Vasily Makarovich Shukshin is one of the most famous Soviet and Russian writers, directors and film actors. One of his most famous films, Kalina Krasnaya, has earned the love of millions of Soviet and Russian citizens and has become widely known abroad. During his life, Shukshin was married four times and from these marriages he had three daughters.
Personal life of Vasily Shukshin
For the first time, Vasily married his fellow villager, school teacher Maria Shumskaya. Disappointment in this marriage befell Vasily on the very first day of life together: the young managed to quarrel as soon as they left the registry office. Soon Vasily left for Moscow. The young wife refused to go with him. And two years later, Vasily sent her a letter asking for a divorce. Maria did not give him a divorce, so the young student of VGIK had to "lose" his passport in order to get the opportunity to marry again.
Vasily's first wife never gave birth to children. And marriage with her was more of a formality than a strong family.
In 1963, Shukshin married Victoria Sofronova, daughter of the Soviet writer Anatoly Sofronov. In this marriage, Vasily's first daughter, Ekaterina Shukshina, was born. It is noteworthy that Catherine was born in 1965, when her father and mother were already divorced, and Vasii was also married to his third wife.
Soon Vasily divorced Victoria and in 1964 married a young actress Lydia Alexandrova. The relationship did not last long: Lida left her husband because of his numerous betrayals and endless drunkenness.
In the same 1964, Shukshin met another actress Lydia Fedoseeva and fell in love with her. After 3 years, he will leave Alexandrova and make Fedoseyev his legal wife. In this marriage, Shukshin becomes the father of two daughters: Maria and Olga.
Both daughters will later become actresses, but only Maria Shukshina will become widely known. Lydia Fedoseeva-Shukshina will remain Vasily's wife until his death.
Vasily Shukshin died in 1974 of a heart attack. Shortly before the death of the writer and director, his peptic ulcer sharply worsened, although before filming Vasily underwent a full medical examination, which did not reveal any pathologies. That is why the exact cause of the ulcer has not yet been clarified: either it was the result of his alcohol addictions, or Vasily was deliberately poisoned.
Ekaterina Shukshina
Born in 1965 in Moscow in the family of Vasily Shukshin and writer-critic Victoria Sofronova-Shukshina. Catherine's father and mother broke up long before her birth, so Catherine does not remember her dad. And after birth, they met extremely rarely.
Until the age of seven, the girl did not bore any surname. She had a dash in the “father” column on her birth certificate. Only by entering the first grade did Vasily Shukshin give her his last name through the registry office.
Vasily found out about the birth of his daughter almost immediately and was very happy about this fact. He tried to help his ex-wife and daughter in everything, but they met very, very rarely.
Of all the daughters of Vasily Shukshin, the eldest Catherine is almost unknown to the public. She graduated from the Faculty of Philology of Moscow State University (MSU) and worked for more than 10 years at Literaturnaya Gazeta. He is currently engaged in the translation of books. She is married to the famous German writer Jens Siegert, whom she met in the late 90s during a tourist trip to Germany.
Lives in Moscow. No children. He does not maintain contacts with his sisters Maria and Olga.
Maria Shukshina
Popular Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. She was born in 1967 in Moscow in the family of Vasily Shukshin and Lydia Fedoseeva-Shukshina.
She first starred in the film "Strange People" at the age of only 1, 5 years. At the age of five, she played one of the Rastorguevs' daughters in the film "Stove Benches". At the age of 7 she played Masha in the film "Birds over the City". After graduating from high school, she entered the Institute of Foreign Languages as a translator from English and Spanish.
After receiving higher education, she worked as a translator for several years, but in 1995 she returned to the cinema. She played roles in the films American Daughter and The Circus Burned Down and the Clowns Scattered. Subsequently, even despite the lack of acting education, she starred in 50 more films.
From 1999 to 2014 - the permanent host of the program "Wait for me" on "Channel One", since 2018 he has been broadcasting "On a visit in the morning" on the same channel.
She was married three times. Her first husband was the translator Artem Tregubenko. Married to him, Maria gave birth to a daughter, Anna Tregubenko. From this daughter, Maria has a grandson, Vyacheslav Tregubenko.
The second husband of Maria was businessman Alexei Kasatkin. From this marriage, Maria has a son, Makar Kasatkin, and a grandson, Mark Kasatkin.
Shukshina's third husband was a lawyer and entrepreneur Boris Vishnyakov. In this marriage, Maria gave birth to two twin boys, Foma and Foka Vishnyakov.
Olga Shukshina
Born in 1968, only one year apart between Maria. It so happened that the character of Olga and Vasily was the same, so that little Olya became the most beloved daughter of her dad Vasily Makarovich.
As a child, together with her sister, she played in the films "Stove-benches" and "Birds over the city". After graduating from high school, she decided to become an actress like her mother, father and sister. She entered GITIS, but in her second year she transferred to VGIK, after which she managed to star in several films and write several stories.
In a fleeting marriage, she gave birth to a son, Vasily, giving him the surname Shukshin. Then, unexpectedly for everyone, she abandoned her beginning career as an actress and went with her son to a monastery, where she spent 15 years of her life. The boy graduated from a church school, Olga taught literature at the same school.
From 2013 to the present, Olga Shukshina has lived a worldly life in Sergiev Posad. She is married, works in a church, brings up her son Vasily, named after her famous grandfather. He does not communicate with his sisters Maria and Catherine.
Since 2018, she has opened her own business in Egypt and spends most of her time in this country. He does not give details of his personal life.
Vasily Shukshin's nephews
Mother's sister Vasily had two children - Nadezhda and Sergei Zinovievs. Their father died tragically when they were at a tender age. Vasily Shukshin became very friendly with them and actually replaced their father, accepting them as his own children. He often took them with him to shooting and on expeditions, helped to get a good education, to move from the village to Moscow.
Nadezhda and Sergei consider Vasily Shukshin their real dad, he has the same paternal feelings for them.
