Livanov's ex-wife and mother-in-law warn Maria Golubkina about the groom's terrible illness. Daughter-in-law of Vasily Livanov: They tried to poison me
Boris Vasilievich Livanov (II). Born on April 2, 1974 in Moscow. Soviet and Russian actor, writer. Son of actor Vasily Livanov.
Father - Soviet and Russian actor and director, screenwriter. People's Artist of the RSFSR.
Mother - Elena Artemyevna Livanova, animation film artist.
Younger brother- Nikolay Livanov (born 1984), animator.
Elder sister(from her father’s first marriage to Alina Engelhardt) - Anastasia (born 1963).
Since childhood I was surrounded famous actors and directors - acquaintances of my father. I was often with my famous parent on the set, in particular, of a film about the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
At the age of six he made his screen debut - in 1979 he played a small episode in the film “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson”, in which main role performed by his father.
Boris Livanov in the film "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson"
After school, I decided to follow in my father’s footsteps and studied at the Shchukin School, then at GITIS. He was either expelled due to poor attendance, or accepted back - apparently, not without the assistance of Vasily Livanov, who tried to make an actor out of his son. However, he never finished university.
In 1994, he performed an episode in the film “The Hunt” (his father’s long-term partner in the film “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson”), based on the story “The Krutoyarskaya Princess” by E. Salias de Tournemire.
In 1997, he played in the film “Don Quixote Returns,” directed by Oleg Grigorovich and Vasily Livanov. The father played the main role - Don Quixote, and Boris - the bachelor Samson Carrasco. His partner and on-screen lover was the Bulgarian actress Velina Doichenova.
Boris Livanov in the film "Don Quixote Returns"
However, Boris Livanov failed to succeed as an actor - his passion for alcohol prevented him. He “glorified” his family with drunken antics and frequent appearances in crime chronicles.
In 2003, mother Elena Livanova wrote a statement to the police against her son, who threatened her with violence. Boris tried to attack her when she came to his apartment, where he, in a drunken state, handcuffed his wife to the radiator.
“I myself am afraid of my son... After all, this is not the first time when he rushes at his mother, then at me. We are very unhappy,” his father Vasily Livanov admitted in an interview.
Boris Livanov with his father
Criminal sentence of Boris Livanov
In 2009, Boris Livanov was convicted of murder.
The tragedy occurred on New Year in Khimki near Moscow in house No. 7 on Druzhby Street. We walked in the apartment until 9 am. When the alcohol ran out, the company went for a new portion. Following them, the owner of the apartment, 31-year-old Igor Khromov, jumped out, taking with him a hatchet for cutting meat. Already at the entrance, Boris Livanov hit Khromov several times with this same hatchet. He died on the spot.
Boris's father and mother and their lawyers achieved that the murder charge was reclassified to a more lenient one - "infliction of grievous bodily harm, negligently resulting in the death of the victim." Livanov Jr. was given 9 years in prison. Then they knocked it down to 8 years.
Vasily Livanov is sure that there are many blind spots in this story. At the trial, a friend of Boris’s ex-wife confirmed that she mixed psychotropic drugs into his alcohol in order to keep the man near her. They say that’s why Boris doesn’t remember how he spent the end of December and what happened on January 1st. The day before, Boris stopped by his ex-wife in Khimki to pick up important papers and for some reason stayed there until the New Year. He didn’t answer the phone and didn’t want to communicate with anyone.
“The investigation was simply ugly! Otherwise, the Moscow regional, and then Supreme Courts would not cancel the article “Murder” and the decisions of lower authorities. They even suggested that I start the investigation again. If my wife and I were younger, we would go for it, but now we simply cannot physically stand it if we again start an investigation that has been going on for a year! What to do, for example, with the conclusion of two the most experienced experts who said that the man did not die from superficial wounds at all? He died of an alcoholic coma, he had 5.8 ppm of alcohol, and 1.5 ppm is a bottle of vodka. And the doctors have already been called to the corpse,” said Vasily Livanov.
Boris served his sentence in the Rossoshansky maximum security colony (PKU IK-8) in Voronezh region.
Boris was filming documentaries about the life of the colony, which participated in competitions, created the television studio “Candle”, published his poems first in the colony newspaper, then the city newspaper became interested in it and began publishing it.
He was released after four and a half years thanks to exemplary behavior and the petitions of his famous father.
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Since 2014, Livanov began living at his parents’ dacha, wrote two books, and kept a family archive.
Boris Livanov's height: 192 centimeters.
Personal life of Boris Livanov:
He was married to a woman named Ekaterina. In 2002, the couple had a daughter, Eva.
The ex-wife, like Boris himself, was fond of alcohol; they often caused family scandals and eventually divorced in 2005. Already when Boris was already serving his sentence, a new family conflict arose: Catherine in every possible way prevented the communication of her grandparents, Vasily and Elena Livanov, with her granddaughter Eva. But ultimately, the couple managed to ensure that the mother was sent for compulsory treatment for alcoholism, and the girl was placed under their care.
Eva is hearing impaired. He studies in a special school. According to Vasily Livanov, when they took the girl, Eva had a bump on the back of her head and a bruise all over her arm. “Her drunk mother hit her head on the bed when she found her talking to her grandmother on the phone,” he shared.
After leaving the colony, Boris Livanov signed documents officially allowing his daughter Eva to live with him ex-wife Ekaterina.
Boris Livanov and wife Ekaterina with daughter Eva
Catherine - ex-wife Boris Livanov
In 2016, he met with actress Angelina Frolova, known for the TV series “Sled”, “Kulagin and Partners”, etc. They studied together at GITIS. Frolova has two sons, Klim and Demyan, from a previous relationship.
Both changed their status on social networks marital status to "meets". “Spring began in autumn for the first time twenty years ago. And then there was a long, long winter... And again it was autumn, and again we had spring,” Boris Livanov put such a romantic caption under one of the joint photographs with Angelina.
However, their romance lasted about a year and ended in a break.
In 2017, it became known that Boris Livanov had a relationship with the actress. The Golubkina and Livanov families had known each other for a long time; Maria and Boris studied together at the Shchukin School. In the “Secret to a Million” program, Livanov stated that he had been in love with Golubkina for 25 years. “Masha was charming and unattainable, because she had friends older and smarter than us. I've always really liked her. And with this pure, unclouded feeling, I came to visit her to voice the idea of a project. But literally fifteen minutes later I forgot about the purpose of the visit. I understood why Masha could not get out of my head for twenty-five years. It turns out that I was in love,” said Boris.
In turn, Maria Golubkina stated: “We can say that we have known each other all our lives. How could it be otherwise? There are three generations of actors in my family, Bory has four. He is the grandson of the legendary actor Boris Livanov and the son people's artist Vasily Livanov, with whom my uncle Kirill Lascari was friends. He had just entered, and I was studying a year older. I didn’t even doubt that he had brilliant prospects, that he would be a prince and a lucky guy all his life... And then our paths diverged. I got married, gave birth to Nastya and Vanya, Bori also had a daughter, then a well-known difficult story happened to him. And then we met at a new stage in life: free and not yet quite old.”
The couple announced their imminent wedding and even their intention to get married. However, their breakup was later announced. On his Facebook page, Livanov wrote that his affair with Golubkina was a “prank.”
At the beginning of 2018, information appeared that Boris Livanov and Maria Golubkina had restored their relationship.
Boris Livanov with Maria Golubkina and daughter Eva
Filmography of Boris Livanov:
1979 - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson
1994 - Hunt
1997 - Don Quixote Returns - Samson Carrasco
2015 - Vasily Livanov. I can take a punch (documentary)
The writer’s ex-wife Ekaterina Livanova spoke categorically about why the wedding of the son of the legendary actor Vasily Livanov Boris and actress Maria Golubkina did not take place. “No one normal will look at her or him, he also likes to drink well,” said the woman left by Boris.
Ekaterina shared juicy details about the relationship between the ex-husband and the actress. “I then found out that Borya went to see her with Eva (the daughter of Boris and Ekaterina Livanov. – Ed.). They were in a three-story house that he left her ex-husband, actor Nikolai Fomenko. Golubkina got drunk there, danced and doused herself with beer,” Sobesednik quotes Ekaterina.
According to Livanov’s ex-wife, Boris started an affair with Maria Golubkina out of boredom. “Bora was bored, so he decided to have fun with Maria, and then he realized that everything had gone too far, and called off the wedding. And she still haunts him. He recently flew to filming in St. Petersburg, she met him on the platform drunk, tried make peace,” the woman said.
At the same time, Ekaterina is not sure of her desire to restore relations with Boris. “For this, he will have to ask for forgiveness for a long time! He already crawled on his knees once after cheating, when he went to a certain Natasha. This was before he was in prison. Then Eva asked her father: “Do you love Natasha?” He answered: “No.” - “ And my mother?” “And I always love my mother!” But now so much time has passed that I myself don’t know if I need him... “- said Ekaterina.
43-year-old Maria Golubkina went through a difficult divorce 9 years ago. Her husband Nikolai Fomenko fell in love with another woman and decided to leave Golubkina, with whom he lived for 12 years. But all this time, Fomenko supported and communicated with his son and daughter from his marriage to Golubkina. The couple’s children study abroad, and Golubkina herself lives in the mansion that Fomenko left to her and the children after the divorce. Lately her lover began to visit her. Finally, the actress has arranged her personal life - Golubkina is preparing for her wedding with 43-year-old Boris Livanov, the son of People's Artist Vasily Livanov.
Masha assured in the “Secret to a Million” program that she is not afraid of her chosen one’s past. Let us recall that Boris Livanov was convicted of murder for 8 years, served his sentence in a maximum security colony in the Voronezh region, and was released after 5 years, thanks to his exemplary behavior in the colony. According to the official version, Boris Livanov, in a drunken brawl, killed a man with whom he drank alcohol in the same company. Livanov was released in 2014, settled at his parents’ dacha, began writing a book and maintaining a family archive. He and his wife are divorced, and their common daughter Eva lives with him and the elder Livanovs.
Maria Golubkina and Boris Livanov are familiar with student years- studied together at the Shchukin School. The couple has been dating for almost a year.
“Masha was charming and unattainable, because she had friends older and smarter than us,” Boris Livanov said in the studio of the program. “I always liked her: with this pure, unclouded feeling, I came to visit her to voice the idea of a project. But literally fifteen minutes later I forgot about the purpose of the visit. I understood why Masha couldn’t get out of my head for twenty-five years - it turned out that I was in love
Golubkina admitted that at first she doubted the sincerity of Boris’s feelings:
- Wants something from me? For me to look after him? Does he want to sit on my neck? That's what I thought, but then I appreciated that he was smart, handsome, talented, his parents would be better than mine. He can snap his finger and girls will appear, but he chose me. And then I decided that this was my last time.
We have collected 10 facts about Boris Livanov that are known only to his relatives.
1. At that very fateful New Year's Eve, when the murder occurred, Livanov was visiting his ex-wife, although he lived with another woman. In an interview, Boris Livanov admitted that at that time he had a creative crisis, and the relationship with his beloved, whom he had been pursuing for a long time, was overshadowed by everyday troubles. He hasn't worked or written for 2 years. But there was a smart and intelligent woman nearby, this calmed and pleased the parents, but not Boris. Therefore, he visited his ex, and there a drunken fight and tragedy happened.
2. During visits in prison, Livanov’s parents told their son that the same woman Natasha had forgiven everything, loved him and was waiting for his return from prison. But when Boris was freed, it turned out that no one was waiting for him. He registered on social networks, found his beloved, but it turned out that she was no longer available.
3. But soon after being released on parole, Boris Livanov himself changed his marital status to in social networks to "meets". Having mastered social networks with the help of his daughter, Boris began communicating with Angelina Frolova. They studied together at GITIS, in addition, the couple even had a relationship in their youth. “Spring began in autumn for the first time twenty years ago. And then there was a long winter and again it was spring,” Livanov beautifully and skillfully wrote about his feelings.
Angelina has two sons, they managed to make friends with Boris and his daughter. But the couple broke up. After which Boris met for a short time with another former classmate.
4. During the trial of Boris Livanov, a friend of his ex-wife Ekaterina confirmed that during meetings with Boris, Katya mixed psychotropic drugs into alcohol. And she did this to get her husband back.
In an interview after his release, Boris and his family said that he did not remember the events of January 1st. Allegedly, he was not drunk, but was in a lethargic, not entirely adequate state; the policemen who arrested him also spoke about this.
Vasily Livanov and his ex-daughter-in-law Catherine.
5. Boris Livanov claimed in an interview that he remembered and would have felt that he had killed a person even in an unconscious state: “Not for a minute did I have the feeling that I was guilty of the death of a person... I consider what happened a monstrous tragedy that not only took life person, but also forced two families to go through hell—the deceased’s and mine.”
Boris Livanov in the studio of the “Secret to a Million” program. 6. Vasily Livanov emphasized that Boris’s life went downhill, he started drinking when he fell in love with Katya: “All his girls were from good families, beauties. And here is a strange character, free to the point of indecency, drinking.” The father explained his son’s choice by the fact that Borya wanted to know his friend’s side of life. Besides, next to her there was no need to match famous surname and achieve something.
Famous actor Vasily Livanov said that his life rests on 3 pillars: family, faith and work. “I’m generally happy with life. The Lord does not test whomever he does not love. The test was given to my family so as not to rest on our laurels. After all, everything was very good.”
7. But Katya tells amazing things about her ex-husband: “I broke my nose, my ribs. But I loved him. And she always forgave.” And the woman’s mother told in an interview how she, too, was beaten by her daughter’s husband—after the beating, she even ended up in the hospital. Ekaterina constantly emphasizes in her communications with journalists that when she met Boris Livanov, he was drinking. But the man always wanted a child, and when Ekaterina couldn’t get pregnant for a long time, he went to Juna to find out the reasons. She recommended that Boris not drink; he abstained from alcohol for six months and soon learned that he would become a father.
8. Before his divorce from his wife, Boris asked his parents to exchange their large apartment in the center of Moscow in order to get his share. In response, they bought their son a separate two-room apartment, where they registered Eva.
9. Boris still sometimes meets with his ex-wife - their daughter is being raised in the Livanov family, so it happens that mom, dad, and Eva go to cafes and go for walks. Eva also knows her future stepmother.
10. So far, Boris does not have a stable, decent source of income. Writing big money doesn't bring. Therefore, Livanov’s parents provide for his daughter. He dreamed of being an actor, but he only likes his start in Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Orne played a street boy who, when asked by the detective, “Anything else, gentlemen?” - says: “One cigar for everyone, sir!” Three other films in which he starred in the 90s were never released. Then the man hosted the program “Endless Journey with Boris Livanov” on the RTR channel, but left due to a conflict with the management. Boris has his own apartment in Moscow, in addition, he often visits his parents’ country house on Nikolina Gora.
Livanov father and son.
Maria Golubkina in the studio “Secret for a Million”.
Young Golubkina and Livanov - this is how they looked when they met. Photo: social networks.
Bride and groom: Golubkina and Livanov. Photo: Facebook
Ekaterina calls the TV show with her participation a setup
Ekaterina LIVANOVA has been waging war with her famous relatives for almost ten years. Her father-in-law, actor Vasily LIVANOV, is trying through the courts to take her daughter away from her, pointing out that Katya drinks heavily and is not raising his granddaughter well. “Sherlock Holmes” had no direct evidence - until at the end of December last year, the talk show “Live Broadcast”, dedicated to problems in his family, aired on the Rossiya1 TV channel. The swollen face, cloudy eyes and unclear speech of Catherine present in the studio were more eloquent than any words. However, the woman herself assures that the program was a setup organized by the actor. Her words are confirmed by her mother, Irina Petrovna.
Ekaterina says that the conflict in the family began with housing issue. When her husband Boris was imprisoned, her father-in-law Vasily Livanov kicked a woman out of a two-room apartment, which he had once bought for his son and where she herself was not registered. However, her daughter Eva is registered at this address, and Katya filed a lawsuit, defending part of the living space. The famous actor immediately filed a counterclaim to deprive a relative of her maternal rights. Every year the war between them becomes more and more fierce, and any means are used. Ekaterina says that the artist tried to take his granddaughter by force, sent her to strange people. Vasily Borisovich calls this drunken delirium and trumpets all over the media that his daughter-in-law is an alcoholic. After the release of the talk show “Live” with Mikhail Zelensky Many believed his words: Katya looked inadequate on the screen.
- I was deliberately poisoned before filming! - stunned Express Newspaper journalists Livanova, whom we met in the apartment of her mother Irina Petrovna.
Foaming at the mouth
Catherine: My grandfather wants to sell the apartment near the Airport metro station, where Borya and I lived. People even came to watch it. But first you need to discharge the child. I will not give consent to this, so he is trying in every possible way to deprive me of the right to raise my daughter. Here is this transmission Zelensky organized for the whole country to see what an allegedly drinking mother Eva has.
- What really happened?
E.: Journalists came to me, took out cognac, poured psychotropic drugs into it, and then offered to drink coffee with it. In general, they poisoned...
- More?
E.: They called from the channel - we would like to shoot with you, we will pay a fee of about two thousand dollars. Eva and I come home after the school party and they are already waiting. At Masha's, my eldest daughter, conducted an interview, which was never included in the program. Although she told how Borya drank, started fights and Masha herself, she was 11 years old, one day in the middle of the night he lifted her out of bed and kicked her out of the house. It was impossible to calm him down, and the child had to spend the night with a neighbor. I was also interviewed and not included in the story. Then suddenly they say: the cameraman needs to drink 50 grams of cognac before filming, they took out a bottle and poured it for him. The young boy looks in bewilderment, apparently he didn’t know about this affair. He sniffed the glass and put it on the refrigerator. While we were giving interviews and drinking tea and cake, evening came. Mom took Eva to the dance. And the journalist says that she should have filmed more, but the operator’s tape has run out, and now he’ll go get it. We are sitting together with her, suddenly she suggests: the cognac is open, let me add it to your coffee for taste. She sipped her martini lightly. I drank and don’t remember anymore. Already in the studio, during the recording, I saw that, it turns out, she had gone to the store. Although I had no money: we were just waiting for retirement. And in the shot I’m supposedly buying bacon and a bottle of cognac the same shape as the one on the table. I never found these products in my bag. It’s unclear what they put in my cognac. I fell on the street, they showed this moment in close-up. The next day I couldn’t tear my head off the pillow, I was vomiting foam, I didn’t eat for two days, I only drank mineral water. I got poisoned and my heart even became bad.
E.: No. On the third day after the TV crew’s visit, I took my daughter to a dance, and the journalists were already on guard. They raced the car all over Moscow. My head is wobbly, I feel bad. But some huge bulls pushed me into a foreign car - they say, now we’ll go to the transfer. I refuse, but Diana (she introduced herself as an editor) fell to her knees: “I beg you, I will be fired from my job!” She said, we’ll just go to the studio, write a statement that you won’t be filming now, and come next time. But as soon as we arrived, I, all disheveled, was immediately shoved into the frame. I had just figured out how to answer the questions, but I couldn’t defend myself.
Irina Petrovna: Journalists came for me at nine in the evening so that I could defend Katya in the studio. They realized that this was too much: they gathered all the supporters of Vasily Borisovich and attacked the girl like vultures. I see Katya is already sliding out of her chair, looking sad and pale. I say: sit up straight, hold on! That's how this show was filmed. Although it still didn’t work out as brutally as Livanov wanted. They also needed to drunk mom staggered and fell, and Eva lifted her up crying. It's even better if they get hit by a car. But this was not the case. Why do you think the journalists brought cognac and martini to the interview? Why did they film only when Katya slipped and fell on the street? Why was her interview not included in the program?
- So you are saying that this is a provocation?
I.P.: Exactly. But we set the table and welcomed the film crew with all our hearts. They said they wanted to help us. They fooled our heads so much, flattered us, smiled, and sympathized with us that we couldn’t even think of anything bad. The cognac stood uncorked all the time on the table, and there was turmoil all around. You could add anything, any psychotropic. Zelensky, most importantly, said on the program: they say, the mother is such a drinker, the child is suffering. Yeah, of course! We tortured Eva: we take her to resorts every year, the most beautiful dresses We buy it, Katya gave her a laptop for her birthday, we take her to choreography, and we take her to an art studio. The Livanovs see the girl on holidays, and attribute all the credit to themselves: the girl is so good only thanks to her grandparents, they put their best into her. Yes, here's an example. The Livanovs draw everything: Borya, Vasily Borisovich graduated from art school, Elena Artemyevna is engaged in dolls. At least once he and Eva would draw something!
- Why didn’t you say in the studio that they wanted to poison you?
E.: I should have said...
Money for the dacha
- Are you so sure that this is the machinations of your father-in-law?
I.P.: Editor Diana told us, as if in confidence, that Vasily Borisovich wants to deceive you. But they are forced people, if they don’t make this transfer, everyone will be fired from their jobs. Direct text. Only Livanov’s supporters were gathered in the studio: everyone was selected and paid for. This persecution has been going on for 12 years, ever since Borya came to us. Of course, such happiness fell. Woe, not Borya!
E.: Yesterday I sent him an urgent telegram telling him not to sell the apartment. The whole mess is about this living space.
I.P.: The Livanovs used to rent out the apartment, but now that it costs $256 thousand, they want to sell it. Eva will be discharged to Khimki to live with her mother and grandmother, and no one will care that she will lose her school, benefits, free travel vouchers, and treatment! Borya is put in the dacha as a watchman - he won’t say a word after prison.
- Is it possible to have a good conversation with them, since the interests of the child are affected?
E.: We tried. Elena Artemyevna is silent and makes a mysterious face. The Livanovs want to live well, ride good cars, build a dacha. Vasily Borisovich is always adjusting something there: he built another floor, bought luxurious furniture, made a second bath.
- Last question: are the Livanovs telling the truth that Eva communicates with her father through letters?
E.: Lies! We sent Eva to them on her birthday and said: ask your grandparents to contact your dad by phone. Talk to him. The daughter said that Borya congratulated her and then began to cry. This was the only time. He doesn't write any letters.
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Ekaterina Khruleva said that new darling her ex-husband will not find happiness in this marriage and, like her, will walk around “with a beaten face.”
Boris Livanov’s ex-wife Ekaterina said that Maria Golubkina is in vain hoping to marry the son of the legendary “Sherlock Holmes”. The woman is sure that an affair with an artist means nothing to Boris. And if the wedding does take place, Golubkina’s marriage to Livanov will not be sweet.
« My daughter told me for the first time about Borka’s lyamurs and Golubkina at Easter. According to the court, my girl lives with the Livanovs. The daughter, of course, knows who her dad hangs out with. But no matter what they say now, no matter what engagements they announce, I personally think it’s all frivolous“, said Ekaterina Khruleva, the ex-wife of Boris Livanov, who gave birth to his daughter Eva in 2002.
According to the woman, Boris has been dating one of his former classmates for a long time, then another. " I know Borya like crazy. Believe me, he has not yet completed a single task. And how many of these women he had after his release! At first he got confused with TV presenter Gelya Frolova, then he got into trouble with actress Vika Zakharova“Eg.Ru quotes Ekaterina.
At the same time, Khruleva is sure that Livanov still has feelings for her. " I know what he loves. We call each other and meet periodically. Before spring break, Eva was picked up from school together and the three of us sat in a cafe. I suggested: “Let’s spit on everything and sign again. We will live with our family - as before.” But Borka is like a heifer: he wants it and he injects“- said Livanov’s ex-wife.
When Catherine asked ex-spouse about Maria, he just laughed. " He told me not to worry - he wasn’t going to marry anyone.", Khruleva shared.
Meanwhile, according to her, Golubkina and Livanov have a lot in common. " I wouldn’t be surprised that it all started when he and Borka were drunk. So, if you look at it: why the hell is this prisoner?!“- Ekaterina was indignant.
Khruleva is sure that even if the wedding takes place, Golubkina will not find happiness in this marriage. " Everything will go according to the standard scenario: first poems and flowers, then bruises and tears. And poor Golubkina will go on talk shows with a beaten face and complain about her drunkard husband. You'll see, everything will be so“, noted Ekaterina, adding that her ex-husband often beat her. " Broke my nose and ribs. But I loved him. And I always forgave“, Khruleva summed up.
Let us remind you that on June 17, on the air of the “Secret to a Million” program, Maria Golubkina admitted that she was marrying the son of the legendary actor Vasily Livanov, Boris. Despite the fact that the chosen one has not yet given her a ring, they live together and intend to get married soon.
