Test of fame, life for two families and a wise wife: the personal life of Arkady Raikin
'19.10.2020'
Arkady Raikin was the idol of several generations at once and the favorite of the female half of the population. The ladies were not only in awe of the fame of this artist, because he was already extremely attractive and charismatic, writes the author of the channel "Idols of our and past years" on Yandex.Zen.
Raikin loved to dress fashionably and make an impression. He liked to see delight in the eyes of numerous female fans.
For a long time Raikin was the only artist in the USSR who told people the truth from the stage about the arbitrariness of officials, about bureaucratic delays and other flaws of the existing system. Of course, this truth was veiled, but the audience perfectly understood what the artist was talking about.
The risks of the profession were shared with Raikin by his wife - Ruth Markovna, or Roma, as her relatives called her.
Ruth was the only legal wife of Arkady Raikin. In 1938, the Raikins had a daughter, Catherine, and 12 years later, a son, Kostya.
When Ruth found out that she was expecting a child (son), she doubted whether it was worth keeping the pregnancy, because her husband gave her every reason for such doubts - he was unfaithful to his wife.
Ruth knew that divorce would undermine her husband's career. She was silent, wanting to save the family, and nevertheless gave birth to Raikin's son Kostya.
The reason that the Raikin family almost collapsed was the artist's romance with the actress of the Theater. Vakhtangov Garen Zhukovskaya. This woman drove men crazy, and Raikin was no exception.
He was torn between Leningrad, where his family was waiting, and Moscow, where Garen lived. Everyone told the artist that it was not worth getting involved with Zhukovskaya, she was too cunning and calculating. However, in spite of everything, Garen herself brought the actor to his senses, deciding to break up with him and persuading him to return to the family.
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There were also rumors about Raikin's romance with actress Antonina Gunchenko. However, women have always been partial to Raikin, because he was not only charming, but also a very sensitive person.
For example, after the premiere of the film "Magic Power", in which the hero of Raikin helped his former teacher, the artist received a letter asking for help. The letter was written by a boy from Uralsk, whose mother suffered from heart disease. The boy begged the artist to help his mother, and Raikin responded to the request.
He asked the professor who had once treated him to accept the woman. She came with her husband to Leningrad and the Raikin family settled them for the duration of the treatment.
After that, the boy wrote another letter to Raikin, already with words of gratitude - his mother recovered and was able to live a full life again.
The Raikins' children grew up and never noticed anything that could speak of contradictions between parents. The wisdom and patience of Raikin's wife turned out to be stronger than his feelings on the side.
Ruth was incredibly talented and could have made a brilliant artistic career, but all her life she preferred to remain in the shadow of her famous husband and support him in everything.
