The curse of the famous skyscraper. Actor Boris Novikov: biography, family, films An unpleasant story with the son of Boris Novikov

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The most unpleasant and strange thing in this story is that religious figures turned out to be the protagonists of the events, voluntarily or not - the rector of the Church of St. Nicholas in Kotelniki, Father Alexei Yushchenko, and the head of the church, Alexander Brodsky
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Two weeks ago, a criminal case was transferred to the Taganskaya prosecutor's office in Moscow about the disappearance of the son of the late People's Artist of Russia Boris Novikov. 61-year-old Sergei, disabled since childhood, blind and mentally ill, disappeared from an apartment in the famous high-rise building on Kotelnicheskaya Embankment in Moscow, where in recent years he lived with his mother, the wife of the actor Nadezhda Antonovna. He disappeared in mid-April immediately after he allegedly signed a contract for the sale of an elite apartment, which he obviously could not do due to his incapacity.

Apartments in this building are expensive. The skyscraper on Kotelnicheskaya embankment is a tasty morsel for cynical and ruthless businessmen. The Novikovs' apartment was valued at 18 million rubles, this amount is listed in the sales contract.

Several people want to find the missing person and clarify the situation - friends and neighbors of Boris Novikov's family, the fate of each member of which turned out to be tragic. Boris Novikov played his last role a year before his death. He died in July 1997. The artist was ill for a long time and left in oblivion and poverty.

Wife Nadezhda Antonovna held on for another 11 years. She knew that the seriously ill son Sergei, except for her, no one needs. She devoted her life to him, leaving her acting career. In recent years, she herself was bedridden and needed help. And last autumn, Nadezhda Antonovna passed away, and in April of this year, on Easter, Sergei disappeared.

It is known that the Novikovs have no relatives. The alarm was raised by several people who knew this family closely, and thanks to them, the case of the strange disappearance of a person and the equally strange sale of an apartment gained publicity in the media. In particular, the TVC channel dedicated a report in the program "Protection Line".

There is a lot of strange and inhumane in this story, the report says. There is a scheme worked out with impunity by "black" realtors operating in Moscow to take away an apartment. There is a buyer, a certain citizen B., whom no one has ever seen.

The most unpleasant and strange thing in this story is that religious figures - the rector of the Church of St. Nicholas in Kotelniki, father Alexei Yushchenko and the headman of the church Alexander Brodsky, willingly or not, turned out to be the protagonists of the events. They took care of the Novikovs in the last months of Nadezhda Antonovna's life, it was with them that the hopeless woman signed some papers before her death. What exactly is unknown.

After the death of Nadezhda Antonovna, a nurse took care of Sergei - from the temple. Neighbors turned there, discovering the loss of the actor's son and an apparently empty apartment.

"Guardians" from the temple themselves found the Novikov family. Now they refuse to comment

As Olga Vishnevskaya, a neighbor who had been friends with Nadezhda Antonovna for many years, told journalists of the TV channel, she had recently been very concerned about what would happen to her son after her death. She went through all the acquaintances who could be trusted with Sergei. Including offered to look after Olga, but she refused due to her age. Then, according to Nadezhda, people from the temple unexpectedly offered her help.

This was confirmed by a friend of the Novikov family, actor Nikolai Denisov. “The church of St. Nicholas on Kotelniki, as it were, took care of Seryozha, personally Father Alexei promised swearing to Nadezhda Antonovna, who was dying, that he would take Seryozha upon himself and would look after them until the end of their days,” he said. that Seryozha has disappeared, and the apartment has already been sold to completely dummies. It is not known where Seryozha disappeared, they seem to deny in every possible way what happened.

An attempt by journalists to contact Father Alexei turned out to be fruitless - having promised to meet, he stopped answering calls. And the headman of the temple, Alexander Brodsky, refused to comment on the situation. "What do I have to do with it? I did my job, did it conscientiously," he said.

According to Father Aleksey, and he allegedly knows about this from the words of Brodsky: a woman who introduced herself as a relative of the Novikovs rang at the door of the apartment (and, as already indicated, the family did not have such), there was a policeman with her. The woman demanded all the documents for the apartment, Brodsky gave them and left. Below, at the entrance, two strangers were waiting for him. They advised not to interfere. Brodsky listened to them. Since then, nothing is known about Sergei Novikov.

Nikolai Denisov also said that, it turns out, the "guardians" from the church have not yet buried the ashes of Nadezhda Antonovna - he personally inquired about this the other day at the Nikolo-Arkhangelsk cemetery. They answered that the ashes are still, six months later, just lying there ownerless.

As Denisov believes (and hopes), Sergei Novikov may be "somewhere at the church" or in some private hospital. In other hospitals - and they called, according to him, everything possible, there is no such patient.

At the same time, actress Lada Masharova, also a close friend of the family, said bluntly that Nadezhda Antonovna instructed her father Alexei to take care of her son in exchange for an apartment. According to Masharova, after the funeral, the priest assured that "as long as he is alive, nothing will happen to Sergei" and that "the whole church will take care of him." He repeated the same thing for nine days.

For 40 days, friends of Nadezhda Antonovna were no longer invited, and then it turned out that Father Alexei had found a guardian for Sergei Novikov. This guardian turned out to be an unreliable person and soon admitted that he agreed to put his signature on the relevant documents for a fee, the report says.

The high-rise building on Kotelnicheskaya is a tidbit for realtors, but the owners of elite apartments are in no hurry to sell them

Last year, Kommersant published a long article about the house on Kotelnicheskaya - for its 55th anniversary. This skyscraper is like a city within a city. At different times, Faina Ranevskaya, Konstantin Paustovsky, Galina Ulanova, Mikhail Zharov, Roman Karmen, Boris Novikov, Nikita Bogoslovsky, Klara Luchko and Lidia Smirnova lived here. Today Alexander Shirvindt, Lyudmila Zykina, Willy Tokarev, Andrey Voznesensky, Dmitry Nagiev, Efim Shifrin and many other famous people live in this house.

Eminent residents do not seek to part with their historical cloisters, and therefore the apartment market in the house is quite small, if not microscopic. At the time of publication of the article, only two apartments were for sale in the house: a three-room apartment (with a total area of 164 sq. m.) on the second floor, directly above the main entrance to the central entrance, worth $3 million, and a two-room studio apartment on the 17th floor, in the side beam of the main buildings with a total area of 66 sq. m. with a beautiful view of the embankment and access to the open roof - worth 1.19 million.

Boris Kuzmich Novikov(July 13, 1925, Ryazhsk - July 25, 1997, Moscow) - Soviet theater and film actor. People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1994).

Biography

In 1948 he graduated from the Yu. A. Zavadsky Studio School and became an actor at the Mossovet Theatre, in 1963-1972 he worked at the Satire Theater.

He was married to MTYUZ actress Nadezhda Antonovna Klimovich. From this marriage, a son, Sergei, was born - a disabled child. The couple took care of their sick son all their lives. The family lived in the famous skyscraper on Kotelnicheskaya embankment.

In 1972, due to diabetes, breaks with the theater and works only in the cinema. During his creative life he played in 150 films, a recognized master of the episode. Participated in dubbing cartoons.

Among his heroes: truants, artists, foremen, heads of convoys, military men, supply managers. There is even a stoker in his piggy bank. He was especially successful in episodic roles, thanks to which he even received the nickname "King of the Episode." Many cartoon characters speak in Novikov's unique voice - the postman Pechkin from Prostokvashino, the black-moustached crook Kurochkin from The Adventures of Vasya Kurolesov, the referee dog in the 13th edition of "Well, wait a minute", etc.

The last time he starred in a movie in the film "The Return of the Armadillo" in 1997, the year of his death.

Severe diabetes broke the actor, and at the age of 72, on July 25, 1997, he passed away.

Boris Kuzmich Novikov has gone through a rather difficult path. Having first acted in films in 1954, having given acting his whole life, he died, forgotten by everyone, in almost complete poverty. He was buried at the Danilovsky cemetery in Moscow. The death of the actor was not reported in the press. Later, one of the newspapers wrote about this, and readers raised money for a monument to the beloved actor.

A family

Wife - actress of the Moscow Youth Theater Nadezhda Antonovna Klimovich (died in 2008). Son - Sergey (born 1949). At first he was normal, he graduated from high school and even studied at the institute, but at the age of 20, a mental disorder suddenly made itself felt. He lived in his parents' house on Kotelnicheskaya embankment. Without his knowledge, Sergei was registered in an old house in the Tver region, and the apartment passed into other hands. Currently located in a mental hospital. Alekseeva (Kashchenko).

Currently, Sergei has been restored to his rights to an apartment in a house on Kotelnicheskaya Embankment, where he lives under the supervision of a nurse

Boris Kuzmich Novikov(July 13, 1925, Ryazhsk, Ryazan province, RSFSR - July 25, 1997, Moscow) - Soviet theater and film actor. People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1994).

Biography

Boris Novikov was born on July 13, 1925 at the Ryazhsk-1 station (now the city of Ryazhsk, Ryazan Region). In 1948 he graduated from the Yu. A. Zavadsky Studio School and became an actor at the Mossovet Theatre, in 1963-1972 he worked at the Satire Theater.

He was married to MTYUZ actress Nadezhda Antonovna Klimovich. From this marriage, a son, Sergei, was born - an invalid since childhood. The couple took care of their sick son all their lives. The family lived in the famous skyscraper on Kotelnicheskaya embankment.

In 1972, due to diabetes, breaks with the theater and works only in the cinema. During his creative life he played in 150 films; among its heroes are truants, artists, foremen, chiefs of motorcades, military men, caretakers, young men and teenagers. He was especially successful in episodic roles, thanks to which he even received the nickname "King of the Episode." Boris Kuzmich also participated in dubbing cartoons; his most famous character is the postman Pechkin from the cartoon series "Three from Prostokvashino". The actor played one of his last film roles in the film "Return of the Armadillo" in 1997, shortly before his death.

He died of diabetes at the age of 72 on July 25, 1997, forgotten by everyone, almost in complete poverty. He was buried at the Danilovsky cemetery in Moscow. The death of the actor was not reported in the press. Later, one of the newspapers wrote about this, and readers raised money for a monument to the actor.

A family

Wife - actress of the Moscow Youth Theater Nadezhda Antonovna Klimovich (died in 2008). Son - Sergey (born in 1949). At first he was mentally healthy, graduated from school, studied at the institute, but at the age of 20, a mental disorder suddenly made itself felt. He lived in his parents' house on Kotelnicheskaya embankment. Without his knowledge, Sergei was registered in an old house in the Tver region, and the apartment passed into other hands. He was treated in a psychiatric hospital. Alekseev (former Kashchenko). Currently, Sergei has been restored to his rights to an apartment in a house on Kotelnicheskaya Embankment, where he lives under the supervision of a nurse.

"Resentment" by A. A. Surov (May 29, 1948 - premiere), 1st truant, Dir. Vasily Vanin
"Oleko Dundich" by A. G. Rzheshevsky and M. A. Katz (1948 - introduction to the play), an old gypsy, Dir. Yuri Zavadsky
“The Wedding of Krechinsky” by A. V. Sukhovo-Kobylin (March 2, 1949 - premiere), servant, Dir. Vasily Vanin
"The Cup of Joy" by N. Vinnikov (March 6, 1950 - premiere), Misha Kargin, Dir. V. A. Kolesaev
"Special Opinion" by S. Klebanov, A. Maryamov (May 21, 1950 - premiere), Yura, driver Drobot, Dir.: Y. Zavadsky, A. A. Shaps
“Third-year student” by A. V. Borozina and A. G. Davidson (July 21, 1950 - premiere), Viktor Sobolev, Dir.: I. S. Anisimova-Wulf, K. K. Mikhailov
"Dawn over Moscow" by A. A. Surov (November 18, 1950 - premiere), Cameraman, Dir.: Yuri Zavadsky, A. A. Shaps
"Fashion Shop" by I. A. Krylov (1951 - introduction to the play), Andrei, Lestov's servant, Dir. Yu. A. Shmytkin
"A Tale of Turkey" by Nazim Hikmet (March 21, 1953 - premiere), escort, 2nd policeman, Dir.: Yu. A. Zavadsky, E. I. Stradomskaya
"The Restless Position" by A. Ya. Kozhemyakin (June 27, 1953 - premiere), editorial worker, driver Tsvetkov, dir. Yu. A. Zavadsky, Yu. A. Shmytkin
The First Spring by G. E. Nikolaeva and S. A. Radzinsky (June 21, 1955 - premiere), Stenya Bobrikov, Dir.: Yu. A. Zavadsky, E. I. Stradomskaya
"In a Quiet Lane" by A. I. Movzon (December 9, 1955 - premiere), Dir. A. L. Shaps
"Three" M. Gorky (November 30, 1956 - premiere), Dir. Mikhail Sidorkin
"The Boundless Gave" by N. E. Virta (November 4, 1957 - premiere), Nikita Streshnev, "Denier" Dir. Yu. A. Zavadsky
“Battle on the way” by G. E. Nikolaeva, E. Radzinsky (February 3, 1959 - premiere), Dir.: Yu. A. Zavadsky, A. L. Shaps
"First Date" by T. G. Sytina (February 18, 1960 - premiere), Dir. O. Ya. Remez
"Vasily Terkin" by A. T. Tvardovsky (February 23, 1961 - premiere), Vasily Terkin, Dir. A. L. Shaps

“How many times did the two of us sit in the back of a bakery and Boris Kuzmich taught me about life while drinking vodka!” - recalls the actor Nikolai Denisov. “Kolka,” he said, “be cunning, careful with them.” "With whom?" I asked. "With those who adapt, creates appearance." Kuzmich himself could not do any of this.

If a person was born a comedian or a character actor, then for some reason all sorts of ridiculous situations will arise in his life. So, once a young student Borya Novikov decided to approach Solomon Mikhoels, to whose performances he ran, giving his last pennies for tickets.

In the post-war years, life was tight, it was bad with clothes, Borya’s mother, who taught Russian at the NKVD school, sewed a short coat, but not from anything, but from an overcoat, which only employees of the “organs” wore. Citizens recognized this mouse-colored fabric from a mile away. And after the performance, in which Mikhoels shone, Borya, shy, approached him to ask for an autograph and pay his respects. But Mikhoels, apparently, did not even have time to make out a thin, shy boy, because he saw in front of him an NKVD overcoat, even if it was altered. At the sight of the “mouse”, the famous actor instantly recoiled and blew away from the dumbfounded admirer.

The boy who dreamed of the stage most likely never met the idol of his youth, while Mikhoels himself soon died at the hands of those who wore these same gray overcoats ...

There are few people left who could tell about Boris Kuzmich. He has been dead for more than fifteen years, and Nadezhda Antonovna, a widow, who in a desperate moment of her life destroyed his letters to her and her own to him, and all her own records that concerned her husband, also died. Their son Seryozha, himself no longer young, has been ill for a long time, shares his memories of his parents little and reluctantly. And I talked with Kuzmich for almost a quarter of a century (with interruptions for the time that I was not in Russia). And now, as Seryoga's closest friend, I help him.

Of course, my story does not claim to be complete, but I will try to show what kind of person Boris Novikov was, who was adored by millions of viewers in the Soviet Union.

Photo: Alexey Abeltsev

As soon as you hear: “Let's thunder to the fanfares” (his hero pronounced “panfare”) - and immediately before his eyes his cunning childish look. Novikov - an actor by nature, not without reason said that he did not want to be anyone else since childhood. In ordinary life, he always remained a natural person, but, apparently, the game was his nature, and therefore around him, especially when he was in high spirits, small fireworks flared up.

For example, Boris Kuzmich, who lived in the famous skyscraper on Kotelnicheskaya embankment, came to the bakery, which was located below. My sister Galya worked there. Kuzmich began from the threshold: “Girls, how are you, how are you?” Jokes, jokes, compliments followed. In a word, the joker was a merry fellow.

He remembered all the birthdays, brought gifts to the “girls”, at least a chocolate bar, once gave Galya a flower, shyly confessing: “I plucked it from the flower bed. Nothing?"

It was in my sister's bakery that Kuzmich and I met. We often sat in the back room, where he went down directly from his apartment, by the back door. There was a “bubble”, there was a snack, there were talks about the theater-cinema, about life. “Kolya, you have a character like mine,” sighed Boris Kuzmich. - You're so straight! You can't do that, be smarter." And he himself, a truth-seeker, did not tolerate injustice, climbed to intercede for the offended. And he got it in full: he made enemies, left the theaters. But the younger generation in my face taught life, and I listened. At some point, Nadezhda Antonovna appeared and gently but persistently dragged her already drunk husband home.