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1987: Death of Andrei Mironov in Riga

It is believed that this is one of the last photographs of Andrei Mironov. Here he and his daughter are in Riga. It was made on August 14, 1987, that is, a few hours before the fatal performance.

In August 1987, the troupe of the Theater of Satire was on tour in Riga. During the performance on August 14, "The Marriage of Figaro," Mironov suddenly became ill. Mironov lost consciousness on stage (the performance took place in the building of the Riga Opera). He was carried backstage and an ambulance was called. The actor was taken to the neurosurgical department of a local hospital, where he was diagnosed with an extensive cerebral hemorrhage. Breathing and heartbeat support activities were carried out for two days under the indirect guidance of neurosurgeon Eduard Kandel. Mironov died on August 16 without regaining consciousness.

The great actor, who became one of the symbols of the Soviet era, was only forty-six years old.

1967

Actor of the Satire Theater Mikhail Derzhavin with his father-in-law - Marshal of the Soviet Union Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny and mother-in-law M.V. Budyonny. The little girl is the daughter of Derzhavin and Nina Budennaya. Late 1960s.

"My second wife is the mother of my beloved daughter Masha, Nina Semyonovna Budennaya. We were introduced by Julia Khrushchev, the granddaughter of Nikita Sergeevich. They studied together at the Faculty of Journalism and often came to Lenkom.

Having married Nina, I ended up in some incredible life, in the house where the heroes of my childhood lived. I go out into the courtyard, and Kliment Efremovich Voroshilov appears from the neighboring entrance, who was played by my dad in the movie "Battle of Stalingrad" and to whom I wrote a letter as a boy. From another entrance comes Rokossovsky, handsome, and asks: "How are you, son?" Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky lives upstairs. And finally, my father-in-law is Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny.

Semyon Mikhailovich met me wonderfully. Probably, Nina prepared it, said that my dad played Voroshilov. Since he himself was married more than once, the fact that I was divorced was very calm. We were friends with him, fishing in Bakovka, where he lived in a state dacha. Semyon Mikhailovich told me a lot of stories, because he was familiar with a colossal number of people. He was not as he is presented in anecdotes. He had an excellent sense of humor, understood art. He was very athletic. I remember telling you how at the age of 50 I could go from the second floor to the first in my arms.. "