Tsymbalyuk Romanovskaya led a double life, secretly visiting her lover. Armen Dzhigarkhanyan: biography, personal life, family, wife, children - photo How many years did Dzhigarkhanyan live with Vitalina Romanovskaya

Fate is not often kind to famous people. Apparently, someone at the top believes that it is not worth rewarding a person with too much. A rare exception to this rule is the life of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan. Of course, there were sorrows and sorrows in his biography, but on the whole, happy fate led him to his intended goal.

Armen Borisovich Dzhigarkhanyan (Arm. Born on October 3, 1935 in Yerevan. Soviet and Russian actor theater and cinema, theater teacher, theater director. People's Artist of the USSR (1985).

Father - Boris Akimovich Dzhigarkhanyan (1910-1972).

Mother - Elena Vasilievna Dzhigarkhanyan (1909-2002), employee of the Council of Ministers of the Armenian SSR.

Sister (paternal) - Marina Borisovna Dzhigarkhanyan, director of the St. Petersburg Museum of Modern Art.

Comes from an old family of Tiflis Armenians. When Armen was only a month old, his father Boris left the family, and Armen saw his father for the first time as an adult.

He was raised by his stepfather, with whom the boy developed the warmest relationship.

Armen grew up in a Russian-speaking environment, studied at a Russian school and learned the basics of Armenian and Russian cultures with equal diligence. Mother Elena Vasilievna was an avid theatergoer and did not miss a single drama or opera performance.

IN school years Armen became interested in theater and cinema, and after graduating from school (1952) he went to Moscow and tried to enter GITIS, but was unsuccessful. Returning to Yerevan, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan got a job at the Armenfilm film studio as an assistant cameraman.

In 1954, he entered the Yerevan Art and Theater Institute, taking a course with the famous director Vartan Adzhemyan, head of the G. Sundukyan Theater. But the enrollment turned out to be too large, and Dzhigarkhanyan switched to the course of Armen Karapetovich Gulakyan (graduated in 1958).

The actor first appeared on stage in January 1955 - in a play based on V. M. Gusev’s play “Ivan Rybakov” by Russian drama theater named after K. S. Stanislavsky in Yerevan.

Among his works at the Yerevan Russian Drama Theater named after. To Stanislavsky: “Ivan Rybakov” by V. Gusev; “Humiliated and Insulted” based on the novel by F. Dostoevsky; “Restless Old Age” by L. Rakhmanov; “Little Red Riding Hood” based on the fairy tale by C. Perrault - The Bear; “After Separation” by N. Skatov; “Simplicity is enough for every wise man” by A. Ostrovsky - Gorodulin; “In the Name of the Revolution” by M. Shatrov - Lenin; “Youth of the Fathers” by B. Gorbatov; “Pamela Giraud” by O. de Balzac; "Etude by Chopin"; " Evil spirit» N. Neustroeva; “Krechinsky’s Wedding” by A. Sukhovo-Kobylin - Nelkin; “The Thunderstorm” by A. Ostrovsky; “The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Pinocchio” based on the fairy tale by A. Tolstoy; “Irkutsk History” by A. Arbuzov - Sergey; “Anna Karenina” based on the novel by L. Tolstoy; “Optimistic Tragedy” by V. Vishnevsky; “The Cook” by A. Sofronov; “The Lost Son” by A. Arbuzov; "Ghosts" by E. de Filippo; “Two on a Swing” by W. Gibson - Jerry; “Four under one roof” by M. Smirnova and M. Kreindel; “At the Bottom” by M. Gorky - Actor; “A Liar Wanted” by D. Psafas - Thodoros; “Conscience” by Yu. Chepurin; “The Last Stop” by E. Remarque; "Richard III" by W. Shakespeare - Richard.

In 1967, Anatoly Efros invited the actor to the Moscow Lenin Komsomol Theater, among his works: “Fear and Despair in the Third Empire” by B. Brecht - Stormtrooper; “Court Chronicle” by Y. Volchek - Poluyanov, prosecutor; “A movie is being made” by E. Radzinsky - Nechaev; “Moliere” by M. Bulgakov - Jean Baptiste Moliere; “104 pages about love” by E. Radzinsky - Kartsev; “Smoke of the Fatherland” based on the story by K. Simonov - Basargin; “The Barbarian and the Heretic” based on the novel by F. Dostoevsky - Zagoryansky; “City of Millionaires” based on the play by E. de Filippo - Domenico.

Since 1969 he served in the Moscow academic theater named after Vladimir Mayakovsky, among his works: “The Defeat” by I. Prut and M. Zakharov based on the novel by A. Fadeev - Levinson; “A Streetcar Named Desire” by T. Williams - Stanley Kowalski; “Three minutes of Martin Grow” by G. Borovik - Davis; “Seeing off” by I. Dvoretsky - Staroselsky; “Conversations with Socrates” by E. Radzinsky - Socrates; “Long live the Queen, vivat!” R. Bolt - Lord Bothwell; “Running (Eight Dreams)” by M. Bulgakov - Khludov; "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" by T. Williams - Big Pa; “The Law of Wintering” by B. Gorbatov - Booth; “Theater of the Times of Nero and Seneca” by E. Radzinsky - Nero; “Sunset” by I. Babel - Mendel Creek; “Victoria?..” by T. Rattigan - Nelson; “Victim of the Century” by A. Ostrovsky - Salai Saltanych.

The actor made his film debut in 1960 with the role of Hakob in the film “Collapse.”

All-Union fame was brought to Armen Dzhigarkhanyan by one of his best film roles (his first the main role in cinema) - young physicist Artyom Manvelyan from the film directed by Frunze Dovlatyan "Hello, it's me!".

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan in the film “Hello, it’s me!”

Shortly after the release of the film "Hello, it's me!" new ones followed interesting works, demonstrating the breadth of the acting range, psychological authenticity and mastery of transformation - the blacksmith of the mouth Mukuch in “Triangle”, Levon Poghosyan in the drama “When September Comes”, staff captain Ovechkin in the most popular “New Adventures of the Elusive” by Edmond Keosayan, security officer Artuzov in the television tape “ Operation “Trust”, Socialist Revolutionary Proshyan in the historical film “The Sixth of July”, Mikhail Styshnoy in “Crane”.

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan in the film “Crane”

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan in the film “New Adventures of the Elusive”

From negative heroes Most of all, the audience remembered Judge Kriegs in the comedy “Hello, I’m your aunt!” and the hunchbacked leader of the Black Cat gang, Karp, from the film “The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed.”

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan in the film “Hello, I’m your aunt!”

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan in the film “The meeting place cannot be changed”

He actively starred in the 1990s and 2000s. Every appearance of an actor on screen - in any role - has always been an event in cinema.

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan in the film “Shirley Myrli”

In total, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan played more than 250 film roles, becoming the most filmed Soviet actor. He has various roles to his credit in films by the best Soviet and Russian directors, in films of various genres, in comedy and adventure films, in dramas and musical films.

He is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the most filmed Russian actor.

Valentin Gaft reflected this fact in his humorous epigram: “There are much fewer Armenians on earth than there are films in which Dzhigarkhanyan played”.

From 1991 to 1996 he taught acting skills at VGIK (professor).

In 1996, based on his course, he founded the Moscow Drama Theater under the direction of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan. Theater "D" immediately occupied special place in a number of small theaters in Moscow.

In addition, Dzhigarkhanyan was busy in entrepreneurial performances.

In 2006, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan took part in the preparation of the publication of the book “Autograph of the Century”.

For great contribution to development Soviet art Armen Dzhigarkhanyan was awarded the title "People's Artist of the USSR" and awarded government awards.

Socio-political position of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

In 2001, he signed a letter in defense of the NTV channel.

In the 2012 presidential elections, he was a confidant of candidate Vladimir Putin.

In March 2014, he refused to sign a collective appeal to the Russian public by Russian cultural figures in support of President Vladimir Putin’s position on Ukraine and Crimea.

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan. Documentary

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan's height: 175 centimeters

Personal life of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan:

The first wife, Alla Yurievna Vannovskaya, is an actress of the Yerevan Russian Drama Theater. Stanislavsky.

The marriage produced a daughter, Elena Armenovna Dzhigarkhanyan (1964-1987), she died at the age of 23 as a result of an accident - she was poisoned by carbon monoxide in a car, falling asleep in the car with the engine running.

The actor said about Alla Vannovskaya: “Alla was 15 years older than me and was the first woman to burst into my love life. She turned out to be sick, she had chorea, it is also called “St. Vitus’s dance” (the disease is characterized by chaotic irregular movements, often reminiscent of dancing - stuki-druki.com). And my daughter was sick from the same thing. My daughter died, she was 23 years old.”

Alla Vannovskaya - the first wife of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

Elena - daughter of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

The second wife is Tatyana Sergeevna Vlasova, an actress, now a teacher of Russian at an institute in Dallas. Lives in the USA. The marriage broke up in 2015.

Son (adopted) - Stepan Vlasov, son of his wife from a previous marriage (Stepan Armenovich Dzhigarkhanyan, January 17, 1966).

Since the early 2000s, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan lived in a de facto marriage with pianist Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya. We met in 2000 in Kyiv. The initiator of the acquaintance was Vitalina, who declared that she had loved the actor since her youth. Then she moved to Moscow, and in 2008 she became musical director Moscow Drama Theater Dzhigarkhanyan, and since 2015 - director of the theater.

For a long time, the couple hid their romance, but in February 2015, Armen Borisovich and Vitalina Viktorovna officially confirmed its existence. In September, a divorce took place from Dzhigarkhanyan’s wife, actress Tatyana Sergeevna Vlasova, who currently lives and works in Dallas (USA).

In February 2016, Dzhigarkhanyan officially married Tsimbalyuk-Romanovskaya.

In October 2017, the actor accused his wife of theft. He also announced that he intended to divorce Vitalina.

“The most difficult thing is that not very good processes have happened in my life. I had a wife, like a normal person. Then this woman turned out to be either she doesn’t like me or she doesn’t like her. I'm talking about Vitalina... Although nothing seemed to be in danger. Sad, sad. Vitalina, I have difficulty pronouncing her last name, brought me a lot of unfair pain. I'm always afraid when people close to me suddenly start coming close to me. Oh, I say, no: “Just a minute. Let me think for myself and make some decision”... No, I’m not ready to forgive her. I say this now. Even thinking, I confidently say no. I'll speak in rude words. She behaved disgustingly. A thief, she is a thief, not a person... Yes, I’m talking about Vitalin,” said Armen Dzhigarkhanyan in the program “Andrey Malakhov. Live".

Later, the actor also reported that Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya left him without property - two apartments famous artist copied to her: “She’s a little sick, I’ll be honest. Thief, clean water. She literally stole money from my pocket. Either it’s a scam, or I’m already a little tired. I tell you honestly, I am a People's Artist Soviet Union, I don’t have an apartment to live in. Half of the apartment remained with Tatyana Sergeevna. Normal person wants a little less. Vitalina Vladimirovna stole.”

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan: I have nowhere to live. Let them talk

In 1999 he received a green card under the US government quota for outstanding artists. A seven-room house in America was donated by a fan. Until 2015, he lived in two countries: three to four months a year - usually summer and early autumn - in Garland near Dallas (Texas, USA), and from September to May - in Moscow.

On March 5, 2016, he was hospitalized at the Research Institute named after. N.V. Sklifosovsky with suspected myocardial infarction.

Filmography of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

1960 - Young Collapse - worker Hakob
1961 - Twelve Satellites - Fedoseev
1961 - At dawn - teacher Alexander
1962 - Steps (Armenian: Քայլեր) - journalist Leon
1962 - The waters rise - Norayr Meloyan
1965 - Hello, it's me! — Artyom Manvelyan
1965 - People of our city - Garni Ruben
1967 - Operation "Trust" - security officer Artuzov
1967 - Triangle - blacksmith Usta Mukuch
1967 - In the Kiev direction - Ivan Bagramyan
1967 - Strokes to the portrait of V. I. Lenin - Vitaly Semenovich
1968 - There lived a man - Ruben
1968 - Crane - Mikhail Styshnoy
1968 - Sixth of July - Socialist Revolutionary Prosh Proshyan
1968 - New adventures of the elusive - Staff Captain Ovechkin
1969 - White Explosion - Lieutenant Artyom Arsenov
1969 - Punisher - Sergeant
1970 - Reckoning - Bogush
1970 - Those who kept the fire - People's Commissar
1970 - Train to Tomorrow - Prosh Proshyan
1970 - Echo of distant snows, head of the survey party - Kirill Kostomarov
1970 - Extraordinary Commissioner - Commissioner Pyotr Kobozev
1971 - Crown Russian Empire, or Elusive again - Staff Captain Ovechkin
1971 - The end of the Lyubavins - Zakrevsky
1971 - Young - Peter
1971 — Train to distant August
1971 - Tell me about yourself - Fedor
1971 - The Seagull - Ilya Shamraev
1971 - Tronka - Uralov
1972 - Racers - Vartan Vartanovich
1972 - Circle - Rostislav Frolov
1972 - Summer Dreams (voice)
1972 - Translation from English - Leni Pushkarev’s dad
1972 - Sveaborg - staff captain Sergei Anatolyevich Tsion
1972 - The investigation is conducted by the Experts. Blackmail - blackmailer
1972 - A man in his place - Artashes Leonovich Kocharyan, director of a chemical plant
1972 - Fourth - Guicciardi
1973 - Men - Kazarian
1973 - Here is our home - Zakhar Managarov
1973 - An hour before dawn - Andranikyan
1973 - Cement - Badin
1974 - Old walls - Volodya
1974 - Ocean - Mitrofan Ignatievich Zub
1974 - Olga Sergeevna (TV film) - Vladimir
1974 - High rank - Ismail Alievich Tskhovrebov
1974 - Autumn - Viktor Skobkin
1974 - Award - dispatcher Grigory Ivanovich
1974 - Gorge of Abandoned Tales - Azaria
1975 - Diamonds for the dictatorship of the proletariat - Roman Shelekhes
1975 - Taste of halva - emir
1975 - Aeronaut - Alexander Kuprin
1975 - Eleven Hopes - Gomez
1975 - Hello, I'm your aunt! — Judge Kriegs
1975 - Bride from the North - Serob
1975 - A story about a simple thing - security officer Orlov
1975 - When September Comes - Levon Poghosyan
1977 - We came to the chef competition - Amo
1977 - Rudin - landowner Mikhailo Mikhailovich Lezhnev
1977 - Dog in the manger - Tristan
1977 - Sunstroke (Bulgaria) - Professor Radev
1978 - Arevik - Andranik
1978 - Star of Hope - Mkhitar Sparapet
1978 - Snow in Mourning - Isay
1978 - Kings and Cabbage - Billy Keogh
1978 - My Love, My Sorrow - Wanderer
1978 - Yaroslavna, Queen of France - Metropolitan Theopempt
1979 - Grandmother's grandson - Georgy
1979 - Live long - Baroyan
1979 - The Legend of the Buffoon - Warden
1979 - The meeting place cannot be changed - Karp (“Humpbacked”)
1980 - Dulcinea Toboso - Aldonsa's father
1980 - Horses are not changed at the crossing - foreman Ruben Grigorievich Markaryan
1980 - Flight begins from the ground
1980 - Tehran-43 - Max Richard
1980 - Rafferty (TV film) - Farrichetti
1981 - Where did Fomenko disappear? — major
1982 - Somewhere an oriole is crying - Francois
1982 - Gikor bazaz - Artem
1982 - We live here - Alexander Sheremetev
1982 - Niccolo Paganini (TV film) - Chiarelli
1982 - Date with youth - Viktor Shamaev
1982 - Fight - Stepan
1982 - Profession - investigator - Anatoly Sergeevich Krupanin
1983 - Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves - Hasan
1983 - Partings - Robert Petrovich Galdaev
1983 - Recipe for her youth - Count Gauk
1983 - Three on the highway - Viktor Viktorovich Kartsev
1983 - I'm ready to take on the challenge - captain
1984 - Shore - Platon Petrovich
1984 - Tales of the Old Wizard - Junior Minister
1985 - Sincerely yours... - theater director
1985 - Scenes from the drama “Masquerade” (television play based on the drama “Masquerade” by M. Yu. Lermontov) - Kazarin
1985 — gold fish(television play)
1985 - The Roads of Anna Vierling - cook / “Dutchman with a straw”
1986 - The Life of Klim Samgin - Timofey Varavka
1986 - For a clear advantage - Trunov
1986 - Dolphin Cry - steward
1986 - The Secrets of Madame Wong - Police Commissioner
1986 - The End of the World followed by a symposium - Phil Stone
1987 - Start the investigation - Dzhangirov
1986 - Face to Face - Larsen
1986 — Beautiful Elena— Calchas
1986 - Other people's games Drampyan
1987 - Fate's Chosen One - innkeeper
1987 - It doesn’t happen once in a while - foreman Papashin
1987 - The Contender - Parker
1987 - Lonely Nut - Razmik
1987 - Maigret at the Minister (television play) - Commissioner Maigret
1988 - City Zero - factory director
1988 - Physicists - Richard Voss
1988 - The Thirteenth Apostle - David, director of the shelter
1988 - The Mystery of the Golden Breguet
1988 - Earthly Joys - Zakharov
1989 - The Binder and the King - Mendel Creek
1989 - Two arrows. Stone Age Detective - Head of the Family
1989 - Law - Piotrovsky’s brother
1989 - Prince Luck Andreevich - Kastoriev
1989 - The Maid of Rouen, nicknamed "Puffy" - Breville
1989 - Constellation Kozlotur - Avtandil Avtandilovich
1990 - Jokes - Bruskov
1990 - Dinosaurs of the 20th century - Sergei Lvovich
1990 - Spanish actress for the Russian minister - Pavel Matveevich
1990 - Face to the wall - Prosecutor Papoyan
1990 - Passport - Senya
1990 - Nicknamed “The Beast” - authority “King”
1990 - Made in the USSR - history teacher Viktor Andreevich
1990 - One hundred days before the order - colonel, unit commander
1990 - Hat - Twin Cities
1990 - Tyoma's childhood - Leiba
1991 - Gangsters in the ocean - Ivan Vasilyevich, captain of the ship "Berdyansk"
1991 - The Regicide - Alexander Egorovich
1991 - KGB agents also fall in love - Edik
1992 - Ballad for Byron - President of Greece
1992 - Casino - Jack Perry
1992 - Sniper - Augusto Savanto
1992 - White King, Red Queen - Makeev
1992 - Demons - Ignat Lebyadkin
1992 - Smuggler
1992 - Oriental novel - Jafar
1991 - Talking Monkey - Chief
1992 - Playing Seriously - Arseny Fedorovich Cherkizov
1992 - Katka and Shiz
1992 - Pasta of Death, or the Mistake of Dr. Bugensberg - Barrymore
1992 - Good weather on Deribasovskaya, or It’s raining again on Brighton Beach - lawyer Katz
1992 - Richard Lion Heart— Saladin
1992 - Black Square - Georgadze
1993 - Alphonse - Pikin
1993 - Ay! Train robbery
1993 - Pistol with a silencer - Suitcases
1993 - Split - Axelrod
1993 - Knight - Kenneth Saladin
1993 - Dreams - Doctor
1993 - Shooting Angels - Dracula
1993 - Killer
1993 - Finish
1993 - I am Ivan, you are Abram
1994 — Anekdotiada, or the History of Odessa in anecdotes
1994 - Without return address
1994 - White Holiday - Stanislav
1994 - Several love stories— Egano
1994 - Nocturne for drum and motorcycle - Hamlet
1994 - The Last Station
1994 - Simple-minded - Abbé de Kerkabon (uncle)
1995 - Shirley-myrli - mafioso Kozyulsky, aka “godfather”
1995 - American Daughter - Ardov
1995 - Moscow holidays - director
1996 - Life Line - authority "Papa"
1996 - Inspector - Osip
1996 - Kings of Russian detective
1996 - Return of the "Battleship" - Philip
1997 - Poor Sasha - head of the colony
1997 - Don Quixote Returns - Sancho Panza
1996 - Queen Margot - Kabosh
1997 - Mystery - Marcello
1997 - Natasha - Andrey Nikolaevich
1997 - Schizophrenia - shooting instructor
1997 - Monday's Children - banker
1998 - Our yard Dzhigarkhanyan (cameo)
1999 - Criminal tango - Semyon Semyonovich
2000-2003 with Gangster Petersburg: Film 1. “Baron”, Film 2. “Lawyer”, Film 4. “Prisoner” - Criminal authority Givi Chvirkhadze, nicknamed Gurgen
2001 - Ideal Couple - Negrebsky
2002 - If the Bride is a Witch - Malkovich, Alice's father
2004 - December 32 - Karen Zavenovich
2004 - Cavaliers Starfish— Mironov
2004 - My Fair Nanny - Dzhugashvili
2004 - The Legend of Tampuk - Professor Fainberg
2005 - The Kukotsky Case - Isaac Veniaminovich Ketzler, pediatrician
2005 — Unexpected joy— Vasily Adamovich
2005 - My big Armenian wedding - Dzhigarkhanyan (cameo)
2005 - Adjutants of Love - teacher / head of the Order of the Illuminati
2005 - Grandfather of my dreams
2005 - Star of the era - Stalin
2005 - Secret Guard - Father Dadashev
2005 - The Three Musketeers - De Treville
2006 - Who's the boss? - Uncle Ashot
2006 - Poor Baby - Mole
2006 - Vanechka - Dzhigarkhanyan (cameo)
2006 - When the gods fell asleep - Razhev
2007 - Artists - Caucasian salesman
2007 - Mona Lisa on the asphalt - Stas
2007 - Reporters - Arkady Ilyich
2007 - Rud and Sam former intelligence officer Rudolf Karlovich Davydov
2007 - Yarik - Gurgen
2007 - Love on the edge of a knife - Artyom Borisovich Sarkisov, lawyer
2008 - Parents' Day - retired colonel
2008 - Alexander the Great - Givi
2008 - White canvas - Igor Petrovich Pogosyan
2008 - Van Gogh is not to blame - hand with a ring
2008 - Most best movie- God's secretary
2008 - Brownie - Yavorsky, oligarch
2008 - Confession of the Devil
2008 - My favorite witch - neighbor Anatoly
2008 - The Smile of God, or Purely Odessa history— Philip Olshansky, Alen’s grandfather
2008 - The Vanished Empire - Sergei’s grandfather, academician
2008 - Hand for Luck - “The Godfather”, crime boss
2009 - Return prodigal son- head of the family
2009 - Oh, lucky one! - Ramiz's grandfather
2009 - Hamlet. 21st century - gravedigger
2010 - Akhtamar - taxi driver
2010 - Return - Abraham Markic
2010 - Troika - Boss
2011 - Comrade police officers - David Tigranovich Shakhverdyan
2011 - Goldfish in the city N - grandfather Petya
2011 - Zemsky doctor. Continuation - Oleg Mikhailovich
2011 - German - Conrad Ghicometti
2011 - Preserved by Fate - Nikolai Dimitriadi
2012 - Love in the USSR
2012 - Fire, water and diamonds
2013 – 12 months – Masha’s grandfather
2014 - Chief Designer - Stalin
2014 - Reckoning
2014 - House in the heart - grandfather
2014 — Soul of a Spy
2014 - Bosun Chaika - Grisha
2015 - Teli and Toli - Bazi Kesaev
2015 - The Last Janissary - old Janissary Batur, teacher of the Janissaries, mentor of Altan
2018 - Angels Die Twice - Leicester

Since September last year, the whole world has been discussing the divorce proceedings of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Either one has a new passion, then another has an influential boyfriend - in general, the series “Santa Barbara” migrated to real life. And it seems as if the rights to adapt this drama in Russia were bought by 82-year-old Armen Dzhigarkhanyan and 38-year-old Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya. It seems that “Dzhigarkhalina” will give a head start to “Brangelina” in terms of intensity of passions: our heroes definitely exceeded the plan for import substitution. There are searches, emergency hospitalization, and recrimination in crimes, and litigation over real estate.

For almost two months now, the names of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan and Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya have not left the pages yellow press, and now they themselves ex-spouses literally registered on the air of top-rated talk shows on various channels. Every dog ​​now knows about the couple's divorce. The official final point in the history of the relationship between Armen Dzhigarkhanyan and pianist Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya was set this week. On November 27, the marriage of the actor and the pianist, who is 44 years younger, which had existed for only a year and a half, was dissolved in court. Using the fragments of the broken family boat, we decided to reconstruct the chronology of events. And for ease of perception, we divided the plot into ten episodes - straight up a serial standard.

EpisodeI: Let’s remember how it all began, everything was for the first time and again

Who would believe that a family man with almost fifty years of experience, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan (from 1967 to September 2015, the actor and director was officially married to Tatyana Vlasova. - Approx. ed.) in his declining years, will he rush headlong into a new love pool (or rather, having lost it along the way)? In September 2015, the stage veteran divorced his wife. He exchanged her for the young Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya, who served at the Moscow Drama Theater under the direction of Armen Borisovich since 2008. It is worth noting that, strangely, just on the eve of Dzhigarkhanyan’s divorce from his first wife, namely on June 18, 2015, the new young passion of the actor and director moved into the cozy chair of the theater director.

Vitalina claimed that Armen Borisovich did not leave the family on a whim. According to Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya, she and Dzhigarkhanyan met behind Tatyana Vlasova’s back for fifteen years. Dzhigarkhanyan’s ex-wife herself called this untrue in a resonant episode of the “Live Broadcast” show on January 23, 2017. Be that as it may, since February 25, 2016, a new point countdown. They officially became husband and wife. It would seem that Armen Borisovich has a second youth, an “Indian summer,” one might say.

EpisodeII: Collapse

On October 16, 2017, a chill began to blow in the relationship between Armen Dzhigarkhanyan and Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya. It all started with the fact that the eminent actor and director simply disappeared and there was no trace of him. The young wife rushed to search for Dzhigarkhanyan and filed a report with the police. Is it a joke, what if Vitalina’s lover was kidnapped?

Just then Andrei Malakhov arrived, deciding to “become a superman” (or make a good rating show!) and find Armen Borisovich. In a studio " Live broadcast“A whole “consilium” gathered. The culprit of the commotion was eventually found: National artist The USSR ended up in the 57th City Clinical Hospital in Moscow. It turned out that nothing threatens the actor’s health, except, perhaps, communication with Vitalina. Dzhigarkhanyan called his sweetheart a “thief” and said that she “acted vilely.” What exactly happened was still unclear at that time. But the trigger in this conflict had already been pulled: Armen Borisovich left a note in the theater asking him to free Vitalina from the “burden” of leading his brainchild. A day later, on October 17, the artist’s friend Oksana Pushkina wrote on her Facebook page that Dzhigarkhanyan was collecting documents for divorce. From that moment on, endless circulation began on the TV shows “Live”, “Let Them Talk” and others. TV people attacked the potential ratings story like vultures. Here it is, the “birth of a legend” right before our eyes.

Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya and Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

EpisodeIII: Passions around the theater

The Moscow Drama Theater under the direction of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan is a tasty morsel. Of course, Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya was happy to rule in this luxurious kingdom. In the episode of the talk show “Let Them Talk” with Dmitry Borisov dated October 18, 2017, it turned out that the actor’s wife issued a decree so that Dzhigarkhanyan would not be allowed onto the threshold of his own theater. “They didn’t let my name into the theater! I gave birth to this theater!.. What kind of vileness suddenly came out. No, it's bad person. Very bad...” - Armen Dzhigarkhanyan spoke about his failed love in the studio rating show.

On October 20, during an interview with NTV journalists, Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya tried to look white and fluffy. It’s not for nothing that she works in the theater: she managed to play the part of the victim with a bang. The Ukrainian pianist even chose a suitable set for the television picture: on background a portrait of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan was visible. At that time, the artist’s official wife was still trying to present herself as a faithful wife. “I am sure that I will always be there. In addition, the theater staff is waiting for him. I hope this misunderstanding ends soon... I want to say that I have not had access to my spouse for over a week now. I want to say that I will wait for him until the moment when I can see him,” said Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya. By the way, on the same day it became known that Vitalina “pulled up” from the theater - she quit her job. at will. True, colleagues believe that she was a good manager and really reformed the theater.

The passions around the temple of Melpomene under the leadership of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan do not subside. On November 25, an alarmed cry was heard Elina Mazur- representative Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya: supposedly there was a raider takeover of the theater. And a day later the police came to visit. Representatives of the law conducted a search and seized all accounting documents.

By the way, on November 14, a search took place at Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya’s house, and the police also showed up at her representative Elina Mazur. Armen Dzhigarkhanyan’s wife reported this in the studio of Andrei Malakhov’s talk show “Live Broadcast.” The law enforcement officers, according to Vitalina, introduced themselves as employees of the department for combating economic crimes. The catch of the law enforcement officers in Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya’s apartment turned out to be considerable: Dzhigarkhanyan’s international passport and his medical documents, Order of Honorary Citizen of the Russian Federation, bank card of Armen Borisovich and much more. And from what was in Mazur’s house, law enforcement officers were interested in a power of attorney allowing to represent the interests of Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya and Dzhigarkhanyan’s will. Yes, yes, a criminal case was opened against the wife (at that time official) of the famous actor (later one of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan’s friends publicly stated that there was enough material for several lawsuits!). The pianist is accused of illegally installing video cameras and listening devices in the theater. It is assumed that Vitalina decided to spy on her husband and the troupe. Another criminal case has been launched: we're talking about about the theft of 80 million budget funds from the theater. True, it has not been proven whether Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya is involved in this.

As for the fate of the theater itself: on November 1, it was reported that 82-year-old Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, after hospitalization, returned to “his sheep,” that is, to serving in the theater. The working centrifuge began to spin again - rehearsals and performances were on schedule. The only emergency measure that Dzhigarkhanyan took was to write a dispatch to the Moscow Department of Culture with a request to drive all the “swindlers” out of the theater with a filthy broom. Acting official was blacklisted general director theater Elena Gilvanova, her assistant Maria Sementsova, head of the literary and dramatic department Natalya Korneeva and Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya’s parents, who also served in the theater.

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

EpisodeIV: Three apartments

October 18 at talk show air“Let them talk” with Dmitry Borisov Armen Dzhigarkhanyan again accused Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya of theft. It became known what the “thief magpie” supposedly “stole.” The bone of contention turned out to be three apartments of Armen Borisovich. According to documents, the eminent film and theater figure was left without a roof over his head. On October 27, news even appeared that the situation had become a stalemate - the theater director had no choice but to move to his office. True, on November 13 it became known that friends had given Dzhigarkhanyan an apartment near the Universitet metro station in Moscow. That is, Armen Borisovich was not left without a roof over his head.

EpisodeV: The Unborn Child

Money and real estate are not the only reason for mutual claims between Armen Dzhigarkhanyan and Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya. The birth of a child was also at stake. On October 22, 2017, in the Central Television program, Armen Borisovich stated that he did not want an heir, and his wife, on the contrary, insisted on the birth of a baby (of course, using the IVF procedure). “Vitalina wanted us to have a child... Only an adventurer could come up with an idea for an 80-year-old to give birth to a child!” said the artist. By the way, many media outlets are speculating on the topic of the birth of a child: Vitalina is accused of wanting to give birth to a baby solely for selfish purposes. The whole point is that, according to the law, everything that Armen Borisovich had acquired would go to the child. The ideal option would be that no proceedings would be required.

Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya and Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

EpisodeVI: Hospitalization

Here the devil breaks his leg: rumors about the hospitalization of one participant in the conflict, then another, appeared from every iron. On November 9 (it was on this day that the first hearing on the divorce case took place in the magistrate's court No. 202 in Moscow!) it became known that Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya was admitted to the hospital. The journalists had no idea about the cause of the illness; they only assumed that she had overexerted herself.

But on the morning of November 23, unconfirmed information appeared (information was disseminated by the press secretary of the Moscow Drama Theater Natalia Korneeva) that Armen Dzhigarkhanyan’s legs had given out due to diabetes, and he allegedly ended up on hospital bed. Again, everyone blamed it on stress due to the divorce. True, a few hours after this news appeared, it was immediately refuted by Dzhigarkhanyan’s friend Arthur Soghomonyan, who said that everything was fine with the actor.

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

EpisodeVII: Hello sister, you betrayed me

On November 23, another unpleasant detail of the conflict surfaced on the “Live Broadcast” program. It turned out that Armen Dzhigarkhanyan completely stopped all communication with his sister Marina Borisovna. She spoke about this in the show's studio. “He is apparently afraid of talking about his divorce from Vitalina, but I promised that I would not discuss anything like that. What surprises me most is the fact that he himself made the decision to get married, then he went to the Ministry of Culture and asked for her, gave her apartments, and now he is making himself a laughing stock,” the actor’s sister admitted to the whole country. Dzhigarkhanyan’s friend, composer Vladimir Bystryakov, said that the artist suspects his sister of conspiring with Vitalina, and that’s why he broke off contacts. “No, I don’t want to see her (sister. - Note ed.) She is a bad person, a traitor. She wants me dead. If you contacted her, it means that you are also seeking my death,” Dzhigarkhanyan told Bystryakov.

EpisodeVIII: Escape of Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya from Russia

Harassment, searches - there is no respite, they oppress in all directions and do not allow us to live in peace. What to do in such a situation? Yes, there is a way out, or rather a flight. In the current situation, we need to go abroad, reasoned Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya. On October 30, it became known that at that time Armen Dzhigarkhanyan’s still-legal wife went on the run with her parents. In Andrei Malakhov’s “Live Broadcast” program, footage appeared of a pianist running away. Journalists photographed her at the airport, and even with a large sum cash on hand.

Still, the swallow did not fly for long in foreign lands. On November 14, it became known that Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya returned to her homeland. According to Andrei Malakhov, at that time Armen Dzhigarkhanyan’s wife could not observe all the passions from the outside. By the way, the pianist returned home under the cover of secrecy: God forbid she catches someone’s eye again!

Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya

EpisodeIX: Judge us, wisest judge

It's finally done! On November 27, 2017, the World Court District 202 of the Kuntsevo district in Moscow dissolved the marriage of Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya and Armen Dzhigarkhanyan. Now each of them is a bird of free flight. Once again, you can build a huge number of plans, as Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya does. “Vitalina is called to France and Germany. Don't forget, she is a professional, talented pianist. She prefers the first option, and plans to fly to Paris in mid-December to find out the terms of the contract. I purchased an apartment in Moscow and will soon finish the renovation. And Dzhigarkhanyan has already changed several rented apartments. He doesn’t like it anywhere - he spends the night in a new place for a couple of days, and then returns to the theater, to his office. Friends of Armen Borisovich have already spent more than a million rubles on rent,” said the pianist’s representative Elina Mazur.

The day after the divorce, journalists caught up with Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, who was resting in a boarding house (and how, after such shocks, it’s worth recovering!). “I understand that this is not a victory where it’s 1:0 in someone’s favor. No, this is a completely different feeling, and I understand that I have to get over it. It won't go away so quickly. The injury remains. The doctors here are good, they make sure that your sugar doesn’t rise. And then, there are so many good people around me - both in the theater and in life. And now I have a cat. I miss him very much,” the actor commented on the results of the trial.

A week before the divorce, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan’s friends said that the actor “bloomed before our eyes” after he stopped communicating with Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya. And this is explained not simply by the fact that the artist stopped living with an unloved person. Friends made a radical proposal: Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya gave the actor special drugs to worsen his health - after all, the pianist wanted to quickly take over her husband’s property.

Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya with Armen Dzhigarkhanyan and mutual friends

EpisodeX: Homecoming

After Armen Dzhigarkhanyan’s divorce, Tatyana Vlasova, the artist’s first wife, re-entered the game. Vlasova’s confession makes the hair on my head stand on end: what has the conflict come to? “She is not just impudent - she is truly a rotten person. Recently she called me and said: “Tell Dzhigarkhanyan that I wish him a long and painful death,” said Armen Dzhigarkhanyan’s first wife in the studio of the “New Russian Sensations” program. Tatyana, who has lived with the actor and director for more than 40 years, is not averse to welcoming Dzhigarkhanyan into the family again. “I’ve had enough of it and realized what’s what, that’s enough. Now he will know...” summed up Vlasova. So now Armen Dzhigarkhanyan has somewhere to go. There was hope that the actor would spend his old age not only with a cat.

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan's first wife Tatyana Vlasova

The third wife of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan is Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya

Actor Armen Dzhigarkhanyan is known not only for the record number of roles he played, but also for the fact that he had numerous love affairs and was married several times. His wives are intelligent, talented women who have had a significant influence on the development of the culture of our country.

Dzhigarkhanyan's first wife is actress of the Russian Drama Theater Alla Vannovskaya

Alla Vannovskaya was the daughter of People's Artist of the Armenian USSR Yuri Alekseevich Vannovsky. She met Armen when he worked in a theater in Yerevan. Alla was very beautiful, loved Armen, but was jealous of all the women with whom he had to collaborate. After getting married, they lived together for six years. She gave birth to Armen's daughter Lena in 1964.

Unfortunately, it was discovered that Alla was suffering from a mental illness - the dance of St. Vitus. This disease had a negative effect on her mental condition, Alla constantly made scandals for Armen. In the end, he couldn’t stand it and took it one-year-old daughter Lena and left for Moscow. In 1966, Alla died in a mental hospital.

Later, having matured, the daughter of Armen and Alla was educated in Moscow and wanted to become an actress. But her life ended suddenly in 1987 when she fell asleep in a car with the engine running. Before this event, the girl had a heated dialogue with her father, who could not forgive her for an affair with one of the theater actors.

Dzhigarkhanyan still blames himself for his daughter’s death. She is buried on Vagankovskoe cemetery in Moscow.

Dzhigarkhanyan’s second wife - Tatyana Vlasova

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan met Tatyana Vlasova back in Yerevan. She was born in 1943, and since childhood she saw herself as an actress. Her place of work was the Yerevan Russian Drama Theater named after Konstantin Stanislavsky.

She was married to a theater director and gave birth to a son, Stepan. The marriage broke up, Tatyana divorced her husband, but at the same time continued to work as a freelancer in the theater.

For the first time Armen saw his future wife when she stood and smoked near the stage. He immediately noticed her long and graceful fingers. After meeting, Tatyana admitted to Armen that her life was dominated by boredom and depression, and Armen advised her to fall in love. Over time, their conversations became more and more exciting, they talked about everything in the world... and gradually fell in love with each other.

The second wife of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan is Tatyana Vlasova

Soon the couple decided to leave Yerevan for Moscow. The reason for leaving was the fact that the famous director Anatoly Efros invited Dzhigarkhanyan to play a role in the Lenkom Theater. They took Dzhigarkhanyan’s daughter Elena with them, and little son Tatyana remained in Krasnoyarsk. As wedding ring Tatiana put Armen’s grandmother’s old ring on her hand.

Arriving in Moscow, Tatyana and Armen began to live in a small basement near the theater, and after some time they received an apartment in one of the houses on Arbat. Tatiana's son Stepan moved to Moscow. At first, Dzhigarkhanyan tried to place him in the theater, even bought him a one-room apartment in his house, but Stepan did not work well, and his stepfather fired him. The couple began to avoid meeting each other, and gradually the relationship went wrong.

In 2000, Tatyana left for the United States of America to teach Russian at the University of Dallas. Armen was thinking about going to America himself, since his long-time friend gave him a house there, and the American government gave him a green card for his services to culture. But then the actor realized that his knowledge of the language was not enough to adequately show himself in the American theater.

The third wife of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan is Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya

Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya is from Kyiv and graduated from the Kyiv Conservatory in piano. I first saw a performance with the participation of Dzhigarkhanyan at the age of 16, when the Moscow theater came on tour to Kyiv. Then the actor captivated her with his performance of the role. Even then, Vitalina dreamed of devoting her life to classical music and at the same time she became interested in everything that was connected with Dzhigarkhanyan.

After graduating from school, Vitalina took part in the International music competition in Paris, received an award there and entered the Kyiv Conservatory to study. In 2001, Vitalina went to Moscow to meet Dzhigarkhanyan there - at that time it turned out that the actor had health problems. This is how her Moscow life began, studying there at the conservatory. Periodically, she traveled to study music in Israel and Austria.

Dzhigarkhanyan’s third wife - Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya

Soon Dzhigarkhanyan invited Vitalina to work as a musical director in his theater. Then she helped him stage a play based on the fairy tale “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.” Vitalina changed her citizenship to Russian and began to help Dzhigarkhanyan in everything, making sure that the best doctors supervised his health.

When she managed to help Dzhigarkhanyan overcome his illness, they settled in another area of ​​Moscow. Together with him she went to New York, to a resort in Spain, and visited Las Vegas.

A couple of months before his 80th birthday, Dzhigarkhanyan officially divorced Vlasova. There is an assumption that he wants to legitimize his relationship with Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya. The age difference between Armen Dzhigarkhanyan and Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya is 45 years. Now Vitalina is the musical director of his theater, there are rumors that many actors could not get along with her and left the theater. She was recently promoted to General Director of the theatre.

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The romantic version is this: the actor was convinced of the devotion of a young pianist from Kyiv, who came out to him after an illness - she got up at night to give him a pill, gave him a massage, returned him to active life. So the man couldn’t control his feelings. “We were in St. Petersburg, at night he woke up and proposed. He himself insisted that everything of his become mine,” says Vitalina.

Before Vitalina, Armen Borisovich was married to Tatyana Vlasova for 48 years. Photo: Russia 1 Channel

But there is a reality: they got married in the midst litigation Armen Borisovich with his ex-wife Tatyana Vlasova. In order for his ex-wife to sue him for a minimum of property, the actor transferred all his real estate to Vitalina and married her. People around the actor say that this move was calculated by lawyers. As a result, the Moscow City Court ruled that Vlasova must pay Dzhigarkhanyan $65 thousand for the sold house in America, and the apartment in Starokonyushenny Lane in the capital, as jointly acquired property, was divided in half. The artist sold his share.

What kind of real estate does Vitalina own?

According to Vitalina’s representatives, the actor invested in the renovation of a three-room apartment, which Vitalina bought before marriage with her savings. “You could say it was my wedding gift. We are both registered there,” says Vitalina. Apartment with an area of ​​134 sq. m on Rublevskoe Highway is estimated at 30 million rubles. In addition, the pianist owns a one-room apartment in the Krasnogorsk region. Armen Borisovich’s friend Arthur Soghomonyan received documents according to which Vitalina owns another apartment - also a one-room apartment in Krasnogorsk, where her parents live, whom she moved from Kyiv. According to the actor’s side, all three of Vitalina’s apartments were purchased with Dzhigarkhanyan’s savings. The woman registered the Rublev ruble ruble in her name the day before the marriage was registered.

Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya promised not to discharge ex-husband from her three-room apartment and is even ready to look after him, but without romantic relationships. That is, to be a nurse. There is an assumption that at the beginning of the relationship the pianist played exactly this role in the actor’s life, but then, thanks to her acumen, charm and angelic patience, she captured his mind and heart.

After all, his friends gave the actor a three-room apartment in good repair next to the theater.

Note that Vitalina invited her ex-husband to live in her apartment, having already learned about this generous gift.

Why did she run the theater?

At first, Vitalina worked as the musical director of the Dzhigarkhanyan Drama Theater, and for the last two years as a director (Armen Dzhigarkhanyan - artistic director). Theater is not private shop, so the respected actor most likely put in a good word for his wife - so the Moscow Department of Culture approved Vitalina in the position without relevant work experience. Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya herself said in an interview with TV Program: “For three years, the previous directors did not pay taxes. Performances were prepared, but often did not reach the audience or were filmed after the premiere. During the year and a half of my leadership, we produced eight new performances. For comparison, previously there were a maximum of two performances a year.”

But last six months Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya actually removed Dzhigarkhanyan from affairs in the theater - she made all decisions herself. So he flared up and started a “war”. By the way, Dzhigarkhanyan’s monthly salary in the theater is 80 thousand rubles, while Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya’s was about 300 thousand.

Did the woman break the law?

All of Vitalina’s actions are impeccable from a legal point of view. Dzhigarkhanyan gave his wife money voluntarily. It turned out that during the years of Vitalina’s reign, 80 million rubles allocated by the state for repairs were transferred from the theater to offshore companies. But Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya did not sign financial documents! The chief accountant will be responsible for financial fraud (if proven). All documents bear her signature, and in some places Dzhigarkhanyan’s. The day before the divorce, the woman, by proxy, withdrew more than 4 million rubles from Dzhigarkhanyan’s personal account (the same money that he sued from ex-wife Vlasova for a house in the USA). But you can’t undermine this either - you signed the power of attorney yourself and didn’t cancel it on time. Vitalina has her own company that provided services to the theater, but this is not prohibited by law.

Since Dzhigarkhanyan wrote several statements to law enforcement agencies, accusing her of theft, deception, forgery, and wiretapping his office.

Was there a boy?

At the next stage of the war, Dzhigarkhanyan hinted at Vitalina’s infidelity: “They told me there is someone there.” We asked a friend of Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya about her lover: “This is complete nonsense. She doesn't have a lover. You don’t understand what it means to be Dzhigarkhanyan’s nanny?! She subordinated her life to his everyday demands. If she was in a hurry to become a rich widow, she wouldn’t bother with him.”

Vitalina is supported by Andrei Malakhov and even Dzhigarkhanyan’s friends - Dmitry Kharatyan, Olga Kabo and others. What will happen next? Rich, clever woman arrange his life. But it is not clear to whom Dzhigarkhanyan will now rewrite the will: he does not communicate with his stepson, his daughter died 30 years ago. Well, TV viewers are waiting next episode this exciting drama.

They walked down the aisle after 15 years of dating. Armen Dzhigarkhanyan it was 80 and Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya- 36. Of course, gossips They predicted a short life for this union, but in the first months after the registry office it seemed that the newlyweds were happy. Everything changed a year later: the People's Artist of the USSR accused his newly-made wife of robbing him completely, and he intends to sue, and before that Vitalina went to the police with a statement about the kidnapping of her husband, who was allegedly in an inadequate state. A romantic love story that began many years ago ended in a banal scandal and, apparently, is headed for divorce.

First meeting

The future spouses first met in 1994, when Dzhigarkhanyan was on tour in Kyiv. 15-year-old Vitalina approached the famous actor for an autograph, joining the impressive army of the artist’s fans: she read all of Armen Borisovich’s interviews, watched films with his participation, and attended performances. A closer acquaintance with the idol took place 6 years later. The girl gave Dzhigarkhanyan a note through her friend who worked in the theater. The actor called her and invited her to come to the dressing room for a cup of tea before the performance. The conversation between them developed from the first seconds. They were brought together by music: Vitalina studied piano at the conservatory, Armen Borisovich was well versed in classical music. But after a heartfelt conversation, they parted again and met only when the girl finally moved to Moscow.

Up the career ladder

In 2008, Dzhigarkhanyan invited Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya to become the head of the musical department in his theater; she selected musical arrangement for performances. Literally a year later, Armen Borisovich had a stroke. Although the actor was married then, he lived alone, since his wife Tatyana Vlasova by that time she was firmly established in America and practically never came to the capital. Dzhigarkhanyan often ate at the theater buffet and, like many others creative people, did not take care of my health. One day he forgot to take a drug that the doctor prescribed for him and ended up in a hospital bed. Then Vitalina took care of the artist into her own hands. After some time, Armen Borisovich returned to work in the theater and even went on stage in premiere performance"Theater of the Times of Nero and Seneca."

Attentive and...young

Vitalina said more than once in interviews that the romance between her and Dzhigarkhanyan did not begin immediately. There were too many obstacles on the way to family happiness: an impressive age difference, different social status. In addition, it was difficult for the famous actor to believe in the sincerity of the girl’s intentions. But Vitalina’s attention prevailed, and soon they became a real couple. The lovers were constantly together: at home, at work and at social events.

The more than 40-year age difference between Dzhigarkhanyan and his new passion, of course, gave rise to many rumors about the latter’s selfish plans. But one nuance cast doubt on the accusations of spiteful critics: Armen Borisovich was officially married to another woman, which means that if something happened, all his property would go to his legal wife. However, in 2016, the actor decided to put an end to his relationship with Tatyana Vlasova, which lasted almost fifty years, and marry Vitalina.

year 2012. Photo: www.globallookpress.com

There might not have been a wedding

Dzhigarkhanyan proposed marriage at the premiere of “A Christmas Story” at the Mariinsky Theater in January 2016, and the wedding took place in February. As Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya said in one of her interviews, she proposed setting a registration date for March, since it was in this month that the couple met. However, Armen Borisovich told her that he could not wait that long.

On the eve of the wedding, the actor was hospitalized. Vitalina was not completely sure that the wedding would take place. But on day X, the loving groom ran away from the doctors and finally came to the registry office. The ceremony was modest, without lavish feasts and festivities. Having become husband and wife, the newlyweds went to the theater.

After the stamp

It seemed that in family life Armen Borisovich was a real idyll. However, in October 2017, news appeared in the press that Dzhigarkhanyan was hiding from his young wife in the hospital, accusing her of theft and flatly refusing to let Vitalina into his room.

Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya herself interprets this unpleasant story differently. The woman claims that her husband is very ill and was abducted, and she did not know about his whereabouts for several days, so she contacted the police.

Friend of Dzhigarkhanyan Arthur Soghomyan, who helped the artist go to the hospital, claims that serious disputes arose between the spouses not only on financial grounds, because the girl allegedly transferred all her husband’s property to herself, but also on creative grounds. In 2015, Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya took the position of general director of the Moscow Drama Theater under the direction of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan and began to implement productions on its stage that her husband did not like. And when the scandal broke out, she even issued an order according to which Armen Borisovich was forbidden to cross the threshold of his own theater.

Photo: RIA Novosti / Ekaterina Chesnokova

After Dzhigarkhanyan’s “escape”, the spouses do not communicate and, apparently, there is no point in talking about reconciliation of the parties, since Armen Borisovich announced his desire to divorce Vitalina and deprive her of her position. Alas, even the third marriage did not become truly happy for the actor.