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Good afternoon, my dear readers. Today I wanted to remember my childhood and those artists whose concerts I watched on an old black and white TV. When a voice came from the screen Lev Leshchenko- People's Artist, and then Honored Artist of the RSFSR, my grandmother always asked to turn it up louder. And even I, a child, listened in fascination to the powerful baritone of this performer. Would you like to take a walk with me through the pages of his biography? So…

Biography of Lev Leshchenko

The first cry of the future great artist was heard in a Moscow maternity hospital on February 1, 1942. His childhood occurred during the most terrible war and post-war years. His father, Leshchenko Valeryan Andreevich, went through the Soviet-Finnish war, and after the end of the Second World War he worked in the USSR Ministry of State Security. Lev inherited his good health from his father, because he died just one year short of his hundredth birthday... But Lev Valeryanovich got his strongest voice and ear for music from his grandfather, Andrei Vasilyevich Leshchenko, who at one time was a singer in a church choir, and even played the violin.

Some publications say that Leshchenko - no real name Lev Valeryanovich. But Wikipedia is silent about this fact... And the artist himself resolutely refutes these rumors!

Son of the regiment

Little Leo was left without a mother very early. She died when he was about a year old. Due to his father’s intense employment in the service, little Leshchenko was the so-called “ son of the regiment».

He walked in the ranks, put on a small uniform, like a real military man, and in winter he got huge skis that were three times his size. Sometimes the father took the boy to stay with his grandfather, who taught his grandson the basics of singing and playing the violin. Over time, Valeryan Andreevich married again, and Lev had a younger sister and a new mother.

The beginning of a long journey

The boy's singing talent was immediately noticed at school. In his free time from lessons, Lev was engaged in choral singing, swimming, learned to play wind instruments and mastered the artistic expression. Soon his choirmaster insisted that the boy study only singing. Since then, not a single school concert has been complete without his participation.

Already at that time, the talented Lev easily took on complex age-appropriate songs by Leonid Utesov.

After graduating from school, the future voice of “Victory Day” tried to enter the theater institute, but the first attempt failed miserably. After working for a year as an ordinary backstage worker in the theater, Lev went to serve in the tank forces. But, having considered the talent of the young conscript, the command sent him to the song and dance ensemble.

After finishing his military service, the young artist again tries to conquer his Alma Mater. And, despite the fact that at that time the enrollment of students was already completed, an exception was made for him. Having successfully passed all the exams, Lev entered GITIS. A year later he became a student at the Operetta Theater.

Creative activity of Lev Leshchenko

The career of this talented performer was skyrocketing. In the late 60s, the artist began performing at the Moscow Operetta Theater. And four years later he was popular on the USSR State Television and Radio. His next achievements speak for themselves! The powerful voice of the “Moscow Nightingale” was appreciated not only by the audience, but also by the jury of many famous competitions in Russia, Poland, Bulgaria, Belarus and other countries.

For a long time, Lev Valeryanovich taught at the Music Pedagogical Institute named after. Gnesins. Under his clear leadership, many wonderful artists appeared on stage.

Artist's creative baggage

Over the years of his stage activity, Leshchenko has released several dozen CDs, records and albums on other media. His popularity was absolutely deserved. The soft timbre of the baritone, combined with an aristocratic, “thoroughbred” appearance, had an indelible impression not only on the female part of the audience.

Lev’s courageous performance of the song “Alyoshenka” or “Ballad of Mother” made the whole audience cry, and even the courageous military men did not hesitate to wipe their eyes...

And all his compositions can be called fundamental, songs for centuries that will always touch the strings of any living heart... Just remember his “Victory Day”, which became a hit...

Now Lev Valeryanovich Leshchenko 74 years old. He was married twice, but, unfortunately, never became a father. The artist leads his entire life healthy image life, actively involved in sports. I really want to wish this performer to live for many more years and pass on all his invaluable knowledge to the younger generation.

Leshchenko Lev Valerianovich (b. 1942) - Soviet and Russian pop and operetta singer. Since 1983 he has the title People's Artist RSFSR.

Birth and parents

Lev Valerianovich was born in the Moscow Sokolniki district on February 1, 1942. There stood an old one, still built by a merchant, wooden house of two floors in which the Leshchenko family lived. It was there, and not in the maternity hospital, that the boy was born.

There was a war going on, there were especially fierce battles near Moscow, but despite this, the life of the Leshchenko family in those years could not be called difficult. Their house was almost fully equipped, which was an extreme luxury for that time; they only had to light the stove themselves.

Although my father was at the front, he served in a special-purpose regiment located in Bogorodskoye, not far from Sokolniki. Therefore, he was able to often visit his family and bring food from his dry rations.

The Leshchenko family lived in one of the three rooms of a communal apartment, where neighbors lived in the other two - Aunt Nadya and Grandma Zhenya, who took Lev’s newly born child into her arms.

The Leshchenko family consisted of a mother, a newborn boy and his older sister Yulia, and of course, dad, when he managed to visit his relatives. Lev Valerianovich is now perplexed as to how they could have housed the whole family in a small room back then.

That February day, in honor of the birth of his son, the father came home and a whole feast was arranged. Dad brought half a loaf of bread, a quarter of alcohol and some more food from his ration. On this occasion, the stove was well heated with wood, and the house became warm.

The father of the future singer, Valerian Andreevich, graduated from the Kursk gymnasium before the war and began his career on a state farm. In 1931, he was sent to the capital to the Krasnopresnensky vitamin plant, where he worked as an accountant. Participated in Soviet-Finnish war, returning from which he went to serve in the NKVD. From the beginning to the victorious end he passed the Great Patriotic War, awarded many orders and medals, after the war and until his retirement he served in the MGB. Dad Lev Leshchenko can be considered a long-livers; he died at 99 years old.

The singer’s mother, Klavdia Petrovna, died very early, when the boy was only one year old, and by that time she herself was barely 28 years old.

Childhood

After the death of his mother, little Leo was raised by his grandparents. And 5 years later, in 1948, my father married for the second time. Lev Valerianovich remembers his stepmother Marina Mikhailovna with respect and warmth; according to him, she always treated him as to my own son, the boy did not experience a lack of love and attention.

And in 1949, Lev’s little sister Valya was born.

In the very early childhood father often took little Leo with him to military unit, the soldiers jokingly nicknamed him “son of the regiment.” Since the boy grew up very playful and active, it was difficult to keep track of him, so the father assigned Sergeant Major Andrei Fesenko to the child. The boy dined with the soldiers in the canteen, went to the cinema with them in formation, at the age of four he had already been to the shooting range and wore military uniform.

Sergeant Major Fesenko also taught the kid how to ski in winter, which were three times longer than the boy himself.

And little Leo had a chance to encounter music in early childhood. He often visited his grandfather Andrei Vasilyevich Leshchenko. He worked at a sugar factory as an accountant and in free time He played the violin in a factory string quartet, and before the revolution he sang in a church choir. Grandfather was a very gifted man in terms of music and little by little he taught little Leo to this art: he played the violin and taught him to sing.

School

Leshchenko spent his childhood in Sokolniki, and then the family moved to the Voykovsky district, where the boy began studying at high school No. 201. Besides school curriculum, he became a soloist in the choir at the House of Pioneers, was fond of swimming in the pool, and studied in a literary circle and a brass band.

Soon, the choir teachers advised Lev to abandon all other hobbies and clubs, focusing only on singing. And the boy himself had already firmly decided to connect his future with creativity, but had not yet decided who he would like to become more - an artist or a singer. Therefore, I left myself two classes - in the choir and drama club. And at home he listened to records with Utesov’s songs, adored his style of performance, and imitated the great singer.

Army and Institute

After school, an attempt to enter a theater university was unsuccessful. Lev went to work as a stagehand at the Bolshoi Theatre, he worked during the day, and in the evenings he watched performances from the gallery. Then he tried himself as a fitter at a factory measuring instruments.

In 1961, Lev Leshchenko was drafted into the ranks Soviet army. At the military registration and enlistment office, the young man said that he would really like to serve at sea, but his father adjusted all his plans, enlisting his son in the Soviet tank forces, which were located in the GDR.

But already from the first months of service, the army leadership sent Lev to the song and dance ensemble, where he soon established himself as the main soloist. In addition to solo performances of songs, Lev recited poetry, hosted concert programs, and participated in a quartet ensemble.

It is service in the army that Lev Valerianovich considers the beginning of his musical career and long successful creative path.

Every free moment he had in the army, he prepared to enter the theater institute. And in 1964, after finishing his military service, Leshchenko entered GITIS. Simultaneously with his studies, he began working part-time at the Mosconcert and interning at the operetta theater. During the holidays, Lev always signed up for concert teams that went on tour to the most remote cities and villages Soviet Union.

Conquering musical peaks

In 1969, at the Moscow Operetta Theater, Lev was already a full member of the troupe; he had many roles to his credit, but something was missing. He wanted big work on stage.

At the beginning of 1970, he successfully passed the competition and became a soloist of the USSR State Television and Radio. Following this, he won the All-Union Variety Artists Competition. His popularity grew at a frantic pace, and it was rare that a concert on radio or television could do without the participation of Lev Leshchenko.

In 1972, Leshchenko was a laureate of two prestigious music competitions: the Bulgarian Golden Orpheus and the Polish Sopot. The victory in Sopot made him famous throughout the country, and a fashion for Leshchenko began in the Soviet Union.

One after another he received awards and bonuses:

• Moscow Komsomol Prize (1973);
• title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1977);
• prize Lenin Komsomol (1978);
• Order of Friendship of Peoples (1980);
• title of People's Artist of the RSFSR (1983);
• Order of the Badge of Honor (1985).

His special achievements, which can truly be called textbook, were the performances of the songs “Victory Day” in 1975 (on the day of the 30th anniversary of this great holiday) and “Goodbye, Moscow” at the closing of the Summer Olympics-80, when A cute Olympic bear was flying away into the huge sky.

All the songs he performed became hits and were loved by listeners; it’s not even possible to single out the best. The whole country knew the words by heart and sang along with him at concerts:

• “The main thing, guys, is not to grow old in your heart”;
• "Don't cry, girl";
• “We cannot live without each other”;
• « Motherland»;
• “Not a moment of peace”;
• "Gravity of the Earth";
• "Parental home";
• "Goodbye";
• "Old Maple";
• "Echo of love";
• “Meadow grasses”;
• "Old swing";
• "Nightingale Grove".

He sang duets with the best Soviet pop singers: Sofia Rotaru and Valentina Tolkunova, Tatyana Antsiferova and Lyudmila Senchina, Anna German and Tamara Gverdtsiteli.

For his contribution to the development of Russian culture, Lev Valerianovich was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II, III and IV degrees.

At the very end of the 20th century, a personal star of singer Lev Leshchenko was laid on the Square of Stars near the State Concert Hall “Russia”.

Today, Lev Valerianovich continues to delight fans with his unique velvety voice. He also took up teaching, he is a teacher in Russian Academy named after the Gnessins.

Personal life

While studying at GITIS, Lev met the singer and theater actress Albina Abdalova. They married in 1966 and were married for 10 years.

And in 1976, Lev Valerianovich met the love of his life. He was already 34 years old at that time. Fateful meeting occurred in the city of Sochi, where he was on tour in the summer. They saw each other in the hotel elevator, the girl's name was Irina, she was younger than the singer for 12 years. In addition, Ira did not know him at all, because at that time she lived and studied in Budapest. She thought that the stylishly dressed man was a local mafioso.

A day later, Irina flew to Moscow, and Lev, who had lost his head, followed her. A year later they officially became husband and wife. Later, doctors diagnosed Ira with infertility, but this did not destroy them family relations. Lev Leshchenko is faithful to his wife and is in love with her, as many years ago during their first meeting in the elevator.

Irina was a diplomat by training, but she left her career and devoted herself entirely to her home and husband. Now Ira works as an assistant director at the Musical Agency theater, which was founded by Lev Valerianovich in 1990.

Leshchenko is always in excellent shape, he loves sports - both as a fan and as a lover of exercise; swims, plays tennis and basketball.

The singer is confident that he is absolutely happy man. When Leo gives autographs to fans, he always writes: “I wish you well.” In his opinion, it is kindness and love that are the engines of progress and peace.

Lev Leshchenko - famous, successful Russian crooner. More than 700 recorded songs, more than 10,000 concerts - and still, despite his age, on stage. It is not surprising that the audience's love for him is limitless. However, the life story of the famous artist is not as simple and easy as it might seem.

It all starts in Moscow, during the terrible years for the country. In 1942, Lev Valeryanovich Leshchenko was born. The roar of war and almost field conditions - this is how his first years pass. 1 year after Leo’s birth, his mother dies. Father, military man, at that time deputy regiment commander special purpose, there is only one left.

Combat actions - a parent has no time for education little son, so Lev grows up as a “son of the regiment.” He wears uniform, soldiers look after him, he plays and eats with them.

In the post-war period, Lev Leshchenko and his father moved to Moscow from Bogorodsk, where he served. 1946, Lev is 5 years old, but he is already listening to Utesov’s songs and running to the House of Culture. And after being accepted as a pioneer a little boy signs up for choir, orchestra, swimming and theater classes at the Pioneer House.

In 1947, Leo's father, Valerian, marries again. Two years later the boy has a sister. The artist speaks warmly about his stepmother: she raised him just like her own my own daughter- in love and care.

At the age of 19, Leo is called up to serve in the army. The young man is full of dreams and hopes and wants to serve in the navy. However, the father is against it, and thanks to his influence, the future eminent singer serves first in the tank forces, then in the song and dance forces.

Carier start

As a teenager, Lev Leshchenko studied choral singing. Gradually, his strong voice is noticed, they advise him to concentrate on singing, and now the boy performs at local concerts.

The stage becomes the most desirable place for Leo, so there can be no talk of other institutions. His father is against it, but young Leshchenko is unable to get in, so he is sent to work as a fitter.

After serving in the army, the young man again submits documents to GITIS, this time successfully. The army ensemble prepared him: for the entrance exams, Lev Leshchenko already sings Italian opera, knows how to be a presenter and dances. As a result, he is immediately enrolled.

A year later, he is accepted into the group of trainees at the Operetta Theater. The first role is episodic - two words, but this is just the beginning. At 22 Leo is already a theater artist, and summer holidays he spends time on tour.

2 years after winning the Soviet competition, Lev Leshchenko received international recognition - two foreign awards: one from Poland, the other from Bulgaria. And, one might say, he wakes up famous.

This is how his fame is born. His songs are heard in Houses of Culture, Soviet girls collect postcards, badges, and photographs of him. Leshchenko travels around the USSR and allied countries with concerts. It was then that he recorded songs that would make him famous forever.

The singer’s career is promoted by the themes of his songs: patriotic, civil with Soviet ideology. Of course, they start broadcasting all over the country.

The most popular songs performed by Lev Leshchenko

The most recognizable song is “Victory Day”. Tukhmanov's music, Kharitonov's words and Leshchenko's baritone make her a favorite. The song was first performed on May 9, 1975, and since then it has become an attribute of the country's main holiday.

During these same years, songs that are still popular today appeared:

• “I love you, capital”;
• "Nightingale Grove";
• "For that guy";
• "Parental home";
• "Nightingale Grove";
• “Thank you for the silence.”

In 1980, at the closing of the Olympics, Lev Leshchenko and Tatyana Antsiferova performed “Goodbye, Moscow,” to which the entire stadium sang along.

Friendship with Vladimir Vinokur

Vladimir Vinokur is the most famous parodist of Leshchenko. But besides this, he is also his friend, they have a joint song “Gay, Slavs!” and performances.

The acquaintance of Vinokur and Leshchenko begins with a joke. But it is not the future comedian who is playing a prank on the future singer, as one might assume, but vice versa. Vladimir enters the territory of GITIS in a soldier's uniform to undergo an interview. Then Lev, who at that time had just graduated from the university, catches him and invites him to speak to the admissions committee.

Leshchenko promises to support young man tomorrow at the exam, but the next day he is not on the committee. And after some time, young Vinokur realizes that he was simply played.

While Vladimir studies, their friendship grows. After graduating from the institute, Vinokur also goes to the Operetta Theater, where young people are already beginning to communicate as equals.

Vladimir for a long time persuades Leo to try himself in humorous genre. Leshchenko does not give in to persuasion. “How will a person be perceived who sang “Victory Day” and then started joking?” - he says.

Gradually Leshchenko gives up: jokes appear at concerts and his parody of Vinokur. In 1995, at Gennady Khazanov’s birthday, the humorous couple “Levchik and Vovchik” appeared, which quickly burst onto the scene and became popular.

In 2019 there will be 50 years of their friendship. And although the time has been long, Lev and Vladimir are still playing each other the same way as on the day they met.

First marriage

Lev Leshchenko's first wife is Alla Abdalova. Young people meet at GITIS and get married when Leo turns 24 years old. Both are singers, constantly touring and performing. In the end, this will play a role: the spouses see each other less and less. The growing popularity of Leo also adds fuel to the fire - Alla still cannot leave the status of an ordinary singer and become famous.

In 1974, the young couple decide to live separately. But soon they move in together again, hoping to give marriage a second chance. However, similar ambitions, rare meetings and the absence of children destroy the family.

As a result, Leo has an affair in Sochi. The young student Irina Bagudina drives him crazy, and the singer forgets about his nominal status as a married man. After her husband returns to Moscow, Alla understands everything and, silently, quietly, demands a divorce. It must be said that the singer, well-known by that time, acted nobly: he left her both the apartment and the car.

Lev Leshchenko’s first wife will never recover from the loss of her husband: her career will end, she will never marry again, and will not give birth to children. All her life she will regret the abortions she had because of her loved one.

Second marriage

The new life with Irina begins imperfectly: a rented apartment, which, fortunately, is soon replaced by one’s own. Irina develops, enters graduate school, but suddenly ends up in the hospital. This is followed by a long recovery period.

For a long time, the couple has been trying to have a child, going to doctors, having procedures done. However, Irina is barren. They will never have children, but this will not prevent the marriage from remaining happy and strong.

Gradually, the girl forgets about her career and dissolves in her husband: she helps him in the theater, supports him in the difficult 90s.

In the “Knocking on the Stars” program, Lev Leshchenko admits that at home he is a completely different person: everyday worries are not at all alien to the popular singer. And quarrels do happen - Leo, after all, is a creative person with creative disorder. But she and Irina cannot quarrel for long, a maximum of 1.5 hours - and the grievances are forgotten.

Lev and Irina still live in perfect harmony. The artist reveals a secret family happiness: Never humiliate your spouse and spend your holidays together.

USSR

Recordings with Leshchenko’s mesmerizing voice quickly spread throughout the Union and surrounding countries. Already at the age of 28, as soon as his voice sounds on the All-Union radio, Leshchenko receives the prestigious award of the All-Union Competition of Variety Artists.

In the same 70s, he was awarded two foreign awards: from Bulgaria and from Poland. In 1977 he became an Honored Artist of the RSFSR, and 5 years later, in 1983, he became a People’s Artist.

Russia

Leshchenko is a full holder of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, which consists of 4 degrees. The artist, thanks to his achievements, deserves them all.

International awards

In the near abroad, Leshchenko is still a favorite performer, so he has state awards Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, South Ossetia.

It’s difficult to simply list Leshchenko’s awards – there are a lot of them. They even include the Golden Gramophone. The main thing is that he still remains a favorite singer of several generations.

Lev Leshchenko now - latest news

Now Leshchenko is a faithful husband and is still popular and famous singer. In 2017, he celebrated his 75th concert at the Kremlin Palace.

Leshchenko and his wife Irina live in happy marriage. Perhaps the artist is upset by the absence of children, but he tries not to show it. Leo calms and supports his wife.

They do not communicate with their first wife due to the reluctance of Alla Abdalova herself.

In January during presidential elections Lev Leshchenko was a confidant of Vladimir Putin.

In early May, Leshchenko supported Yulia Samoilova’s performance at Eurovision in Portugal. The artist expressed his opinion that the public would support her act. Moreover, the decision to send her to the competition for the second time is fair - in 2017 she was not allowed into Ukraine for political reasons, and this is undemocratic. Perhaps the singer’s position is strengthened by personal emotions: Lev Leshchenko himself is also prohibited from entering the country.

The singer thanks the national football team for a worthy game. He is proud of the country's developed infrastructure, Russian hospitality and the fact that Russia was able to enter the group of the best football powers.

5 interesting facts about Lev Leshchenko

1. Irina, the wife of Lev Leshchenko, mistook him for a mafioso at the first meeting, and he thought that she was a foreign spy who wanted to recruit him. The girl studied abroad, knew nothing about the singer’s career, all her things were imported. In the closed USSR, it’s easy to think that in front of you is an enemy!
2. Lev Leshchenko has a pro-government position: he openly supports Vladimir Putin and his decisions.
3. At a Polish competition in 1972, the artist sang in his wife’s red costume. Right before leaving, it became clear that Lev literally had nothing to wear. However, someone else's clothes did not prevent him from receiving the award.
4. Lev Leshchenko got into Forbes. True, not as the richest man in the world, but as the author of the Lukoil anthem, but still.
5. The famous singer taught at the Institute. Gnesins. Katya Lel, Marina Khlebnikova, and Valeria graduated from his caring hands.

Conclusion

Lev Leshchenko is a talented and popular artist. He won many awards and titles, recorded several hundred songs, and performed more than 10 thousand times. His voice is still strong and rich.

It is not surprising that he remains a popular singer and his life is widely discussed.

Lev Valeryanovich Leshchenko is a man whose name speaks for itself. Because he captivated Russian and Soviet citizens with his magnificent baritone. At the same time, it often turns out that both grandmothers and their granddaughters admired the singer. Because Leshchenko’s talent and his subtle humor do not fade over the years.

Lev Valeryanovich received the title of Honored Artist of Russia, since his contribution to the development of the culture of our country is simply colossal. At the same time, the man was not a representative of the golden youth, he simply set goals for himself and achieved their fulfillment at any cost.

Every person, starting from kindergarten, knows and loves the heroic song - the memory of all generations - “Victory Day”, which Lev Leshchenko has been performing for several decades.

Height, weight, age. How old is Lev Leshchenko

Many fans would sincerely like to clarify many of the physical parameters of their pet, including its height, weight, and age. How old Lev Leshchenko is is also no longer a universal secret, since the baritone’s anniversary programs are published with enviable regularity.

Lev Valeryanovich was born in 1942, so he was already seventy-two years old. Lev Leshchenko: the photo in his youth and now does not confirm his passport age, since he is fit, active, handsome and youthful.

According to the Zodiac sign - Aquarius - Leshchenko has such character traits as inconstancy, dreaminess, mystery, activity, but the Eastern horoscope gave her the sign of a self-confident, hardworking, stable, persistent, charismatic Horse.

Leshchenko Lev Valeryanovich is a real surname, since many people could not believe that a person could bear such sonorous data. As well as the fact that the man gave more than 10,000 concert programs and managed to record almost seven hundred songs.

Lev Leshchenko's height was one hundred and eighty centimeters, and his weight did not exceed sixty-seven kilograms. By the way, the great singer will live a long time, since his father lived until he was ninety-nine years old in sober mind and blessed memory.

Biography of Lev Leshchenko

The biography of Lev Leshchenko began from the moment of his birth in the capital of our Motherland at a time when a terrible war was going on around the world. The boy's parents had nothing to do with the world of theater or music.

Father - Valeryan Leshchenko - went through the entire Great Patriotic War, he served in the State Security Committee and border troops. By the way, before the war he was educated at a gymnasium and worked as an ordinary accountant at a vitamin factory.

Mother - Claudia Leshchenko - did not live long in this world, as she died a year after giving birth.

Sister - Yulia Leshchenko - was born four years after the marriage of their father and mother, nothing more is known about her.

The sister, Valentina Leshchenko, is her paternal half-step, since she was born by her stepmother, to whom the guy was always grateful. The difference between brother and sister was seven years, but the guys were incredibly friendly. Valya received higher education, gave birth to a daughter, Valeria, and got married, but Lev constantly helped her in everything. Moreover, last year the woman was hospitalized due to complications from a cold, so she is undergoing rehabilitation.

Little Leva grew up without a mother, so his father assigned him to his own border unit, and Adjutant Andrei Fisenko became the nanny for the son of the regiment. The four-year-old boy wore a uniform, walked on army skis and marched with the soldiers.

Afterwards he settled in Sokolniki, where he went to school and several clubs at the same time, since in addition to vocals he also studied in a brass band, choir, recitation club and swam in the pool. Moreover, at the insistence of the choirmaster, Leva began to study only vocals, abandoning other studies.

The highlight of Leshchenko’s performances was the performance of Leonid Utesov’s songs not only at school concerts, but also at citywide events. But the guy was unable to enter the theater school, so he worked either at a factory as a mechanic or as a stage worker at the Bolshoi Theater. At my father’s request, I ended up not in the Marine Fleet, but in the tank forces, and even in the group Soviet troops in Germany. There he continued to sing, conducted amateur performances and concerts, and after his service he entered GITIS and began serving at the Operetta Theater, touring as part of a concert crew throughout the USSR.

In 1971, Leshchenko joined the State Television and Radio of the Soviet Union as a soloist, with which he constantly became a laureate of most competitions. Among the patriotic hits that have been recorded since 1975 we can confidently include “Victory Day”, “The Ballad of the Mother”, “In Dazzling White”, “Where Have You Been”, “Let’s Talk”, “For That Guy”, “Nightingale Grove”, “Meadow Grass”, “Old Maple”, “Goodbye, Moscow!”.

In addition to his solo career, Leshchenko performed compositions in duets with Tolkunova and Senchina, the groups Megapolis and Lyceum, Alsou and Jasmine. He starred in the films “Yurkin Dawns”, “Old Songs about the Main Thing”, “Doomed to Become a Star”, “The Path to Saturn”, “Looking for the Dawn”.

Lev Valeryanovich wrote several memoirs, he is a prominent public figure, who is also a corporate poet for several industrial giants.

Leshchenko enjoys football and tennis, basketball and swimming, and also enjoys collecting parodies of his beloved self. He is involved in charity work, helping orphanages, children with disabilities and gifted children basketball players.

Personal life of Lev Leshchenko

The personal life of Lev Leshchenko has always been under the radar of his friends, fans and ill-wishers. At the same time, the man was always considered prominent and talented, and therefore was known as the first groom in the USSR.

By the way, Leshchenko often said that he loves absolutely all women, since performing for them is eroticism, a kind of sacrament and the spread of such fluids, from which new fans are born.

For a long time there were rumors that Lev Valeryanovich different years throughout his life he had affairs with his partners, but he calls Tolkunova, Chursina, Sviridova, Apina and Koroleva his mothers and stage sisters, but far from his mistresses or spouses. Although he often says that he falls in love with every scene partner, considering them his favorites.

Family of Lev Leshchenko

Lev Leshchenko's family was unusual, since he lost his mother early and almost never saw his father, since he served in the KGB. At the same time, the boy was raised by his father’s colleagues, that is, he was considered a real son of the regiment. By the way, Leva’s only friend was his paternal grandfather Andrei, who loved music and often played an ancient violin for his grandson. He infected his grandson with singing, as well as his love for Leonid Utesov, whose songs his grandfather and Leva sang in duet.

By the way, the Leshchenko family is quite old, since it dates back to his great-grandfather, a serf, who became a baker in Bila Tserkva. Leva had a stepmother, Marina Leshchenko, who raised him and put him on his feet, so the man is still grateful to her.

Children of Lev Leshchenko

The children of Lev Leshchenko never came into this world, although the man was happily married twice. At the same time, the man officially said that he never wanted children because he was busy with his career.

However, his ex-wife Alla Abdalova, amid a frank conversation, admitted that she was pregnant with Leshchenko’s child, but had several abortions from him, since the singer never said that he loved her, and the woman wanted to be confident in the future.

Alla claims that she now regrets this, since she could have given birth to a son, and then two twin sons from her husband, if she had consulted him and had a heart-to-heart talk.

At the same time, the second wife Irina was much younger than her chosen one, but she had problems with women’s health, so she could not give her other half the children he dreamed of.

Ex-wife of Lev Leshchenko - Alla Abdalova

Lev Leshchenko’s ex-wife, Alla Abdalova, appeared in the singer’s life when he was in his third year and she was in her fifth year at GITIS. Moreover, Alla was a year older than the guy, since he entered the university after the army.

The guys met in a dance class when Lev said that Alla or Albina was incredibly similar to the singer’s niece. At the same time, the girl asked to visit to look at little Lera, and the stepmother decided that this was his future wife.

After classes, Lev would accompany Alla home, and then she would accompany him, and then everything would repeat itself again, often until dark. Before they legalized their relationship in 1966, the young people lived together for seven years, but not in the same house, but secluded themselves either with Lev’s parents or with Albina’s sister.

The guys organized their own ensemble, “Old Maple,” and began to perform many of Leshchenko’s songs with the light hand of his wife; for example, he didn’t like “Victory Day” so much that he flatly refused to perform it in public until Albina asked.

The woman was not only the artist’s wife, but also recorded with him in a duet the compositions “Old Maple”, “Yurka Dawns”, “Song of Young Neighbors”. She worked at the Mosconcert for a long time, retired, and now lives alone, sings in church and abuses alcohol.

At the same time, in a few interviews, she says that she herself let go of her beloved Leshchenko in 1976, because he began to cheat on her with the younger Ira Bagudina. She had not seen her husband for three decades, even on television.

Lev Leshchenko's wife - Irina Leshchenko

Lev Leshchenko’s wife, Irina Leshchenko, came from a family of diplomats; she lived in Germany throughout her childhood and received a higher education in economics at the University of Budapest.

At the same time, young people met in 1976 in Sochi, where Ira spent her holidays. However, the girl lived in Hungary, so she didn’t know who Lev was, so she mistook him for a mafia leader. Leshchenko admitted that the beautiful Irishka, who was twelve years younger than him, became his love at first sight.

The man did not return home for several weeks, and when he returned, he saw the suitcase packed by his wife. The marriage took place in 1978, and Irina made some sacrifices. For example, she moved from Budapest to the USSR, and also changed her type of activity.

Irina Leshchenko worked for a long time as an assistant director at her husband’s famous theater.

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One of positive qualities past musicians had a love for their work. If they started making music, they did it from the heart, and with great talent, without having anything in return. One of these people is our hero Lev Leshchenko. His biography is very extensive and very interesting.

It just so happened that Leo’s birth happened at the very height of the war, in 1942. His father went through the entire war, and after it did not leave military affairs. His mother died very young, and his father married a second time. And they had a daughter, the sister of the singer Valentina.

The father was very busy in the service, so little Lev was raised by the whole regiment; he ate only in the army canteen. He was also a grandfather and actively participated in the boy’s upbringing. And it was he who instilled in him a love of music, since he himself loved it very much. He constantly played the violin for his grandson and taught him to sing.

The singer spent his childhood in Sokolniki. He was very developed child, took on all the mugs. What did he not do? But soon his singing director convinced him that he needed to focus on music. The boy listened and soon became a star at school concerts.

After graduating from school, he really wanted to take up his education, but unfortunately his dreams did not come true, which made him very sad. He went to work as a laborer in a theater. Then he moved to the factory. And then the singer began his army service. He really wanted to be a sailor, but his father convinced him that it would be better to join the tank forces. Soon he began to participate in the song and dance ensemble, on the advice of the commander. He was appointed soloist. He became actively involved in this activity. He led concerts, sang, read poetry. And at the same time he continued to prepare for admission to the theater.

After returning from the army, the first thing the artist did was to enroll. But the exams at the institute were already over at that time. The commission decided to give the singer a chance. He sang the aria, but did not particularly impress the commission. But they decided to accept him. But his studies benefited him. Already, after a year, his singing changed a lot. While in his second year, he went to work in operetta.

Soon he became an operetta theater artist. And later he became a soloist at the USSR State Television and Radio. Received many awards and prizes. After 11 years, he became an honored artist, which he was very happy about. And six years later he rose to the rank of People's Artist.

Lev Leshchenko: height and weight

Arista is 180 cm tall and weighs 67 kg.

Lev Leshchenko and his wife Irina Leshchenko

Lev and Irina have a second marriage. They met in 1976, when the singer was on tour in Sochi. She trained as a diplomat in Hungary. As Leshchenko himself says, he fell in love with her at first sight. She charmed him both visually and internally. She was a very impressive girl, with style and charm. The only thing was that she was too thin, which was not to his taste. She also amazed him by the fact that she was indifferent to him as a singer. Lev Leshchenko and his wife Irina Leshchenko have been happily married for 30 years.

As for his first wife, she was just like him creative personality. Her name was Alla Abdalova. They were married to her for ten whole years, but as they say, they did not get along in character. Two identical professions did not get along in one family. They separated, then got back together. But it didn't work out. As the singer says, you cannot step into the same river twice. And they parted completely. Alla herself regrets that this happened, but Leo is very happy with his second wife.

Lev Leshchenko and his children

It so happened that Leo has no children. Yes, this is a big sadness for him. With their first wife they had no time for children. Each was pursuing their own career, but soon they separated. But with the second wife everything is tragic. Not long after the wedding, the couple learned that Irina was childless, and they forever came to terms with this thought. In all the articles Lev Leshchenko and his children, it is written that they do not exist. Although the hero himself dreamed of big family. He wanted at least five children. But fate acted differently. It's a shame for their family.

Lev Leshchenko, personal life, biography

Let's go through the singer's personal life once again. The hero's first marriage failed. But the second one became very happy for him. In thirty years of marriage, he had never looked at another woman. As the artist himself says, every time he falls in love with his wife like the first. His only real regret is that he never had a child. Lev Leshchenko, personal life, biography of the singer is very rich interesting facts. And different stories.

Family of Lev Leshchenko

Unfortunately, our hero never managed to create a full-fledged family. But the singer does not regret anything. He is happy with his wife. As Lev Leshchenko says, family for him is his beloved wife. And he doesn't need more. Soon he took charge of his brainchild.

A couple of years later this theater became a state theater. Our hero has been teaching at the institute for many years. There are a huge number of celebrities among his students. More than ten records were released. In 1999, his personal star appeared. He even managed to write his own book about himself and his predecessors. He even has a medal for services to the fatherland, fourth degree. These are not all awards and achievements. There are many of them. To this day he is loved and respected, and is considered an authority in the music world.