Unbelievable facts
As you know, there are never too many children. Despite this, not every family can (and does want) to afford more than two children. Some people think that one eye is enough for them.
It is known, for example, that more than 1.5 million families in our country fall into the category of families with many children — that is, families where three or more children are raised and raised.
Often, those “crazy” parents who decide to have more than three children cause either genuine admiration or obvious misunderstanding.
We bring to your attention ten Russian actors who, despite their busy acting schedule, have decided to become real mothers and fathers with many children.
Russian actors with many children
Ekaterina Klimova: two sons, two daughters
The charming Ekaterina Klimova opens the list of Russian actors with many children. Looking at this actress, it's hard to guess that she is a mother of four. Meanwhile, Ekaterina often stated that she was first of all a mother, and only then an actress.
Ekaterina was born on January 24, 1978. At the age of 24, Katya gave birth to a daughter Lisa from her first husband, jeweler Ilya Khoroshilov. Their marriage ended in 2004, but Klimova soon married young actor Igor Petrenko.
This couple gave birth to two boys — Matvey (2006) and Korney (2008). Igor and Ekaterina lived together for ten years, but this union did not last forever: the family duo of actors broke up in July 2014.
Ekaterina Klimova's fourth child, daughter Isabella, was born in September 2015. The child's father is another Russian theater and film actor, Gela Meskhi. Gela and Meskhi got married in early June 2015.
Maria Poroshina: four daughters
Maria Poroshina was born on November 1, 1973. Maria's family is not large — her parents divorced without giving Masha a sister or brother. However, the actress has a half-sister, Anastasia Poroshina.
Despite the lack of a proper example (or perhaps because of it), Maria decided not to limit herself to one child and gave birth to as many as four children. The first daughter, Polina Kutsenko, was born in February 1996, by actor Gosha Kutsenko.
The couple lived together for five years, after which their marriage broke up. Maria herself speaks warmly about the father of her first child, considering him a good person and a talented actor. A few years later, actor Ilya Drevnov came into the actress's life.
Maria gave birth to three daughters from Drevnov: Serafima (2005), Agrafena (2010) and Glafira (2016). Despite the fact that Ilya and Maria got married only after Agrafena was born, this couple is called exemplary in the acting circle.
Russian actresses with many children
Evgenia Dobrovolskaya: three sons, one daughter
People's Artist of the Russian Federation Evgenia Vladimirovna Dobrovolskaya is a vivid example of how, as a popular theater and film actress, they manage to find time to educate four kids. Moreover, from different fathers.
Eugenia was born on December 26, 1964; she began to show her passion for acting at school age. This did not prevent her from marrying actor Vyacheslav Baranov quite early, with whom she gave birth to a son Stepan (1986) at the age of 22.
Family life did not work out with Vyacheslav, and Evgenia married actor Mikhail Efremov in 1990, with whom she had been married for seven years. A son Nikolai was born from this union on August 16, 1991.
Evgenia's third son, Ian, was born in July 2002 from an extramarital affair with actor Yaroslav Boyko. But Evgenia did not stop there either: in 2009, the actress married cameraman Dmitry Manannikov, with whom her daughter Anastasia was born on February 6 of the same year.
Alexey Kortnev: four sons and one daughter
The famous “multi-machine operator” Alexey Kortnev, being not only a theater and film actor, but also a musician and TV presenter, also managed to become a father with many children. Alexey was born on October 12, 1966. He married poetess and composer Irina Bogushevskaya early.
From this marriage, Kortnev has a son, Artemy, who was born in 1988. However, family life did not work out, Alexey and Irina divorced. Kortnev then married actress Yulia Rutberg, but this marriage was childless.
This star union also broke up, after which Alexey Kortnev managed to live in a civil marriage with Elena Lanskaya, actress and TV presenter. Elena gave Alexey a son, Nikita, who was born in 1998.
The actor is now married to former gymnast Amina Zaripova, with whom he married in September 2002. Amina gave birth to Alexey three children: sons Arseny and Athanasius, as well as a daughter, Axinia. Alexey, according to him, does not like his family.
Children of Russian celebrities
Mikhail Porechenkov: three sons, two daughters
The image of Mikhail Porechenkov is inextricably linked to masculinity and strength. And this is not surprising — the future actor Mikhail was born in the family of a serviceman (this happened on March 2, 1969). He has not only a boarding school, but also studying at a higher military and political school.
Mikhail's first child, Vladimir, was born on December 22, 1989. His mother, the actor's common-law wife Irina Lyubimtseva, died in 1995. After that, Mikhail was officially married twice. Ekaterina Porechenkova gave the actor a daughter, Varvara, in 1998.
Ekaterina was far from acting — she is an entrepreneur. Varvara, as you know, followed in her father's footsteps by entering the studio school of the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater (the actor's son, Vladimir, by the way, studied at the Shchepkin Theater School).
Some time later, Mikhail Porechenkov met Olga
, an artist, and fell in love with her. They got married in 2002. Olga gave birth to Mikhail three children — two sons and a daughter: Mikhail in October 2002, Maria in December 2004 and Peter in July 2010.
Russian film actors who became parents with many children
Sergey Gorobchenko: four sons, two daughters
Sergey Gorobchenko, a theater and film actor, despite his relatively young age (Sergey is 45 years old) is also a father with many children. Sergey himself was born on July 29, 1972 in the family of an engineer-economist and driver, and nothing indicated that the young man would show acting talent.
After trying himself as a student at the St. Petersburg Mining Institute, the young man suddenly realized that he would like to connect his life with the stage. In 1997, Sergey married actress Alexandra Florinskaya, with whom he had been legally married for six years.
From this union, the acting couple gave birth to a boy named Gleb (1997). Sergey and Alexandra did not work out together, but they parted, as they say, like a human being, maintaining normal friendly relations.
In 2008, Sergey married for the second time, to Polina, the daughter of scandalous journalist and TV presenter Alexander Nevzorov. Polina gave birth to Sergey five children: sons Alexander (2008), Peter (2010) and Ivan (2011) and daughters Anna (2014) and Sofia (2015).
Mikhail Efremov: three sons, three daughters
Born on November 10, 1963 in a Soviet star acting family, Mikhail Olegovich Efremov is known for his prolific acting skills. He chose his path not only for his father, Oleg Nikolaevich Efremov, but also for his grandfather, who was also related to theatrical art.
After graduating from the Moscow Art Theater School in 1987, Mikhail Efremov immersed himself in acting and theatrical work. Mikhail was no less active in his personal life. The actor did not live long with his first wife, Elena Golyanova, also a graduate of the Moscow Art Theater School, and did not have children.
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Then Efremov married Asya Vorobyova, who he beat off actor Anton Tabakov. Despite the birth of a son Nikita in 1988, this marriage also later broke up. Mikhail Efremov and actress Evgenia Dobrovolskaya married in 1990.
From this union, the actor has a son Nikolai, born on August 16, 1991. However, this marriage did not bring happiness and comfort to Mikhail either. Efremov's fourth wife was actress Ksenia Kachalina, who gave birth to a daughter Anna Maria with Mikhail (in October 2000).
However, this marriage did not stand the test of time either. Garik Sukachev introduced the fifth wife to the loving actor. It was sound engineer Sofia Kruglikova, who gave Mikhail two daughters and a son — Vera (2005), Nadezhda (2007), Boris (2010).
Ivan Okhlobystin: two sons, four daughters
It is difficult to imagine a more vivid and creative person who is part of Russian cinema than Ivan Ivanovich Okhlobystin. Ivan was born on July 22, 1966; after graduating from school, young Okhlobystin immediately entered VGIK, initially connecting his life with acting.
After that, Okhlobystin tried his hand at multiple roles, including as a priest, manager, and creative director of the company. The actor was much more conservative and consistent in his family life: in 1995 he married Oksana Arbuzova, with whom he still lives.
Oksana was also an actress, although after her marriage to Ivan she tried on her most important role — that of a mother with many children. Oksana gave birth to six children from Okhlobystin. The first child, daughter Anfisa, was born in 1996. Then Evdokia (1997), Varvara (1999), Vasily (2001), and Ioanna (2002) were born.
The sixth child, son Savva, was born in August 2006. Rumor has it that Ivan and Oksana are thinking about a seventh child. If this happens, the actor will catch up with Andrei Konchalovsky, famous for his large family, in terms of the number of children.
Which Russian actor has the most children
Andrey Konchalovsky: two sons, five daughters
Andrey Konchalovsky, People's Artist of the Russian Federation and winner of numerous awards, turns 81 this year. Despite the fact that Andrey Sergeevich is more of a screenwriter and director, his career has several acting works that allow him to be included in this list of actors with many children.
Konchalovsky was born on August 20, 1937, in the creative family of a poetess and writer. His richest career has experienced ups and downs, but Andrey Sergeevich himself claims that he has repeatedly drawn inspiration from his life partners.
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Konchalovsky was married five times. The first marriage, which was concluded back in 1955 with ballerina Irina Kandat, ended in divorce just two years later. Young Andrey and Irina did not have children.
In 1965, Alexey also married Natalia Arinbasarova, a ballerina and actress who later became Honored Artist of the RSFSR. This marriage lasted a little longer and ended in 1969. His son Egor, now a famous film director, actor and screenwriter, was born from him in 1966.
In 1969, French Vivian Godet married Konchalovsky, who gave Alexey a daughter, Alexander, in 1970. Vivian and Alexey divorced in 1980, after which Konchalovsky experienced a peculiar period of calm (at least as far as official marriages and childbirth are concerned).
However, this lull was preceded in the same year by the birth of her daughter Daria with Soviet theater and film actress Irina Brazgovka. Ten years later, in 1990, Andrei Konchalovsky married television announcer Irina Martynova, with whom he would live for seven years. Daughters Natalia (born in 1991) and Elena (1993) were born from this marriage.
Now the restless Alexey Sergeevich is married to the famous presenter and actress Yulia Vysotskaya. This marriage, concluded in 1998, gave Konchalovsky, according to the director himself, a new creative impetus. Yulia gave birth to a daughter, Maria (1999), and a son, Peter (2003).
Children of actor Tsyganov
Evgeny Tsyganov: five sons, three daughters
Theater and film actor Yevgeny Eduardovich Tsyganov can be considered the leader of this kind of hit parade of Russian actors with many children. Evgeny is not only the most numerous father among Russian film actors, but also the youngest — he was born on March 15, 1979, and he is about to turn 39 years old.
Until 2015, the only thing known about Evgenia was that he was very active in films, which was understandable — Tsyganov lived in a happy civil marriage with actress Irina Leonova, who gave birth he had six children and was pregnant with a seventh. This marriage lasted eleven years until it broke up in 2015.
The union of Eugene and Irina gave birth to: daughter Polina (2005), son Nikita (2006), daughter Sofia (2008), son Andrey (2010), son Georgy (2014) and daughter Vera (2015). It is known that the children bear the name of the actor, but Yevgeny has always stubbornly refrained from disclosing the details of his family life.
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Yevgeny still does not let anyone into his personal life, living in a civil marriage with actress Yulia Snigir, who gave birth to Tsyganova's eighth child, a boy (he was named Fedor) in 2016.
Although Yevgeny Tsyganov tries in every possible way to refrain from commenting and attacking journalists, we can expect, given the young age of his new wife, that Tsyganov will be quite capable of beating his own my own record for having many children.