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Russian soul: in Moscow, they said goodbye to the legendary Lydia Fedoseeva-Shukshina
Open, patient, sometimes stubborn, capable of quiet tenderness and possessing great inner strength — such were the heroines of Lydia Fedoseeva-Shukshina. A talented and sincere actress, the muse of Vasily Shukshin, she has become one of the symbols of Russian cinema. The actress passed away at the age of 89. On November 11, relatives, colleagues and fans said goodbye to the People's Artist of the RSFSR in Moscow. About how her loved ones remembered her and why the audience loved the images she created so much - in the Izvestia report.
"She was the standard of Russian beauty"
On the morning of November 11, the relatives of Lidia Fedoseeva-Shukshina, who died a few days earlier at the age of 88, gathered at the Church of the Resurrection of the Living on Uspensky Vrazhka in the historical center of the capital. Shortly before her death, she was hospitalized due to heart problems.
In recent years, the actress has rarely appeared in public. The farewell was intimate. Olga Shukshina's daughter was one of the first to arrive. She walked past the reporters, remaining silent. Maria soon appeared. During the funeral service, the sisters stood on opposite sides of their mother's coffin.
No civil memorial service was planned, but fans and colleagues went to say goodbye to Fedoseeva-Shukshina anyway.
— A great actress has left. Sometimes great actors pass by, and we don't always appreciate it. But we'll watch movies and remember her again. She had character, charisma, zest, something that attracts, like Nikulin and Leonov: her own style, soulfulness. She was the standard of Russian beauty. In the film "Stoves and Benches" she played so naturally that it seemed as if all Russian women lived this way, - said the artist Nikas Safronov.
In the aforementioned 1972 film, Lidia Fedoseeva-Shukshina subtly embodied the image of Nyura Rastorgueva, the wife of an Altai grain grower and tractor driver. This work became one of the most notable in the creative tandem of the actress and her second husband Vasily Shukshin: he played the role of Nyura's husband and directed the film.
Artist Nikas Safronov at the farewell ceremony for People's Artist of the RSFSR Lidiya Fedoseeva-Shukshina
Previously, the couple worked together on the film "Strange People" (1969), and after that — on "Kalina Krasnaya" (1973). In these paintings, Shukshin saw his muse as a simple but powerful woman with a big heart. The last joint work was Sergei Bondarchuk's war drama "They Fought for the Motherland" (1975). Shukshin died during filming. After his death, Lidiya Nikolaevna began to bear a double surname: Fedoseeva-Shukshina.
"She lived a good personal and interesting creative life"
Director Sergey Nikonenko played an important role in the actress' return to work. In his film "Tryn-grass" (1976), Fedoseeva-Shukshina played the simple-minded and warm-hearted wife of a machine operator. Mikhail Agranovich, the film's cinematographer, became her third husband.
— Lydia Nikolaevna prayed a lot, helped with everything she could. She had a wonderful and extraordinary attitude towards the creative legacy of Vasily Shukshin. When all this trouble happened to him, she said, "As if I were walking, there's a black earth and a chasm beneath me. If it wasn't for Seryozha Nikonenko, I probably wouldn't have survived." He pulled her into a film project then," recalled actor and friend of the actress Alexander Turkan.
Actor Alexander Turkan at the farewell ceremony with People's Artist of the RSFSR Lidiya Fedoseeva-Shukshina
Despite the fact that viewers are used to seeing her in the image of a simple village woman, the actress was born in Leningrad. There she survived the blockade and took her first steps in creativity: she studied in the drama club of the Cinema House under the guidance of teacher Matvey Dubrovin. She later graduated from VGIK. A wreath was sent from the institute to the funeral ceremony. Her classmate, Larisa Luzhina, People's Artist of the RSFSR, came to say goodbye to Lidia Nikolaevna.
— It's hard to talk. Of the 17 people in our workshop, five are left, all are leaving. Our time is coming. There aren't even any tears anymore, because it's inevitable. She remained a talented and kind person. She was friendly and companionable. You could sit with her, drink champagne, and eat smelt. We had a very good relationship. We are both children of besieged Leningrad. There were many similarities. You could say that she should be grateful to fate. She lived a good personal and interesting creative life," said Luzhina.
The actress has a really great creative biography. Fedoseeva-Shukshina starred in dozens of films. Among her famous works are the eccentric Madame Gritsatsueva in "12 Chairs", the strict but fair chemistry teacher Emma Pavlovna in the drama "The Key without the right of transfer", the domineering mother Vera Vasilyevna in the melodrama "You never Dreamed ..." and the Empress Anna Ioannovna in the historical painting "Demidov." From 1974 to 1993, the actress was a member of the troupe of the Moscow Theater Studio of the actor.
Vladimir Politov, a member of the Na-NA group, at the farewell ceremony for Lidia Fedoseeva-Shukshina, People's Artist of the RSFSR
Her personal life was also intense. Lidia Nikolaevna was married five times. The fourth spouse was the Polish artist Marek Mezheevsky. The fifth is producer Bari Alibasov. They later broke up. Alibasov himself did not attend the ceremony, but sent a wreath. The members of the Na-Na group came to say goodbye to the actress.
— Bari Karimovich is not feeling well. I've known him for 36 years. The only funeral he attended was his mom's. He says he wants to remember people alive, but he can't see them in their coffins," explained Vladimir Politov.
He remembered Fedoseeva-Shukshina with trepidation, as a kind and hospitable woman. According to him, she always protected the team from the producer's sometimes careless statements.
After the ceremony, the funeral procession headed to the Novodevichy Cemetery. The actress' daughters came out of the temple holding hands. Lydia Fedoseeva-Shukshina was buried next to Vasily Shukshin.
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