Elena Proklova showed her luxurious house. Elena Proklova's ex-husband is building a new house for her in Sochi - You sensitively feel how people treat you

A popular actress talks about why she wants to run out of town in May

Elena Proklova

Shot from the film "Deceive fate"

“Many years ago I moved out of town. Tired of living in stuffy Moscow, I wanted silence, reasonable loneliness, so that later, returning to work in the theater, I would have something to replenish myself. I feel like the city is draining energy creative person and nature fills it up. May is the hottest month, because for the whole year you plant a garden with flowers, vegetables, everything needs to be fertilized, trimmed so that nothing hurts. I really love doing all this, digging in the ground, cleaning the garden after the winter. It gives me great joy. Everything is born again, and this gives some hope that not everything is so bad in our life. But besides the fact that in May there is a lot of work with the earth, besides, this is such a gift month, because everything is in bloom: lilacs, daffodils and tulips. Every day you get up and - ah! You sigh in admiration. I have an amazing collection of lilacs - all kinds of colors, shades and aromas. When lilacs bloom, my garden is just fabulous. And nightingales sing, daffodils and tulips are fragrant below. I have a huge collection of irises, peonies. I really love perennial flowers - those that delight the hostess year after year. To say that I bring it from somewhere is not. When I go to the store, they recognize me. And they offer everything that they have the best. So there is a positive side to popularity.

My garden is still growing and developing. The work is unrelenting. I really love the flowers that my fans give me, I don’t leave them even in the cities where I tour. I bring them home and put them in vases. Then I definitely dry them, make dry bouquets, installations, paintings. So my house is in flowers all year round."

Her energy would be enough for ten. famous actress, TV presenter, "people's professor" healthy lifestyle life, a professional landscape designer.

Not counting the "small" passions - hunting, fishing, traveling, drawing, yoga ... Plus - the mother of two daughters, a wonderful wife. And everyone knows: with everything that Elena undertakes, she copes brilliantly!

- Elena Igorevna, you were born in Moscow, but for many years you have been living outside the city, and one of the indispensable conditions for your well-being is called a house in nature, a land that bears fruit, clean air ...

My experience tells me that all this is directly interconnected. To be honest, for me, life in Moscow is no longer life.

- And what about the work? You and your youngest daughter Polina play in an enterprise ...

It's okay - we go ... I can not stand the bustle of the city. Outside the city, I live according to the regime. In the morning I always drink a glass of water that has stood overnight on a magnet and charged with useful energy. I swim, I swim cold water. Then I go to the garden, picking fresh berries - strawberries, currants, raspberries, shadberry, black elderberry.

I breathe clean air, I fish in the pond myself. Vegetables and fruits - from their beds, eggs - from their hens. I try to visit the forest more - I get energy from nature. And the result - you see! Here I am in September 61, and I do not know what to complain about in terms of health. I'm proud of it.

- Do you like gardening?

Of course! I like to mess around in the country so much that in spring, summer and autumn I try not to go anywhere. cut in March fruit trees and shrubs. Then I did seedlings. In early May, tomatoes bloomed in the greenhouse. Fresh dill has been on the table for a long time.

- What is the most important thing in your life then?

I'm just very interested in life. I love my family - my husband, children, grandchildren, parents, I love our home, travel.

I am interested in reading, drawing, I dream of doing icon painting. Now I am redoing my garden, and I am very passionate about it ... I don’t think that someone else’s life (and yet the profession of an actor is playing into someone else’s life) and in general any game can replace real life. Yes! This game is entertaining to play, it brings a lot of pleasure - costumes, partners, fans ... But life is still more interesting.

- You had great partners: Mironov, Vysotsky, Boyarsky, Dal ... Everything is like a match - heartthrobs, ladies' man.

And good! I love male ladies. In my opinion, a person who does not love women, does not see and does not appreciate beauty, does not know how to care - is not a man. I am very happy - I played on the stage of the Moscow Art Theater with Ktorov, Yanshin, Stanitsin, Strizhenov, Borisov, Innocent, Efremov, Myagkov ... Just a lucky girl!

- What qualities should a man have to fit "your type"?

O! I have a complex female type. I am very strong man! And self sufficient. In order to captivate me, you need to be stronger than me, more interesting, more inventive, more fun, sexier ...

- Really such come across?

- (Laughs.) It happens, thank God! But not often. Such is my current husband - Andrei. Someone said that it's easier to be a hero once than always, every day - a gentleman. My husband is capable of daily actions. Once (it was in Siberia, on the shore of one of northern seas) we quarreled with him. I was invited to ride on a yacht, and I left. And imagine: you need to get to the coast, the sea is endless, there are yacht clubs in these places ... as many as 64! In addition, we swam wherever our eyes look. But at the third hour of my sea journey, I see a boat in which stands ... my Andrey. I was so shocked that, without hesitation, I jumped into the water and swam towards. The shock happened not only to me, but to everyone around, because he did the impossible: in the middle of this vast expanse of water from huge amount yachts that went to sea, found one single ...

- You are known as an avid hunter and fisherman. Where do such unfeminine hobbies come from?

As a child, my elder brother was my ideal, and therefore the boyish hobbies - fishing, cartridges, bungee, shooters. The passion for hunting was instilled in me by… our film festivals. What could the Soviet film forum offer as entertainment for actors who traveled all over the world? The resources of our nature - fishing, forest, picnic, hunting ... And since I liked men's companies more than women's, I got involved ... Now my husband Andrey and I are avid hunters. We even went on a "bear" hunt in Kamchatka.

- Do you remember your first game?

It was a deer. On the set of the film “Be Happy, Julia” in Moldova, Mihai Volontir and I were put on “numbers” (a hunting term, game is driven “by numbers”), and a herd was driven at us ... By the way, I can boast of real fishing records. Once in the Volga delta I caught a catfish for 12 kg and a pike for 9. Myself! True, I had to tinker. The hand then “fell off” for three days.

Have your daughters followed in your footsteps?

- The younger Polina wanted to become an actress, but I persuaded her to get one "normal" education. I gave birth to her very late, and the responsibility for her future lies on me - I must be sure that I will have time to put the child on her feet. And acting, if it's hers, won't go anywhere! Fortunately, we understood each other on this issue. Now she is 19, she is graduating from the Institute of Foreign Economic Trade. And you correctly noticed that we play together in an enterprise. But time will tell. Eldest daughter Arina graduated from the Academy of Arts and works as a computer designer. 19 years ago she gave birth to my granddaughter Alice - so I have been a grandmother for a long time. ( laughing.)

- You can't tell that. How do you manage to look so wonderful?

I do everything in my power. I love all kinds of creams, I study women's magazines, I do not disdain operations, I monitor my health, I constantly sit on some kind of diets. It all gives me pleasure. In a word, I don’t let my ailments go, I admire the beauties of nature and listen to birdsong in the morning. The gym is my garden, kitchen garden and home...

Recipe for weight loss from Elena Proklova

I love the “wild” okroshka and lose weight on it after the May holidays and Easter ... I collect young nettles, dandelions, plantain, gout in my country house ... Wild garlic, young garlic, onion, cucumber will also go there. All this needs to be finely chopped and poured with fat-free kefir (I dilute it in half with boiled water), acidify with lemon, add a spoonful of honey and a little salt. And you will lose weight, get prettier and improve your complexion. Wild plants are very strong plants that will give you all their strength. I eat this okroshka every evening. Impossible to put down - so delicious! And if you need to lose a lot of weight, then eat 3-5 times a day. Kilograms fly off instantly!

- A few years ago, the traditional healer Margarita Rempel came to our Malakhov + program, which I was leading at that time, and eventually became my close friend. We filmed the program, and, saying goodbye, Margosha invited me to visit - in Sochi, in her clinic - to relax and clean up. I joked: “Do you think it’s time for a major overhaul?” I went not alone, but with my daughters. The youngest, Polinka, was thirteen years old. It was difficult for her to enter a transitional age: fainting, nosebleeds. Arina, the eldest daughter, constantly had a stomach ache, but, as always, I dreamed of losing weight. In the ten days that we were able to escape from Moscow, I lost six kilograms, and the children forgot about their problems. Since then I have been a regular guest in Sochi. Four years ago, on one of our visits, we went with Margosha to the local farmers' market. I emotionally say: “What paradise do you live in! The river and boxwood grove are under the windows, the sea is five steps from the house, swim as much as you like. If I had the opportunity, I would live here permanently. I pronounce these words and bury my nose in a poster that says: "The construction of a new residential building begins." Work is still going on, there was a wasteland here. But I regarded this as a sign from above and immediately called the specified phone number.

- Aren't you afraid that your dream house might not be built?

- I'm generally a trusting girl. Although the documents have not yet been drawn up, for some reason I am sure that everything will be fine. The construction took place without delay, the house was handed over in a year and a half. The funny thing is that at first I bought one apartment, the smallest one, with total area 40 sq. m. I reasoned like this: there will be a corner to stop for a short time. Then I thought. In my house near Moscow, there is only one bedroom 42 sq. m, and here the same amount - the whole apartment ... It turns out that one apartment is not enough, you need to take two side by side. Developers, having heard my wish, say: "Lena, for God's sake, take at least three." Answered in jest, but I took it seriously. Three apartments is more than a hundred meters. Just a living room and two bedrooms, the youngest daughter loves Sochi and will probably come often. I also wanted a sauna and a spacious terrace - with a barbecue, shower, jacuzzi, massage couch and a large dining table. I calculated, and it turned out that for all of the above, four apartments are needed. I chose the penultimate, 11th floor, overlooking the sea. And south facing for sunbathing all day, I adore the sun.

And then it turned out that my ideas were too expensive and there would not be enough savings for them. And after all still repair! And not anyhow, but quality. I immediately decided not to save money, to do everything for centuries - from natural materials that are good for health, because in this house I intend to meet old age.

But before I had time to get upset and give up my dream, I was offered to star in an advertisement for a fee that covers everything. necessary costs. Like this, having received from fate luxury gift, I harnessed myself to the construction site.

One did all the repairs, equipped a girl's mink for herself. Do you represent a man here? Me not. (Laughs.) Of course, it’s not a woman’s job to move stones and build a cave, but since I did it, then for perfect feat mentally hung a medal on her chest.

“I immediately decided not to save money, to do everything for ages — from natural materials that are good for health, because I intend to meet old age in this house. With younger daughter Polina. Photo: Arsen Memetov

How did you manage the process? Did they fly from Moscow? Or did you have a reliable foreman?

- I came with an audit every month for a year and a half.

Of course, I had a foreman, I am grateful to him for a lot, but at the last moment he showed irresponsibility: he left everything, left, and a lot was stolen here ... I speak without offense, obviously, there were circumstances explaining his act. At the final stage, I had to finish everything myself.

— The design is sensible, the space is clearly thought out and well organized. Who worked on the project?

— The design is completely mine! I am friends with space, I have a good eye, I notice errors even of two millimeters. She planned her own house and garden near Moscow, since she has an architectural education. In my youth, my brother studied at the Moscow Architectural Institute, I used to write tests for him, and in the late 1990s I myself unlearned to become a landscape designer. My first apartment was on Tverskaya - 53 sq. m. The first thing I did when I moved in was to break all the walls, including the balcony ones, building a now fashionable studio. And it's in Soviet years when there was no such thing as “studio” at all. In the Sochi apartment, the terrace was the hardest for me. I was tormented with the calculations, but in the end everything turned out as it should. It had to be properly insulated and properly waterproofed so as not to flood the neighbors from below.

- During the repair, a lot of things were stolen from me: new Year decoration, which I bought all over the world, dishes, bar contents ... But something remained. Elena takes out an exclusive cognac to treat the TN correspondents. Photo: Arsen Memetov

- They were not indignant that they put a jacuzzi on the ceiling?

“So far, I’ve only encountered the goodwill of all my housemates. “Oh, how glad we are that you are now living with us, how we love you, I love this film of yours, and I love that one.”

The repair is over, everything turned out the way I wanted: the color scheme of the walls, the quality of the wallpaper, curtains, furniture. It's good to be an artist, I'll tell you! When I was looking for a comfortable sofa, I went to one large furniture salon in Moscow. They recognized me: “Oh, Lenochka, what do you want?” I say I'm looking for a comfortable, eco-friendly sofa because I'm going to be sitting on it 24/7 years from now. The material should be breathable, but at the same time such that, for example, spilled red wine, which I love very much, does not leave marks on the fabric. Preferably white, folding on a large number of sleeping places - I often have guests.

The girls say: “We have one, but it is expensive, German ... We will make the maximum discount for you.” Even after that it was not cheap, but, after all, we only live once! I bought it and I can’t get enough of it, I don’t want to get up from it.

But with the beds for the bedroom, the same easy story did not happen. I ordered in Indonesia - giant, leather, soft. But I was deceived - no furniture, no money. Will have to go to court. In the meantime, I have chosen other beds, they are already on their way from Germany.

- I was impressed by the huge mirror in the hallway ...

- Look how much it increases the space, remove it - and what happens? A small hallway, but with a mirror - endless. Mirrors mean a lot to me, I love them very much. And we have a lot in common. I can be very kind or very cruel depending on who looks at me. If they throw me fire ball, then in return I will not send a bouquet of flowers, giveaways are not my game.

- I wanted a spacious terrace - with a barbecue, shower, jacuzzi, massage couch and a large dining table. I chose the penultimate, 11th floor with a view of the sea and the south side to sunbathe all day, I love the sun. Photo: Arsen Memetov

- Do you feel how people treat you?

- I won’t say that it’s sensitive ... Rather, I don’t give a damn and simply brush aside unnecessary communication, without deeply analyzing what and how. But if I communicate, then the person will receive exactly what he feels for me. For example, a friend comes up: “Oh, Lenochka, how good you look, oh, honey, how I love you, I wish you health and happiness!” In response, I say the following: “My golden one, you will receive twice of what you now wished me.” You have to see people's faces! The one who is sincere blossoms: “What are you, thank you!” But sometimes the face turns to stone. Whatever horrible person no matter what, no need to wish him harm. Better - double what he wants for you. And if the heavens open above him, then what do you have to do with it? This is the technique of ancient charms - the return to people of what they give you.

But in general, I lucky man. I say without guile: there are a lot of smart, friendly, talented people in my life.

On the fingers of one hand I can list my ill-wishers. I'm not conflict, I need to be brought strongly so that I snap. According to the horoscope - the Snake, I have with everyone great relationship but until I get stepped on.

When in 1973, after graduating from the Moscow Art Theater School, I came to the theater, literally everyone accepted me - including the old people of the Moscow Art Theater, we generally lived peacefully then. We were friends with Nastya Vertinskaya, whose character few would call sugar, we were often assigned to the same role. On tour, they walked together around the city, talked for a long time. She was at my wedding, we often went to visit each other. Nastya is a charming woman. I generally love smart and beautiful. I have a great relationship with Ira Miroshnichenko, we were very good friends with Tanechka Lavrova.

- And why did you leave the Moscow Art Theater?

- When Efremov fell ill, he was no longer able to protect me as before. He stood up when on the day of filming they tried to send me to some creative meeting in the farthest corner of the country. As soon as his strength left, the environment showed fangs. There were people who had long envied my popularity in the cinema and stopped hiding it.

- After what role did she hit you?

- After the release of the film "They Ring, Open the Door" directed by Alexander Mitta. 11,000 girls from around the world auditioned for the role of the main character Tanya. Soviet Union. My grandfather, Viktor Proklov, was the second director on the film, and his duties included the selection of actors. In the past, he is an artist (he played in the movie "Boxers"), but the fate was not easy. They didn’t take me to the theater, I had to get a job at Mosfilm, the most difficult job - to follow everything, to answer for everything. He was tormented by the fact that he no longer played. And he repeated to me that the acting profession is one pain and suffering. And he was categorically against my appearance in the cinema. When the tests were coming to an end, and the girl was still not found, he took me to help - to play along with the candidates for leading role. “Lenka,” she says, “learn the text, help me select girls.” I learned and ... eventually became Tanya. The film made such a sensation that I, a 12-year-old girl, did not leave the covers of magazines, my photographs were sold at Soyuzpechat kiosks, they endlessly wrote about me: what I prefer for breakfast, what is the name of my dog. There was a feeling that the whole world was my friends, wherever I went, everyone knew me, cared for, gave dolls, treated me. By the way, our film won the Golden Lion of Saint Mark at the Venice Film Festival.

Now I live exactly the way I want to. So much has already danced and taken a walk that now it is not interesting. It's better to be alone. Photo: Arsen Memetov

- Universal enthusiasm could harm the fragile child's psyche. Did someone from your environment have to explain to the child that modesty adorns a person?

- Yes, all the same grandfather knocked on my brain so as not to be arrogant. Parents were young, they didn’t take what was happening seriously: let the girl play.

- Probably, by the time you graduated from high school, there were no thoughts about where to go next?

- Fate itself decided everything for me and did not ask if I want to be an actress or not. I could well have become famous in another field. From the age of four I have been gymnastics under the "Wings of the Soviets". At 12 she became a master of sports. The painting “They are calling, open the door” arose in my life shortly before the World Cup, where we were supposed to go with another girl, Olya Korbut, the future Olympic champion. The coaches were horrified when filmmakers came to the sports school to ask me to shoot. A year later, I starred in The Snow Queen, then in Meetings, Transitional Age, Burn, Burn, My Star.

With sports, of course, said goodbye.

- But they became the most popular girl Soviet Union! It is believed that everything has to be paid for. What reward for success awaited you?

- In my life, believe me, there are many good things, but there are also many difficulties. To begin with, childhood quickly ended: away from my parents, being on expeditions for months, I felt terribly lonely and grown up. Despite the fact that everyone around sincerely loved me and tried to help. And not to say that the shooting itself was always easy and enjoyable. Take the same "Snow Queen". Due to filming in the cold, I became very ill, problems with the kidneys began. But I also remember something else that left an indelible mark on my soul. Scenes with robbers were filmed in Uzhgorod just before my 13th birthday. Actress Era Ziganshina, who played the Little Robber Girl, asked: "Len, have you read" little prince"? Not? Come to my room today after filming. And in one evening she read me this amazing book from beginning to end. When I finished, a hysteria happened to me, I sobbed for a very long time, feeling my complete loneliness. And in the morning, Era gave me a huge portrait of me (I still keep it!) With the following inscription: “Yesterday you cried while listening to The Little Prince, and today you are 13 years old. If you can cry over this book, you have a great future, you are a good, kind person.

The phrase “We are responsible for those we have tamed” means a lot to me, I live by this principle. Many years have passed since then, but the feeling of loneliness has remained in me forever. I know that people like to spend time with me, talk, but not because I'm some kind of incredible, but because the halo of someone else's popularity is attractive. It seems to me that the wider the glory, the narrower the circle of those to whom you are truly dear.

- I heard that really sincere friendship connected you with Alexander Abdulov.

- We were friends with Sanka, he was also lonely, and we subtly felt and supported each other. In their youth, they hung out in the same company, but not to say that they communicated closely. And after Astrakhan's film "The Yellow Dwarf", in which they starred together, they became real friends. I was going through a difficult period then. About seven years before that, she had refused all the directors' offers, in general, she thought to say goodbye to the profession. My husband and I were building a house at the time and trying to have a baby. When Polina was born, I decided to devote myself to her upbringing. Probably, everything would have ended there if one day Andrei, my husband, had not uttered a terrible phrase in the heat of the moment: “What an actress you are! Everyone has already forgotten you." His words touched me to the core, I said: “I will prove the opposite to you ...” Just at that moment, Dima Astrakhan called.

- So what about Abdulov? What was he like?

- He lived backwards: always on the move, constantly passionate about something, plans - a lot. He was fiercely friendly, just as much loved. I told him more than once: “Sash, you can’t withstand such a pace, and you won’t die for long.” And he laughed back...

Why two beautiful person didn't have a romance?

“I never liked him as a man. True, in the "Ordinary Miracle" he is incomparable, but he does not at all look like a real himself. He was very tough, without a drop of romance.

- And what kind of relationship did you have with Andrei Mironov, with whom you starred in the film "Be My Husband"? The director of the film, Alla Surikova, recalled how she often found you at night on the beach sitting together by the fire ...

So I told everything! (Laughs.) When artists - a man and a woman - play love seriously, it is impossible to do without flirting. It is always present if you work honestly. Another thing is that it can result in something more or not result in anything. Everything depends on the circumstances. Andrew was amazing interesting person. A cheerful, groovy, hooligan fool and at the same time an elegant, beautifully courting gentleman. Firework Man! But let's talk about him without details, I respect him very much last wife- and now beautiful woman patient, wonderful.

With Andrei Mironov in the film "Be my husband"

- Among modern actors are there at least something similar to Andrei Mironov?

- Not! They are boring ... But I like Zhenya Mironov, Porechenkov and Baluev. Perhaps that's all.

And what a wonderful Andryusha Panin was! For cinema, his death is a global loss. We played together on stage for eight years and were friends. Although he was a secretive, restrained, complex person, he was incredibly charming. Some kind of drama lived in him, to which no one, even relatives, had access. All our tours usually ended with a banquet, where we danced with him until we lost our pulse! What did he do, my God! How amazingly he moved! A circle gathered around us, and I walked around the dance floor on my hands!

- Modern tours, probably, are fundamentally different from those that took place in Soviet time?

- We used to go on tours around the country and abroad for a long time, for two or three months. At the same time getting three kopecks. Now artists earn good money without long tours. And the viewer does not change - and then and now I see satisfied and happy faces in the hall.

The first time I went abroad was in 1975 at the West Berlin Film Festival with the film The Only One. There was a wonderful company - Gerasimov, Tamara Makarova, Danelia. We were given a thick checkbook, one sheet - 50 German marks. We drank water at the bar - 3 marks. We pay by check and get change in cash. I dressed myself, and brought a bunch of things for my relatives from that trip, for my daughter - tiny jeans, Velcro shoes, about which no one in the USSR had heard at that time. But this was only at festivals, on tour the artists were given $ 20 per diem, and that's it. So I ate bouillon cubes and used that time to lose weight. But relatives brought a suitcase of gifts.

- You have taken place in the profession. How did you get on with your role as a mother? I know that you had a serious conflict with your eldest daughter, Arina ...

“Well, that’s a thing of bygone days!” Once my parents told me: “Lena, you live your life, and let Arinochka stay with us ...” So they decided: my daughter grew up with her grandparents, they adored each other, I worked hard, but, of course, we all saw each other often. Once between us - me on the one hand, Arisha with my parents on the other - there was a quarrel, and for almost four years we did not talk. It's definitely my fault! Because parents need to obey, not argue with them. And as I now understand, there is not a single reason in the world for relatives not to communicate. I could not stand it, I came to them and said: “You do whatever you want, but I can’t live without you! It doesn’t matter who is right, who is wrong, I am ready to admit any guilt.” We all kissed and things got better. My parents were very good, the closest people to me ... Dad left last year, mom left three years ago. I buried them side by side, there is a cemetery on the edge of our village near Moscow, and every time I go home after a performance with flowers, I bring bouquets to them.

I raised my daughters following parental prayer. It contains this phrase: "Give me the strength to, when the time comes, give them freedom of choice."

It is not simple. Especially with regard to youngest daughter. Since birth, Polinka has been my ponytail. Until the age of 13, she slept with me in the same bed. We couldn't breathe without each other.

But one day she suddenly heard: “Mom, I will sleep in my room tonight.” Well, I know that at night it will come under the barrel anyway. But no, she didn't. And the next day too. And suddenly I realized that she no longer needed her mother to the extent that she used to. No, she still loves me, I can rely on her, but she is on her own, and not part of me, as it seemed. In order to realize a new state of affairs for me, I pray.

- Once I realized that Polina no longer needed to the same extent as before. But my daughter still loves me, I can rely on her. In critical moments of life, we are always on each other's shoulders. Photo: Arsen Memetov

- Understanding with adult daughter left, do you have something to talk about?

- In everyday life, we are completely different, we do not touch these topics. Believe me: I, for example, do not care at all what is happening in her room. We talk about other topics - about our favorite books, films, dreams, desires. We love to just be quiet around.

In critical moments of life, they are always on each other's shoulders. When Polina stays with her young man, always calls in the morning: “Mommy, I love you! How are you?" In the evening he asks: “Have you already arrived from the performance? Not? You get home

call back." I used to say this phrase to her, and now she told me.

You divorced her father at the end of last year. Which side did Polina end up on?

- She immediately said: “Dad, although I love you both, I warn you that I will be on the side of the mother, because she is a woman, which means she is weaker and needs protection. In general, you are tired of your showdowns! (Laughs.)

For 30 years, Andrei and I were so tired of each other that divorce seemed the only way out.

- We divorced for real, this is not PR, as some decided. This is not about a new music video, but about such a sad thing as a divorce. With ex-husband Andrey Trishin. Photo: Andrey Ershtrem

— From long marriage many get tired, but you can communicate less often, go to different rooms and go about your business.

- When in life together more cons than pluses, I do not see the point in it. Yes, marriage is a duty. But it can be pleasant, or it can be aggressive and very annoying. I love Andrei very much, he is dear and close person. And I know for sure that he loves me. But…

As they say - oh, it’s impossible with you, and it’s impossible without you. Do you know the simple reason our divorce happened? Once he yelled: “Elena, it’s impossible to live with you, I can’t stand it anymore! Why are you collecting bottles?!"

Indeed, in my workshop, in the basement, there are boxes with beautifully shaped bottles, at my leisure I paint them, I like it! I ask calmly: "Andryusha, if they interfere, shift to another place." - "How can?! You, Lena, are like a bum, you have to clean up after you. And then I exploded and said: “That was the last phrase that I hear from you as a husband. Can't live with me? What a blessing, let's go!" And filed for divorce this morning. It would seem that this is a reason to disperse after living 30 years? It seems to be nonsense. But it was the last straw, after which the flood began.

- They talked about your husband's young mistress ...

He doesn't have a young mistress. And if there is, it is insignificant, since I do not know about it. It is imperceptible that my husband was in love. And I have no one, although they also wrote that she had gone to a rich man. (Laughs.) I think about other men with horror. Andrei was and remains the last man in my life. Of course, never say never. (With laughter.) As soon as information about our divorce leaked to the newspapers, local Sochi old men hit on me. I ask Margosha: “Do I look so bad? Why are these bastards coming up to me?"

- Polina said: “Dad, I love you both, but I will be on the side of my mother. In general, you are tired of your showdowns! Photo: Arsen Memetov

- How did Andrei react when he found out that you had filed for divorce?

- He said: "And thank God." After these words, I decided that I did the right thing. In the end, I'm not torn house slippers, which the owner is just used to, but it's a pity to throw them away. Andrei is a young man, we have a difference of eight years, he can start a family with a beautiful fairy, give birth to children.

- Have you left?

For now, we continue to live in the same house. We have breakfast together in the morning. I make us coffee and sandwiches. Everything is as before. Andrei said that he would pack his things and leave after the court divided the property. Actually, we have two houses, one big, where we have been living all these years. The second is smaller, in a different place. And according to the marriage contract, the big one remains for me. But there Andrey keeps

huge collection hunting trophies. Where will he take her? I was already ready to leave for a small house, but Polina objects, says: “Mom, what about your garden, your flowers?”

But that's not the point ... Realizing that we got divorced, I suddenly re-evaluated everything that he did for me. Most of the household issues were on it - different pipes, heating. What am I supposed to do now, take it all on myself? Although, I confess, I also often did not do what I wanted, but what Andrei did not want to do. And this is also a reason for my resentment. Guys, sorry, from time to time it is necessary to give a kick. Otherwise, they relax. And than more woman she takes it upon herself, the more often she sympathizes with a man and enters into his position, the more firmly he sits on her neck.

“It's been several months now. Don't you think you got excited?

- Shortly before the New Year, Andrei said: “Lena, maybe that's enough? Hear me, I say for the last time that I love you and want to live with you.

On the one hand, I understand that I'm probably an idiot, since I'm breaking up with a man in 30 years. We have everything in common - a daughter, a house, a life. But on the other hand ... Between us for a long time there is no most important thing: having met, we do not run towards each other, but disperse into rooms. We are not spouses, we are neighbors ...

Andrei suggested that both of us try to make our partner understand that we love him. I supported, but expressed wishes. He even took a piece of paper and a pen and wrote it down.

“If you promised, do it. And if you can't, explain why. In the morning, kiss me on the cheek and say good morning. You have no right to yell at me under any circumstances. And if you don't like the way I act or say something, just get up and go out." Everything, nothing more. He says: I wrote it down, I will read it every morning. And what is the answer to that? Here is what your readers will advise me?

Maybe you need to take a break? I do not want to waste my life on scandals and quarrels. We are a good couple if he weren't a Gemini and I was a Virgo. He is the air, I am the earth. He yelled and forgot, but for me screams are something beyond, I can get sick from them. And for Andrey, it’s a normal, everyday way of communicating. I will give you such a case. I wake up very early, dawn is a sacred time for me. I make coffee, sit down in the kitchen by the open window and listen to the birds. And then Andrei comes down from the top floor and begins to solve production problems by phone, looming before my eyes. (Laughs.) And that's it, my idealistic world collapsed. The question is, why bother me, I don’t teach roles in his office?

In a word, a difficult situation ... I can’t imagine how everything will turn out in the end. Now I began to appreciate peace and time more, because someday my life, like everyone else, will come to an end.

On tour, it happens that artists call: “Elena, come hang out with us.” I say: “Guys, I would like to, but I have such an interesting book.” Already so much danced, took a walk and departed, that now it does not bother.

Once upon a time, I lived with the feeling that I would soon fly into space and settle on Mars. I fantasized that I would give birth to children from the commander spaceship and we will live long happy life, or maybe we will move to another, more beautiful planet. Now, if such an opportunity presented itself, I would not have flown anywhere, because it’s too late, and everything on Earth has turned out great.

A family: children - Arina, engaged computer design, Polina, international lawyer; granddaughter - Alice, student of Moscow Architectural Institute

Education: graduated from the acting department of the Moscow Art Theater School

Career: starred in more than 35 films, including: The Snow Queen"," The only one ...", "Mimino", "Be my husband." She was the co-host of the Malakhov + program and the host of the Housing and Public Utilities program (Channel One)

Elena Proklova spoke about modern cinema, about landscape design, about her attitude to hunting and fishing, about her daughters, about an apartment and a plot in Sochi.

Elena Proklova really likes the pictures that are coming out now. " Unfortunately, I watch them only on TV, with a delay. I see a lot interesting actors, scenarios, possibilities - the same computer graphics. But it’s hard for me to judge the atmosphere in modern cinema, because I practically don’t participate in it., the actress explained. - Judging by the pictures in which she starred, it seemed to me that the process became somehow too uncreative».

In the mid-90s, Proklova practically said goodbye to her profession. She left the theater, stopped acting in films. But Elena got the second higher education and a landscape designer. " We bought land and decided to live outside the city in order to have a baby. A child was born, a house was built. But with the design of the site there were difficulties. The prices that were announced to us were beyond our capabilities. That's why I went to study, knowing in advance that I need to do it.", says Proklova.

The actress believes that landscape design is a fascinating activity, no less interesting than acting. Elena even made some projects for her friends. And she really likes it. Until now, when there is an opportunity, Proklova is busy in the ground with plants. " This is both the work of an artist and an architect.", the actress notes.

On the Proklova site near Moscow, there is a garden, a kitchen garden, and a chicken coop. " Yes, everything is there. In general, I’m like this - in my soul a landowner, - Elena states. - If you want to eat right, you have to do all this. You can, of course, hire a certain number of people who will do it for you. But I don't have that option. There is an assistant - that's all I can afford. But one of my main things today is really a garden, and a vegetable garden, and useful products, and their processing.».

Proklova also became interested in fishing and hunting, because she married a fisherman and a hunter. " I belong to those darling women who consider it right to share all the beliefs and hobbies of their husbands. I can’t say that I myself am a fisherman and a hunter, I have never gone fishing or hunting alone in my life. But when I had a choice - to stay at home or go with my husband - I always chose the latter.”, notes Elena.

Proklova admits that she feels sorry for animals, but at the same time she is a meat eater. And the meat from the hunt is healthy meat, unlike the purchased meat, which the actress has not eaten for many years. Moreover, Elena simply cannot live without meat, she needs it. And they themselves make basturma, dumplings, and much more at home.
With her husband, the actress continues to live in the same house, but with different lives.

Granddaughter Proklova studies at the Institute of Architecture. Her youngest daughter Polina graduated from the Law Academy of Foreign Trade three years ago. And the eldest daughter computer designer 3D graphics in Boeing aircraft. " So my girls are all wonderful, talented, satisfied with their lives. And this is the most important", says the actress. Elena's eldest daughter never liked country life. Now, after the death of the parents of the actress, their dacha now belongs to Arina. She became fully involved in construction and gardening.

For Elena Proklova, nature is the meaning of all life. Recently, she built herself an apartment in Sochi, she thought she would just come there, relax, swim in the sea. But she was running out of land. Then Proklova bought another piece of land and builds a small house there for herself to live in the mountains, to watch the sun rise, what state the sea is in. An actress cannot live without land.

Elena chose Sochi because her friend lives there, whom she met 10 years ago on the Malakhov + program, this is Margarita Semyonovna Rempel. The first time Elena came to her clinic to cleanse the body. It's perfect folk methods. And a fairly tough program, which is designed for the fact that a person who wants to be healthy must work on himself.

Proklova really liked it because of the state that she experienced after the course, she began to visit her twice a year. As they called - for a complete reconstruction. But then Elena got tired of living in hotels. And she decided to buy an apartment nearby. Now he also comes to Sochi for a major overhaul twice a year. Bathes and cleans up.

Elena bought four apartments at once. " Well, what is an apartment of twenty-five meters for an actress who is used to existing on stage? For me, it's the bathroom. It's just uncomfortable in size. Not because I need so much, I just got used to it from the age of eleven - to live in pavilions, which are generally a thousand squares, on the stage for five hundred. Well, I'm twenty, well, no way! I don't fit. Therefore, I bought four, made a balcony out of one, such a large terrace, where, in general, I live mostly. And two bedrooms. Well I'm like, what do I do now", the actress notes.

« Yes, I'm fine, trust me. In general, it's great to live! I wake up every morning and thank the creator that I have another day to enjoy. I live and this is already happiness", Mirnov.ru quotes Proklova.

"AiF": -Elena, you are considered an ideal hostess in the artistic world ...

E.P.:- Now I'm like that hunter from " Ordinary miracle”, which already talks more about bears than shoots them. Today, due to being busy on TV, I have so little time left for household chores ... Therefore, I use every minute to do something around the house. Decided to get chickens. I want fresh eggs that I can drink raw. And in general I dream that my rooster crowed under the window! Anyway, I get up at sunrise. In the summer - at 4 am.

"AIF":- So early?

E.P.: -I'm getting some sleep! The first thing I do is make coffee. If it's winter, I drink it in the winter garden. If it's summer, I put on a warm self-knitted dressing gown, go to the garden and have a drink in the gazebo. Then I walk barefoot in the dew. These are my favorite moments. I meet the sunrise, I stretch my palms to the sun, absorbing all its power.

These are the moments of solitude that give energy for the whole day. Then I water my flowers, listen to the bumblebees begin to buzz, play with awakened cats and dogs. This is happiness.

Garden of Eden

"AIF":- They say about you: “Proklova has “green” hands ...

E.P.:: My zodiac sign is Virgo, Earth sign. For the neighbors, everything dies during the winter, but for me it gives new shoots and bears fruit. Pah-pah, so as not to jinx it. From childhood, I spent a lot of time with my parents in a wonderful place, in New Jerusalem. My duties included weeding the land, harvesting. I did everything for myself and for my older brother, who always found something to bribe me with.

Then, when I left my parental home and began to live on my own, my apartment turned into a mini-botanical garden. Everything was in vines, some fruits were ripe. Girlfriends brought me plants that died in them, and they began to bloom with me.

When my husband and I got our own land, it was a bare field, nothing grew there except wormwood. I thought, “That can't be right. I must have a Garden of Eden!” I bought all sorts of literature, realized that this was not enough for me, went to the architectural institute to study landscape design. This is a new spectrum of life, everything is so interesting! For example, being in other countries and cities, I have never paid attention to plants, how people treat them, and now a completely different side of life has opened up to me since I left to live outside the city. Watching nature is a great school.

The earth does not allow itself to be lazy

"AIF":– Lena, what did nature teach you?

E.P.: -Recover. After each "winter death" there will still be spring! When I planted the first trees in my garden, the first winter was torture for me. “Everything is frozen, I ruined everything,” I thought. In the spring over each kidney trembled. When everything began to bloom, tulips, daffodils, crocuses climbed out of the ground, I squealed every day with delight. Then I felt the earth as something alive. The words "mother earth" used to be perceived by me as a thesis from school curriculum. And then I realized: the earth is a birthing body! Every spring she does not allow herself to be lazy. I realized that you can recover from ANY tragic situation in life. No need to prolong your grief. It depends on the person how long you will be depressed.