After the third marriage, Edward Uspensky returned to his second wife. The ex-wife of Eduard Uspensky Eleonora Filina: I didn’t cheat, but I couldn’t bear his tyranny Who does Edward Uspensky live with now

The author of the heroes of Prostokvashino, Eduard Uspensky, continues to fight cancer. Now the 80-year-old writer is undergoing chemotherapy in Germany. Next to him is his wife Elena Uspenskaya, with whom the author of Cheburashka broke up, and then reunited again.

“All my life I’ve been at war with someone”

In 2003, Ouspensky divorced his second wife Elena with a scandal (they raised two children together). adopted daughters). And he went to the TV journalist Eleonora Filina, with whom he led the musical program “To Our Harbor ...”. The couple got married in 2005, and in 2011 broke up - also with mutual reproaches and the division of property through the courts. Two years ago, Ouspensky reunited with his ex-wife Elena, the couple began to live together again. The other day, in a television interview, the writer said: Eleonora Filina left him when he fell ill with cancer - she left him alone in difficult times. But his fourth (she is also the second) wife Elena faithfully looks after him. A plot worthy of "Santa Barbara" ... Or is it not quite so?

“KP” got through to the wife of the writer.

“We are now in Germany, on treatment,” said Elena Borisovna.

- How does Eduard Nikolaevich feel?

- Fine. We are fighting. Yes, we are together again. You can forgive betrayal. You can not leave a person in trouble, this is wrong. Excuse me, it is dear to me to talk from abroad and there is nothing more to add.

Earlier in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda, Elena admitted:

“We lived with Uspensky for 20 years. He is great. And it's always difficult with the greats. He's been at war with someone all his life. If it drains other people, it seems to feed him. We divorced on December 4, 2003. Even before the divorce, I filed for alimony: there was nothing to live on. He agreed to pay $500 a month. And four months later he stopped paying ... "

"The marriage was a mistake"

And what does Eleonora Filina, who “left the patient” think about the words of Uspensky?

“I have no complaints about Uspensky, everything has passed,” she told Komsomolskaya Pravda.

- Do you feel guilty before Elena Uspenskaya? After all, her husband left her for you ...

- We are on good terms with Lena. I'm glad they're together again.

- But it seems that you wanted to return to Uspensky?

- Not. For some reason, they serve it in such a way that Lena and I are now fighting for it. Rave! Our marriage was a mistake. I was accused of allegedly leaving Ouspensky when he was diagnosed with cancer. It is not true. When we were still married, Ouspensky was diagnosed with stomach cancer, and I cured him. I was about to leave, but after learning the diagnosis, I stayed. I went with him to Germany for treatment. And she put him in a rehabilitation center in the Moscow region. And then we went for an examination to the same Germany and made sure that everything went well with him. That is, with that cancer sorted out. And only then I left him, I could no longer endure his tyranny. After that, for five years he felt well, worked, wrote books. A year ago, he was cut down by a second prostate cancer. And suddenly now they are trying to present it as if I had left Ouspensky in trouble, sick!

But it's not. I didn't even know he was sick. For the last seven years Uspensky and I have been living our own lives.

“Son was sleeping at the bedroom door”

- They say, Tatyana, own daughter from his first marriage, does not visit his sick father?

- They have complicated relationship. I treated all the children of Ouspensky the same as my own (Filina has two sons from her first marriage. - Ed.). I think that a child is a child at any age, he must be loved and supported. But Eduard Nikolaevich has a different position.

- Did you manage to bring Uspensky and his daughter closer together?

- Of course! They were talking. How much effort it took is another question. We built a huge house - I hoped that everyone would live there: my children, his children, grandchildren. But Eduard Nikolaevich is a different person.

- He raised your children, perceived them as relatives?

- Not. He tried to remove them. From that series: it would be better if they were not in our lives.

- They say that Ouspensky forbade you to go into your son's room after you put him to bed. And the boy was afraid of the dark, crawled up to your bedroom and slept there at the door. Then he froze and returned to himself ...

- It was like that. I learned this from my son later ... Eduard Nikolaevich found fault with his son, but I no longer want to remember it. The child who endured everything and was unhappy will soon be 23 years old. Now he is doing well.

- Eduard Nikolaevich accused you of treason. Allegedly, you even brought a 19-year-old boy into the house, and the guy turned out to be your lover!

- About the boy - it's just funny! He is actually the son of a friend of Uspensky, who asked the guy to temporarily live with us. He became friends with my son... This is such a vision of Ouspensky that I did not leave him, but supposedly for someone. In fact, I could no longer be near Eduard Nikolaevich, because he was aggressive, because there was such an attitude towards my child and all members of my family.

So there were no changes?

- Of course not. After my divorce from Uspensky, I have been living alone for seven years, with my son. It's just that Eduard Nikolaevich was sure that I would not leave for two reasons - because we were wealthy and because we had a common TV program. I endured because there was blackmail: they say, I will close the program ... As soon as I left, he immediately expelled me from the program.

- Ouspensky, rumor has it, always tried to put his wives at home?

- Yes. I had several offers to work separately from him. He didn't let me. And then he said, they say, I didn’t work anywhere, I sat on his neck.

“If I were next to him now, I would say: there is no need to fight with anyone and sue,” says Eleonora Filina. - He has a good income, you can sell one or two apartments and take care of your health. Why get involved in scandals? Why waste the rest of your life on this? But Eduard Nikolaevich likes to sort things out. He once told me through acquaintances that I extended his life and strengthened him with our divorce.

It has a lot of good things in it. If you put aside his character, he has wonderful books, how many children and their parents he gave joy. And what is he like in everyday life ... these are different looks of the same person.

- Have you found your personal happiness?

“If you want to know if I have affairs, no, I don’t care. I'm not going to get married. It seems to me that at my 56 years old, you can safely not think about it. I have an affair with creativity. And if there was a person like the former (Uspensky. - Ed.) nearby, he would say: “Where to? Sit!"

With his first wife, Rimma, Eduard Uspensky studied together at the Moscow Aviation Institute. They married in 1963 and lived together for 18 years. The couple have a daughter Tatyana (she graduated from the Forestry Institute with a degree in design and design of sites) and two grandchildren: Eduard and Ekaterina.

The second wife of the writer Elena, after the construction college, worked on television in production workshops. There she met Ouspensky. The couple lived together for 23 years, raised two adopted daughters - Irina and Svetlana. The girls graduated from the veterinary college. The couple divorced in 2003.

The third wife of the writer is Eleonora Filina, TV presenter and singer. She was married to him from 2005 to 2011.

Passed away at the age of 81 Russian writer Edward Uspensky. He gave the heroes of Prostokvashino, Cheburashka, Crocodile Gena and other favorite characters to millions of people.

But what kind of husband and father was the great storyteller? Sometimes the scenario of his life could be based family drama or even a real soap opera.

The first wife and the image of Shapoklyak

With his first wife, Eduard Uspensky studied at the Moscow Aviation Institute, she quickly captured the attention of the then young man and in 1963 they got married. Rimma gave birth to her husband's daughter Tanya and was there when Ouspensky began to write cartoon scripts, poems, and then his world-famous books.

They had been married for 18 years, and it seemed that nothing foreshadowed the sad development of events, but Edward fell in love with another. Ouspensky met his second wife in the dining room of the animation studio.

Rima did not expect such a turn of events. In addition, after the divorce, the writer took his daughter with him, and Tanya grew up in a family with a stepmother, who was able to become her friend.

Father Cheburashka did not recall very flattering about his first wife:

“The prototype of the old woman Shapoklyak was my first wife - a lady harmful in every way. Now I just wonder how we managed to live together for eighteen years! Although, to be completely honest, Shapoklyak also has my features. My character is also not angelic.

Second wife - wife forever (almost)

Uspensky's second wife was 22 years younger than him - he was 42, and she was 20! Surprisingly, her parents had nothing against their union.

Elena was not familiar with the writer's work, and the first read works of his authorship for her were stories about Prostokvashino.

“I fell under his charm,” Elena recalled. - He was then 42 years old, with his wife he was on the verge of a divorce, by that time they no longer lived together. I moved to Eduard Nikolaevich. And immediately became a mother. He took his 12-year-old daughter Tanya from his first marriage. She was both a friend and a nanny at the same time.

Elena did not give birth to her children, but she and Eduard adopted two girls at once - Ira and Sveta, who had problems with their kidneys, because of which they later received a disability.

When, after 20 years of marriage, Edward decided to leave the family for another woman, it came as a shock to both his daughters and Elena. She was actually left alone and continued to look after her daughters, who needed constant medical supervision.

Third wife and scandalous separation

Ouspensky met his third wife on his author's program "Ships entered our harbor." He needed an assistant, and colleagues from Good Morning volunteered to help and sent a tall, slender girl who captivated the writer.

While Elena was at home with the children, Eduard spent most of his time with his assistant Eleanor. Their romance took off quickly.

“How could I interfere with Eduard Nikolaevich, especially if they have crazy love with Eleanor? And in general, it is much easier to endure a divorce than, God forbid, death. loved one. And he is a good father, ”Elena recalled.

At first, Ouspensky and his third wife were fine, but then problems began. Eleanor had a son from a previous relationship, but accept him as her own new husband so I couldn't.

The woman recalled that her child constantly listened to complaints against her and was often to blame simply for the fact that he was.

However, all disagreements stopped when the writer was diagnosed with stomach cancer. Fortunately, then the disease was defeated. Eleanor followed her husband to all the hospitals and rehabilitation centers. But that didn't help save the relationship.

The couple broke up, and there is still a clear answer to the question "who is to blame?" nobody gave. Some say that Eleanor had another man, so she decided to leave, and she herself claims that she simply could not stand the harsh and sometimes even tyrannical attitude from her husband. The writer's friends also sometimes commented on such statements and confidently said that it was definitely not necessary to talk about assault.

The return of the husband

But no matter what they say, apparently, his most beloved, reliable woman has always been and remained until last Elena, second wife. It was to her that Ouspensky returned after breaking up with Eleanor.

Elena forgave and accepted, and later helped to deal with the newly appeared terrible disease- cancer, this time - prostate. In the end, the writer lost the fight with him.

Eduard Uspensky's wife regrets marrying him

The third wife of Eduard Uspensky, Eleonora Filina, met the writer on Russian Radio. It was very easy for Filina to work with Uspensky, but Eleanor called her marriage to him erroneous.

“It's been seven years since we broke up. We had the happiest creative union. Unfortunately, our family life turned out to be not so ideal, ”Filina admitted on the air of the Let They Talk program.

For a long time, Ouspensky fought stomach cancer, which eventually defeated him. Fatal disease caught the writer at the moment when he was on the verge of a divorce from Filina. At that time, the press often wrote that Eleanor left her husband in a difficult situation. She called such information a lie.

“None of the close relatives, and even more so in the press, knew that Ouspensky was ill. We left for Germany. There for a month I lived with him in the same room. The operation was completed, the rehabilitation ended. The disease was reported only upon returning home. By the time we finally parted with him, he went into remission. After that, the disease did not bother her husband for six years, ”said Eleanor in the studio of the program “Let them talk.”

Prokhor Chaliapin, who was present in the studio, advised Filina to ask for forgiveness from ex-spouse, arguing that at one time Eduard Nikolaevich told others about how his beloved Eleanor betrayed him. She did not want to talk about this topic and asked Prokhor "not to breed a farce."

Eduard Uspensky did not forgive the betrayal of his third wife until the end of his life

The eminent writer Eduard Uspensky died on August 14 at the age of 81. The creator of stories about Cheburashka, Crocodile Gena and the village of Prostokvashino died at his house in New Moscow. Last years the writer lived alone, with his third wife - TV presenter Eleonora Filina - he divorced in 2011 with a scandal. Eduard Nikolaevich convicted his wife of treason and could not forgive her until his death.

In one of recent interviews, which he gave to the program "Live", Ouspensky told the details of the breakup with his ex-wife, with whom they lived together for 10 years. The children's writer said that he was very upset by the betrayal of Filina. According to the writer, the journalist got a 19-year-old lover. The young man lived in Uspensky's house, and his wife spent fabulous money on the gentleman. “... business, to sausage factories. He's stupid, stupid. I can’t forgive her for this, ”Uspensky then angrily exclaimed.

The writer did not tolerate the behavior of the TV presenter: he filed for divorce, and also stopped funding the program “Ships Came to Our Harbor”, where he had previously met future wife. Filina tried to justify herself and in response accused the writer of drunkenness and assault, and also set out to sue part of his property. As a result, Ouspensky turned to his second wife, Elena, for help.

In Russia you will not find a person who would not be familiar with the work of Eduard Uspensky. This man devoted his whole life to children and ways to make them happy. The stories of the writer have raised many generations of kids who believe in kindness and friendship, courage and honesty, and therefore are able to help relatives and friends in difficult times.

And, for sure, there are no people in Russia who would not have seen cartoons created based on the books of Eduard Nikolaevich. He earned popular recognition and love thanks to his wonderful works that show the right values ​​in an understandable and accessible form.

Childhood and youth

The biography of Eduard Nikolaevich began on December 22, 1937 in Yegorievsk. The parents of the future author were not related to the writer's path. Father Nikolai Mikhailovich worked as a cynologist in the hunting department of the Central Committee of the CPSU, so there were many animals in the house. My mother was a mechanical engineer by education. In addition to Edik, two more sons were brought up in the family: the older brother Igor and the younger Yuri. By nationality, Uspensky's father was a Jew, and his mother was Russian.

When Eduard was 10 years old, his beloved dad passed away, the children stayed with their mother. The family lived in an apartment on Kutuzovsky Prospekt.

AT early age Edik grew up as a mischievous boy. The child didn’t study well, so he “pricked up” to cut the deuces from the diary with a blade. Poor financial support affected: after the death of his father, the family lived in poverty. But with all this, the future writer dreamed of a career as a minister or academician.

Once Edward broke his leg and ended up in the hospital. Then the boy asked his mother to bring textbooks and began to study. Soon, the performance of Eduard Uspensky improved, and the young man graduated from school with diplomas for victories in the Olympiads. Mathematics was especially good for the young man.

He received his higher education at the Moscow Aviation Institute. After graduation, he went to work as an engineer, and in free time began to write scripts and stories for children. Ouspensky's interest in creativity arose even in his youth - at school the guy was a constant leader for detachments with young students, for whom he came up with funny children's poems and songs. The young man combined his university education with the creation and holding of student skits and local performances.

After working for a short time in his specialty, Uspensky began to develop a career as a writer. He wrote stories and poems for children, but published his work infrequently. Humorous sketches and stories by Edward for the satire block turned out to be much more in demand. However, the author did not want to develop in this direction.

It is not known how the fate of the best works would have developed if the creators of the cartoons had not paid attention to them. Owing to the visual illustration, Ouspensky's writings have become widespread and world-famous.

Literature

The works of Eduard Nikolaevich are popular among readers around the world. Uspensky's stories have been translated into more than 20 languages ​​of the world, and are actively published and republished many years after their appearance. Attention was paid to the author in Sweden - there the man's writings gained such popularity that the characters appeared both on television and in magazines, and Eduard Uspensky himself was invited to the Swedish Writers' Union. The works of the author appreciated such European masters children's literature, like Anna Schmidt.

The most famous books of this great author for a wide range of readers are stories about Prostokvashino, in which there are, and. Stories in which and participate also became popular. One of the author's first works, "Down the Magic River", was widely disseminated.

The history of the publication of many works turned out to be difficult. The author was criticized for the lack of features of a real pioneer in the image and behavior of Cheburashka, censorship banned other poems and sketches of the author.

Screen adaptation of children's stories took place under the strict control of the author - Eduard Uspensky independently wrote scripts for animations. Based on the stories and short stories of the writer, two feature films, and later one series was filmed.

With the advent of popularity in the late 1970s, Eduard Uspensky began to appear on radio programs - to read poetry and stories. He writes plays about his favorite characters. In the 1980s, the first collection with stories about Matroskin, Kolobok was published.

Even from the pen of Eduard Uspensky came the fairy tales "Guaranteed little men" and "Koloboks are investigating." The poem "A Terrible Story" is popular.

Eduard Nikolaevich also worked on television. He became the ideological inspirer and author of a series of programs for children. different ages.

The Soviet and Russian writer has repeatedly received awards. In 1997 he was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland. In 2010, Eduard Nikolaevich became the laureate of the Name Prize, which is awarded to outstanding children's writers.

In November 2017, Eduard Nikolaevich wrote open letter To the President of the Russian Federation, in which he accused the Soyuzmultfilm film studio of copyright infringement. According to the writer, the new series of Prostokvashino came out without Uspensky's knowledge. The author claimed that he did not give his consent to the production of the sequel.

They participated in voicing their favorite characters, and. Anton and Yulia expressed regret that Eduard Nikolaevich spoke so sharply about the new series of the animated film. The first release of the sequel, released in April 2018, has collected several million views on the Web.

In May, the second episode of the cartoon was released. The series was dedicated to the memory of Oleg Tabakov. On the first day, the release was watched by 25 million people.

Personal life

The family has always inspired the writer, especially in creating the most unexpected characters. The author came up with the bright and unforgettable Shapoklyak, recalling his ex-wife Rimma. According to famous author, the wife was distinguished by harmfulness. Although in the image, he continues, there are some of the writer's own unattractive features.

And the daughter's children's cry first served as the source of the name Cheburashka, and later - the whole history of this character. This hero became legendary - at first he fell in love with the inhabitants of the country of the rising sun, and then became a symbol of Russia at sports competitions.

Eduard Uspensky was married three times. From his first marriage, which lasted 18 years, he had a daughter, Tatyana, who already has her own family and who gave dad a grandson and granddaughter. From the second marriage, the writer also left children: two twin daughters, whom the couple adopted.

For the third time, Eduard Nikolaevich married a popular TV presenter - Eleanor Filina became the chosen one of the author. Together with his beloved, the writer hosted the radio program "Ships came into our harbor." As a result, service relations grew into a real romance.

The divorce proceedings with the last wife turned out to be loud - the wife appeared on television and in the press with loud statements, publicly discussed life with the writer.

After decades of living together, when the whole country considered this couple exemplary, Eleanor was offended by her husband who filed for divorce and began to tell what the union with the writer really was. A lot of nasty words were said about now ex-husband, impartially characterizing the character of a man and behavior in everyday life.

However, few people know that while the ex-wife was on television, the writer himself was struggling with a serious illness - cancer. The man went to Germany, where he underwent chemotherapy. At first, Eleanor was next to her husband, took care of the writer, but the woman's patience was enough for several months, after which Filina simply went back to Russia and left Edward alone in a foreign country.

Ouspensky did not comment on Eleanor's actions for a long time, but once made a statement that the reason for this behavior of a woman is huge financial debts, which, according to the writer, the ex-wife wants to close at the expense of Eduard Nikolaevich.

Nevertheless, Edward's character was really difficult, this is confirmed by relatives and colleagues. Not everyone could cope with it and productively maintain personal and work relationships. Some individual traits of Eduard Nikolayevich's character at some point even put an end to the then unknown history o - they refused to take the essay for publication, fearing sudden scandals and claims from the writer.

The writer rarely wrote to order, as he did not consider it necessary to make adjustments to stories at the behest of third-party people. This intransigence often spoiled the writer's work and personal relationships. On the other hand, perhaps, without it, Ouspensky's beloved characters would not have seen the light in the unique form that the author gave them.

As for the writer himself, the man adored animals and birds, parrots and dogs constantly lived in his house, which the writer took care of with pleasure. Eduard worked every day, composing in a country house and in Moscow. In his free time, he liked to watch foreign series, especially on medical topics. Ouspensky's favorite serial film was "".

It is known that Eduard Nikolaevich respected creativity. That is why the charismatic actor was entrusted with dubbing the cat from Prostokvashino.

In April 2018, the writer gave an interview in which he said that his second wife, Elena Uspenskaya, was next to him. The woman forgave her ex-husband and returned. Recent times Edward and his wife lived in peace and harmony, supported each other and did not remember the past. The couple hoped that the writer would cope with the illness.

And Eleonora Filina, it turns out, went to a young lover who is 30 years younger than her. The TV presenter took out a loan of 6 million rubles for the guy to open a business, but the business went bankrupt.

Filin herself does not admit this. The woman only says that she could no longer be close to her despotic husband. According to Eleanor, Filina wanted to divorce Uspensky for a long time, but her husband's state of health and diagnosis stopped her.

Death

August 14, 2018 in his Moscow home. The cause of death of the writer was cancer, with which he fought for several years. He underwent treatment in Germany, after the operation the disease receded for a short time.

At home on the eve of the tragedy, according to Irina's daughter, Eduard Nikolaevich, he needed medical attention.

Bibliography

• 1966 - Crocodile Gena and his friends
• 1972 - "Down the Magic River"
• 1974 - "Uncle Fedor, a dog and a cat"
• 1975 - "Guarantee little men"
• 1976 - "The Amazing Thing"
• 1983 - "Vacations in Prostokvashino"
• 1985 - "Vera and Anfisa in the clinic"
• 1987 - "Kolobok is on the trail"
• 1990 - "Red hand, black sheet, green fingers"
• 1997 - "Winter in Prostokvashino"
• 2001 - "Mushrooms for Cheburashka"
• 2007 - " New life in Prostokvashino"
• 2011 - "Guarantee men are back"
• 2011 - "Ghost from Prostokvashino"

More than one generation of children grew up on the works of the writer Eduard Uspensky. Everyone knows the heroes invented by Uspensky. These are Cheburashka and Gena the crocodile, Shapoklyak, Matroskin the cat and many others. His works have always taught honesty, courage and kindness.

As a child, Edward did not study very well. He spent a lot of time with the neighbor boys in the yard, and not at all for textbooks. Despite the fact that the boy studied poorly, he dreamed of becoming a minister or an academician. This was due to the fact that the family lived very poorly after the death of their father.

Although the minister from Eduard Uspensky did not work out, but thanks to his works he was as popular as any member of the government. It is not surprising that he was surrounded by many people, including beautiful women. Perhaps that is why the writer had three wives.

The first wife - the prototype of Shapoklyak

For Ouspensky, the family was very important. In the family, he drew inspiration for writing new creations and creating new images. So the prototype of Shapoklyak was his first wife Rimma. Ouspensky lived with his first wife for about 18 years. Young people met while still students.

They legalized their relationship in 1963. In marriage, their daughter Tatyana was born. But, despite the rather long time of living together, all this time he called his wife a schizophrenic.

The writer recalled that Rimma's first wife had a bad temper. She tried to spoil the mood of everyone around. The woman did not calm down until she achieved this.

After 18 years of such a relationship, the writer's family broke up. He deleted his ex-wife and daughter from his life. For a long time they didn't communicate. Over time, Ouspensky's relationship with his daughter began to improve. Tatyana got married and had two children. The girl was named Ekaterina, and the boy in honor of his grandfather - Edward.

The book is a reason to get to know each other

After parting with his first wife, Ouspensky was not alone for long. Fate brought him together with Elena. They met during a lunch break in the buffet of the animation studio. Elena then knew absolutely nothing about Uspensky. The reason for the acquaintance was the writer's book, which he gave the girl to read.

Gradually, their relationship grew into something more. As a result, Edward and Elena decided to get married. The couple dreamed of joint children, but they failed to give birth. Therefore, the decision was made to adopt the child. But the couple did not stop at one child. They decided to adopt two twin girls, whose names were Irina and Svetlana.

The reason for Ouspensky's divorce from his second wife was his new love. The divorce was long, painful and accompanied by scandals. The writer refused to pay alimony to his adopted daughters, and also took away their apartment in Moscow.

Modest and quiet

In 2003, Ouspenky met his third wife. She became Eleonora Filina. At the time of the acquaintance, the writer was 65 years old, and his future wife was 41 years old. They met while working on the radio program "Ships came into our harbor." Eleanor was the director of this program and at first spent a lot of time with the writer solving working moments. So they gradually became close and decided to be together.

Ouspensky hastened to equip his family nest. He bought for himself and his new wife large spacious apartment in the center of Moscow. The writer moved Eleanor and her son there from a previous marriage. The couple later legalized their relationship.

The couple lived together for about 10 years. All this time, fans and friends considered Edward and Eleanor to be role models.

They lived quietly and did not attract the attention of the press. The news of their divorce sounded like a bolt from the blue. And then the press became aware of the unpleasant nuances of family life.

The marriage of Edward and Eleanor broke up when it became known about the disease. The writer was found cancer tumor. Being treated Uspensky went to Germany. His wife also accompanied him to the treatment. But after a while she left him in the hospital.

At the beginning, information appeared that the woman was forced to leave for Moscow in order to settle financial issues and find money for treatment. But, as it turned out, Eleanor returned to the capital to file a divorce.

Then Ouspensky told all the secrets of their family, which had been hidden for so long. Ouspensky told that his wife cheated on him with a young man a few years younger than her. She took out a loan a large amount so that he can start his own business. But the young man spent the entire amount. After that, Eleanor sold her apartment in Moscow and again gave this money to her lover.

Ouspensky could not bear such a thing. After a portion of mutual accusations and scandals, he still managed to divorce his third wife.

At 70, he was left alone and sick. It was then that a woman came to the rescue, who continued to love him even after the divorce. She was his second wife Elena. She, along with her adopted daughters, were with Uspensky until the end of his days.

“For ten years I lived like on a powder keg. The feeling that my beloved Edik had disappeared, and his clone next to me, did not leave me, ”admits Eleonora Filina, wife of the writer Eduard Uspensky, co-host of the program“ Ships entered our harbor.

- "Lera, hello!" - the husband's voice sounds cheerful. “Hello, Eduard Nikolaevich ...” - “I cut a new lock in an apartment on Kutuzovsky. You won't be there anymore. Bye then!" I stand in a daze. How can he do that?! What if now the entrance to the Moscow apartment is ordered for my son and me? Well, how much can you mock? There is an external school nearby, where Vlad studies. This means that now we will have to drive through traffic jams there from Peredelkino, where, with the highest permission of Eduard Nikolayevich, we are allowed to be. Well, knowing his character, this was to be expected.

Yes, I myself finally decided to leave him, realizing that our marriage is a mistake. But after all, you can disperse in a civilized way, and not like that, passing through acquaintances: "Tell her that she can live in a house in Peredelkino, and let her not covet the rest." And this despite the fact that everything that I earned, I invested in a joint life, in an apartment, in a house in Troitsk, where now there is 1200 sq. m alone lives my husband. Ouspensky does not want a divorce. And the conditions of coexistence put forward by him are unacceptable to me: “Your youngest son should not come across my eyes. Although he can live there in the other wing of the house. Poor Vlad - he was not yet sixteen - for long years spent next to one of the most popular children's writers of our time, and so had to endure many humiliations.

We met Cheburashka's "father" Eduard Uspensky exactly 20 years ago. At that time, he was very passionate about the “Ships came into our harbor” program, which he himself came up with. But the editor of "Gavan" unexpectedly resigned. Ouspensky began to look for a new editor through acquaintances. He was recommended to me, a 29-year-old enthusiast. At that time, I worked at Good Morning as a secretary, an administrator, and a novice interviewer.

Soon, work in the "Gavan" brought me very close to the author. At that time, we were both not free, so it was not in my thoughts to flirt with him.

Meanwhile, my first marriage was falling apart at the seams. Only a child, ten-year-old Denis, held it. Edward asked about my family life and I did not hide the problems. We must give him his due: he listened to my confessions very carefully, gave advice. I went to him with an open heart ... Wise, kind, witty - every day I was fascinated by him more and more. In relation to me, Ouspensky behaved cautiously, he did not allow liberties. But he cared a lot: “You supported me in difficult times, you do an excellent job, and valuable employees should be encouraged, so I will give my fee for the program to you. I have money and that's it." I started to refuse, but then I agreed: the funds were sorely lacking, and I worked like an ox. I confess that this gentlemanly act touched me.

Edward often gave me a ride home. Campaigned to go to the courses of drivers. Together with my husband, we graduated from them, but when we bought a car, no one let me drive it. Upon learning of this, Ouspensky said that a friend had brought an old Toyota from Finland for his son-in-law. But the guy did not like the car. "Take it," he offered. “Yes, I don’t have that kind of money.” - “I will pay, and you will return it to me when you can. And you’ll help me out a lot, otherwise it’s uncomfortable in front of a friend. I repaid the debt in scanty amounts and for a very long time.

Ouspensky surrounded me with incredible care. But because of big difference At my age, I didn’t realize right away that he was taking care of me like that!

D ah, I'm not a soft person, so what?

I decided to divorce my first husband when we already had two children. The youngest son, Vladik, is five years old, and Denis is 19 years old.

My friend organized Marriage Agency. And she suggested to me: “Let's marry you to a Frenchman?” I agreed: they say, look for the groom! Somehow let slip about this to Edward. He exclaimed, "What about me?" I answer: “You have a family, children. And the role of a mistress is not for me. Suddenly he says: “Ler, I love you. But I, an uncouth yard teenager (I still feel like one), did not even dream of getting such an extraordinary woman in every sense as you as a wife! I was even afraid to tell you about it. But since it turned out this way ... Let's live together. I agreed. I was no longer afraid of our age difference with Uspensky. I was 39, he was 65. Evil tongues accused me of self-interest. Nothing like this! God knows that if Edward didn’t have a penny behind his soul at that time, I would still marry him. Because she loved with all her heart, and she also really wanted her son, six-year-old Vladik, to have a friend, an example of a real man.

In general, after our explanation, Edik decided to divorce his wife. We discussed for a long time how to correctly and delicately present information to their ten-year-old daughters. It is a pity that Eduard and Elena did not succeed in breaking up in a good way. The wife forbade Ouspensky to communicate with children. In response, Ed acted, in my opinion, very harshly. Angry, he began to send her threatening letters, promised to sue the children and review the donation for the house. He practically stopped supporting his daughters.
I would take note of this, but I was sure that towards me he would always be noble. After all, he truly loves me, every day he talks about it. I confess that I was very surprised that Ouspensky, having opened up from the other side, turned out to be so merciless and categorical in relation to the mother of his children. When one day she told him about it, he laughed: “Yes, I am not a soft person, so what? But at Soviet power dozens of dishonest officials suffered at my hands. And I declared war on Elena Borisovna, because only in this way can I bargain for the right to see my daughters.

Ours with him living together started with surprises. Before that, I did not even imagine that Eduard Nikolaevich could be angry and irritated in the morning. She didn’t reproach, but explained to herself: he probably dreamed of his daughters, he was suffering. For ten years I knew another Ouspensky and believed that soon everything would fall into place, but for now I should be there. Meanwhile, my own son went to first grade and lived with his grandmother. He also needed my attention. I felt terribly guilty in front of both. If you haven’t been to Vlad for a long time, your son called and cried. As soon as I went to Vladik, Eduard exploded: “The child is fine, but I’m thrown into the trash!” When Vlad finished first grade, I decided it was time to introduce my two favorite men.

We came to Vladik, I introduced: "This is Eduard Nikolaevich, he will live with us." The son nods and remains silent. Their relationship did not work out right away. I would even say not so - from the very beginning, Eduard Nikolaevich hated my younger son. Vladka grew up as an affectionate child, every now and then ran up to him, spoke, hugged him. And Edward pulled away, even hiding his hands behind his back, so as not to touch the child.

Edward raised the boy, as it seemed to him, like a man. For example, he forbade me to appear at his son's after lights out. And before that, Vladyusha and I had a tradition - every evening we went to bed together and discussed the past day. “You develop an oedipal complex in a guy! Turn off the light and go." But Vladka was afraid to sleep in the dark, the house was still unfamiliar, especially since his room was located on the second floor, and ours on the third. Several times he came to us, but ran into Edward's cry: "Quickly to yourself!" Recently, my son confessed to me: “How scared I was to sleep alone! I was afraid of the dark, so I walked and lay down in a ball under your door, next to you I became calmer. He went to bed already in the morning, when he was freezing ...

In an interesting way, Ed taught Vlad to do household chores. He yelled in a commanding voice: “Quickly went to wash the dishes! And then I’ll hang n ... lei! ” This is how my son got acquainted with the mat... Yes, the child should help, clean up, but why humiliate him?! When I interceded, annoyed rushed: “You are behaving like a stupid chicken! I feed him - and he also has to work. And there’s nothing to mess with him - not a girl.

Somehow they flew with him on vacation, and the child and his grandmother went to the country. For two weeks, Vlad and I missed each other terribly, and when I called him, I promised that as soon as I arrived in Moscow, I would immediately visit. Anticipating the negative reaction of her husband, she conducted reconnaissance in battle: “Ed, we will return, and the next day I will go to Vlad.” - "Oh sure". We arrive, in the evening I remind about the planned trip, again I hear: “Good”. And early in the morning, as soon as I got into the car, a sleepy Eduard Nikolaevich appeared: “Where are you going? You have a husband, first of all you must feed him, and not fly at the first request of your son. You spoil it, you grow a rag.”

How sad I became! I started crying... Ed was infuriated by my tears: “What kind of sobbing?! If you leave now, you may not return home.”

I, a psychologist by education, understood where his aggressiveness was growing from. Ouspensky was brought up from the age of ten by his stepfather, who beat him mercilessly. And out of three sons, the mother chose Edik as the unloved and persecuted. So he grew up so hard-hearted, indifferent to the pain of others. I explained all this to little Vladik, and he even felt sorry for Eduard Nikolaevich.

For ten years I lived like on a powder keg. Sedative pills drank handfuls, landed in the hospital with nervous breakdown. Every year my feelings for my husband diminished. I told him more than once: “Ed, wake up, stop! None normal woman will not endure such rude treatment of her child indefinitely. But he, a man incredibly self-confident, did not attach any importance to my words.

The old Lera is no more

I have long lived with the feeling that my beloved Edik disappeared ten years ago, and I live with his clone. I left Eduard Nikolaevich several times. Now he's threatening to kick me out of the program.

The last time we saw each other recently, at the recording of the next issue of Harbor. We are professionals, so we communicated in the frame, as always, at ease.

Now Ouspensky threatens me in the same way as he once threatened his ex-wife. It flaunts connections, opportunities. Some acquaintances, who are already aware of the upcoming divorce, tell me: “What are you, Ler? Don't contact. You know what a fighter he is." But how not to get involved when Eduard wants to take literally everything from me: housing, work? Recently, I warned him that if he didn’t stop mocking me, I would contact the media. Thought care about the image of a cheerful children's writer will stop his chaos. In response, he burst out laughing: “Who will believe you?! Just try to blather - I'll smear it. Our conflict has been going on for six months. My son and I moved out of our house near Troitsk. In the 11th grade (!) Vlad had to go to external studies, which is why I asked Uspensky to give us the opportunity to live in Moscow three days a week. And then he cuts new locks. Threats are still transmitted through my friends. It intimidates that if I behave “badly”, I will only get worse.

It’s a pity, because there was also good and bright in our relationship. But now it somehow does not come to mind.

Now I want only one thing - peace. I am not happy with the fight, but I have to defend myself. The former Lera is no more, just as my crazy love for a talented, but very cruel person is no more ...

Alla ZANIMONETS, Telenedelya LLC, Moscow (specially for ZN), Photo by Andrey ERSHTREM, from the personal archive of Eleonora Filina