Very often, ordinary people believe that celebrities live a completely different life than they do. You will be surprised, but some stars even lived in communal apartments.
Now there are less and less communal apartments, and in those that remain, there is not always a calm and friendly atmosphere. Usually there live people who do not have the opportunity to purchase other housing. Among them are many asocial personalities or nonresident who are looking for cheaper housing. In Soviet times, communal apartments looked completely different. There they lived in families, huddled in small rooms, argued in the kitchens, but people were friends, socialized, supported each other. That is why celebrities who are "lucky" to live in communal apartments remember this time with warmth.
10. Boris Grebenshchikov
The famous rock musician was born in Leningrad. His parents, by Soviet standards, could be called very successful people, they had their own apartment, good jobs and salaries. Grebenshchikov did not follow the example of his parents, but decided to make music. That's just the music that he played, in Soviet times was banned. Grebenshchikov was even expelled from the Komsomol.
At that time, Boris lived in a communal apartment with his second wife Lyudmila Shurygina. She was allocated a room from work, the woman was a cleaner at school. Grebenshchikov then already had a lot of fans, a communal apartment has become a very popular place. All the walls were painted, and admirers were waiting for him on the landing. Now the rock musician lives in an elite residential complex in the city center, fans will definitely not be able to get there.
9. Yuri Nikulin
Yuri's parents moved to Moscow when he was 4 years old. Then they were given a room in a communal apartment on Razgulyay Square. Yuri became a famous artist, but his place of residence remained the same. He was a very kind person, often helped people, thought of himself last. He brought his wife to a communal apartment, and his son was born there. Only in the 70s Yuri was allocated an apartment on Bronnaya. Yuri Nikulin said that he had lived in a communal apartment for up to 50 years and would have lived on. He was happy with everything, he never used his position, although most people in his place would have acted differently.
8. Alice Freindlich
The actress was born in Leningrad. She and her mother and grandmother lived in a communal apartment on St. Isaac's Square. The time was not easy, the war began, the bombing, hunger. Alice Freindlich forever remembered this communal apartment. She admits that if not for her grandmother, they would not have survived. Her grandmother was German. She was distinguished by prudence, pedantry. Fully controlled the consumption of products, giving each little by little. It was hard, but the neighbors shared with each other who could. Soon, a bomb hit the house, Alice Freindlich's family had to move to relatives.
7. Alla Pugacheva
Alla is a native Muscovite. She lived for a long time at the Peasant outpost in Umbrella Lane. Here was the apartment of her parents, here she was given a room when she got married. They lived in the same staircase with their parents. Actually, it was a two-room apartment, in one room Pugacheva lived with her husband, in another a young family with a small child. Alla and her husband Mikolas Orbakas did not live well, the apartment was constantly cold, hot water was also absent. Parents helped out, they regularly fed young people. Now Pugacheva lives in a luxurious castle and probably does not remember those difficult times.
6. Oleg Menshikov
Oleg Menshikov lived in a communal apartment when he was still a very young child. His parents said that it was a “gentle” communal apartment, only two families lived there. The actor honestly admits that he does not remember anything, so he can’t say anything about life in a communal apartment. He only said that he "was up to the bulb." Indeed, small children do not care where they live in a communal apartment or mansion. Nevertheless, Oleg experienced all the charms of life in a communal apartment, he starred in the comedy “Pokrovsky Gates”, played the role of a graduate student living in a Soviet communal apartment.
5. Boris Moiseev
Boris was born in the Belarusian town of Mogilev. He repeatedly said that his mother gave birth to him in prison. When she was free, she returned to the communal apartment where she had lived before. They lived poorly, there was not enough money. Boris was forced to steal food from his neighbors, he always wanted to eat. In addition, he was always the subject of ridicule among yard boys; he was mocked and laughed at. Moiseev now lives in luxury apartments. He has his own house in Barvikha. The singer wants to forget forever about those difficult times.
4. Oleg Basilashvili
The Basilashvili family owned a 5-room apartment on Pokrovka. After compaction, it turned into a communal one. They were allocated only one room. Oleg told what kind of neighbors they had. In one room, a woman with a family, a simple worker without education. In the other, a midwife who took birth with his mother. People differed from each other in the level of education and upbringing. There were quarrels, scandals, but the neighbors still found a common language and usually a peaceful atmosphere reigned in their communal apartment.
3. Mikhail Boyarsky
The family of Mikhail Boyarsky also lived in a communal apartment on Goncharnaya Street. The five of us lived, huddled. Boyarsky's parents were intellectuals, they lived more than modestly. In order to survive, they had to sell their rich library. Mikhail lived there until he was 8 years old; he does not like to talk about this period in his life. Neither spiritual gatherings, nor friendly relations with neighbors, apparently, were in his life. Now Boyarsky lives in a spacious apartment on the Moika.
2. Joseph Kobzon
Kobzon was born in the Donetsk region. Shortly before the war, his family changed their place of residence, they moved to Lviv. The war began, father was taken to the front. The remaining family members were evacuated to Uzbekistan. There were 6 people: mother, her brother, grandmother and children. They lived in the city of Yangiyul, which was near Tashkent. They were allocated places in the room, where at that time 18 people lived. After some time, they moved to Slavyansk, again lived in a communal apartment. Joseph Kobzon became a famous singer, a respected man. He had a country house, a two-story penthouse on Novy Arbat. But Joseph recalled this communal apartment for the rest of his life, because it was there that he first heard about the victory.
1. Vladimir Putin
Surprisingly, the Russian president also lived in a communal apartment. His family occupied one room in a communal apartment located on Baskovy Lane in Leningrad. There Vladimir Vladimirovich lived up to 20 years. He moved away from his parents when he started working at the KGB. His childhood was difficult, his parents were ordinary workers. There were no amenities in the apartment, besides there were rats. Now people still live in this room, before excursions were carried here. Now the president lives in a residence in Novo-Ogaryovo. Who knows, if not for all these difficulties, maybe Vladimir Vladimirovich would not have achieved such heights.