped my anchor here. When we moved here, I auditioned for the BDT. Have taken. For 11 years I was an artist of this famous troupe, playing good roles. And he recently left. Under Kirill Lavrov, I really loved this scene, but now everything has changed... I am friends with Georgy Shtil, the luminary of the Bolshoi Drama Theater. When I first came to the theater, he became my godfather and taught me a lot. In gratitude, I brought Voronezh moonshine from my mother from the village to Uncle Zhora.
- In the capital of the Black Earth Region, you performed chanson in the popular group “Pyatiletka”...
- It was a long time ago... Now I perform on my own. Under the pseudonym Bykov, which I took back during the Five Year Plan. Why did you leave the team? I didn't like the material. I am a dramatic actor, and singing all the time only about the zone is not for me.

Bunch of happiness

I was invited to the role of Jackson without auditioning, - the interlocutor noted.- As soon as the first season came out, I went on tour by train. I’m walking out of the dining car, and the police come towards me. We saw a familiar face, but didn’t recognize it right away. And I decided to make fun of them and rushed to my heels, hearing shouts of “Stop!” in the back. and the hiss of walkie-talkies. Unfortunately, I even thought that they would start shooting now, and stopped. But when the guys realized that I was an actor, they smiled: “Why did you run away?” I had to explain that I just wanted to make fun of him. On the way back they greeted me with cognac.
- Are you married?
- I have a wonderful wife Natalya, a police lieutenant colonel. We met seven years ago. I immediately told her then: “You will be mine!” And she nodded and added: “I will give birth to your daughter!” To be honest, I wanted a son, although I still have a boy from my first marriage - Yaroslav, he is now 18 and a cadet at a military school. In a word, when Natasha and I’s daughter Aksinia was born a year and a half ago, my worldview was turned upside down. I have become much softer and more sentimental, literally trembling over this bundle of happiness. She and I have so much love! Sometimes a wife gets jealous with a smile. And so in our family there is complete mutual understanding. Our union was blessed by our confessor. It’s good that Natasha is not an actress, and I would never get involved with female colleagues. As soon as I arrived in Voronezh, I was also going to work in the law enforcement agencies - in the SOBR, but I didn’t have Russian citizenship at that time, so I went to study “to be a clown.” Agree, two clowns in a family are already a madhouse!

- It's hard to disagree. And the ideal female beauty which one do you have?
- I love a Russian woman! These words contain all the best: it was Russian women who defended Russia. Thanks to them, our people have always won.
- Well, what are you doing to meet the ideal of a Russian woman - a beauty and a winner?
- (Spreads his hands.) There is no time to go to the rocking chair. But my wife likes my belly... If I have time, I spend it with my princesses - my wife and daughter. Sometimes I even turn off my phone so that I can just get away from life for a couple of days and be with my family.
- Do you like to cook?
- Still would! Manti, basmach and other oriental dishes are my signature dishes.
- Do you have a hobby?
- Since childhood, I have been collecting helmets from the First and Second World Wars. I bought some, gave some as gifts. My wife says it’s trash, but all the exhibits are carefully stored in my closet. I don’t even know where to put them anymore. I was always interested in the history of my grandfathers and great-grandfathers, how they fought, my mother often told me about them.
- Where do you like to relax?
- Only in Russia! I love listening to the roosters and nightingales sing. I go to my mother’s village on vacation. How else? The seas and oceans will wait

Tsurilo raises Gerda

The 37-year-old actor playing Major Pavel Arnautov is not only the son of the wonderful actor Yuri TSURILO, but also younger brother Alexey TSURILO - a former employee of the authorities. It is with him that Vsevolod consults, decorating his role in the “Cop Wars” with important and vivid details.

On the set, the guys and I constantly make fun of each other,” says Tsurilo. - For example, Dima Bykovsky once fed me a vile tangerine on camera. In front of the director's team "Motor!" generously sprinkled the citrus fruit with salt and handed it to me during the scene. I had to eat and not show it, so as not to screw up the take. And one day the pyrotechnician messed something up, not on purpose, and suddenly there was a strong and unexpected shock around us - we all almost turned gray! Of course, it’s unpleasant: you understand, since a person didn’t finish his work, something might happen next time.
- They say you recently left the Lensovet Theater?
- This is true. It’s difficult to constantly ask for time off for filming, and besides, I felt that I had stopped developing, playing uninteresting roles. Although already under contract he is involved in several performances. The theater doesn’t bring in much money, so I don’t think I’ll be working permanently with any troupe in the near future.
- Many actors from St. Petersburg move to Moscow, where there is more work. Are you planning to follow their example?
- I like Peter better. You can go to work in the capital, but under no circumstances live there permanently. I feel uncomfortable in Moscow.

Apartment as a gift

- You from acting family, but they themselves didn’t immediately decide to follow in the footsteps of the famous dad?
- After school I went to the Faculty of Biology. But six months later I realized that this was not mine, and took the documents. The next year I entered the acting class, although my father taught me from childhood: there is no need to strive to become an artist. But when he realized that it was mine, he began to work with me. And everything worked out! I think dad is one of them the best masters in our country, and I try to reach his level, listen to advice. My father helped me financially and bought an apartment. He likes my work in Cop Wars. He says it's quite worthy.
- What role do you like as a father?
- In the theater - this is Signor Tomato. My entire childhood passed under the play “Cipollino”. In the cinema - of course, “Khrustalev, car!” and “It's hard to be God.” Very strong paintings, simply brilliant. It would seem that cinema cannot convey smells, but Herman’s films do: you sit in the hall, and there is a feeling of stench, you feel it in the physical level. For a simple viewer it is difficult and uninteresting, but from an artistic point of view it is an amazing film.

- We were able to create the same strong family like mom and dad?
- I always dreamed of a marriage like that of my parents - in at a young age married for life. But I didn't succeed on the first try. Now I am married for the second time. My first wife was actress Marianna Korobeynikova. We have a daughter, Yaroslav, named after Prince Yaroslav. She is 12 years old. The second wife, Elena Birger-Tsurilo, is also an actress. In addition, he works as a music director in a commercial kindergarten. We have a growing son, eight-year-old Volodya, from his wife’s first marriage, and a two-year-old daughter, Gerda. My wife really liked this Scandinavian name. By the way, Elena and I met 16 years ago when she was studying at a theater university, but then nothing worked out. And only years later fate brought us together again.

- Why did fate separate you from your first love?
- Not fate, but the parents of my then beloved. I was 14 years old, Yulia was 16. We met at summer camp. And then I found out that her mother is the director of my school. It became very scary, but what to do, I already fell in love! I kept pestering and calling, but then, apparently, Yulka’s parents thought that I was too small for their daughter, and they persuaded her not to meet with me again. That's all over.

Ustyugov left his wife

Just a year ago, the performer of the role of Lieutenant Colonel Shilov told Express Gazeta what a wonderful relationship he has with his wife, actress Yanina SOKOLOVSKAYA, with whom he has been together since his studies at the Shchukin School. And suddenly we found out that they broke up. Moreover, for the sake of his new lover, Alexander even moved from Moscow to St. Petersburg!

We got married to Yana a few years after we met - in 2005, - shared Ustyugov. “Back then I was already earning decent money, I was filming a lot, so I was not only able to pay for the celebration myself, but also gave my beloved a foreign car.

According to the actor, at first they lived with Yana’s parents, and then bought an apartment in the center of Moscow. To achieve this, Alexander had to work tirelessly. (In addition to acting, he has a construction business.)
His wife and little daughter Zhenechka starred in “Cop Wars” with Ustyugov.
- The presence of relatives on the site is very pleasant. In the movies we play a family,” Sasha told us a year ago.
But, alas, the seemingly successful marriage cracked. 37-year-old Alexander fell in love with a charming girl from St. Petersburg and bought an apartment there to start new life.
“He was filming in St. Petersburg for so long that it was very easy for him to move,” they say those surrounded by the star. - True, for now Sasha is connected with Moscow by RAMT - Youth Theater. WITH new woman they are inseparable. Head over heels in love. But we’re not ready to advertise the relationship yet, don’t even call him: Sasha has not yet finally resolved the issue with Yana.
We contacted Yanina Sokolovskaya.
- I don’t want to touch on my husband’s topic! - the actress snapped. - Ask about everything else. Daughter? I went to first grade. In the summer, she and I rested together at the “Ethno-World”, in the city of Borovsk. Both were delighted! More questions? Goodbye.
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My mother adored the series “Cop Wars” and Roma (Alexandra Ustyugova). I watched several seasons of the series, I liked the performance of this actor. Once upon a time I found out that his wife and daughter also play in this series. The wife, Yanina Sokolovskaya, is very beautiful, especially in the first seasons, where she is young and perky.

And suddenly I find out that a year ago Alexander Ustyugov divorced his second wife, and I didn’t know anything about the first divorce. He's no Johnny Depp, of course, but he's lucky Russian actor, quite an attractive man, but Gossip Man is silent. I will fill the gap.

It turns out that the future actor was born in Kazakhstan, in the town of Ekibastuz, Pavlodar region, on October 17, 1976. His path to the profession was winding. After 8 classes, Alexander entered a vocational school, where he received the profession of an electrician for the repair and installation of mining equipment. He graduated from college with honors. From his interview: “Yes, I am a 14th grade electrician for installation, dismantling, and repair of mining equipment. At one time he worked in a coal mine and dug under locomotives. I won’t say that today I use these skills every day, but I can definitely repair an electrical outlet in my apartment.”

Alexander receives further education in Omsk, where he studies at the Academy of Railways. The first year is full-time, but the financial situation forces me to switch to distance learning. And at this time there is a conscious determination of the profession. The fact is that Sasha gets a job as a lighting technician at the theater, soon enough he joins the theater’s acting troupe and even staged the play “These Free Butterflies.” The young man decides to become an actor and enters Omsk regional college culture and art, and during summer holidays I tried three times to enter the Shchukin School and three times did not enter. The fourth attempt was successful.

This is an excerpt from his interview:

“It's been a long journey. I watched films and sometimes I didn’t like the performance of some actors, it seemed to me that I could have played ten thousand times better. Why is this guy being filmed and not me?! But these are such childish ambitions. Then there were performances as part of the KVN team, the national theater, the Omsk Youth Theater... It seemed to me that everything would be easy in the future, but I was not accepted into the Shchukin Theater Institute the first time. And then such a passion for sports appeared - it became a matter of honor... I studied acting for a long time. If we collect all the years, then my studies with different teachers and in different cities lasted about ten years. So the acting profession came into my life quite late.”

He began acting in theater and cinema while still studying, and after graduation, Alexander was invited to RAMT. In 2004, Ustyugov was cast in the role of investigator Shilov in the series “Cop Wars”; then he did not know that the series would have 11 successful seasons, and that the whole country would love Roma Shilov.

I will not list Ustyugov’s works in cinema and theater; most gossips have an idea about this actor. I'm interested in my personal life.

Alexander and Yanina met at the Shchukin School, and they started love story. Yanina is a Muscovite, the daughter of wealthy parents. Alexander lived in a hostel and was very limited in money. He immediately refused to live at Yanina’s house, the girl moved to his dorm, but nothing changed, Alexander did not feel confident, he believed that he did not live up to the girl’s expectations. By the end of college, the couple broke up.

But they played in the same theater and occasionally met at common performances. A year and a half later, Ustyugov called Yanina and explained that he could not live without her, that he wanted a family and children, and proposed. On August 6, 2005, the wedding took place.

I found an old interview of them together, where they talk about that period. After the wedding, they lived in an apartment that Yanina got from relatives. Sasha was complex, and Yanina “cultivated the feeling of being the owner of the house, assuring her beloved that there was nothing wrong with the fact that the apartment was not bought by Sasha.”

"My husband - a real man and took responsibility for the family from the very beginning. When we started living together, I constantly let Sasha know that we had everything in common. I didn’t care that he had no money at all for courtship like luxurious bouquets and expensive gifts. I loved him, and the only thing I wanted was to be close. But now everything has changed, he feeds our family.”

In 2007, the couple had a daughter, Zhenya.

In 2015, the marriage broke up. Rumors immediately spread about the actor’s new romance with 28-year-old actress Anna Ozar. But I didn’t find any high-profile roles. The girl is famous for the fact that her dad is CEO Sukhoi holding and vice president of the United Aircraft Corporation for military aviation. That same year the couple got married and even had a wedding. On the Internet you can find enthusiastic statements from their friends, they say they love, are happy, are just glowing and blah blah blah. At the end of 2016, they deleted all their photos together from social networks and announced a divorce. The reason, of course, is unknown.

Alexander Ustyugov is not only an actor, he is also a musician, he has a group “Ekibastuz”.

If you believe the Internet, the actor is now having an affair with Masha Prokhorova, who worked in the iconic Barslona bar, now she is the director of Ustyugov’s group, and she also calls herself Zhabobelka - for her bright hair color and increased communication skills. She is the same age as Ustyugov, we met in a bar, talked a lot, discovering interesting and unexpected sides in each other, after a while it ceased to be just friendly communication. Maria often posts joint photos on social networks. Ustyugov says about his charming Masha that she is just a crazy girl! A bundle of positivity and stunning energy. Any man would be happy to be next to such a lighter. It will never be boring!

This year, on Povarsky Lane in St. Petersburg, the “Karabas Bar” opened, designed in the style of a Leningrad apartment. The co-owners were Alexander Ustyugov and Maria Prokhorova.