Nikolai Rybnikov is one of the favorite actors of the Soviet era. His roles in the films "Spring on Zarechnaya Street", "Height", "Girls" in just a few years turned the novice artist into a star of Russian cinema. Despite the immense popularity and love of millions of fans, Rybnikov remained devoted all his life to the only woman - his beloved wife Alla Larionova.
Crossing of destinies
The beginning of life for Nikolai Rybnikov turned out to be difficult. He was born on December 13, 1930 in the Voronezh region. His father was also an actor, played on the stage of the local drama theater. Unfortunately, the fate of the people of that era was mercilessly crippled by the Great Patriotic War. Rybnikov's father died at the front. Soon the mother of the future actor was gone. With the beginning of the war, she, along with her children, Nikolai and his brother, moved to her sister in Stalingrad. After the death of his parents, it was in this city that the remaining years of Rybnikov's childhood and youth passed.
At school, he did not differ in exemplary behavior, but he proved himself well, playing in school plays. In 1948 Nikolai set out to conquer Moscow. He succeeded quite easily: Rybnikov entered VGIK on the course of Sergei Gerasimov and Tamara Makarova. His future wife, Alla Larionova, also came to study there.
Unlike Nikolai, she was a native Muscovite. She survived the war with her mother in evacuation in Tatarstan. In childhood, little Alla was constantly paid attention and invited to act in films, but her mother did not want an acting career for her daughter. Fortunately, after school, Larionova could already make decisions herself and applied to several theater universities. In GITIS, an embarrassment happened to her at the audition, when an agitated girl forgot the text. At VGIK, Alla was also not expected with open arms. Sergei Gerasimov, who was gaining an acting course, did not like the applicant, but she saw the potential of the master's wife, Tamara Makarova. She persuaded her husband to give Larionova a chance.
According to rumors, Rybnikov did not immediately discern his fate in the haughty beauty. The first years of his studies, he was carried away by another girl, and the epiphany came in the fourth year, when Alla played the main role in the fairy tale "Sadko". He confessed his feelings to Larionova, but the young actress, surrounded by a crowd of fans, perceived the next boyfriend only as a friend.
After graduating from VGIK in 1953, the paths of former classmates had to go their separate ways. But Rybnikov did not give up. They say that in his student years, in despair, he even wanted to hang himself because of an unrequited feeling. His teacher Gerasimov was able to enlighten the fool in love, advising him to fight for the heart of a windy beauty. Later, Larionova admitted that on all filming expeditions she invariably received telegrams from Nikolai with declarations of love, which did not allow her to forget about her faithful admirer.
Savior
During the filming of the fairy tale "Sadko" Alla met the famous actor Ivan Pereverzev, who was 17 years older than her. Over time, the acquaintance grew into a novel, and in 1956 Larionova became pregnant. Of course, she hoped for a quick wedding and official recognition of the unborn child. Moreover, relations with Pereverzev at that time were developing well, the acting couple starred together in the film "Polesskaya Legend". For Rybnikov, the news of the upcoming changes in the life of the adored Alla was a heavy blow. It seemed that he had lost her forever.
However, another participant in the love drama, Pereverzev, presented an unexpected surprise to his competitor. The loving actor in parallel was having an affair in Moscow with a colleague from the Theater of Satire - Kira Kanaeva. The second beloved was also expecting a child from him. And after leaving the filming of "Polesie Legend", Pereverzev secretly married her. Soon after Ivan Larionova returned, she accidentally discovered a fresh marriage stamp in his passport. She immediately left the deceiver, and shared her misfortune with her brother's wife. Alla's relative, in turn, immediately called Rybnikov.
Nikolai immediately flew to her in Minsk, interrupting filming in the legendary film "Height". Only thanks to his recognition, he persuaded the employees of the local registry office to marry them with Larionova on January 2, 1957. And just a month later, in February, the eldest daughter Alena was born to the couple. Rybnikov raised the girl as his own, and did not change his attitude, even when her younger sister Arina appeared in the family. Fortunately, Pereverzev was not at all interested in the fate of his daughter from Larionova. Only many years later Alena learned the secret of her birth, but this did not affect her attitude towards Rybnikov as her beloved and only father.
30 years of happiness
The family union of Rybnikov and Larionova existed for 33 years, until the death of Nikolai Nikolaevich in 1990. Friends, relatives and acquaintances of the actors still share their memories of the relationship in this famous couple. It turns out that in ordinary life, the audience's favorite Rybnikov was a closed, silent person, did not like public attention and tried to avoid it with all his might. For this reason, he even once refused to visit his wife in the hospital when Larionova got there with a fractured collarbone. And in the noisy companies that gathered in the spacious five-room apartment of famous actors, Rybnikov usually took little part in the general fun. But he was a hospitable owner, cooked well, dealt with many everyday issues - for example, he washed the clothes himself.
Nikolai Nikolaevich was terribly jealous of his beloved wife, he could even arrange a showdown with her excessively arrogant admirers. And he also very badly tolerated separation from Larionova, he always tried to visit her on the set. Friends of the couple say that the actor called his wife by his household nickname Lapusya. Rybnikov adored his wife so much that he even closed his eyes to her fleeting hobbies on the side, to which Alla Dmitrievna sometimes succumbed.
Larionova was very upset about the death of her beloved spouse. She closed in on herself, smiled less often and admitted that she missed her Kolya desperately. In addition, after the death of the head of the family, another misfortune came to the house - the alcohol dependence of the youngest daughter. The actress even changed her huge apartment so as not to see regular guests and endless feasts of Arina and her husband.
Larionova did not live up to her 70th birthday a little, she died in April 2000. In 2004, Arina Rybnikova passed away. Alena Rybnikova worked as an editor on television all her life, now she has already retired. Unfortunately, none of the daughters of the legendary actors continued their lineage.
