Army service of Russian stars (21 photos). Army service of Russian stars (21 photos) Where Poroshenko served in the army

Previously, military personnel were congratulated on Defender of the Fatherland Day, but now all men are congratulated. This day has become an unspoken men's holiday, which is most expected today... a day off. And of all the men who are honored on this day, 60 percent did not serve in the army. Our actors have all played military men more than once. Many sang army songs. But did they serve in the army in real life?

"The locomotive will rush straight to the border"

Leonid Agutin

Leonid Agutin's song about a steam locomotive that will "rush straight to the border" is autobiographical - its author served in the border troops on the Karelian-Finnish border. Having learned that the new soldier could sing and play the guitar, the authorities transferred him to the garrison song and dance ensemble, but then returned him back for regular violations of discipline (Agutin kept running away AWOL). So the musician had to serve “just like everyone else.” Leonid is still proud that he once had the opportunity to detain a border violator.
“I can’t say that I was eager to serve, but I didn’t really try to quit either. I got there straight from the courtyard, where I was bawling songs with the guys. They threatened me with hazing, but I, on the contrary, decided to prove my worth. There was a case where I once personally detained a violator. Now all this seems funny, but then I was beaming with pride, it seems like a polished nickel,” says the singer.

"Cavalry guards have a short life"

Fedor Bondarchuk

Fyodor Bondarchuk repaid his debt to his homeland in the cavalry regiment under the Taman division, which in the early 60s of the last century was created specifically for the filming of the film "War and Peace", directed by Fyodor's father, Sergei Bondarchuk. True, due to his obstinate character and categorical unwillingness to comply with subordination, Fyodor often sat in the guardhouse - he did not get along with his father-commanders and always tried to say something against them.
“For me, serving in the army was life-changing. In 1986, I was sent to serve in Krasnoyarsk, from where very soon I was transferred to Moscow, to the cavalry regiment of the Taman division. One day I seriously injured my leg and ended up in the hospital for a long time.
So, one fine day, lying in a hospital bed and spitting at the ceiling, I remembered a pretty girl whom I met shortly before the service. The next day I asked my friends to find her as quickly as possible and bring her to me. The guys worked quickly - a few days later my Svetlana appeared on the threshold of the ward. Since then, we began to see each other more and more often, and after a short period of time we got married.

Egor Konchalovsky

Another star child, film director Yegor Konchalovsky, the son of Andrei Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky and Natalya Arinbasarova, also served in this regiment.

"Across the seas, across the waves"

The stars who served in the navy could make a good team. Perhaps it won’t be enough for a Lincoln or a cruiser, but it’s enough for a yacht.

Nikita Mikhalkov

Nikita Mikhalkov, a master of Soviet and Russian cinema, was a sailor of the Pacific Fleet. Nikita Sergeevich is proud that he asked to join the fleet himself.

The writer and playwright Evgeny Grishkovets also served here, which he repeatedly wrote about in his works. True, judging by them, Evgeniy Valerievich’s memories of that period are not the most rosy (the service was overshadowed by heavy physical exertion, hazing and homesickness), but he treats them with his characteristic humor.

Ilya Lagutenko

The frontman of the Mumiy Troll group Ilya Lagutenko also served in the Pacific Fleet - on Russky Island. Unlike Grishkovets, he remembers his service with pleasure: there was no hazing in his unit, and he composed songs during night shifts.

Alexander Serov

Singer Alexander Serov served in the navy on the torpedo cruiser Dzerzhinsky. Moreover, he made a good career there - he became the commander of an electric torpedo squad.

"Keys to Heaven"

Sergey Zverev

Who would have thought that stylist Sergei Zverev also served in the army, and not in some construction battalion, but in the elite air defense forces stationed in Poland. Sergei is very proud of this fact, as well as the fact that he did not turn away from the army, although he could have.

“I served in the army. The military uniform suited me very much, and I still adore the hats – caps, caps. He served in Poland and saw Western fashion. The star was shocked! And from the life there, but especially from the clothes of the townspeople. Service in the army even determined my future creative path,” admits Zverev.
The star commanded a platoon and rose from private to senior sergeant. The service, Zverev recalls, was not at all glamorous; the most difficult thing was to survive the 20-degree frosts, which tested Europe's strength in those two years, but the future stylist overcame all the tests with honor.

"Gentlemen Officers"

Among the stars there are also those who could very well become career soldiers.

Mikhail Porechenkov

After school, Mikhail Porechenkov entered the Tallinn Higher Military-Political Construction School: he followed in the footsteps of his father, an officer - the actor’s mother insisted on this. But literally a few days before graduation, cadet Porechenkov was expelled from the school “for repeated violations of discipline,” but in fact - for fights and AWOL.
- I dreamed of military affairs since childhood. At that time, perhaps no one even thought about cutting it off. After finishing school, as I wanted, I entered the Higher Military-Political School in Tallinn. From the first days, the service did not seem difficult to me, but, on the contrary, very interesting.
I learned to understand weapons, and took up martial arts seriously. However, at some point I began to feel out of place, out of place. And, imagine, not having served only two weeks before graduation, I left the walls of the military commissary. Just like that, one day, I completely changed my life. Who knows, maybe if not for this incident, you would not have recognized Porechenkov the actor.

Vadim Galygin

Resident of the Comedy Club Vadim Galygin after school entered the Minsk Higher Military Command School, then studied at the Military Academy - he was supposed to become an artillery officer. But he started playing in KVN and his military career faded into the background; Vadim retired to the reserve with the rank of senior lieutenant.

Singer Alexander Marshal studied at the Stavropol Higher School of Air Defense Forces, but - who would have thought! - was expelled for poor academic performance.

Another career military man is Natasha Koroleva’s husband Tarzan, also known as Sergei Glushko. His childhood and youth were spent in a military town, so after school the young man had only one way - to a military school. True, he never managed to serve, but he became a striptease star.

Soldier actors

Vladimir Goryansky

Vladimir Goryansky served in the Sevastopol Theater of the Black Sea Fleet, to which he asked to join himself - so as not to lose his creative form. True, there was a curiosity: when enlisting the actor for service, they put a stamp on his military ID, according to which he had to serve in the navy for three years. When Vladimir Viktorovich saw this, he was terribly scared.
There was only one way out - to go to the authorities and get the mistake corrected. At first he was afraid that no one would listen to the boy with his head shaved. However, then he pulled himself together and went. Incredible, but true: the authorities figured it all out and corrected the old stamp with a new one: now it was written there that Goryansky must serve as a sailor in the theater for two years.

Another creative place of service for actors is the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Moscow Military District. It was here that David Tukhmanov, Igor Nikolaev, Vladimir Vinokur, and Lev Leshchenko once served. True, the stars complain that there was hazing there too - at the behest of the “grandfathers” they had to wash the toilets and floors in the barracks. And Igor Nikolaev still remembers with horror that before taking the oath he had to shave his mustache.

But still, most of the stars served in the Theater of the Soviet - now Russian - Army. Alexander Baluev, Oleg Menshikov, Alexander Domogarov, Sergei Chonishvili played and simultaneously served on its stage. True, according to the recollections of the actors, at that time they had to not so much play roles as carry the scenery on themselves and appear in the crowd. But an army is an army, no one in it promises that it will be easy.

Bari Alibasov (producer)

“In 1969, a new soloist, Aza, joined the Integral group, where I sang. I immediately fell in love with her, and my fellow musician liked her too. Tensions began in the group due to love disputes. Aza did not pay attention to me. Then I gave up on everything - I took a ticket at my own expense and left for the army,” says Bari.

Valery Syutkin

- The wonderful army years will remain in my memory forever. From 1978 to 1979 I served in the Far East, in an aviation equipment training unit. For the first six months, by the sweat of his brow, he mastered military affairs and studied aviation, and then he learned that the “Flight” unit was being recruited into the musical ensemble. I think: “Why not try?
Music is my life!” Fortunately, I managed to enter the top five soloists. But that didn’t make my service any easier. In the morning we worked hard at the airfield, and in the evening we performed at a club for the families of officers and civilians.

Andrey Fedortsov

- I never even thought about avoiding military service. The summons arrived - I went to the military registration and enlistment office - I ended up in the unit. This, excuse the loud words, is a duty to the Motherland.
He rose to the rank of senior sergeant and commanded a mine demolition platoon. By the way, it was in the Soviet army that I realized that I wanted to be an actor. Colleagues were putting on a play, and suddenly one actor fell ill. I was asked to play in his place. Well, I played. I don’t even remember what the role was, but all the spectators were lying on the floor laughing. So I became the star of the military unit, and then... even a star! (Laughs.)

Ivan Usachev

- Although I am a pure humanitarian by education, I was not afraid of serious physical activity and did not run away from the army. And I don’t regret it at all, because I was sent to serve in Ethiopia! For three years I served as a lieutenant-translator under the military adviser to the commander of an anti-aircraft brigade.
The best souvenir I have of Ethiopia is a dried turtle. We caught it in the lake to cook it according to a local recipe that the aborigines shared with us. Turtle meat is green, but when fried it turns white, like chicken meat. I dried the remains of this delicacy, polished it, brought it to Moscow and hung it on the wall in the apartment. It's still hanging!
At that time, many funny stories happened to me that I will someday tell in my program.

Igor Lifanov

“It so happened that immediately after school I went to serve in the navy in the Far East. I admit honestly, these were the worst years of my life. Perhaps you will be surprised by this, because, as a rule, Lifanov appears before the audience in the image of a brave policeman, military man or superman. But in reality everything is different.
I am an incredibly creative person, and the army kept distracting me from becoming a professional actor. There was no “poetry” there! On the other hand, over the years I have acquired valuable knowledge that helps me now get used to the role.

Anton Makarsky

- I joined the army straight from the stage. I don’t regret serving at all. Moreover, the service itself did not last long. Two months later, the platoon commander decided to send me to the Academic Song and Dance Ensemble of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It was then that a funny story happened to me.
One lieutenant, noticing my excellent physical characteristics, at all costs wanted to have me among the soldiers of the reconnaissance platoon. And when they came for me from the ensemble, I had to leave almost behind the gardens: I was afraid of running into that officer.

Yuri Galtsev

- My army years are full of funny stories. Do you know, for example, how cigarette butts are ceremoniously buried? During the exercises, we lived in special military tents, and many of the guys were afraid to go far from them at night, so they smoked right next to them. Cigarette butts were thrown away right away. It was customary among us that if you see them on the ground, you should immediately trample them.
One day someone smoked at night, and the major noticed the cigarette butt. I woke up two tents - and stood at attention. We took shovels, a cigarette on a tray and carried it 5 kilometers to “bury”. Twenty people, like fools! They dug a hole. A minute of silence. They buried him, and on the mound they wrote: “We will never forget you.” In general, the army is good. I probably devoted half my life to military affairs. And now I often play a military commissar.

Nikolay Rastorguev

It turned out that singer Nikolai Rastorguev, who appeared on stage in a gymnast and riding breeches for many years, did not actually serve in the army.
The “battalion commander” of Russian show business repaid his debt to the country only at the military department of the Moscow Technological Institute of Light Industry!

Dodgers

Vitaly Kozlovsky

Among those who did not serve in the army at all is Vitaly Kozlovsky (the singer considers his army... performances on stage: you never know what awaits you - victory or defeat).

Maxim Galkin (received a deferment and then release as a student),

Nikolai Baskov (always was too immersed in creativity to waste time on such trifles as military service), Dima Bilan (also solely for creative reasons).

Alexey Kortnev, according to rumors, generally “mowed down” in the neurosis clinic... While their comrades on the stage honestly spent 2 years on “army tours”, the majority, however, in special “song and dance” units.

“Mowers”, stand at attention, look up to the stars in uniform!

October 6, speaking in Kyiv to history students on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of his birth academician Mikhail GRUSHEVSKY, President Petro Poroshenko said the following:

– I am convinced that historians would make good psychologists. I advise you to go to the military registration and enlistment office after graduation and spend a year in the ATO. So I spent 2 years in the Soviet army, including participating in hostilities. I was drafted in my second year, and 2 years later I returned for my third year... I can say that after the army this is a completely different perception of the world. Forms a man.

WHAT REGIMENT DID YOU SERVE IN?

Those who listened carefully to this fragment of the president’s speech were dumbfounded by the prospect of finding themselves in the zone of an anti-terrorist operation. After all, if the head of state invites today’s students to it, then it is expected that it will not end tomorrow.

The second interesting point is Poroshenko’s confession about his participation in certain hostilities. It is known that the future 5th President of Square in 1984–86 served in military service and, in principle, had no more contact with the army, except for the fact that he is now the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine. But where did the owner of the Roshen confectionery corporation work?

In the biography of Poroshenko, posted on the official website of the President of Ukraine, this period of his life is briefly described: “1984–1986 - military service.” The statement that Poroshenko served in Kazakhstan is the most common. Most often, the place of service is called the air defense troops stationed in Aktobe.

“If the future president of Ukraine served in our region in the air defense forces (and they were stationed only in Emba-5), this would have been known by now,” he said. And he suggested that journalists were probably confusing Aktyubinsk in Kazakhstan with the Astrakhan regional center of Akhtubinsk, not far from which the largest landfill in Russia is located.

BECAME A DADDY IN THE ARMY.

As the Russian weekly “Arguments and Facts” recently stated, Petro Poroshenko studied at the Faculty of International Relations and International Law of Kyiv State University. Before the army, he managed to marry the daughter of the Deputy Minister of Health of the Ukrainian SSR, Anatoly Perevedentsev, Marina, and in March 1985, when Peter was already in the army, his wife, who is 3 years older than him, gave birth to their first child, Alexey. After which the young father was transferred for further service to the Kiev Military District and in 1986, having been demobilized, continued his studies at the university.

HAVE YOU FLY TO AFGHAN?

The portal ast-news.ru published a material at the beginning of 2014 entitled “The President of Ukraine served in Akhtubinsk.” It contains memories former chief of staff of military unit 23523 from Akhtubinsk Vladimir BLOKHIN.

“Peter served in the radio technical support system for airfield flights,” Blokhin recalls about soldier Poroshenko. - And after that - in the department of test site support. Of course, I don't remember much about him. If only I knew who I was communicating with... Poroshenko approached me only once, with a request for help in visiting the garrison library. I contributed to this. That, in principle, is our entire acquaintance with him.”

If Poroshenko’s place of service is more or less cleared up, then what about his statement about participating in hostilities? Indeed, in 1984–86, neither in Aktyubinsk nor in Akhtubinsk, thank God, there were no military operations.

AiF points out that on the Internet, without references to sources, you can find references to the fact that Petro Poroshenko allegedly participated in military transport aviation flights to Afghanistan as a gunner. However, no evidence of this was found.

Victor GERBER,

A hitherto unknown page in the biography President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko opened during his speech in Kyiv to history students on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of his birth Mikhail Grushevsky.

Answering a question from a student of the Faculty of History, who is simultaneously studying at the military department, Poroshenko said the following: “I am convinced that historians would make good psychologists. I advise you to go to the military registration and enlistment office after graduating from university and spend a year in the ATO,” the president said. — So I spent two years in the Soviet army, including participating in hostilities. I was drafted in my second year, and two years later I returned for my third year... I can say that after the army this is a completely different perception of the world. Shapes a man."

Many were taken aback by the president’s recommendations to go to the “ATO” after graduating from university - this means that the current head of the Kyiv regime is not going to end the military conflict in south-eastern Ukraine for at least the next few years.

However, this statement remained in the shadow of a sensation - words about the participation of Petro Poroshenko himself in certain military operations in the ranks of the Soviet Army in the period 1984-1986.

Unknown Soldier

Until now, no information about this heroic page in Poroshenko’s biography existed.

In the biography posted on the official website of the President of Ukraine, this period of Poroshenko’s life is designated as follows: “1984-1986 - military service.”

The details of these two years are shrouded in mystery. Forbes-Ukraine reports the following: “After two courses, Poroshenko was taken to undergo compulsory military service in Kazakhstan. In addition, in his second year the student had already gotten married. He resumed his studies in 1986.”

The statement that Poroshenko served in Kazakhstan is the most common. Most often, unofficial sources indicate the city of Aktyubinsk (present-day Aktobe), where the future president allegedly served in the air defense forces.

An alternative version points to the city of Akhtubinsk in the Astrakhan region, and also insists that Poroshenko served in the air defense.

But we can absolutely say that no military operations took place either in Aktyubinsk or Akhtubinsk in 1984-1986.

As mentioned above, Petro Poroshenko managed to get married before joining the army. On March 6, 1985, the first-born of serviceman Poroshenko was born, who was named Alexey. According to, again, unofficial information, after this Poroshenko Sr., as a young father, was transferred for further service to the Kiev Military District.

But in this region, during this period, no military operations were carried out.

“Peter served in the radio engineering support system”

On the Ast-news.ru portal we were able to find a material entitled “The President of Ukraine served in Akhtubinsk”, dated July 2014.

The material contains memories former deputy of the Council of the Municipal Municipality "City of Akhtubinsk" Vladimir Mikhailovich Blokhin, who in the 1980s was the chief of staff of military unit 23523.

“Peter served in the radio technical support system for airfield flights in military unit 23523,” recalls Blokhin about soldier Poroshenko. — And then in the department of test site support (formerly the 9th department). Of course, I don't remember much about him. If only I knew who I was communicating with... Poroshenko turned to me only once with a request to visit the garrison library: “I am a 4th year student at the Institute of International Relations, I have been abroad, I know four languages. I really want to read and continue my further education.” I contributed to this. That, in principle, is our entire acquaintance with him.”

Radio technical support for flights and testing ground support - with all due respect, this somehow does not qualify for participation in hostilities.

“He speaks the truth. In Kazakhstan, he participated in the battle for the harvest in 1985."

By the way, in February 2013, Petro Poroshenko spoke about his service a little differently.

“I served 2 years of compulsory service in the Armed Forces, despite the fact that I was a student. Passed quite serious combat tests. And I still keep in touch with my army friends,” the Ukrainian portal “Observer” quoted Poroshenko as saying.

“Quite serious combat tests” and “participation in hostilities” are, as they say in Odessa, two very different things.

On the Internet, without references to sources, you can find references to the fact that Petro Poroshenko allegedly participated in military transport aviation flights to Afghanistan as a gunner. However, no evidence of this was found. Poroshenko was not noticed among the “Afghan” veterans, although if his “participation in hostilities” has anything to do with this, then he, as a politician, would definitely have to play this card.

On Ukrainian news sites, comments on Poroshenko’s revelations are full of skepticism:

“He speaks the truth. In Kazakhstan, he participated in the battle for the harvest in 1985."

“And where did he participate in military operations? Did you attack your asshole with a toothbrush in the toilet?”

“I hope I fought against the Muscovites?”

“In the fight against the three-headed green serpent...”

As a result, the question on which front and with which enemy the Soviet Army soldier Petro Poroshenko fought remained open.

“Rapid fire” by mortarman Alexei Poroshenko

The heroic story of Petro Poroshenko about military exploits is by no means the first in this family. Previously, Ukrainian journalists looked into where and how the president’s eldest son fought Alexey Poroshenko.

This was first reported on the Ukrainian Channel 5 Head of the negotiation group of the Anti-Terrorism Center Yuri Tandit: “In one of the military units we came to a common tent. The face of one of the soldiers seemed very familiar to me... A comrade said that it was Alexey Poroshenko. I was impressed that there was no pathos. And the president never mentioned his son’s service.”

It is curious that information about this appeared on the channel owned by Petro Poroshenko at the height of the 2014 presidential election campaign.

In 2014, Alexey Poroshenko was officially registered in the Vinnytsia Regional Council. Many representatives of the Poroshenko clan live in Vinnitsa. Local journalists, as they say, “ambushed” and soon discovered the “war hero” himself near the house of Poroshenko’s family.

The president’s son admitted that he did not go to the front, and there, apparently, they discovered a certain “double.”

And already in October 2014, Alexey Poroshenko became a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, and in this capacity he told reporters that, it turns out, he had fought after all.

True, even here the testimony differs. In one interview, Poroshenko Jr. said that he served in Dnepropetrovsk, in the rear part. And in an interview with another channel, he “moved” to the front line, near Kramatorsk: “I was in a mortar unit... We shot there and helped our others fight... Of course, there were moments, for example, that I went there under another last name My last name there was Anisenko. Beautiful Ukrainian surname. I took the one they gave me.”

In general, the Poroshenko family is full of heroes, and most importantly, very honest people, whom even the most honest storyteller of all times would envy Carl Friedrich Hieronymus Baron von Munchausen. Which, by the way, definitely served in the Russian army and took part in hostilities.