Fate is not often favorable to famous people. Apparently, someone at the top believes that it is not worth rewarding a person too much. A rare exception to this rule is the life of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan. Of course, in his biography there were sorrows and sorrows, but on the whole, happy fate led him to the intended goal.
Armen Borisovich Dzhigarkhanyan Born on October 3, 1935 in Yerevan. Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, theater teacher, theater director. People's Artist of the USSR (1985).
Father - Boris Akimovich Dzhigarkhanyan (1910-1972).
Mother - Elena Vasilievna Dzhigarkhanyan (1909-2002), an employee of the Council of Ministers of the Armenian SSR.
Sister (paternal) - Marina Borisovna Dzhigarkhanyan, director of the St. Petersburg Museum of Modern Art.
Comes from an old family of Tiflis Armenians. When Armen was only a month old, his father Boris left the family, and Armen saw his father for the first time, having already become an adult.
He was raised by his stepfather, with whom the boy had the warmest relationship.
Armen grew up in a Russian-speaking environment, studied at a Russian school and with the same diligence comprehended the basics of Armenian and Russian cultures. Mother Elena Vasilievna was an avid theatergoer and did not miss a single dramatic and opera performance.
During his school years, Armen became interested in theater and cinema, and after graduating from school (1952) he went to Moscow and tried to enter GITIS, but unsuccessfully. Returning to Yerevan, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan got a job at the Armenfilm film studio as an assistant cameraman.
In 1954, he entered the Yerevan Art and Theater Institute, on a course with the famous director Vartan Ajemyan, head of the theater named after G. Sundukyan. But the recruitment turned out to be too large, and Dzhigarkhanyan transferred to the course of Armen Karapetovich Gulakyan (he graduated in 1958).
The actor first appeared on stage in January 1955 - in a play based on the play by V. M. Gusev "Ivan Rybakov" of the Russian Drama Theater named after K. S. Stanislavsky in Yerevan.
Among his works in the Yerevan Russian Drama Theater. To Stanislavsky: "Ivan Rybakov" by V. Gusev; "Humiliated and Insulted" based on the novel by F. Dostoevsky; "Restless old age" L. Rakhmanov; "Little Red Riding Hood" based on the fairy tale by Ch. Perrault - Bear; "After separation" N. Skatov; “Sufficient simplicity for every wise man” A. Ostrovsky - Gorodulin; "In the name of the revolution" M. Shatrov - Lenin; "Youth of the Fathers" by B. Gorbatov; Pamela Giraud by O. de Balzac; "Study of Chopin"; "Evil Spirit" by N. Neustroev; “Wedding of Krechinsky” by A. Sukhovo-Kobylin - Nelkin; "Thunderstorm" by A. Ostrovsky; "The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Pinocchio" based on the fairy tale by A. Tolstoy; "Irkutsk History" by A. Arbuzov - Sergey; "Anna Karenina" based on the novel by L. Tolstoy; "Optimistic tragedy" by V. Vishnevsky; "The Cook" by A. Sofronov; "The Lost Son" by A. Arbuzov; "Ghosts" by E. de Filippo; "Two on a swing" by W. Gibson - Jerry; “Four under one roof” by M. Smirnova and M. Kraindel; "At the Bottom" by M. Gorky - Actor; “A liar is required” by D. Psafas - Todoros; "Conscience" Y. Chepurin; "Last Stop" by E. Remarque; "Richard III" by W. Shakespeare - Richard.
In 1967, Anatoly Efros invited the actor to the Moscow Lenin Komsomol Theater, among his works: “Fear and Despair in the Third Empire” by B. Brecht - Stormtrooper; "Judicial Chronicle" by Y. Volchek - Poluyanov, prosecutor; “A film is being made” by E. Radzinsky - Nechaev; "Molière" by M. Bulgakov - Jean Baptiste Moliere; "104 pages about love" by E. Radzinsky - Kartsev; “Smoke of the Fatherland” based on the story by K. Simonov - Basargin; "The Barbarian and the Heretic" based on the novel by F. Dostoevsky - Zagoryansky; "City of Millionaires" based on the play by E. de Filippo - Domenico.
Since 1969 he served in the Moscow academic theater named after Vladimir Mayakovsky, among his works: "The Rout" by I. Prut and M. Zakharov based on the novel by A. Fadeev - Levinson; "A Streetcar Named Desire" by T. Williams - Stanley Kowalski; "Three Minutes of Martin Grow" by G. Borovik - Davis; "Seeing" I. Dvoretsky - Staroselsky; "Conversations with Socrates" by E. Radzinsky - Socrates; "Long live the queen, vivat!" R. Bolt - Lord Botwell; “Running (Eight Dreams)” by M. Bulgakov - Khludov; "Cat on a Hot Roof" by T. Williams - Big Pa; "Law of wintering" B. Gorbatov - Booth; "The Theater of the Times of Nero and Seneca" by E. Radzinsky - Nero; "Sunset" by I. Babel - Mendel Creek; "Victoria?.." T. Rattigan - Nelson; "The Victim of the Century" by A. Ostrovsky - Salai Saltanych.
In the movie, the actor made his debut in 1960 with the role of Hakob in the movie "Collapse".
All-Union fame Armen Dzhigarkhanyan brought one of his best film roles (the first the main role in the cinema) - a young physicist Artyom Manvelyan from the film directed by Frunze Dovlatyan "Hello, it's me!".
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan in the film "Hello, it's me!"
Shortly after the release of Hello, It's Me! new interesting works followed, demonstrating the breadth of the acting range, psychological authenticity and mastery of reincarnation - the blacksmith of the mouth Mukuch in the "Triangle", Levon Poghosyan in the drama "When September Comes", Staff Captain Ovechkin in the most popular "New Adventures of the Elusive" by Edmond Keosayan, Chekist Artuzov in the television tape "Operation" Trust "", Socialist-Revolutionary Proshyan in historical picture"Sixth of July", Mikhail Styshnoy in "Crane".
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan in the movie "Crane"
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan in the film “The New Adventures of the Elusive”
From bad guys Most of all, the audience remembered Judge Krigs in the comedy “Hello, I'm your aunt!” and the hunchbacked Black Cat gang leader Karp from the movie The Meeting Place Can't Be Changed.
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan in the film "Hello, I'm your aunt!"
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan in the film “The meeting place cannot be changed”
Actively filmed in the 1990s and 2000s. Every appearance of an actor on the screen - in any role - has always been an event in cinema.
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan in the film "Shirley Myrli"
In total, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan played more than 250 film roles, becoming the most filmed Soviet actor. On his account, diverse roles in films by the best Soviet and Russian directors, in films of various genres, in comedy and adventure films, in dramas and musical films.
Listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the most filmed Russian actor.
This fact was reflected in his playful epigram by Valentin Gaft: “There are much fewer Armenians in the land than films where Dzhigarkhanyan played”.
From 1991 to 1996 he taught acting at VGIK (professor).
In 1996, on the basis of his course, he founded the Moscow Drama Theater under the direction of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan. Theater "D" immediately took a special place among the small theaters in Moscow.
In addition, Dzhigarkhanyan was busy in private performances.
In 2006, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan took part in the preparation of the publication of the book "Autograph of the Century".
For his great contribution to the development of Soviet art, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan was awarded the title of "People's Artist of the USSR" and awarded government awards.
Socio-political position of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
In 2001, he signed a letter in defense of the NTV channel.
In the 2012 presidential election, he was a confidant of candidate Vladimir Putin.
In March 2014, he refused to sign a collective appeal to the Russian public of Russian cultural figures in support of the position of President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine and Crimea.
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan. Documentary
The growth of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan: 175 centimeters
Personal life of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan:
The first wife of Alla Yuryevna Vannovskaya is an actress of the Yerevan Russian Drama Theater. Stanislavsky.
A daughter, Elena Armenovna Dzhigarkhanyan (1964-1987), was born in marriage, she died at the age of 23 as a result of an accident - carbon monoxide poisoning in a car, falling asleep in a car with a running engine.
The actor said about Alla Vannovskaya: “Alla was 15 years older than me and was the first woman who burst into my love life. She turned out to be sick, she had chorea, it is also called the "dance of St. Vitus" (the disease is characterized by erratic irregular movements, often reminiscent of a dance - stuki-druki.com). And my daughter from her was the same sick. My daughter died, she was 23 years old.
Alla Vannovskaya - the first wife of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
Elena is the daughter of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
The second wife is Tatyana Sergeevna Vlasova, an actress, now a teacher of the Russian language at an institute in Dallas. Lives in the USA. The marriage broke up in 2015.
Son (adopted) - Vlasov Stepan, son of his wife from a previous marriage (Stepan Armenovich Dzhigarkhanyan, January 17, 1966).
Since the early 2000s, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan has been living in an actual marriage with pianist Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya. We met in 2000 in Kyiv. The initiator of the acquaintance was Vitalina, who declared that she had loved the actor since her youth. Then she moved to Moscow, since 2008 she became music director Moscow Dzhigarkhanyan Drama Theatre, and since 2015 - director of the theater.
For a long time, the couple hid their romance, but in February 2015, Armen Borisovich and Vitalina Viktorovna officially confirmed its existence. In September, a divorce took place with Dzhigarkhanyan's wife, actress Tatyana Sergeevna Vlasova, who currently lives and works in Dallas (USA).
In February 2016, Dzhigarkhanyan officially married Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya.
In October 2017, the actor accused his wife of stealing. He also announced that he intends to divorce Vitalina.
“The most difficult thing is that not very good processes have taken place in my life. I had a wife, like a normal person. Then this woman turned out to be - either she doesn't like me, or she. I'm talking about Vitalina ... Although it seems that nothing threatened. Sad, sad. Vitalina, I can hardly pronounce her last name, brought me a lot of unfair pain. I am always afraid when people close to me suddenly start to drive close to me. Oh, I say no, “Wait a minute. Let me think for myself and make some decision… No, I'm not ready to forgive her. Now I say so. Even thinking, I confidently say no. I will speak harshly. She behaved wickedly. A thief, she is a thief, not a person ... Yes, I'm talking about Vitalin, ”said Armen Dzhigarkhanyan in the program“ Andrey Malakhov. Live".
Later, the actor also said that Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya left him without property - two apartments of the famous artist were transferred to her: “She is a little sick, to be honest. Thief, pure water. She literally stole money from my pocket. Either cheating, or I'm already a little tired. I'm telling you honestly, I'm a people's artist Soviet Union I don't have an apartment to live in. There was a half of the apartment with Tatyana Sergeevna. A normal person wants a little less. Vitalina Vladimirovna stole.
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan: I have nowhere to live. Let them talk
In 1999 he received a green card under the US government quota for outstanding artists. A seven-room house in America was presented by his admirer. Until 2015, he lived in two countries: three to four months a year - usually summer and early autumn - in Garland near Dallas (Texas, USA), and from September to May - in Moscow.
March 5, 2016 was hospitalized at the Research Institute. N.V. Sklifosovsky with suspected myocardial infarction.
Filmography of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
1960 - Collapse young - worker Hakob
1961 - Twelve satellites - Fedoseev
1961 - At dawn - teacher Alexander
1962 - Steps (arm. Քայլեր) - journalist Leon
1962 - The waters rise - Norayr Meloyan
1965 - Hello, it's me! – Artyom Manvelyan
1965 - People of our city - Garni Ruben
1967 - Operation "Trust" - security officer Artuzov
1967 - Triangle - blacksmith Usta Mukuch
1967 - On the Kiev direction - Ivan Bagramyan
1967 - Strokes to the portrait of V. I. Lenin - Vitaly Semyonovich
1968 - There was a man - Ruben
1968 - Crane - Mikhail Styshnoy
1968 - July 6th - Social Revolutionary Prosh Proshyan
1968 - New Adventures of the Elusive - Staff Captain Ovechkin
1969 - White explosion - Lieutenant Artyom Arsenov
1969 - The Punisher - Sergeant
1970 - Payback - Bogush
1970 - Saved the fire - people's commissar
1970 - Train to Tomorrow - Prosh Proshyan
1970 - Echo of distant snows, head of the survey party - Kirill Kostomarov
1970 - Extraordinary Commissioner - Commissioner Pyotr Kobozev
1971 - The Crown of the Russian Empire, or Elusive Again - Staff Captain Ovechkin
1971 - The end of the Lyubavins - Zakrevsky
1971 - Young - Peter
1971 - Train in distant August
1971 - Tell me about yourself - Fedor
1971 - Seagull - Ilya Shamraev
1971 - Tronka - Uralov
1972 - Racers - Vartan Vartanovich
1972 - Circle - Rostislav Frolov
1972 - Summer Dreams (voice over)
1972 - Translation from English - dad Leni Pushkarev
1972 - Sveaborg - Captain Sergei Anatolyevich Zion
1972 - The investigation is conducted by Experts. blackmail - blackmailer
1972 - A man in his place - Artashes Leonovich Kocharyan, director of a chemical plant
1972 - 4th - Guicciardi
1973 - Men - Kazaryan
1973 - This is our home - Zakhar Managarov
1973 - An hour before dawn - Andranikyan
1973 - Cement - Badin
1974 - Old walls - Volodya
1974 - Ocean - Mitrofan Ignatievich Zub
1974 - Olga Sergeevna (TV film) - Vladimir
1974 - High rank - Ismail Alievich Tskhovrebov
1974 - Autumn - Viktor Skobkin
1974 - Prize - Dispatcher Grigory Ivanovich
1974 - Gorge of abandoned tales - Azaria
1975 - Diamonds for the dictatorship of the proletariat - Roman Shelekhes
1975 - The taste of halva - Emir
1975 - Balloonist - Alexander Kuprin
1975 - Eleven Hopes - Gomez
1975 - Hello, I'm your aunt! - Judge Criggs
1975 - Bride from the North - Serob
1975 - A story about a simple thing - Chekist Orlov
1975 - When September comes - Levon Poghosyan
1977 - We came to the cook competition - Amo
1977 - Rudin - landowner Mikhailo Mikhailovich Lezhnev
1977 - Dog in the manger - Tristan
1977 – Sunstroke(Bulgaria) – Professor Radev
1978 - Arevik - Andranik
1978 - Star of Hope - Mkhitar Sparapet
1978 - Snow in mourning - Isai
1978 - Kings and Cabbage - Billy Keogh
1978 - My love, my sadness is a wanderer
1978 - Yaroslavna, Queen of France - Metropolitan Theopempt
1979 - Grandmother's grandson - George
1979 - Live long - Baroyan
1979 - The legend of the buffoon - warden
1979 - The meeting place cannot be changed - Karp ("Hunchbacked")
1980 - Dulcinea of Toboso - father of Aldonsa
1980 - Horses are not changed at the crossing - foreman Ruben Grigorievich Markaryan
1980 - Flight starts from the ground
1980 - Tehran-43 - Max Richard
1980 - Rafferty (TV film) - Farrichetti
1981 - Where did Fomenko disappear to? - major
1982 - Somewhere the oriole is crying - Francois
1982 - Gikor bazaz - Artem
1982 - We live here - Alexander Sheremetev
1982 - Niccolo Paganini (TV movie) - Chiarelli
1982 - Date with youth - Viktor Shamaev
1982 - Fight - Stepan
1982 - Profession - investigator - Anatoly Sergeevich Krupanin
1983 - Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves - Hassan
1983 - Parting - Robert Petrovich Galdaev
1983 - The recipe for her youth - Count Gauck
1983 - Three on the highway - Viktor Viktorovich Kartsev
1983 - I'm ready to accept the challenge - captain
1984 - Shore - Platon Petrovich
1984 - Tales of the Old Wizard - Junior Minister
1985 - Sincerely yours ... - theater director
1985 - Scenes from the drama "Masquerade" (teleplay based on the drama "Masquerade" by M. Yu. Lermontov) - Kazarin
1985 – gold fish(teleplay)
1985 - Anna Fierling Roads - cook / "Dutch with a straw"
1986 - Life of Klim Samgin - Timofey Varavka
1986 - For a clear advantage - Trunov
1986 - Dolphin Cry - steward
1986 - Secrets of Madame Wong - Police Commissioner
1986 - End of the world followed by a symposium - Phil Stone
1987 - Start the investigation - Dzhangirov
1986 - Face to face - Larsen
1986 - Beautiful Elena - Calhas
1986 - Strange games Drampian
1987 - Chosen of fate - innkeeper
1987 - One at a time is not necessary - foreman Papashin
1987 - Challenger - Parker
1987 - Lonely Hazel - Razmik
1987 - Maigret at the Minister (television play) - Commissioner Maigret
1988 - City Zero - factory director
1988 - Physicists - Richard Voss
1988 - The thirteenth apostle - David, director of the orphanage
1988 - The Secret of the Golden Breguet
1988 - Earthly joys - Zakharov
1989 - Binduzhnik and the king - Mendel Creek
1989 - Two arrows. Stone Age detective - the head of the family
1989 - Law - Piotrovsky's brother
1989 - Prince Luck Andreevich - Kastoriev
1989 - Rouen maiden, nicknamed "Dumpy" - Breville
1989 - Constellation of Kozlotur - Avtandil Avtandilovich
1990 - Jokes - Bruskov
1990 - Dinosaurs of the XX century - Sergey Lvovich
1990 - Spanish actress for the Russian minister - Pavel Matveevich
1990 - Facing the wall - prosecutor Papoyan
1990 - Passport - Senya
1990 - Nicknamed "The Beast" - authority "King"
1990 - Made in the USSR - history teacher Viktor Andreevich
1990 - One hundred days before the order - colonel, unit commander
1990 - Hat - Pobratimov
1990 - Childhood of Tyoma - Leiba
1991 - Gangsters in the ocean - Ivan Vasilyevich, captain of the ship "Berdyansk"
1991 - Tsaricide - Alexander Egorovich
1991 - KGB agents also fall in love - Edik
1992 - Ballad for Byron - President of Greece
1992 - Casino - Jack Perry
1992 - Sniper - Augusto Savanto
1992 - White King, Red Queen - Makeev
1992 - Demons - Ignat Lebyadkin
1992 - Smuggler
1992 - Oriental novel - Jafar
1991 - Talking Monkey - Chef
1992 - The game is serious - Arseny Fedorovich Cherkizov
1992 - Katka and Shiz
1992 - Pasta of Death, or Dr. Bugensberg's Mistake - Barrymore
1992 - Good weather on Deribasovskaya, or It's raining again on Brighton Beach - lawyer Katz
1992 - Richard the Lionheart - Saladin
1992 - Black Square - Georgadze
1993 - Alphonse - Pikin
1993 - Whoa! train robbery
1993 - Pistol with silencer - Chemodanov
1993 - Split - Axelrod
1993 - Knight - Kenneth Saladin
1993 - Dreams - doctor
1993 - Shooting Angels - Dracula
1993 - Killer
1993 - Finish
1993 - I am Ivan, you are Abram
1994 - Anecdote, or the History of Odessa in jokes
1994 - No return address
1994 - White Holiday - Stanislav
1994 - Several love stories– Egano
1994 - Nocturne for drum and motorcycle - Hamlet
1994 - The last station
1994 - Innocent - Abbé de Kerkabon (uncle)
1995 - Shirley-myrli - mafioso Kozyulsky, he is also the "godfather"
1995 - American daughter - Ardov
1995 - Moscow holidays - director
1996 - Life line - authority "Papa"
1996 - Auditor - Osip
1996 - Kings of the Russian detective
1996 - The return of the "Battleship" - Philip
1997 - Poor Sasha - head of the colony
1997 - Don Quixote Returns - Sancho Panza
1996 - Queen Margot - Kabosh
1997 - Mystery - Marcello
1997 - Natasha - Andrey Nikolaevich
1997 - Schizophrenia - shooting instructor
1997 - Children of Monday - banker
1998 - Our yard Dzhigarkhanyan (cameo)
1999 - Criminal tango - Semyon Semyonovich
2000-2003 with Gangster Petersburg: Film 1. "Baron", Film 2. "Lawyer", Film 4. "Prisoner" - crime boss Givi Chvirkhadze, nicknamed Gurgen
2001 - The perfect couple - Negrebsky
2002 - If the bride is a witch - Malkovich, Alice's father
2004 - December 32 - Karen Zavenovich
2004 - Cavaliers of the Starfish - Mironov
2004 - My Fair Nanny - Dzhugashvili
2004 - The Legend of Tampuk - Professor Feinberg
2005 - Case of Kukotsky - Isaak Veniaminovich Ketsler, pediatrician
2005 - Unexpected joy - Vasily Adamovich
2005 - My big Armenian wedding - Dzhigarkhanyan (cameo)
2005 - Adjutants of Love - teacher / head of the Order of the Illuminati
2005 - Grandfather of my dreams
2005 - Star of the era - Stalin
2005 - Secret Guard - Father Dadashev
2005 - Three Musketeers - De Treville
2006 - Who is the boss in the house? - Uncle Ashot
2006 - Poor Baby - Mole
2006 - Vanechka - Dzhigarkhanyan (cameo)
2006 - When the gods fell asleep - Razhev
2007 - Artists - Caucasian seller
2007 - Gioconda on asphalt - Stas
2007 - Reporters - Arkady Ilyich
2007 - Rud and Sam former intelligence officer Rudolf Karlovich Davydov
2007 - Yarik - Gurgen
2007 - Love on the edge of a knife - Artyom Borisovich Sarkisov, lawyer
2008 - Parents' Day - retired colonel
2008 - Alexander the Great - Givi
2008 - White canvas - Igor Petrovich Poghosyan
2008 - Van Gogh is not to blame - a hand with a ring
2008 - Best Film - Secretary of God
2008 - Brownie - Yavorsky, oligarch
2008 - Confessions of the Devil
2008 - My favorite witch - neighbor Anatoly
2008 - The Smile of God, or Purely Odessa History - Philip Olshansky, Alena's grandfather
2008 - Vanished Empire - Sergei's grandfather, academician
2008 - Hand for happiness - "Godfather", crime boss
2009 - Return prodigal son- head of family
2009 - Oh, lucky! - Grandpa Ramiz
2009 - Hamlet. 21st century - gravedigger
2010 - Akhtamar - taxi driver
2010 - Return - Abraham Markic
2010 - Troika - boss
2011 - Comrade police officers - David Tigranovich Shahverdyan
2011 - Goldfish in the city of N - grandfather Petya
2011 - Zemsky doctor. Continuation - Oleg Mikhailovich
2011 - German - Conrad Gicometti
2011 - Protected by fate - Nikolai Dimitriadi
2012 - Love in the USSR
2012 - Fire, water and diamonds
2013 - 12 months - Masha's grandfather
2014 - Chief Designer - Stalin
2014 - Payback
2014 - House in the heart - grandfather
2014 - Soul of a Spy
2014 - Bosun Chaika - Grisha
2015 - Tali and Toli - Bazi Kesaev
2015 - The last Janissary - the old Janissary Batur, teacher of the Janissaries, mentor of Altana
2018 - Angels Die Twice - Lester
They went down the aisle after 15 years of dating. Armen Dzhigarkhanyan was 80 and Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya- 36. Of course, evil tongues predicted a short life for this union, but in the first months after the registry office it seemed that the newlyweds were happy. Everything changed a year later: the People's Artist of the USSR accused the newly-made wife of having robbed him to the skin, and he intends to sue, and Vitalina before that went to the police with a statement about the kidnapping of her husband, who was allegedly in an inadequate state. A romantic love story that began many years ago ended in a banal scandal and, apparently, is heading for divorce.
First meeting
The future spouses first met in 1994, when Dzhigarkhanyan was on tour in Kyiv. 15-year-old Vitalina approached the eminent actor for an autograph, adding to the impressive army of the artist's fans: she read all the interviews of Armen Borisovich, watched films with his participation, attended performances. A closer acquaintance with the idol took place 6 years later. The girl gave Dzhigarkhanyan a note through her friend, who worked in the theater. The actor called her and invited her to go to the dressing room for a cup of tea before the performance. The conversation between them developed from the first seconds. Music brought them together: Vitalina studied piano at the conservatory, Armen Borisovich was well versed in classical music. But after a sincere conversation, they parted again and met only when the girl finally moved to Moscow.
Up the career ladder
In 2008, Dzhigarkhanyan invited Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya to become the head of the musical part in his theater, she selected musical arrangement for performances. Literally a year later, Armen Borisovich had a stroke. The actor, although he was then married, lived alone, since his wife Tatiana Vlasova by that time, she had firmly settled in America and practically did not come to the capital. Dzhigarkhanyan often ate at the theater buffet and, like many other creative people, did not take care of his health. One day, he forgot to drink the drug that the doctor prescribed for him, and ended up in a hospital bed. Then Vitalina took care of the artist into her own hands. After some time, Armen Borisovich returned to work in the theater and even went on stage in the premiere performance of "The Theater of the Times of Nero and Seneca."
Attentive and … young
Vitalina has repeatedly said in an interview that the romance between her and Dzhigarkhanyan did not start right away. There were too many obstacles on the way to family happiness: an impressive age difference, different social status. In addition, it was difficult for the eminent actor to believe in the sincerity of the girl's intentions. But attention from Vitalina took over, and soon they became a real couple. The lovers were always together: at home, at work and social events.
More than 40 years of age difference between Dzhigarkhanyan and his new passion, of course, gave rise to many rumors about the mercenary plans of the latter. But one nuance made one doubt the accusations of spiteful critics: Armen Borisovich was officially married to another woman, which means that in which case all his property would have gone to his legal wife. However, in 2016, the actor decided to put an end to his relationship with Tatyana Vlasova, which lasted almost fifty years, and go down the aisle with Vitalina.
year 2012. Photo: www.globallookpress.com
There might not have been a wedding
Dzhigarkhanyan made a marriage proposal at the premiere of A Christmas Story at the Mariinsky Theater in January 2016, and the wedding took place in February. As Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya said in one of her interviews, she offered to set the registration date for March, since it was in this month that the couple met. However, Armen Borisovich told her that he could not wait so long.
On the eve of the wedding, the actor was in the hospital. Vitalina was not completely sure that the wedding would take place. But on X day, the enamored groom ran away from the doctors and nevertheless arrived at the registry office. The ceremony was modest, without lavish feasts and festivities. Having become husband and wife, the newlyweds went to the theater.
After stamp
It seemed that in the family life of Armen Borisovich there was a real idyll. However, in October 2017, news appeared in the press that Dzhigarkhanyan was hiding from his young wife in the hospital, accusing her of stealing and flatly refusing to let Vitalina into his room.
Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya herself interprets this unpleasant story differently. The woman claims that her husband is very ill and was generally abducted, and she did not know about his whereabouts for several days, so she turned to the police.
Dzhigarkhanyan's friend Arthur Sogomyan, who helped the artist go to the hospital, claims that serious disputes arose between the spouses, not only on financial grounds, because the girl allegedly transferred all her husband's property to herself, but also on creative grounds. In 2015, Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya took the position of general director of the Moscow Drama Theater under the direction of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan and began to stage performances that her husband did not like on its stage. And when a scandal broke out, she completely issued an order according to which Armen Borisovich was forbidden to cross the threshold of his own theater.
Photo: RIA Novosti / Ekaterina Chesnokova
After the “escape” of Dzhigarkhanyan, the spouses do not communicate and, apparently, it is pointless to talk about reconciliation of the parties, since Armen Borisovich declared his desire to divorce Vitalina and deprive her of her position. Alas, even the third marriage did not become truly happy for the actor.
09:20 18.10.2017
How changeable life is! 1.5 years ago, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan rejoiced at his second marriage with 36-year-old Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya, and today he claims that the young wife robbed him and wanted to kill him.
Something strange began to happen in the Dzhigarkhanyan family on Sunday evening, when the 82-year-old actor suddenly disappeared. After the journalists of the Rossiya channel found him in the hospital, where Armen Borisovich admitted that his wife turned out to be a “thief”, and he does not intend to forgive her:
Representatives of Romanovskaya blame the jump in sugar in Dzhigakhanyan’s body and “some people who screwed it up” for everything. At the same time, Armen Borisovich's friend Artur Soghomonyan said that Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya transferred all Dzhigarkhanyan's property to herself and hid his passport.
Like, a few years ago she changed the statutory documents of the theater, and according to the new charter, Armen Borisovich - artistic director, but all decisions are made by the CEO - she. Vitalina can even fire Armen Borisovich, but he does not have her.
« She has already sent a letter to the Ministry of Culture with a request to remove Armen Borisovich from his post due to health reasons.”, Soghomonyan said. And he added that Vitalina could not cope with the management of the theater. Like, the last production, which she did, was obviously a failure. In addition, Tsimbalyuk-Romanovskaya did not give medicine to Dzhigarkhanyan, who had diabetes, for several days.
« On the fourth day, he went home and found out there that Vitalina had deceived him and was releasing a performance, - says Soghomonyan. - Then he called and asked to pick him up. We went to the hospital to check on his well-being, because Armen Borisovich did not look well. Vitalina also arrived. I asked her to give me a list of medicines he takes, to give him his passport and clothes. She promised me. I sent a driver, he stood for hours, but she never gave anything back. We sent Armen Borisovich to the 57th city hospital. He's been there for five days. Now in good condition».
In addition, Vitalina re-registered all the accounts and apartments of Dzhigarkhanyan for herself.
“Armen said: I am 82 years old and have nowhere to go. What have you lived up to?"- said a close friend of Dzhigarkhanyan.
Where Armen Borisovich will go after leaving the hospital is still unclear.
The journalists spoke with a close friend of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, businessman Artur Soghomonyan, who is now helping the artist who is in the hospital. By the way, the actor was there for a reason. Dzhigarkhanyan was very worried when he learned that his wife released a "raw" performance, although she promised not to do this. Then Soghomonyan asked the artist's wife for a list of medicines he needed, a passport and clothes. However, Vitalina did not convey anything. As a result, Dzhigarkhanyan's phone number was changed and now they are making a new passport.
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“Vitalina upset him greatly and deeply. Armen Borisovich wants to change the situation. He is tired of the fact that she lies all the time,” said the actor’s friend. Relations between the spouses were upset for a long time. "Armen Borisovich is categorically determined to get a divorce. This is not today's decision. He is upset by what is happening with the theater: very unprofessional management and a lot of strange facts. Armen Borisovich called Sergei Sobyanin, asked to check the theater for the entire period when it was run by Vitalina", Soghomonyan said.
According to a friend of Dzhigarkhanyan, some time ago, Vitalina, taking advantage of the fact that the master was in the hospital with a stroke, began her life in the theater. “The first thing she did was fired 11 actors from the theater, moreover, these were the leading actors - Duzhnikov, Merzlikin, Kapustin ... These guys were with Armen for 15 years. Naturally, they did not really perceive her as a leader. But she continues there command," said Dzhigarkhanyan's friend.
The most interesting thing is that, having come to power, Vitalina changed the statutory documents, and now she can fire her husband, but he can’t fire her. Moreover, according to Soghomonyan, the young wife made a firm decision to deprive her husband of work. "Vitalina has already sent a letter to the Ministry of Culture with a request to remove Armen Borisovich from his post due to his state of health," said a friend of the actor.
In turn, Dzhigarkhanyan sent a letter to the theater in which he expressed distrust of the leadership. The message was read to the entire troupe. In the near future, the artist intends to return to work. "But purely legally, we will ask the Ministry of Culture to take action, because only they can appoint or remove directors," Soghomonyan said.
The current state of affairs is explained simply - Armen Dzhigarkhanyan "confided very much" and now he is worried and very disappointed. “Vitalina hired her mom, dad, friends, people who have nothing to do with the theater. Vitalina has three companies of her own that provide some kind of service to the theater. And we ask the prosecutor’s office to conduct a financial audit. Today the theater is in debt, delaying payments taxes. Everything related to everyday issues, Vitalina is quite skilled in them. She re-registered all the accounts, all the apartments. Armen Borisovich took this calmly. But when the theater releases half-finished performances one after another, and his name is on the posters, he is already I couldn't stand it," the actor's friend explained.
All Dzhigarkhanyan's property is recorded on his young wife. Moreover, according to a friend of the master, for a long time the artist felt the insincerity of Vitalina's attitude. “And even we persuaded ourselves that it might cost: Vitalina is nearby, giving him medicines, because he had a second stroke due to the fact that he forgot to drink the drugs that he was prescribed. We saw great mercantile interests on her part And all the time there are some intrigues, showdowns, courts," Soghomonyan said.
We are talking about two apartments, one of which was bought in marriage. The second has nothing to do with Vitalina, but, according to a friend of the artist, she insisted that Armen re-register it for her. By the way, lawyers representing the interests of Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya reported that she had resold this apartment. However, no one lives there. As Soghomonyan said, "the resale is purely formal." Plus, Dzhigarkhanyan has money in his account.
A friend of the artist stressed that they do not want to sue and are ready to divide all the property in half. “But she, along with lawyers, is building some schemes,” the man said. Dzhigarkhanyan asked his wife through him to give him one apartment in exchange for everything else, but she refused.
As a result, when Armen Dzhigarkhanyan leaves the hospital, he has nowhere to go. “We will look for an apartment to rent. Thank God, we have friends and we will rectify this situation, he will have no problems with housing or money. You know, we were sitting in a friend’s kitchen and Armen said: can you imagine, I am 82 years old, and there is nowhere to go. How far he has lived, "quotes a friend of the master
