Family heirlooms of Urgant, Leonov and other stars

– Once upon a time dad (actor Evgeny Leonov. – Approx. “Antennas”) bought me cute branded cars, made very high quality, almost one-on-one, with opening doors, springs, soft wheels in “Children’s World”. I accumulated a whole collection, which was then inherited from me to my eldest son Zhenya. He took them to Sweden, where he moved to live many years ago, and when we began to come there with the younger children, then, naturally, part of the collection began to flow to them – Anya (she is now 10 years old) and Misha (he is 7 years old). So now the third generation is playing them.

Initially, there were a lot of cars, no less than 20, and they gradually filled all my game boxes. Of course, over time, some of them were lost, some – someone stuck, so there is very little left. Cars came to Misha not so long ago, when he learned to handle them with care. In this photo, where he is 2 years old, it is clear that the collection is under threat and hidden for the time being. And now he plays them with might and main.

– My mother, Nina Nikolaevna Urgant, once served in the Leningrad Theater named after the Lenin Komsomol (from 1954 to 1962. – Approx. “Antenna”). In theaters, photographs of the chief director, chief administrator, director, and all the actors are always hung down below. And one of those photos was my mom’s card.

Some time passed, and one day, in the dusty corridors of the director’s office, I found a ragged photograph of my mother, which used to be hanging downstairs. I took it, connected it, took it to a special intensive care center – to a photo studio. They restored it to me, made it beautiful. I put it in a frame, and now it hangs in our house in St. Petersburg and is our family heirloom.

– A slide, that is, a wardrobe, has moved into the XXI century. This is a pre-revolutionary thing that my grandmother’s parents still had. She probably migrated from her homeland, Kiev, to Moscow. The sideboard is most likely of a valuable breed. Maybe even mahogany. I remember that my grandmother in this hill hid sweets from me, which were received from guests on holidays. And I loved sweets! Also in the hill were dishes from the beginning of the 83th century. The closet is now at my XNUMX-year-old uncle. He has golden hands. He was able to restore it.

There was also a very old Blüthner piano. The name of the instrument was spelled out in Old Russian letters with a solid sign at the end. It turned out to be upset to such an extent that no specialist could adjust it. By the way, it helped me learn to play music on my own.

– I carefully keep photographs of my grandmother Alexandra Ivanovna and grandfather Vladimir Grigorievich Kiselev. They traveled this difficult path together. We survived.

Even from the photographs one can feel their dedication and fortitude.

– My grandmother gave me earrings when I left Novosibirsk for Moscow. I used to love looking at photographs where I am little and my grandmother in her youth. What I liked most on her were those black earrings with Nefertiti in profile.

I don’t know what kind of stone they are. I am sure they are very valuable. When I put them on for an event or an important meeting, I am always lucky. This is all because I feel the support of my grandmother. Very much their coast and will never hand over to antiques. These ornaments are approximately 50-60 years old. They are quite heavy and give a little age. Perhaps this is their charm.

– One of my grandmothers had a blackened spoon, partially gilded. She also got it from some great-grandmother. They gave it to me on holidays when guests came. I ate something with it, and then it was just as solemnly removed.

I myself use it very utilitarian: if the spoons run out, then it is used. Of course, the gilding has already worn off.

– I don’t know how old these earrings are. I only know that they are at least twice my age. All my childhood I saw them on my beloved grandma, and when I moved to Moscow from Tashkent at the age of 17, it was their grandmother who gave me.

I dream of passing them on to my daughter someday, but for now, without taking them off, my heroine Mavlyuda from the series “And in our yard…” wears them.

A couple of phrases

What family heirloom do you value?

Yana Guryanova, actress:

– I keep an old ring, earrings, lace, dishes, which I got from my grandmother, and belonged to my great-great-grandmother on my mother’s side.

Inna Zhirkova, model:

– The ring that my husband gave me (footballer Yuri Zhirkov. – Approx. “Antenna”). There is engraved inside: “Thank you for the children”, and on the edges of his initials. Yura gave it to me after the birth of my second child – Milana’s daughter. It is a memory for life. It will go to my daughter, who, I hope, will pass it on to her daughter. And so it will continue.

Lyudmila Chursina, actress:

– My main family heirloom is my relatives: my nephew, his wife, their children. Material relics for me do not exist: today they are, and tomorrow they are not.