A few weeks ago, Alena Apina was shocked by the news of her divorce from producer Alexander Iratov, with whom she had been married for more than 25 years. The couple have a 14-year-old daughter, Ksenia. The singer, after announcing her separation from her husband, asked fans and the press not to circulate meaningless gossip and rumors about the reasons for the divorce. According to the star mother, such news in the media negatively affects the condition of her minor heiress.
“This is the very case when everything that happens around (your discussions, condemnations, assumptions, etc.) has no meaning or meaning. All the fuss you are making goes only in one direction - towards our daughter! She is only 14. All the “who is to blame”, why, why, etc., make no sense! And they will not cancel the fact itself. YES. I'M FILE FOR DIVORCE. This period of my life is coming to an end. It was very big and for many of you very beautiful. But life is much wiser than many of us. Alexander and I do not have any homewreckers and there is no big global reason for this step. It's just time. Thank you all for your participation and excitement. And try to discuss it less. Today the most important thing is to cause as little problems as possible for our daughter. Everything else cannot be changed. And life doesn’t end there,” Apina wrote in her appeal (the author’s spelling and punctuation have been preserved. - Ed.).
And recently, fans were unable to recognize the singer. After the divorce, she tries on bold stage images. The artist has actively taken up her career - she began recording new songs and is filming a video. In one of the photographs she published, she appeared as a seductress with fiery red hair. According to fans new hairstyle And professional makeup rejuvenated the 52-year-old singer by at least 10 years. “This is me too. My daughter said that here I am like young Apina!” — Alena captioned one of the pictures.
A few weeks ago, Alena Apina was shocked by the news of her divorce from producer Alexander Iratov, with whom she had been married for more than 25 years. The couple have a 14-year-old daughter, Ksenia. The singer, after announcing her separation from her husband, asked fans and the press not to circulate meaningless gossip and rumors about the reasons for the divorce. According to the star mother, such news in the media negatively affects the condition of her minor heiress.
“This is the very case when everything that happens around (your discussions, condemnations, assumptions, etc.) has no meaning or meaning. All the fuss you are making goes only in one direction - towards our daughter! She is only 14. All the “who is to blame”, why, why, etc., make no sense! And they will not cancel the fact itself. YES. I'M FILE FOR DIVORCE. This period of my life is coming to an end. It was very big and for many of you very beautiful. But life is much wiser than many of us. Alexander and I do not have any homewreckers and there is no big global reason for this step. It's just time. Thank you all for your participation and excitement. And try to discuss it less. Today the most important thing is to cause as little problems as possible for our daughter. Everything else cannot be changed. And life doesn’t end there,” Apina wrote in her appeal (the author’s spelling and punctuation have been preserved. - Ed.).
And recently, fans were unable to recognize the singer. After the divorce, she tries on bold stage images. The artist has actively taken up her career - she began recording new songs and is filming a video. In one of the photographs she published, she appeared as a seductress with fiery red hair. According to fans, the new hairstyle and professional makeup made the 52-year-old singer look at least 10 years younger. “This is me too. My daughter said that here I am like young Apina!” — Alena captioned one of the pictures.
Recently, 51-year-old Alena presented a fresh photo shoot in a swimsuit on the Internet, demonstrating toned body and incredible femininity
The young singer, who was under the care of Alexander Iratov, did not get into “The Voice” due to a spinal injury
The former soloist of the group “Combination” Alena APINA (nee LEVOCHKINA), who gained popularity in the dashing 90s with such hits as “Accountant”, “Ksyusha”, “Knots” and “Electric Train”, unexpectedly found herself in the center of everyone’s attention. The existence of the artist was prompted by rumors spreading on the Internet about her divorce from producer Alexander IRATOV, with whom she had been happily married for 25 years.
I was introduced to Sasha Iratov in the late 80s in the Sochi “Pearl” by my old friend Valerka Spiritus, nicknamed Spirit, with whom we once speculated on musical equipment,” recalled corporate event organizer Konstantin Shcherbinin. “You know, I’m now done with all the old things,” he told me. “But I’ll introduce you to speculator number one.”
And he led me to a guy with a chain two fingers thick and a huge cross on his stomach, like a priest or a thief in law. This was Sasha Iratov. He worked as the director of Slava Malezhik. He made a lot of money at left-wing concerts. And invested them in “business”. “Well, what do you have there?” - he reluctantly began the conversation. And at that time, miners began to go on strike throughout the country, and in order to calm them down, a decree was signed allowing them to conduct free trade.
Cars, televisions, refrigerators fell to us in Kuzbass like manna from heaven, washing machines and other goods. The miners were given coupons for their purchase. But they were afraid that they would be robbed or cheated. And they brought these coupons to me. And I bought goods and took them to other cities.
I offered these goods to Iratov. “Do you have any white nines?” - he asked. At that time it was considered a cool car. “Yes,” I replied. "What is the price?" - Iratov became interested. Then the price of the “nine” was 35 thousand rubles. But I thought that he was very arrogant. And he told him a higher price - 40 thousand. For this money you could then buy an apartment.
I thought that Iratov would bargain. But he immediately said: “Let me give you 42 thousand! But so that in a week, when I return to Moscow, the car will already be there.” This is how my collaboration with him began.
I sent him various goods by cargo planes. Iratov sold them and brought me money in bags. At that time, he still lived with his first wife - the mother of his son Andrei. Alena Apina appeared in his life only in the early 90s. I remember that after a long absence I arrived in Moscow, and he stunned me with the news: “Have you heard the song “Ksyusha, Ksyusha, plush skirt”? This is my new wife!
IRATOV and APINA have long gained a reputation as almost an exemplary family, so Alena’s statement about their divorce came as a bolt from the blue for many
Someone else's secret
Alena is a very smart, educated person,” said the author of many hits “Combinations” and Apina, composer Vitaly Okorokov. - I studied at the conservatory. Which of our singers knows Prokofiev's music? And she can play you all his sonatas, all his symphonies. I know Alena very well. She and I grew up together since childhood. We had our first “carrot love”. Well, you know what happens when you're 15 years old.
Then she married the artist Valery Apin. They wanted children. But they didn't succeed. I know what the reason was. But I have no right to reveal someone else’s secret. I can only say that these are purely women's affairs. There are some diseases with which nothing can be done. Even artificial insemination does not help. As a result, Apin left Alena.
In “Combination” she was a little lonely and lost. I wanted love, big and pure. I met Iratov, who gave us tours. And he took her away from the group.
Naturally, she wanted to work solo. In any group, everyone secretly wants to have a solo career. I then gave her the song “Ksyusha”. This song made her a star.
In principle, you could take any Manya Siskina or Shura Murina, invest some money in broadcasting this song, and it would become a hit. I didn’t understand this then. And Iratov immediately realized that this might be his only chance in life.
I remember he listened to “Ksyusha” and said to me: “So, Okorokov! Don’t show this song to anyone and don’t tell anyone that it exists.” The arrangement was loaded that same night. And two days later the video was ready. The recording of the song and the shooting of the video went on simultaneously. I have never seen anything like this anywhere else. I simply bow to Iratov for how quickly he worked.
On tour, the singer is accompanied by her stepson Andrey
"Life is wiser than us"
For a quarter of a century, they tried to separate Apina and Iratov more than once. Then Alena was credited with an affair with singer Murat Nasyrov, with whom she performed the song “Moonlit Nights” in a duet. Then Alexander was declared the lover of actress Renata Piotrovsky, who starred with him in the film company “Igla” in the series “Girl from the North”. But the star couple did not even think about breaking up.
Moreover, despite the above-mentioned medical problems of Apina, in 2001 she and Iratov had joint child- daughter Ksenia, whom she carried surrogate mother. One would think that the current divorce rumors are just another hoax,” if the singer herself had not confirmed them.
Yes, I’m filing for divorce,” Apina wrote on her Instagram page. - This period of my life is coming to an end. It was very big and for many of you very beautiful. But life is much wiser than many of us. Alexander and I do not have any homewreckers and there is no big global reason for this step. It's just time. Thank you all for your participation and excitement. And try to discuss it less. Today the most important thing is to cause as little problems as possible for our daughter. Everything else cannot be changed. And life doesn’t end there.
In truth, this post raised many more questions for everyone than it answered. One could not help but get the impression that Alena was being dark and was not telling something.
Contacting old acquaintances did not clarify the situation either. star couple. Even for them, the singer’s sensational confession came as a complete surprise.
“I don’t know anything about the reasons for Apina and Iratov’s divorce,” producer Alexey Muskatin threw up his hands. - We have known Sashka since the days of our “troubled youth.” But like many of our generation, he has long been nowhere to be seen or heard. The last time we met was several years ago. He then took care of a young girl. And at our studio they wanted to make a musical project out of it. We studied vocals, dances, etc. with her. No, no, she was not Iratov’s mistress.
Only for big money
It was just the daughter of some of Alexander’s acquaintances,” Muscatin continues. - Sasha’s son from his first marriage, Andrei, constantly came to classes with her. He made sure that she was not offended. Unfortunately, all this did not end in anything. In principle, the girl sang well. But it was something average. She was not up to the second Zemfira. And we have always placed fairly high professional demands on our students. If something didn’t work out, they said directly: “You don’t sing, you quack. Why do you even need to sing? This is not your profession." The girl, apparently, could not stand it and eventually left us. Then I called her. I wanted to send her to “The Voice” or to the “Main Stage”. But it turned out that she went somewhere on vacation and injured her spine.
And Iratov, as I understand it, moved to Spain and recently lived almost constantly in this country. I tried to make a movie there several times: some were successful, some were unsuccessful. And with Apina, his son Andrei went to concerts as a director. As for their divorce... It's all very strange. Sashka is already a grandfather. He and Alena have a daughter. I don't understand why they should get a divorce. Maybe, of course, Apina decided to remind herself in this way. But, by and large, she doesn’t really need it. Her songs are already played on the radio. And if tomorrow she wants to go on tour, I think it won’t be difficult for her to gather an audience. Only she doesn't want to tour. This summer I met her at an event in Dolgoprudny. “When they give me a lot of money, I come,” said Alena. “But I’m not interested in working for pennies.”
The pop diva became famous under the name of her first husband - Valeria APINA
Tired of each other
If something happened between Lena and Sasha, then, apparently, quite recently, suggested singer and composer Andrei Kosinsky, who wrote “Seed Glass” and other songs for Apina. - Two years ago we went to the Spanish city of Marbella for Lena’s 50th birthday, where they bought a house (which of the stars still has property in Spain - read here). And Sasha then organized all her anniversary celebrations. It was such a blast that words cannot describe it. He was also present at her last day birth, which she celebrated on August 23 at her home in Peredelkino. And there seemed to be no signs that anything was wrong in their family.
On the contrary, they talked about each other very Nice words. “I owe everything that is in my life to Sasha,” Lena emphasized. Maybe they're just tired of each other. Maybe there was no longer the same spark between them. As far as I know, Sasha has long stopped producing Lena as before. She got a job as a music teacher at school. I helped her make a musical based on Beatles songs with her students.
I find it difficult to even answer where Sasha worked these years. According to the latest information that reached me, he ran the concert hall at the Cosmos Hotel. One day I approached him with a proposal to write new song for Lena. “No, no, no, I don’t do this anymore,” Sasha waved it off. “I am a statesman.” Yes, Sasha’s son helps her with concerts. But in fact, Lena has been living on her own for a long time and rules everything on her own.
The young singer, who was under the care of Alexander Iratov, did not get into “The Voice” due to a spinal injury
The former soloist of the group “Combination” Alena APINA (nee LEVOCHKINA), who gained popularity in the dashing 90s with such hits as “Accountant”, “Ksyusha”, “Knots” and “Electric Train”, unexpectedly found herself in the center of everyone’s attention. The existence of the artist was prompted by rumors spreading on the Internet about her divorce from producer Alexander IRATOV, with whom she had been happily married for 25 years.
WITH Sasha Iratov I was introduced in the late 80s in the Sochi “Pearl” by my old friend Valerka Spiritus nicknamed Alcohol, with whom we once speculated on musical equipment,” recalled the organizer of corporate events Konstantin Shcherbinin. “You know, I’m now done with all the old things,” he told me. “But I’ll introduce you to speculator number one.”
And he led me to a guy with a chain two fingers thick and a huge cross on his stomach, like a priest or a thief in law. This was Sasha Iratov. He worked as a director Slava Malezhik. He made a lot of money at left-wing concerts. And invested them in “business”. “Well, what do you have there?” - he reluctantly began the conversation. And at that time, miners began to go on strike throughout the country, and in order to calm them down, a decree was signed allowing them to conduct free trade.
Cars, televisions, refrigerators, washing machines and other goods fell to us in Kuzbass like manna from heaven. The miners were given coupons for their purchase. But they were afraid that they would be robbed or cheated. And they brought these coupons to me. And I bought goods and took them to other cities.
I offered these goods to Iratov. “Do you have any white nines?” - he asked. At that time it was considered a cool car. “Yes,” I replied. "What is the price?" - Iratov became interested. Then the price of the “nine” was 35 thousand rubles. But I thought that he was very arrogant. And he told him a higher price - 40 thousand. For this money you could then buy an apartment.
I thought that Iratov would bargain. But he immediately said: “Let me give you 42 thousand! But so that in a week, when I return to Moscow, the car will already be there.” This is how my collaboration with him began.
I sent him various goods by cargo planes. Iratov sold them and brought me money in bags. At that time, he still lived with his first wife - the mother of his son Andrei. Alena Apina appeared in his life only in the early 90s. I remember that after a long absence I arrived in Moscow, and he stunned me with the news: “Have you heard the song “Ksyusha, Ksyusha, plush skirt”? This is my new wife!
IRATOV and APINA have long gained a reputation as almost an exemplary family, so Alena’s announcement about their divorce came as a bolt from the blue for many. Photo: Instagram.com
Someone else's secret
Alena is a very smart, educated person,” said the author of many hits “Combinations” and Apina, the composer Vitaly Okorokov. - I studied at the conservatory. Which of our singers knows music Prokofiev? And she can play you all his sonatas, all his symphonies. I know Alena very well. She and I grew up together since childhood. We had our first “carrot love”. Well, you know what happens when you're 15 years old.
Then she married an artist Valeria Apina. They wanted children. But they didn't succeed. I know what the reason was. But I have no right to reveal someone else’s secret. I can only say that these are purely women's affairs. There are some diseases with which nothing can be done. Even artificial insemination does not help. As a result, Apin left Alena.
In “Combination” she was a little lonely and lost. I wanted love, big and pure. I met Iratov, who gave us tours. And he took her away from the group.
Naturally, she wanted to work solo. In any group, everyone secretly wants to have a solo career. I then gave her the song “Ksyusha”. This song made her a star.
In principle, you could take any Manya Siskina or Shura Murina, invest some money in broadcasting this song, and it would become a hit. I didn’t understand this then. And Iratov immediately realized that this might be his only chance in life.
I remember he listened to “Ksyusha” and said to me: “So, Okorokov! Don’t show this song to anyone and don’t tell anyone that it exists.” The arrangement was loaded that same night. And two days later the video was ready. The recording of the song and the shooting of the video went on simultaneously. I have never seen anything like this anywhere else. I simply bow to Iratov for how quickly he worked.
"Life is wiser than us"
For a quarter of a century, they tried to separate Apina and Iratov more than once. Then Alena was credited with an affair with the singer Murat Nasyrov, with whom she performed the song “Moonlit Nights” in a duet. Then Alexander was declared the actress’s lover Renata Piotrowski, who starred with him in the film company “Igla” in the series “Girl from the North”. But the star couple did not even think about breaking up.
Moreover, despite the above-mentioned medical problems of Apina, in 2001 she and Iratov had a child together - daughter Ksenia, who was carried by a surrogate mother. One would think that the current divorce rumors are just another hoax,” if the singer herself had not confirmed them.
Yes, I’m filing for divorce,” Apina wrote on her Instagram page. - This period of my life is coming to an end. It was very big and for many of you very beautiful. But life is much wiser than many of us. Alexander and I do not have any homewreckers and there is no big global reason for this step. It's just time. Thank you all for your participation and excitement. And try to discuss it less. Today the most important thing is to cause as little problems as possible for our daughter. Everything else cannot be changed. And life doesn’t end there.
In truth, this post raised many more questions for everyone than it answered. One could not help but get the impression that Alena was being dark and was not telling something.
An appeal to long-time acquaintances of the star couple did not clarify the situation. Even for them, the singer’s sensational confession came as a complete surprise.
“I don’t know anything about the reasons for Apina and Iratov’s divorce,” the producer threw up his hands. Alexey Muscatin. - We have known Sashka since the days of our “troubled youth.” But like many of our generation, he has long been nowhere to be seen or heard. The last time we met was several years ago. He then took care of a young girl. And at our studio they wanted to make a musical project out of it. We studied vocals, dances, etc. with her. No, no, she was not Iratov’s mistress.
Only for big money
It was just the daughter of some of Alexander’s acquaintances,” Muscatin continues. - Sasha’s son from his first marriage, Andrei, constantly came to classes with her. He made sure that she was not offended. Unfortunately, all this did not end in anything. In principle, the girl sang well. But it was something average. On the second Zemfira she didn't hesitate. And we have always placed fairly high professional demands on our students. If something didn’t work out, they said directly: “You don’t sing, you quack. Why do you even need to sing? This is not your profession." The girl, apparently, could not stand it and eventually left us. Then I called her. I wanted to send her to “The Voice” or to the “Main Stage”. But it turned out that she went somewhere on vacation and injured her spine.
And Iratov, as I understand it, moved to Spain and recently lived almost constantly in this country. I tried to make a movie there several times: some were successful, some were unsuccessful. And with Apina, his son Andrei went to concerts as a director. As for their divorce... It's all very strange. Sashka is already a grandfather. He and Alena have a daughter. I don't understand why they should get a divorce. Maybe, of course, Apina decided to remind herself in this way. But, by and large, she doesn’t really need it. Her songs are already played on the radio. And if tomorrow she wants to go on tour, I think it won’t be difficult for her to gather an audience. Only she doesn't want to tour. This summer I met her at an event in Dolgoprudny. “When they give me a lot of money, I come,” said Alena. “But I’m not interested in working for pennies.”
Tired of each other
If something happened between Lena and Sasha, then, apparently, quite recently, the singer and composer suggested Andrey Kosinsky, who wrote “Glass of Seeds” and other songs for Apina. - Two years ago we went to the Spanish city of Marbella for Lena’s 50th birthday, where they bought a house (which of the stars still have real estate in Spain - read on). And Sasha then organized all her anniversary celebrations. It was such a blast that words cannot describe it. He was also present at her last birthday, which she celebrated on August 23 at her home in Peredelkino. And there seemed to be no signs that anything was wrong in their family.
On the contrary, they spoke very good words about each other. “I owe everything that is in my life to Sasha,” Lena emphasized. Maybe they're just tired of each other. Maybe there was no longer the same spark between them. As far as I know, Sasha has long stopped producing Lena as before. She got a job as a music teacher at school. I helped her make a musical based on Beatles songs with her students.
I find it difficult to even answer where Sasha worked these years. According to the latest information that reached me, he ran the concert hall at the Cosmos Hotel. Once I approached him with a proposal to write a new song for Lena. “No, no, no, I don’t do this anymore,” Sasha waved it off. “I am a statesman.” Yes, Sasha’s son helps her with concerts. But in fact, Lena has been living on her own for a long time and rules everything on her own.
