Golden youth have fun with girls. Why Russia's golden youth do not live by the rules
For the last two years, we have been regularly telling you about the “young and golden” in our “New Generation” section. We know everything about them - who they date, who they study for, and where they hang out. More about the latter.
"Stork"
"Stork"; Milana Peach
In one of the most beautiful restaurants of the Patriarchs (especially in summer), the golden youth have been having breakfast, lunch and dinner for several years now. But most often you can meet Milana Peach here, who, according to rumors, is connected with this place by “blood ties.”
Address: Malaya Bronnaya, 8/1
Cutfish
Cutfish; Lisa Aminova, Sasha Maniovich, Anka Akhalaya
Sushi bistro “Catfish” on Bolshoi Kozikhinsky opened recently - in 2016. The average bill here is 1500–2500 rubles, so the name “bistro” is very arbitrary. More often than others you can meet here (20) and her best friend Anka Akhalaya (19). Well (19), when she flies in from Paris and meets the girls.
Address: Bolshoi Kozikhinsky, 17
"Milk"
Semyon Treskunov, Liya Nasyrova, Alexandra Tolstaya; "Milk"
Everyone loves “Moloko”, if only because this cafe is open around the clock (and it is the closest restaurant to the Conde Nast publishing house building, so all its employees periodically have breakfast and lunch here). We appreciate “Moloko” because it is quiet enough for interviews with the heroes of our “New Generation”. There we spoke with (17), and with (18), and with (21). And Leah, by the way, periodically prepares for exams here.
Address: Bolshaya Dmitrovka, 7/5, p. 5
Secret Room
Secret Room; Sarina Turetskaya and Tornike Tsertsvadze, Nastya Reshetova
Another place that opened quite recently is the Secret Room on Trekhgorka. The club is secret, it’s difficult to get into it, but you can through the Druzhba cafe. He has no website, no Instagram, but among his regular guests are not only (22) half of Black Star, but also our favorite married couple - (21) and Tornike Tsertsvadze (22) with their international friends.
Address: Novoslobodskaya, 4
William's
Diana Manasir, Stesha Malikova, Alesya Kafelnikova; William's
Everyone loves Williams too. Here there are (18), and (18), and (19). Especially in the summer, when the veranda offers a beautiful view of “Patriki”.
Address: Malaya Bronnaya, 20A
Gipsy
Gipsy; Denny Baysarov, Philip Gazmanov, Yuri Kiselev and Sergey Sarkisov with Yegor Creed
Guys who don't care about social gatherings usually go here. They already know that they are the best as long as there is a photo with Yegor Creed (23) on Instagram. And even if they say that “Gypsy” is in bad taste, Denis Baysarov (19), Philip Gazmanov (20) and (20) will still love this place until the end of their days.
Address: Bolotnaya embankment, 3/4, village. 2
"Coffeemania" on Bolshaya Nikitskaya
Tamara Dzutseva, Sarina Turetskaya, Tanya Bigvava; "Coffeemania"
“Grand Coffee Mania” will never cease to be popular. Some people come here after a stormy night at the bar to have a delicious breakfast, while others simply meet in the evening and sit in a “booth” (although it’s hard to call a table enclosed by bars a booth) to discuss everything and everyone, for example Tamara Dzutseva (20), Tanya Bigvava and Sarina Turetskaya.
Address: Bolshaya Nikitskaya, 13/6, p. 1
The 21 Foodmarket
Once upon a time Pavle Tabakov And Stefania Malikova they spoke exclusively as about the children of famous artists. However, today each of them can already compete with their star parents in popularity. The personal microblogs of representatives of the golden youth on Instagram have several hundred thousand subscribers, and job offers are pouring in to the star kids like from a cornucopia. And if some of them are like Lisa Peskova, have already definitely decided on their future profession, then others, such as Alexandra Zhulina, try to succeed in sports, on television, and on stage. What else do the sons and daughters of Russian celebrities do - in our review.
Sonya Kiperman and Vera Brezhneva
Sonya Kiperman
Sonya Kiperman with her mother Vera Brezhneva and younger sister Sarah
However, soon the daughter of an outstanding tennis player returned to her homeland. Unexpectedly for everyone, Alesya’s name began to appear frequently in scandalous articles in the Russian media. From a dandelion girl, Kafelnikova turned into a spoiled person who constantly shocked Internet users with her harsh statements. For a long time, fans of the model could not understand what was causing such a drastic change in the girl’s behavior. A few days ago, the father of the scandalous Internet star answered all the questions exhaustively. “I can’t hold it in anymore!!! Help! I am a failed father!!! This is the most disgusting thing for any parent - to be aware of this fact. But I don't deserve it. I'm in "hell"! Further life begins to lose meaning... Drugs,” Kafelnikov frankly admitted in his microblog on Instagram.
True, Alesya herself immediately refuted her father’s statement. “Everything is fine with me, dad didn’t write about me,” Kafelnikova told reporters. By the way, after the drug scandal, Alesya received an offer to act in a movie. The film “Hype” will be the acting debut of an 18-year-old girl.
Alesya Kafelnikova
Yevgeny Kafelnikov with his ex-wife Maria Tishkova and their daughter Alesya, 2014
Alesya Kafelnikova
Elizaveta Peskova, 19 years old
Occupation: student, public figure.
Unlike many star children, Elizaveta Peskova decided in early childhood what she planned to do in the future. Apparently, the girl’s decision was significantly influenced by the activities of her father, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation. Dmitry Peskov. Lisa's dream is to become a public figure. Peskova grew up in France, where she lived with her mother and brothers. By the age of 17, the official’s daughter had changed several educational institutions, including a boarding school in Normandy, an elite school in Paris, and the Institute of Asian and African Countries in Moscow. Thanks to constant travel and study at prestigious universities, Lisa is fluent in three languages: Russian, English and French. In addition, the girl knows Turkish, Chinese and Arabic very well.
On July 2, it became known that 19-year-old Peskova got a job for the first time. On her page on a social network, the daughter of the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation announced that she had become part of the team of “a public platform for the development and support of patriotic education and youth entrepreneurship in Russia.” Simply put, Elizaveta will help young ambitious startupers develop their business. By the way, in June of this year the girl was also offered a seat in the State Duma. True, Lisa is still too young to be a deputy, but she may well become a member of the youth blog council. At the moment, the State Duma is considering the creation of a separate body in which popular bloggers would sit; they would help deputies better understand the desires of modern youth. However, it is not yet known for sure whether this committee will be created. Apparently, Peskova thought that “a bird in the hand is better than a pie in the sky,” and refused the offer to sit in the main chamber of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.
Elizaveta Peskova
Elizaveta Peskova at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival
Elizaveta and Dmitry Peskov
Pavel Tabakov, 21 years old
Occupation: actor.
The first, but not the only guy in this review is the son of Oleg Tabakov and Marina Zudina, Pavel Tabakov. Pasha first appeared on the big stage at the age of 12. Naturally, the boy began his career not with run-down theaters on the outskirts of Moscow, but with the Moscow Art Theater. Chekhov, whose artistic director is his famous father. In 2012, the guy already played together with Oleg Tabakov in the play “The Year When I Was Not Born.” Unexpectedly for his parents, after the ninth grade, Pasha seriously thought about leaving acting and enrolling in a business college. But in the end, his love for the stage prevailed, and at the age of 16 the guy became a student at Oleg Tabakov’s Moscow Theater College.
As the mother of the young actor Marina Zudina admits, neither she nor her husband Oleg Tabakov ever insisted that Pavel become an artist. “I understand perfectly well that a child should have freedom of choice. If you want to try yourself in the acting profession, let him try. None of us pushed him to do this. Besides, if he studies at a theater college, this does not mean that he will become an artist,” Zudina admitted in an interview. Since Pavel entered his father’s theater college, he took the exams directly to Oleg Tabakov in front of everyone. “Having a dad like me is a serious test for a boy. I was strict. But I must admit that all his grades are on merit,” the People’s Artist of Russia said about his son’s admission to the school. Now, in addition to working in the theater, Tabakov Jr. is also actively acting in films. The actor already has more than ten films in his collection, the brightest of which are “The Duelist”, “Orleans” and “Happiness is...”. To be fair, it should be admitted that Pavel is truly talented. And also handsome.
Pavel Tabakov
Pavel Tabakov
Pavel and Oleg Tabakov
Nikita Presnyakov, 26 years old
Occupation: musician.
We can safely say that of all the children of our stars today Nikita Presnyakov is the happiest. And all because on July 27, the son of Kristina Orbakaite formalized his relationship with his beloved Alena Krasnova. The wedding of Alla Pugacheva’s eldest grandson turned out to be truly luxurious: the venue was decorated only with fresh flowers, the birthday cake cost 2,000,000 rubles, and the main Russian pop stars were among those invited to the event. By the way, during the celebration the groom himself appeared on stage and, like the invited artists, performed several songs. Nikita's performance made a great impression on those gathered. This is not surprising, because Presnyakov Jr. is considered one of the most talented Russian young musicians.
Despite the fact that Nikita is a director by profession (he graduated from the New York Film Academy in 2009), the guy considers music his calling. The son of Vladimir Presnyakov began composing his first songs in early childhood, and in 2014 he created the group MULTIVERSE. The musical group mainly performs songs in English, but there are also compositions in Russian. One of the main goals of an ardent fan of heavy music, Presnyakov Jr., is to make rock popular in our country. By the way, with his group Nikita took part in the television project “Main Stage”, season 2, in which he reached the finals of the competition. Also in May of this year, Orbakaite’s son, as part of MULTIVERSE, performed as an opening act for the legendary group Aerosmith during their concert in Moscow.
However, the guy’s acting talent cannot be diminished. Nikita took part in the first season of the project “Exactly” and became the winner of the show. Together with Irina Dubtsova, they scored 345 points and shared first place. So no one would dare say to Nikita that nature rests on the children of geniuses.
Nikita Presnyakov with his wife Alena Krasnova
Nikita Presnyakov
Nikita Presnyakov and Kristina Orbakaite
According to Forbes magazine, for each child of an oligarch included in the list of the 50 richest people in Russia, there is about $1 billion. But there are those among them who consider this amount not too impressive. We present the top 10 richest Russian heirs.
1. Yusuf Alekperov - $8.9 billion
Yusuf Alekperov with his wife Alisa
The only child of the co-owner of the Lukoil empire, Vagit Alekperov, was born in 1990 and has long since passed childhood. However, for many years now he has not left first place in the ranking of the richest heirs of our country. And this is not surprising - his father bequeathed a controlling stake in Lukoil to Yusuf on the condition that he would not sell it or share it with other participants. Alekperov Jr. is married to blonde Alice and, despite his father’s status, worked for several years as an oil engineer in the Siberian branch of Lukoil.
2. Tara Melnichenko - $8.2 billion
This year, the daughter of the owner of the EuroChem and SUEK concerns Andrey Melnichenko will turn 5 years old. The girl does not go to school yet, but together with her father and mother - Serbian model and singer Sandra Nikolic - travels around the world: Melnichenko has her own houses in Russia, the USA, Great Britain, France, Switzerland and Monaco. The couple almost never post photos of their daughter on the Internet and do their best to protect the child from the attention of journalists.
3. Victoria Mikhelson - $7 billion
Victoria Mikhelson
Third place in the ranking of the richest Russian heirs was taken by the children of the founder of Novatek and Sibur, Leonid Mikhelson. Actually, he has two children, but his son was born in 2015, and almost nothing is known about the boy. Mikhelson's daughter Victoria (1992) studied in New York and decided to pursue art. The father supported his daughter’s aspirations and in 2009 opened the “Victoria - the art of being modern” foundation for her in Russia. The organization helps organize exhibitions of talented Russian artists abroad. Victoria is not interested in her father's business. Victoria does not give interviews to glossy magazines and does not advertise her personal life. It is only known that she is not married and has no children.
4. Alexis Kuzmichev - $6.7 billion
Svetlana Uspenskaya and Alexey Kuzmichev
It is impossible to find on the Internet a photo of the son of Alexei Kuzmichev, the founder and main shareholder of Alfa Group, as well as the owner of a stake in VimpelCom, Alfa Bank and X5. But you can look at his parents. Alexey married for the first time after 40 years to Svetlana Uspenskaya. Now he is involved in his own charity project - Project Perpetua. Alexis was born when his father was 47 years old, in 2009. Now the boy lives in Paris, where he studies at a specialized school.
5. Polina Galitskaya - $5.7 billion
Polina Galitskaya
The only daughter of the owner of the Magnit store chain, Sergei Galitsky, was born in 1995. The businessman’s family lives in Krasnodar, where Polina receives her education; she is a student at the Faculty of Economics at Kuban University. Galitsky himself used to often say that he would not want his daughter to go into business, but it was he who dissuaded Polina from enrolling in the Faculty of Foreign Languages. The girl’s classmates claim that she is very pleasant to talk to and never boasts of her family’s wealth.
6. Alexander and Irina Vekselberg - $5.25 billion
Vekselberg family
The owner of Renova Group of Companies has two children. It is known about Irina that she lives in Moscow with her husband, entrepreneur Salavat Rezbaev, the founder of New Age Capital Partners (renamed Trilogy Capital Group in February 2017). The company specializes in Russian-Chinese transactions, Rezbaev is the chairman of the board of directors, and Irina is his advisor. Alexander was at one time a participant in several scandals. For example, he said that his father spent $100 million on Faberge eggs, but he did not want to allocate three thousand to buy a racing car. He now lives in the USA and works in a structure owned by his father.
7. Jangahir Makhmudov - $4 billion
Jangahir Makhmudov
The only son of the owner of the main stake in the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company, Iskander Makhmudov, spent his childhood and youth in London, where he graduated from the School of Economics and International Business. Returning to Russia, he was appointed to the post of adviser to the general director of Aeroexpress, then decided to work in America. Jangahir worked there for exactly two years and returned to Russia again, to Yekaterinburg, where he worked on the board of directors of the mining production of UMMC-Holding. After working for a year, he decided to move to Chelyabinsk, where he took the position of deputy director of the Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant, where he currently works.
8. Ekaterina and Anna Rybolovlev - $3.85 billion each
Ekaterina Rybolovleva
The eldest daughter of Dmitry Rybolovlev, former owner of Uralkali, Ekaterina is known for her eccentricity: when she studied in America, her father bought the most expensive apartment for her. Katya, in turn, threw exclusive handmade furniture worth more than $50 million into the trash. Recently, Ekaterina married a Uruguayan businessman. The wedding took place on a grand scale on the island of Skorpios, which was given to her by her father. The youngest daughter Anna lives with her mother in Geneva.
9. Ksenia, Ivan and Natalya Timchenko - $3.8 billion each
Ksenia Frank-Timchenko
The children of Volga Group owner Gennady Timchenko studied abroad. The eldest Natalya studied English literature at Oxford. She recently returned to Russia, where she began working in the film industry. Gennady’s second daughter, Ksenia (Frank), graduated from the University of Edinburgh. There she studied French and philosophy. Now Ksenia works in the government of the Transoil company. Ksenia was awarded the state Order of Friendship for establishing contacts with Finland. The youngest child of Gennady Timchenko, Ivan, is now studying international relations at the University of Geneva. Of the three children, only Ksenia is a public person and enjoys communicating with journalists.
10. Laura, Katya, Alexander and Nika Friedman - $3.3 billion each
Mikhail Fridman (Alfa Group) has four children. Laura, Mikhail’s eldest daughter, graduated from Yale University a year ago, where she studied economics and also danced in the school’s ballet troupe. Ekaterina Fridman also decided to enroll at Yale, where she is now studying history and plans to connect her future with it. Mikhail Fridman's only son, Alexander Fridman, studies at the prestigious Kent School, which is located in the USA. Nika’s youngest daughter still lives in Moscow with her mother and goes to school. True, in May 2016, Mikhail Fridman announced that he intended to bequeath his entire fortune to charity. So the 10th position in our ranking may change.
Representatives of famous families, Anton Nemtsov, Ilya Kusnirovich, George Kiselev and Anastasia Perkhun, talk about their ambitious plans for the future and how they plan to change the world for the better.
Anastasia Perkhun
16 years old, student of Moscow gymnasium No. 1409, daughter of CSK goalkeeper Sergei Perkhun
Most of all in my life I am proud of my father (Sergei died after being injured during a match in 2001 - MS). And I cherish the memory of him very reverently in my heart.
I am fascinated by medicine; I am proud that last academic year I won the Moscow Olympiad in Biology. I read the works of the American biologist James Watson, who discovered the structure of DNA, for which he received the Nobel Prize in 1962. I managed to see him once - at the Vocation award ceremony.
I definitely plan to connect my future with biology and medicine. Recently, telemedicine has become increasingly relevant, and cellular technologies and operations using robotics are also rapidly developing. So in the foreseeable future we should expect a sharp increase in high-tech operations that will be performed only under human control, including remotely.
Ilya Kusnirovich
24 years old, organizer of the Bosco Fresh Fest music festival, son of the head of Bosco di Ciliegi Mikhail Kusnirovich
Now I am actively developing my full-service agency Esthetic Joys - the range of activities is wide, from creating a musical identity for a space to organizing turnkey events. Honestly, there’s a lot of work - I’m also working with my friends at the “Fantasers” cafe at VDNKh, which we opened last year. It gives me great pleasure to work with professionals - there are quite a lot of them in Moscow in various fields. The teams Sila Sveta, Stereotactic, Unity, Department and so on command great respect.
I plan to continue my musical activities with the Esthetix group - I am inspired by the example of senior colleagues like On-The-Go and the achievements of our electronic artists abroad. I really want to create, transform and change the world for the better - around and inside us.
George Kiselev
16 years old, it-boy, photographer, son of Alexey Kiselev (Kisa), creative director of the Nebo film company and co-owner of the Patara restaurant, grandson of journalist and TV presenter Evgeny Kiselev, student at the University of Cambridge
I follow my father and grandfather in everything. I try to learn as much as possible, try myself in different roles. I take photographs and shoot videos – for now as an amateur, but with a clear minimalist concept. I would like to further develop in this area. I also interned at glossy magazines and helped my father at Nebe.
I am interested in the media field - I think I could do a good job of producing and covering cultural events. My dream is to work with Carine Roitfeld on CR Fashion Book as a photographer or producer. Karin is friends with my father, I have known her since childhood and have endless admiration for her talent and fresh perspective on fashion and art.
Alina Tsyganova
20 years old, graduate of Central Saint Martins (University of the Arts London), designer of her own clothing brand Subterranei, daughter of the owner of the Li-Lu showroom Oksana Bondarenko
I am proud of my parents and try to emulate them in many ways - I would really like to learn how to be as sociable and businesslike as my mother. My main fashion rule is not to blindly follow trends and hype, but to rely on the characteristics of your figure and personality. And also less is more. You won’t find “Louboutins and awesome pants” in my wardrobe. I believe that Damien Hirst will someday go bankrupt, and that in order to achieve success, you need not think about competitors, but rely on your own vision of development. I am inspired by any limitations (LIMITS), and my motto is WHY DON’T YOU DON’T? I consider my main achievement at the moment to be the tangible interest in my brand and the start of sales at TSUM.
Agata Likina
23 years old, graduate of Central Saint Martins (University of the Arts London), co-founder of the mobile art platform J-box, daughter of the art director of Channel One Dmitry Likin and Elena Volzinger (director of Hillel in Russia)
A year ago, together with the architect Zhanna Dika, we conceived an unusual art platform. Essentially, this is a moving multimedia room-gallery - a transformable cube 3 x 3 x 3 meters - which we, as curators, provide to young artists and thereby give them the opportunity to convey their statements to the public. So that the artist can be heard (and seen) by as many people as possible, we plan to install our cube on the most “transit” sites and public spaces. Museum courtyards, “Flakon”, Crimean embankment and others. We do not want to lure people to museums, but, using various media opportunities, to bring art closer - the art that appeals to the values of humanism.
Alexander Smolyar
16 years old, racing driver, pilot of the SMP Racing program (founder and project manager - Boris Rotenberg), son of businessman Alexander Smolyar
All passionate athletes have two states: you are “in training/competition” and you are “at home/on vacation”. In the first case for me it’s “cool, today there’s racing again!”, and in the second case it’s “how many more days before departure?” I really love motorsport. My main achievement at the moment is pole position at the World Karting Championship, this has never happened in the history of Russian motorsport. Since childhood, my dad taught me: no matter how bad things are, you shouldn’t give up. When something doesn’t work out for me, I get angry, so I work on absolute self-control. Otherwise, you won’t become a world champion in Formula 1. Ambitious? Maybe. But this is my real goal that I am moving towards.
Arseny Shulgin
18 years old, pianist, graduate of the Central Music School, laureate of international competitions, son of singer Valeria
I've been in music since I was four years old. I love and perform the classics: Liszt, Rachmaninov, Scriabin. I can stay awake for days to learn a piece. For example, at the anniversary of master Nikita Mikhalkov a couple of years ago, I was supposed to perform part of a concerto for piano and orchestra by Eduard Artemyev - a very complex and new work for me. The third part of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Concerto in A major accompanied by the RNO Orchestra under the direction of Mikhail Pletnev at my mother's anniversary concert in the Kremlin, two solo recitals on the stage of the House of Music and the Moscow Hall of the Conservatory, as well as a performance at the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Symphony Orchestra were a success for me, believe me , much easier.
And here... I hardly slept for three days, got up at six in the morning, had breakfast, did pull-ups on the horizontal bar and sat down at the piano until late in the evening. I learned the topic by heart in 53 hours. I determined the height and took it. This is my drive, my rock and my rock-n-roll.
Alexandra Maniovich
19 years old, student at Parsons School of Design in Paris, daughter of Svetlana Zakharova, owner of Metropol Fashion Group
I was lucky, I never wanted to be like anyone. Apparently, from childhood I understood how important it is to be yourself: the first rule that I learned was not to make an idol for yourself. The same principle works great in fashion, which is so fickle. I am a sophomore at Parsons Institute majoring in fashion design. At the same time, I like to style and produce shoots. I also do personal shopping – helping people find their style. At my age it is difficult to talk about resounding success: there is still a lot I want to try. But times change, we'll see where I end up.
Anton Nemtsov
22 years old, bachelor's degree from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, son of politician Boris Nemtsov and Ekaterina Odintsova, founder of the creative PR agency PR Trend
Since my father was a physicist, I decided to follow his example and also graduate from a physics university. I chose MIPT because it is the best. My dad supported me - technical education is great for developing the brain, and this makes it possible to work in any direction. In a year I plan to enroll in a master's degree program in finance at Columbia University. I hope to become a successful investment banker - I want to manage other people's money. By the way, I think that in the near future everyone will switch to non-cash money. Firstly, it’s safer: the likelihood of fraud, the possibility of stealing or counterfeiting online currencies, bank accounts and cards without leaving “traces” on the Internet is reduced to a minimum. Secondly, it’s really more convenient. The best advice my father gave me was “always think for yourself and only listen to advice secondarily.” I actively practice this principle even on the chessboard - I want to learn to play at the level of a grandmaster.