Russian Personalities

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Western stars who have family with Russian girls

Tomas N'evergreen and Valeria Zhidkova

Western stars who have family with Russian girls. Tomas N’evergreen and Valeria Zhidkova


“Russian women are the most beautiful in the world”, a lot of men say.
So, for centuries many celebrities have chosen Russian beauties as their girlfriends, wives and muses. Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Romain Rolland and many other geniuses were in love with charming women from Russia.
On September 24 popular Danish singer Tomas N’evergreen married Russian actress and singer Valeria Zhidkova. Their wedding was luxurious. There were more than a hundred stars among the guests.
Let’s see who else from the bright stars prefer to marry Russian beauties.

Timothy Dalton, Mel Gibson and Oksana Grigorieva
Oksana Grigorieva and her son Alexander

Oksana Grigorieva and her son Alexander / Photo: Instagram Oksana Grigorieva


Russian-American pianist Oksana Grigorieva has broken not one man’s heart. Three months after the wedding, she broke up with her first husband, Igor Baranov. Two years later she left her second husband, British artist Nicholas Rowland. A year later, while working at the London Film Festival as Nikita Mikhalkov’s interpreter, Oksana met Timothy Dalton. Later they got married and Oksana gave birth to their son Alexander. Oksana had a love affair with businessman Peter Blomquist, and divorced her husband. After almost ten years Oksana met another famous actor – Mel Gibson. In 2009 she gave birth to their daughter Lucia.

Natalia Vodianova and Antoine Arnault

Natalia Vodianova and Antoine Arnault

Natalia Vodianova and Antoine Arnault / Photo: Instagram Natalie Vodianova


Russian supermodel, actress, and one of the most beautiful women in the world Natalia Vodianova, a native of Nizhny Novgorod, met Antoine Arnault, while still married to the British aristocrat, the younger brother of billionaire Christopher Viscount Portman, Justin Trevor Berkeley Portman. At that time Antoine was going to marry, but remained a bachelor. For a while.
In 2010, Vodianova divorced her husband and soon she met Antonie at a charity evening and since then they are together.

Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher

Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher

Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher / Photo: Instagram Mila Kunis


Mila Kunis was born in the city of Chernovtsi. She is a Hollywood star with Russian roots. The girl was grown up in a Russian-speaking family and still believes, that the Russian language is the most beautiful language.
In 2012 Mila met famous American actor Ashton Kutcher. Their daughter Isabel was born in 2014. On July 4, 2015 the couple got married.

Ekaterina Andreeva and Dusan Perovic

Ekaterina Andreeva and Dusan Perovic

Ekaterina Andreeva and Dusan Perovic


Presenter of the news program Vremya, journalist Ekaterina Andreeva is not only the face of Channel One but also the wife of the real prince. Her husband, Dusan Perovic, is a Montenegrin prince. Dusan is a polyglot and works in the US company.
One day a foreigner phoned Andreeva and suggested to become the face of the new chain stores. He lived in Moscow, but did not speak Russian. Dusan fell in love with Russian journalist and began to learn the language while watching her programs. Three years after their first meeting Ekaterina married Perovic.

Western stars who have family with Russian girls

Yana Yanovskaya and Simon Ammann

Yana Yanovskaya and Simon Ammann

Yana Yanovskaya and Simon Ammann/ Photo: Schweizer-illustrierte.ch


Simon Ammann is the only Swiss who won Olympic gold in ski jumping, four-time Olympic champion, world champion and World Cup winner!
Eight years ago, he met the resident of St. Petersburg Yana Yanovskaya. Now he can’t imagine his life without her. They got married in 2010 in the Shlossturm castle.

Natalia Andreichenko and Maximilian Schell

Natalia Andreichenko, Maximilian Schell, their daughter and son from her first marriage

Natalia Andreichenko, Maximilian Schell, their daughter and son from her first marriage


Honored Artist of the RSFSR and Lady Mary Poppins, Natalia Andreichenko remains one of the most stylish and spectacular women of Russian cinema. It is not surprising that both her husbands were outstanding personalities.
Her first husband was famous composer Maxim Dunaevsky. In 1982 Natalia gave birth to their son Dmitry.
In 1985 Andreichenko married her second husband, Austrian actor and director Maximilian Schell. They met in Suzdal on the set of the film Peter the Great. Shell noticed beautiful woman at once and offered her to have dinner together. Their first date was rather unusual. Andreichenko did not speak English, and Maximilian did not know Russian. He drew pictures to explain his feelings. Their date was a real scandal because it took place in the pre-perestroika times. The Soviet woman couldn’t have a love affair with the foreigner. But Perestroika began and the lovers were able to get married. They were married for a long time, and their marriage was jokingly called “a symbol of perestroika.”
Their daughter Nastasia was born in America. But after a while Andreichenko and her daughter returned to Moscow.

Elena Borodulina and Nicolas Coster

Jessica Chastain, Nicolas Coster and Elena Borodulina

Jessica Chastain, Nicolas Coster and Elena Borodulina / Photo: Facebook Nicolas Coster


It should be noted that Russian women are not only beautiful and charming, but also adventurous. They can achieve their goals and realize the cherished dream. Since her childhood Elena Borodulina was in love with Lionel Lockridge, the hero of the famous and almost infinite series Santa Barbara. As an adult woman she decided to try her chance and met Nicolas Coster in social networks. 79-year-old actor left his wife and three children and came to Russia to meet the future mother-in-law and take part in the talk show. Some months ago Elena and Nicholas got married.

Yulia Koroleva and Albert Riera

Yulia Koroleva and Albert Riera

Yulia Koroleva and Albert Riera / Photo: Komsomolskaya Pravda (Omsk)


Slovenian football player Albert Riera and charming girl from Omsk Yulia Koroleva have lived together for almost 15 years. They met each other in 2001 in Mallorca. Albert saw the girl in a disco and could not leave her after the meeting. In 2008, Yulia gave birth to their daughter Alejandra. In 2009, the young parents had a grand wedding in Omsk.

Ekaterina Afinogenova and Max Pacioretty

Maximilian Max Pacioretty and Ekaterina Afinogenova

Maximilian Max Pacioretty and Ekaterina Afinogenova / Photo: Nhlhockeywags


Maximilian Pacioretty is a famous American ice hockey striker from Connecticut. But he’s found his wife not in America.
Tennis player Ekaterina Afinogenova didn’t dream of a super career in sport unlike her brother Maxim, a professional hockey player, Honored Master of Sports of Russia, the Russian national team player and world champion in 2008. She finished her career in the world ranking of four hundred to the top. However, now she is a wife of the famous hockey player.
Source: letidor.ru