Which Soviet and Russian leaders, for one reason or another, never served in the army? It should be noted that this means simple military service or participation in hostilities as an ordinary soldier, as well as a low- and mid-level officer.
Vladimir Lenin
The leader of the Great October Revolution never served in the army. Although during Tsarist Russia there was military conscription. True, there were certain restrictions on recruitment. It is known that in those days people with non-traditional sexual orientation, as well as those who had a criminal record, were not accepted to serve.
In 1885, Vladimir Lenin took part in the creation of the Union of Struggle for the Liberation of the Working Class, after which he had problems with the law and was arrested. Most likely, it was for this reason that he managed to avoid military service.
Joseph Stalin
The Marshal and Generalissimo of the Soviet Union had never been to war as an ordinary soldier or even an officer, and had never served in the army. During the First World War, hundreds of millions of men were sent to the front, but Stalin managed to avoid this. Unfortunately, no one knows exactly how. A probable reason was his criminal record received in 1913, as well as several years of prison exile he spent in the Yenisei province. But already in Soviet times, Stalin received the highest military rank - generalissimo.
Nikita Khrushchev
In 1908, Khrushchev became a mechanic's apprentice at a factory, then worked as a mechanic at a mine and, as a miner, was not taken to the front in 1914. However, during the Great Patriotic War, Khrushchev was a member of the military councils of the South-Western direction, South-Western, Stalingrad, Southern, Voronezh and 1st Ukrainian fronts. He proved himself to be an extremely unprofessional military strategist - as a result of his decisions, among other things, the Red Army was surrounded near Kiev and Kharkov. But this did not prevent him from receiving the rank of lieutenant general at the end of the war.
Yuri Andropov
According to historical data, Yuri Andropov was one of those who influenced the decision to introduce USSR military units into Czechoslovakia. In addition, he was responsible for starting the war in Afghanistan, in which thousands of Soviet soldiers died. At the same time, he himself never even served in the army. In particular, he did not participate in the battles of the Great Patriotic War. The reason that he was not sent to the front was considered to be his poor health (kidney problems). In 1976, Andropov received the military rank of “Army General”.
Boris Yeltsin
The first president of the Russian Federation did not serve in the army. This was due to the fact that he was missing two fingers on his left hand. Yeltsin lost them when his friends accidentally found a live grenade.
On January 16, Vasily Lanovoy turns 75 years old. On this day, numerous fans of the actor congratulate and thank him for the images included in the golden collection of world cinema. From the many films with Lanovoy’s participation, it is impossible to choose the best.
Vasily Semenovich himself speaks about himself as follows: “I am a theater artist who acts in films. I have been infected with the love of cinema since childhood. And, it seems, for the rest of my life. It’s like my first love. And the theater is my home, without which I cannot live.” I imagine my existence."
In his native Vakhtangov Theater, where the artist served for more than 50 years, they gave him a special gift for his anniversary: the new chief director Rimas Tuminas staged the play “Last Moons” for Lanovoy. And, as Komsomolskaya Pravda notes, this greatly pleased the hero of the day.
On his anniversary, Vasily Lanovoy not only accepts gifts, but also gives them himself. He recently presented his friends and fans with a personalized photo album that reflected the artist’s work in the Vakhtangov Theater, in cinema, on radio and television.
In the album you can find photographs of Vasily Semenovich's parents, his childhood photographs, his first works on stage and in cinema, photographs of his friends and colleagues. It also contains rich factual material: all the artist’s performances, all his films are given.
As the artist herself says, he has no reason to complain about fate. “Fate has given me several wonderful roles, wonderful directors, partner-actors. And what literature: “Anna Karenina”, “War and Peace”, “Yarovaya Love”, “Scarlet Sails”, “I’m Going into a Storm”, “How the Steel Was Tempered "," Vasily Semenovich told the TV channel "Culture".
However, one can hardly call Lanovoy a darling of fate. On this occasion, director Sergei Bondarchuk said: “Vasily Lanovoy’s difficult path into art can serve as an example of perseverance, which was ultimately crowned with success.”
As the Steel Was Tempered
Wartime childhood, years of hardship and hard work - all this was in Lanovoy’s life and ultimately made him what millions know him - a strong man with enormous talent and spiritual peace.
It is no coincidence that while still studying at the Shchukin Theater School, it was Lanovoy who got the main role in the film “Pavel Korchagin” directed by Alov and Naumov.
Despite the enormous efforts of both the actor and the filmmakers, critics did not immediately accept this work, accusing Lanovoy of excessive naturalism and deliberately emphasizing the hopelessness of the hero’s fate. However, the controversy surrounding the image of Korchagin ceased after Pravda published an article entitled “The Formation of a Young Actor.”
First love
Shortly before filming the film, Lanovoy met Tatyana Samoilova at a theater school. Actress Tatyana Samoilova says: “I remember he came up to me and asked: “Whose are you?” I answered: “Mom’s, dad’s.” “Last name?” - “Samoilova.” - “Are you Samoilov’s daughter?” - “Yes.” - “Let’s get acquainted, my name is Lanova.” He made a strange impression on me: a kind of insidious, handsome face, an exhausted appearance. He became my first love and my first man.”
Lanovoy and Samoilova began dating. And then Tatyana ended up in the hospital, she had to undergo surgery. Lanovoy ran to her every day and one day he said: “I want you to be my wife!” However, Tatyana did not take the proposal seriously. When, after some time, Lanovoy repeated it again, she could not refuse. Soon the lovers went to the registry office, having barely passed the summer exam.
After graduating from college, Lanovoy entered the Vakhtangov Theater. However, at first he was unable to realize himself in the theater - the director did not like the artist’s Ukrainian dialect. But the actor was lucky to go to the cinema.
While working in the theater, Lanovoy received an offer to play the main role in the film adaptation of Alexander Green's novel "Scarlet Sails". The role of Captain Gray in one of the first films of Russian cinema, which marked a passion for romantic films, became a turning point for the actor. After this, offers from directors began to come even more often: on average, once a year a new film featuring the actor was released.
The life of Lanovoy and Samoilova was spent in constant travel and filming, which gradually undermined the young family from within. Over time, the couple came to the idea of breaking up. “We both cried when we parted, but I thought that it would be better for both of us,” says Tatyana Evgenievna.
However, the divorce did not end the creative union of Samoilova and Lanovoy. Together they starred in the film "Anna Karenina". Many then noted that they managed to play love amazingly in the film.
"There is such a profession - to defend the Motherland"
Thanks to the 1971 film “Officers,” Lanovoy gained the fame of “the most important officer” of the country.
This picture would have gone unnoticed (the film was released in the summer, during the “low season”), if not for the wife of the USSR Minister of Defense, Marshal Andrei Grechko. She liked the film so much that she advised her husband to watch it, and he watched the film at Brezhnev’s dacha.
As a result, the Secretary General ordered Goskino to hold a second premiere of the film in the fall, when vacationers return to the capital. The second premiere of the film took place in September. As a result, the film attracted more than 53 million viewers and took first place at the box office in 1971, and for the next 5 years the film confidently held 6th place. According to a survey by the magazine "Soviet Screen", Vasily Lanovoy, who never served in the army, was named the best actor of 1971 for his role as an officer.
Later, the actor said that the fateful role of Barabbas was not easy for him. “I refused the role of Barabbas several times. I couldn’t understand my hero. He is brave, handsome and has been in love with one woman all his life - the wife of his friend. And the situation is such that we can’t count on reciprocity. But then they started telling me from all sides repeat: Barabbas is a romantic, play romantic!" And I agreed,” the actor later recalled.
Later, Lanovoy played in the most famous films of that time: “17 Moments of Spring”, “Ogareva, 6”, “Days of the Turbins”, “Lyubov Yarovaya”, notes Channel One. But he jokingly calls his best role “that small episode in which his nameless hero - “relaxing on the beach” - utters just one phrase: “They swim beautifully... That group in striped swimsuits” (from the film “Striped Flight” )".
It is no secret that half of the women in the Soviet Union were in love with Vasily Lanovoy, but the actor gave his heart to Irina Kupchenko. The Lanov family has two sons. None of them followed in their parents' footsteps. The eldest, Sergei, works in finance, and the youngest, Alexander, recently graduated from the Faculty of History of Moscow State University.
Vasily Semenovich passes on his skills to aspiring artists at the department of artistic expression at the Shchukin Theater School. Once he obeyed the instructions of his teacher: “If you want to stay young, go teach.”
On his birthday, the artist received an award “for his great contribution to the development of domestic theatrical and cinematic art and many years of social activity.”
The material was prepared by the editors of rian.ru based on information from RIA Novosti open sources
Which Soviet and Russian leaders, for one reason or another, never served in the army? It should be noted that this means simple military service or participation in hostilities as an ordinary soldier, as well as a low- and mid-level officer.
Vladimir Lenin
The leader of the Great October Revolution never served in the army. Although during Tsarist Russia there was military conscription. True, there were certain restrictions on recruitment. It is known that in those days people with non-traditional sexual orientation, as well as those who had a criminal record, were not accepted to serve.
In 1885, Vladimir Lenin took part in the creation of the Union of Struggle for the Liberation of the Working Class, after which he had problems with the law and was arrested. Most likely, it was for this reason that he managed to avoid military service.
Joseph Stalin
The Marshal and Generalissimo of the Soviet Union had never been to war as an ordinary soldier or even an officer, and had never served in the army. During the First World War, hundreds of millions of men were sent to the front, but Stalin managed to avoid this. Unfortunately, no one knows exactly how. A probable reason was his criminal record received in 1913, as well as several years of prison exile he spent in the Yenisei province. But already in Soviet times, Stalin received the highest military rank - generalissimo.
Nikita Khrushchev
In 1908, Khrushchev became a mechanic's apprentice at a factory, then worked as a mechanic at a mine and, as a miner, was not taken to the front in 1914. However, during the Great Patriotic War, Khrushchev was a member of the military councils of the South-Western direction, South-Western, Stalingrad, Southern, Voronezh and 1st Ukrainian fronts. He proved himself to be an extremely unprofessional military strategist - as a result of his decisions, among other things, the Red Army was surrounded near Kiev and Kharkov. But this did not prevent him from receiving the rank of lieutenant general at the end of the war.
Yuri Andropov
According to historical data, Yuri Andropov was one of those who influenced the decision to introduce USSR military units into Czechoslovakia. In addition, he was responsible for starting the war in Afghanistan, in which thousands of Soviet soldiers died. At the same time, he himself never even served in the army. In particular, he did not participate in the battles of the Great Patriotic War. The reason that he was not sent to the front was considered to be his poor health (kidney problems). In 1976, Andropov received the military rank of “Army General”.
