Boris Shcherbakov
Boris Shcherbakov is a wonderful and talented actor. During his life he played many worthy roles. But he was best at playing military roles. Having played a junior officer while still young, Boris began to be offered roles in war films more and more often. Now fans see Boris Shcherbakov with the rank of general. But in fact, the actor did not serve in the army, since at that time he was filming a film, and the director did everything so that the film could be completed with the full cast.
Vadim Galygin
Vadim Pavlovich Galygin is an actor of Belarusian origin. For some time he was a resident of the Comedy Club, performing on stage in the spoken genre. Galygin was born in May 1976 in the city of Borisov. It was here that Vadim graduated from school and became interested in orienteering.
Did the actor serve in the army? At the age of sixteen, Vadim entered a higher military school in the city of Minsk. After four years, he graduated from the Military School of Belarus, after which he went to serve in the AFRB with the rank of lieutenant. In the armed forces, Galygin served as an officer in a ground artillery battalion. After a while, he transferred to Minsk, and then entered the Military Academy. After the Academy, Galygin retired while in the officer reserve. During the year spent in the army, Vadim simultaneously worked on local radio. The actor, who served in the army, began playing in KVN in 1993, and in 1997 his team took part in the eighth Sochi festival. Since 2005, Galygin has been a resident of the Comedy Club, but a year later he leaves, starting a solo career. The actor and singer, who served in the army, is currently the TV presenter of the “Anecdote Show” program, which appears on the Odnoklassniki network.
Alexander Petrov
Alexander Petrov today is one of the best and most sought-after actors in Russia. He can perfectly cope with absolutely any role. During his short acting career, Alexander Petrov has already starred in numerous films, especially the war films with his participation that became the most successful. In the film "T34", Alexander brilliantly played a tank driver, and in the film "August the Eighth" the actor was a tank commander. For some reason, the directors saw Alexander Petrov in the role of a tank driver and were right, because he flawlessly fulfilled all the requirements that were intended for him.
Alexander Petrov did not serve in the army, but he got used to the military characters so much that it seemed to everyone that he had just returned from service.
The Russian army does not seduce show business stars
On the eve of February 23, pop stars spoke about their attitude towards the army. None of the interviewed gossip heroes served in the army - some were hampered by their studies, others by poor health. But, nevertheless, many show business figures prove that “if necessary,” they will readily grab a machine gun and go to fight the enemy.
So, let's start with the public's favorite Andrei Malakhov. The TV presenter was “lost” in the corridors of Ostankino during his conscription age. And the menacing guys from the military registration and enlistment office simply didn’t find him there. This is the version of the “slope” from duty to the homeland, told by Andrei himself. However, when asked where he would like to serve “if something happens,” the TV star answers the following: “I would go in the company of Prince Harry of Great Britain to serve in Iraq! If he, the crowned lady, is not afraid of anything, then I, a simple person, will not be afraid. We would have served together in the tank forces. And I would take Bilan into our company - he’s of military age. You say Bilan wants to be a sailor? Well (Malakhov was upset) - I’ve lost such a comrade in arms!”
Yes, Dima Bilan (PHOTO) really would not refuse such a “profession”. “Since childhood, I dreamed of conquering the seas and oceans. I don't like to sit in one place, so I think I would make a great sailor! Since in life I am used to achieving the best, I think I would serve as a sailor on the cruiser Aurora - no less. I am essentially a romantic, I would watch sunrises and sunsets. It seems to me that sailors are always held in high esteem. And upon their return they are expected on the shore,” Bilan became emotional. However, then, when his peers marched in orderly rows to the military registration and enlistment office, Dima modestly hid behind the microphone stands. He says he didn’t serve because he had no time.
But one of the soloists of “Ivanushki”, Oleg Yakovlev, did not join the army solely for health reasons and today does not regret it at all. At the military registration and enlistment office, it was decided to send young Oleg to tank crew, but the medical commission forbade Yakovlev to serve. “They wanted to hire me as a tanker because of my height,” says Oleg, “but I have a bad heart, and the doctors rejected me.” And in general, I believe that serving people of art only harms.”
Music helped Nikolai Baskov get out of the army. “I studied it for ten years: first at Gnesinka, then at the conservatory,” Kolya smiles. “However, my father’s fame haunted me. He was a professional soldier, an infantryman! Therefore, I decided for myself that I should also benefit my Motherland. I didn’t become an infantryman, but I signed up for a military song and dance ensemble. I passed the audition, but when I came to my first rehearsal, an emergency happened. A fire started in the building, and I, along with the others, helped put it out. I remember how they carried some boards and buckets of water. My face was black with soot, and I spent the rest of the evening trying to wash it off! That’s how I went through my baptism of fire.”
The king of the pop scene, Philip Kirkorov, did not serve in the valiant Russian troops due to the fact that he is a citizen of Bulgaria. However, in his homeland he also did not distinguish himself in anything similar. After all, while he was of conscription age, he studied and then worked in Russia. “If I had to serve my Fatherland, then I would probably choose some kind of military orchestra,” the singer smiles. “At the very least, raising the morale of soldiers is also an important role!”
The only conscious person on the Russian stage is Pierre Narcisse, a native of Cameroon. Few people know that the “chocolate bunny” came to Russia to train as a pilot, but ended up at the “Factory” and became an artist. “Since childhood, I had a dream of becoming a pilot,” the singer sighs. – I even flew to Russia specifically to enter the Yegoryevsk Flight School, but when I saw the place where I would have to live, I changed my mind. In Russia, aviation is better developed than in Africa, that’s why I would defend my second homeland: I think I would become a fighter pilot.”
Popular TV presenter Maxim Galkin did not resign from the army at all, everything happened by itself. The famous parodist first studied at the Russian State University for the Humanities at the Faculty of Linguistics, then in graduate school, and then - then he left the military age. “I never considered myself a draft dodger,” admitted Maxim. – And at any moment I am ready to repay my debt to my Motherland. What troops would you like to serve in? Definitely - in tanks, like my father. There can be no other options."
But the “young shoot” of Russian showbiz, the “manufacturer” and star of the film “Heat” Timati does not understand at all why this very army is needed, but he advocates with both hands for physical training and training. The rapper cleverly avoided a direct answer as to why he did not serve. “To defend the Motherland, you don’t have to serve in the army, you can go to the gym! I have excellent physical fitness, I go to the gym so that I can be ready to go into battle at any time! I would make an excellent paratrooper from a capture group. I can perfectly imagine myself in protective uniform and with a machine gun at the ready. After all, a real man should be able to hold a weapon!”
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Alexander Baluev
Many simply cannot imagine Alexander Baluev without a military uniform. The powerful, strong and charismatic actor most often played in war films. Military images were given to Alexander Baluev with ease, the actor almost did not strain, but was himself. And it is worth noting that Alexander did not serve in the army, but he knew how to behave and what to do. At a time when Alexander needed to serve the country, he performed in the theater of the Soviet army and believed that this was how he repaid his debt to the Motherland. As the actor himself recalls, in the theater he spent most of his time assembling and disassembling scenery for further productions.
Which celebrities served in the army
Although military service is mandatory, it is not always desirable for young men. I wonder which of the modern male stars still went through hazing and all the other delights of army life, and who, perhaps, mowed down?
There has long been a joke circulating on the Internet, completely based on true facts: the glamorous and shocking Sergei Zverev , who served in the army, and the brave Nikolai Rastorguev from the Lyube group, who almost never takes off his military uniform, but did not actually serve, but limited himself to military department.
So, Sergei Zverev served not just in the army, but in the air defense forces in Poland. The artist commanded an entire platoon and rose to the rank of senior sergeant.
But Leonid Agutin sang about “Aty-Bata” and the steam locomotive that rushes straight to the border for a reason. The artist served in the border troops on the Karelian-Finnish border. By the way, he even managed to detain a border violator once. Like all musical guys, Agutin was first sent to the garrison song and dance ensemble. But due to constant AWOLs, he was returned back, so to speak, to a high-security detachment, without music, so that he would serve “just like everyone else.”
It’s also not for nothing that the leader of the domestic show business, Oleg Gazmanov , a reserve officer, by the way, sings military songs. He studied at the Kaliningrad Naval School and received the profession of a mine engineer. After that, he served in mine and torpedo depots near Riga. Another fan of singing military songs at least tried to become a military man: Alexander Marshal was a student at the Stavropol Air Defense Forces Higher School, but was expelled for poor academic performance.
Fyodor Bondarchuk even found cinema in the army. In the early 60s of the 20th century, a cavalry regiment was created under the Taman division specifically for the filming of the film “War and Peace,” which was filmed by Sergei Bondarchuk . Fedor went to serve . Due to constant violations, in particular, unwillingness to obey those superior in rank, Bondarchuk Jr. often sat in the guardhouse. Yegor Konchalovsky also served in the same regiment . Apparently, the regiment was indeed created specifically for star children.
Nikita Mikhalkov himself once asked to serve in the navy and became a sailor of the Pacific Fleet, which he is still proud of. The famous satirist, playwright and writer Evgeniy Grishkov Ts also served at sea. Ilya Lagutenko, also managed to compose songs while serving in the navy . Alexander Serov was the commander of the electric torpedo squad on the cruiser Dzerzhinsky.
Actor Mikhail Porechenkov simply could not avoid the army, because his father was an officer. Therefore, the artist entered the Tallinn Higher Military-Political Construction School, but for violations of discipline, AWOL and fights, the cadet was expelled a few days before graduation.
The famous Russian actor Sergei Garmash even risked going against the army “grandfather”, for which he was sent to the disbat, to the construction troops. And singer Alexey Glyzin served in the Air Force in the Far East - preparing planes for takeoff. , Valery Syutkin also served as a junior aviation specialist at the airfield
Comedian, Comedy Club resident Vadim Galygin is a senior lieutenant in the reserve. He studied at the Minsk Higher Military Command School and the Military Academy. However, KVN nevertheless pushed into the background the prospect of a career as an artillery officer.
Lev Leshchenko, Vladimir Vinokur, Ilya Oleynikov and Igor Nikolaev found a creative place for themselves in the army - they served in the song and dance ensemble of the Moscow Military District. Nikolaev still remembers with horror how he was forced to shave his mustache there.
Even more famous creative people served in the theater of the Soviet army: these are Oleg Menshikov, Alexander Baluev, Alexander Domogarov .
Alexander Buyno served in the missile forces in Altai. For constantly going AWOL to visit his beloved girl in a neighboring village, he often had to sit in the guardhouse.
Among the so-called “garrison mowers” is Maxim Galkin, Sergei Shnurov also mowed down according to the same scheme Dima Bilan, Nikolai Baskov and Vitalik Kozlovsky opted out of the army, considering creativity a more useful activity, but actor Alexey Kortnev , as they say, tried to evade service by hiding in a mental hospital.
Based on materials from: starslife.ru
Evgeniy Tsyganov
Evgeny Tsyganov played many roles in war films. The best and most successful films are, of course, “Children of the Arbat”, “Red Mountains”, and “Battle for Sevastopol”. In the last film, the actor brilliantly played the role of a sniper. The actor didn’t have to strain himself too much, since Evgeniy’s military uniform suits him very well. Many colleagues immediately noted when the actor first put on his uniform that he was perfect for a military character. Like previous actors, Evgeny Tsyganov did not serve in the army.
Fedor Bondarchuk
Fyodor Sergeevich Bondarchuk is a Russian actor who served in the army. He was born into the family of Moscow actress Irina Konstantinovna Skobtseva and director Sergei Bondarchuk. Fedor is the second child in the family, the first being his older sister Alena Bondarchuk. Often the guy was raised by his grandmother. The young man graduated from an art and secondary school in Moscow with an English bias. Bondarchuk was never distinguished by exemplary behavior and good studies, because, as a schoolboy, the guy began to drink, smoke and become a hooligan. At a young age, the actor became friends with Nikita Mikhalkov’s son Stepa. In 1985, Fedor graduated from school and tried to enter MGIMO, but when taking the entrance test he managed to make mistakes about forty times. Thanks to his father, Fedor managed to enter the directing department. In 1986, he received his first role in the drama of a father who treated his son especially strictly.
"Soldiers": youth in boots
In the series, the heroes bravely cope with the hardships and deprivations of military service. How did the actors from “Soldiers” themselves serve the Fatherland?
* The performer of the role of warrant officer Shmatko, Alexey Maklakov, pulled the army strap for only six months and 12 days. By his own admission, he served only briefly, but cheerfully.
“They drafted me into the army from the Novosibirsk Theater Institute,” recalls Alexey. — As soon as I got into the unit, I organized an amateur art group. Our artillery soldiers respected me, even the “grandfathers” became friends with me.
But how the future star managed to significantly shorten his service life, he flatly refuses to reveal and every time emphasizes that “he has more than served his time in “Soldiers” for a long time.”
* Vyacheslav Grishechkin , who plays the commander of the Starokon unit, served honorably in the topogeodetic troops. Slava was called up after graduating from GITIS, when he turned 21.
“He’s not 18 anymore, he’s not a boy anymore,” Grishechkin said. “I served with pleasure and was engaged in erecting geodetic signs. I remember army life, for example, because Valentin Yudashkin . True, he kicks back a lot from this, obviously he has become too stellar... Nevertheless, we served in the same troops, he was a cartographer, because, as an artist, he drew very well.
* Oscar Kuchera , who played Captain Kurenkov in “Soldiers,” once suffered from the slander of Dmitry Nagiyev . In one of the interviews, Nagiyev, apparently hinting at Kuchera, said that he does not understand artists who say that they have achieved everything themselves, although their dad made the film “Battalions Ask for Fire.”
“And when I ask them if they served in the army,” Dmitry noted, “they answer “yes,” although in fact they served on the set of their dad.
“My hair stood on end when I read this,” Kuchera, the son of the famous director Alexander Bogolyubov, . “I actually wanted to punch Nagiyev in the face.” I went nuts, I thought for a long time that it was my imagination. After all, even if you really don’t love a person, it’s difficult to allow yourself to do this. I haven't seen Nagiyev since then. Maybe I won’t throw myself with my fists now, I’ve cooled down. I, like all the guys who go to college, underwent army practice. And for the record, my father finished filming the film “Battalions Ask for Fire” when I was in the fifth grade. Nagiyev didn’t bother to think about it.
* Actor Alexey Oshurkov , also known as Lieutenant Colonel Zubov in the series, went to serve in 1984. Lesha was sent to the Air Force, from which he retired two years later with the rank of sergeant.
“The army is a good school,” says Oshurkov, “I think it should be in the life of every self-respecting guy.”
* “I have a great attitude towards the army, although I didn’t have to serve myself,” says Boris Shcherbakov , who plays General Borodin in “Soldiers.” — Oleg Nikolaevich Efremov . When I arrived at the theater, they just sent me a summons. “Who will play for me then?” - Oleg Nikolaevich was indignant and called the military commissar.
According to Shcherbakov, in order for him to continue playing in the play “Steelworkers,” Efremov persuaded the military commissar to send the young actor to the hospital for examination. There Boris was given a diagnosis that made him unfit for military service.
Mikhail Porechenkov
Mikhail Evgenievich Porechenkov was born on March 2, 1969 in St. Petersburg. Until the age of five, he lived with his grandmother in the Pskov region. After some time, the actor moved with his parents to live in Warsaw. From 1970 to 1986, Mikhail studied at a boarding school. Between 1986 and 1990 was a student at the Tallinn Higher Military-Political School, but failed to complete the academic year. Due to constant violations of the rules of order, Mikhail was expelled two weeks before completing his studies. In Soviet times, studying at a military school was equivalent to the army; Porechenkov was enlisted as a soldier in a “construction battalion”.
The actor, who served in the army, was among the contenders for the title of boxing champion. The title of master of sports was received by Mikhail at one of the city championships. After completing his service, the actor gets a job in one of the local workshops. After a while, he entered VGIK for courses, but failed to fully graduate. In 1996, Mikhail managed to graduate from LGITMiK. After studying, the actor was a member of the Lensovet theater troupe. In 2002, he played in the production of “Duck Hunt” as a restaurant employee. Since 2003, he has been a member of the Art Theater.
