Anton Sikharulidze divorced the daughter of a billionaire. Anton Sikharulidze: personal life

The marriage of the Olympic champion with the girlfriend of the Gorbachevs and the Abramovichs lasted only two years

The news about the wedding of the Olympic champion Anton SIKHARULIDZE and the daughter of the billionaire oil industrialist Yana LEBEDEVA at one time excited the entire Russian secular “top”. Many predicted that the spoiled daughter of the oligarch Leonid LEBEDEV, who unexpectedly fell in love with an athlete without a long string of zeros in her bank account, would quickly "play enough" in family life. And so it happened: as it became known the day before, the couple divorced.

To say that this divorce was a shock for all of us is to say nothing! They loved each other so much that it is very difficult to believe that Anton and Yana made such a difficult decision. Fortunately, they dispersed in a civilized manner, without scandals. And they are great fellows, that even after the break they maintained warm, friendly relations, - relatives of the ex-spouses told Komsomolskaya Pravda.
According to sources, 36-year-old Sikharulidze and 26-year-old Lebedeva made the decision to divorce jointly.
The wedding of an athlete and a socialite, the editor-in-chief of the Trendspace Internet portal at one time was held on an unprecedented scale: the young people got married in Barcelona. Yana Lebedev and Anton Sikharulidze were introduced by Comedy Club star Tash Sargsyan. Despite the fact that he himself also had views of a profitable party in the person of the oligarch's daughter. Without knowing it, Tash planted a "pig" on himself. Yana immediately fell in love with Anton! The couple quietly and without celebration signed in one of the Moscow registry offices, and then celebrated a magnificent wedding in Spain. The bridesmaid was Dasha Zhukova, Roman Abramovich's life partner. From the side of the groom, the legendary coach, Tatyana Moskvina, arrived at the wedding. Especially for the celebration, the estate of a chic Spanish castle was rented. And then - everything is like true representatives of the oligarchy: wedding rings from Cartier, a bride's dress from Vera Wang worth 70 thousand euros, live music from a specially invited Rosin Murphy.

Recall that 24-year-old Yana is the daughter of a shareholder of the Sintez group of oil and electricity companies, member of the Federation Council Leonid Lebedev. In addition, Lebedev, together with director Valery Todorovsky, created the Red Arrow company, which released, among others, the film Stilyagi. In the Forbes magazine's rich list, he is in 53rd place with $ 2.2 billion. Among other things, Yana is a well-known socialite, girlfriend of Dasha Zhukova, Abramovich's common-law wife, and Nastya Virganskaya, Gorbachev's granddaughter. According to Yana's friends, the wedding with Sikharulidze at one time surprised them very much: many predicted that the marriage would not last long. The lovers met for only six months, and everyone was sure that Anton was not the best candidate for the role of the husband of such a “golden” girl. Before him, she met with the "main" suitors of Moscow: Roman Rotenberg - the son of billionaire Boris Rotenberg and Alexei Garber - the son of oligarch Mark Garber, a former member of the board of directors of Rosneft-Sakhalinmorneftegaz. But, most importantly, the girl assured everyone that she would not get married until the age of 30. Many call Yana a "life-burner" (details).

Anton Sikharulidze also searched for his love for a long time. Only in the archive of our editorial office there are a huge number of photographs of Sikharulidze with an unimaginable number of girls. At the age of 19, he took patronage over 18-year-old Elena Berezhnaya, whose previous partner Oleg Shlyakhov hit his head with a skate. Then the loving guy twisted short novels with models, ballerinas, students ... However, the age limit was always the same - no older than 23 years. In his native St. Petersburg, Anton had an affair with fellow countrywoman Zarifa Mgoyan, the now famous singer Zara. But he seriously thought about marrying only in 2008 to a beautiful student of the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University Nadezhda Obolontseva. The wedding date was set - the lovers guessed that they would get married immediately after graduating as a girl from the institute. Guests were invited and Philip Kirkorov as an entertainment. But the couple quarreled completely: Nadia was jealous of the groom. What caused the divorce of Sikharulidze and Lebedeva is unknown: the ex-wife prefer to keep the details of the separation a secret.

One of the most beautiful couples - Olympic champion in figure skating, and now State Duma deputy Anton Sikharulidze and editor-in-chief of the TrendSpace.ru portal Yana Lebedeva announced their engagement. The wedding will take place in October, but for now, the lovers have talked to OK! about feelings, fame and fortune, as well as about what harmoniously formed their relationship

On the summer veranda of the cafe where we meet, despite the hot afternoon, almost all the tables are occupied. Behind one of them, Anton and Yana, almost unrecognizable: he is wearing dark glasses, a funny gray T-shirt with a yellow duck and plaid shorts, she is in a light silk blouse, jeans, completely without makeup, with her hair pulled up. At first glance, they are very different: tall, broad-shouldered Anton and delicate miniature Yana, but as soon as they begin to communicate, exchange touching “baby”, “ma-a-a-s”, you immediately understand that the general type is a secondary matter. Much more important is internal similarity and harmony. And Anton and Yana seem to have reached it.

First of all, let me congratulate you on your upcoming wedding. How did you decide to take such a step? Was it a deliberate decision or did it all happen spontaneously?

Anton: Of course, we have talked about the future many times. And now we have come close to the preparatory stage, we are enthusiastically planning our wedding, we want to make a bright, memorable - in a word, ideal - holiday for ourselves, our family and friends.

Yana: At first, we wanted to have a modest dinner with a small number of guests, but as a result, the list has grown, and now it's such a big story. (Laughs.) We decided where we will celebrate - far from Moscow. And of course, they sew a dress for me - Igor Chapurin, my dear friend, is already hard at work.

Anton, how did you propose?

Yana: This, by the way, was a surprise to me.

Anton: I proposed to Yana on the eve of her birthday. Of course, I wanted to give her a ring directly on her birthday ...

Yana: And steal my holiday!

Anton: But then we would have been celebrating two major events on the same day all our lives. And so I decided not to encroach on Yanin's personal holiday. I thought for a long time how to make an offer: on the one hand, just giving a ring and saying good words seemed banal to me, on the other hand, Yana had a premonition of what would happen, and therefore any deviation from the usual course of things would arouse suspicion. (Smiling.) Well, roughly speaking, I come on Friday evening and say: put on a dress, do your hair and let's go to Sparrow Hills! Why all of a sudden, why? I wanted to create an atmosphere of mystery. And so I found a bunch of boxes of different sizes: from the largest to the smallest. I inserted them one into the other, put a postcard into each one, where I described the feelings that I have for my loved one, tied the boxes with bows ... In general, it all took me half a day. In the smallest box, of course, there was a ring and a postcard with the inscription: “Stop. Don `t open. Call this number." I expected that Yana would dial this number, come out to me and, looking into my beloved's eyes, I would ask her to become my wife. I instructed the driver to bring Yana a box...

Yana: I tortured the driver for a long time, who sent it. You see, when on the eve of your birthday they send you a huge, literally human-sized box, you immediately think that this is a vase or some other regular gift. But the driver did not give up. Then, when I had already reached the small box, it turned out that my phone was dead, and I could not call the number that was written on the postcard! In general, a slight panic arose, but it was all very nice nonetheless.

Anton: Then she came out to me and here I already said everything I think about it. (Smiling.) And put a ring on her finger.

How long have you been together?

Anton: You know, we've already lost count. Somehow we tried to establish a day from which to start the countdown, but we did not determine it. And now we answer like this: seven or eight months.

Under what circumstances did you meet?

Anton: Among friends, by chance, as is often the case.

Remember your first impression? What did you think about when you first saw Yana?

Anton: I remember every detail, even what she was wearing, what she said...

Yana: I got a tattoo that day and came with my arm wrapped around - probably that's why I remember it. (Laughs.) (Yana has Yanski tattooed on her left wrist - that's what her American friends call her. - Approx. OK!.)

Anton: I remember all my feelings, but that day we did not even exchange phone numbers. During our next meeting, of course, I was not at a loss and asked for her number.

Yana: In fact, that meeting might not have happened. I missed my plane to New York and stayed in Moscow for a day. Went to have dinner with friends and met Anton again.

Did you immediately realize that it would be something more than just an acquaintance?

Yana: I practically did not have time to analyze the circumstances - everything happened very quickly. But there is a sixth sense, and now it suggested that everything that happens is not just like that.

Did you know something about Anton, his career as a figure skater before they met?

Yana: To be honest, nothing at all. (Laughs.) I swear! But we met, and I began to recognize him, and then Anton opened up to me from a new side. Over time, I just realized that this is my man, I fell in love and now I love him madly. (Anton breaks into a smile, like the Cheshire Cat, and kisses Yana on the cheek.) I never drew a prince on a white horse, but Anton is my ideal in every way. Starting with how he cares about me, and ending with how he looks at life, how he thinks. And this is probably my greatest pride - that a man like him fell in love with me.

And how does Anton look at life and how does he think?

Yana: He does not try to change me, remake me, does not seek to suppress my, perhaps too emancipated, self. On the contrary, he gives advice on work. I don't feel disadvantaged.

Anton: I recently read the following expression from my beloved Kant: "Education is the improvement of nature." So, nature itself is perfect in Yang, so it makes no sense to improve it. It’s easier for me to look at my wife, enjoy her, and not come up with schemes for how to remake her.

Yana: And further. It seems to me that when you fall in love, a lot of things change in your head. You begin to enjoy what you do well for another person. We are now furnishing the house, and what has always worried me the least now is of great interest. I am pleased to create coziness in our house with Anton, to make our life more comfortable and beautiful. Consciousness is changing. You suddenly realize that you are no longer alone.

Do you share each other's interests? Yana, do you, say, skate?

Anton: I don't skate anymore!

Yana: (Laughs.) I haven't actually skated since I was a child.

What about fashion? For Yana, this is a profession, but for you, Anton?

Anton: First of all, I am glad that Yana has an interest in life, which is so strong that it has grown into a profession. I am pleased that Yana is developing, doing what she loves.

But do you choose your own wardrobe?

Anton: We went shopping together several times. They chose things for me. For example, we chose these...

Yana: Shorts. (Laughs.)

Anton: I meant to say sneakers! Of course, I listen to Yana's advice, especially since she has good taste. But sometimes you have to make compromises. (Smiling.)

Are compromises necessary when it comes to lifestyle? Athletes usually live in spartan conditions, journalists lead a bohemian lifestyle ... Or is it not at all like that?

Yana: No, don't stereotype. We are young people, we live actively, we spend a lot of time at home, with our parents, but we also like to go out with friends and travel.

Anton: And when we part, we send tasty text messages to each other. (Smiling.)

Yana: Yes, and photos!

By the way, how did your parents react to your decision to get married?

Yana: My parents treat Anton very well, they even love him.

Anton: And my parents watched with bated breath as our relationship developed. When I told them that I was going to propose to Yana, they were wildly worried about whether this would happen in the end or not, whether I or Yana would change their minds ... They were patient with what was happening around us.

Yana: To what was written in the press.

Anton: Yes, and it is actually a great happiness that parents on both sides treat us so reverently. Protect our world.

They wrote really different things, in particular, that you are a good match for Anton (Yana's father is a senator, a big businessman - approx. OK!) and this marriage could be beneficial to both parties. How do you feel about such comments?

Yana: Everything must be treated philosophically, especially considering the specifics of my profession, and Anton has been in full view all his life. No need to pay attention to the attacks of spiteful critics. What we want to say publicly, we say. And what other people think out for us, I personally do not care. I can’t say that I don’t react to such statements at all - it’s difficult. But I try not to take them seriously.

Anton: I expected there to be a lot of lies. After all, no one will say about you better than you really are, it's just not interesting to the general reader. I was ready for the negative in my address, so I kept calm and was more worried not for myself, but for my parents. Yana and I know what is happening between us, and they see our relationship from the outside, much is hidden from them. It was harder for them than for us. They were worried that these absurdities would not destroy the good that we have.

Yana: All this caused a storm of laughter in my father - nothing more. If I could worry about anyone, it was for my parents, but they did not think to be upset. That is, all this can not even be called a test. It's just that somewhere in the parallel world there are people spreading rumors about us, but all this does not concern us.

Yana, do you think it was more difficult or easier for you, as a representative of golden youth, to meet your man?

Yana: I don’t understand the phrase “golden youth” at all, to be honest. I have a circle of friends, we share common interests. But I can't call us idle. Of course, I am grateful to my parents for the conditions in which I grew up, for the education and upbringing that they gave me, but I cannot say that I let my parents down in some way or cheated somewhere.

Anton, does star status interfere or help in your personal life?

Anton: Everything we are talking about now: star status, yellow newspapers, golden youth - it does not matter if there are feelings. As soon as love appears, all of the above ceases to be important and only the desire to give happiness to a loved one remains.

Why even get married then? The very fact of the wedding why?

Anton: A year ago, I asked myself the same question. But now I can answer: everything is very simple. When you love a person, you don't ask yourself about it. But if such a question arises, there is reason to worry.

Yana: I absolutely agree. Any story requires development, a push - this is the law of life. And we need a certain starting point, after which something global will begin: a family, children. My friend wrote a big post on my website about why girls get married. And so she said that she just really wants to prove to her beloved that you are ready to live with him all your life. The very fact of the wedding does not affect relationships or in everyday life, but speaks of the purity of intentions. I believe in it.

Only at the age of 35, one of the most enviable grooms in Russia made an offer to one of the richest brides - the daughter of billionaire Leonid Lebedev.

Only at thirty-five, one of the most enviable grooms in Russia made an offer to one of the richest brides - the daughter of oil billionaire Leonid Lebedev, Yana.

Anton Sikharulidze and Yana Lebedeva. Photo: PhotoXPress.ru.

At the age of nineteen, Anton took Lena Berezhnaya under guardianship and went out, who received a severe head injury on the rink (during training, partner Oleg Shlyakhov hit her with a skate). Six years later, in 2002, the Sikharulidze-Berezhnaya pair won gold at the Salt Lake City Olympics. The test of life's difficulties was replaced by a test of glory. Then - by the authorities: in 2007, Anton headed the profile committee in the State Duma. And finally, money.

Anton, if you remember the beginning of the journey, did you have a “ruined childhood”?
Anton Sikharulidze:“Now, when I look at children who are doing something professionally, go to training several times a week, I feel sorry for them, I say to myself:“ Lord, how can they do this ?!“ And then I seemed like an ordinary life, I could not imagine another at all. Of course, I was not the guy who was tied to the piano or forcibly sent to the section, and at the same time he stamped his feet and shouted: “I won’t go there!” Although my friends and I spent five to seven hours on the ice, but at the same time they played both football and ping-pong while they waited for new trainings, read together, prepared lessons. All this was friendly, fun. I thought all peers were like that. Later I realized how lucky I was to immediately get into an interesting social circle, where everyone was striving for something.

In general, you have nothing to regret, you didn’t miss home, because you didn’t study figure skating in a boarding school, your parents are nearby ...
Anton:“Yes, my mother took me to training every day. I had to get there by tram, with transfers, it took a lot of time, and at a certain point, dad decided that it would be more correct if she left work and devoted herself completely to my schedule. Parents - shipbuilding engineers - received a salary of about a hundred rubles, like many then, and to lose half of the family budget at once is decent. Now I understand that they got out on my father's salary with great difficulty. My father flew to construction teams to earn money so that he could provide for us for a year later ... I will never forget my father’s shoes from the Salamander company - someone somewhere got him, he wore them for about twelve years. But I had everything I needed to develop and look good. I was always fed both meat and vegetables (although at one time it was difficult to even buy them in our stores), there were always new clothes and for growth, costumes for performances. I think that my parents and the coach also paid something extra ... All these worries were far from me, life seemed wonderful and amazing. Although I still think so.”

What about the older sister?
Anton:“Marina studied very well at school, went to some circles, but our life together developed with fights. Of course, I was that member of the family who should not wash the dishes: Anton came tired from training - and went to bed. And Marina, of course, was jealous and resented all the time. But I didn’t stand on ceremony with her: “Woman, go to the kitchen!”

I know that envy of the neighbor boy brought you to the skating rink ...
Anton:“I was returning from a walk with my mother and saw a neighbor, a little older, who had skates hanging over his shoulder. I immediately needed the same ones, although I didn’t really understand why: since he has it, let me have it too. He came to dad and said: we need skates! Well, and dad: if Anton needs something, then it will be so. We went to the store, and my father bought me two-track skates, fastened with leather straps to felt boots. And the next day we went together to the skating rink ... And so it began. By the way, dad always distributed my time very competently so that I didn’t do something incomprehensible: I watched a movie - that’s it, let’s either read, or for lessons. The only thing is, if I sometimes caught a cold and stayed “on sick leave”, then my mother did any concessions to me: I lay at home, got sick, watched TV endlessly, and she looked after me ... "

At some point, it was your father who kept you from quitting the ice?
Anton:“Yes, I have become older, I had to not only enjoy skating, but also get involved in work, do what doesn’t work. And we are all lazy in childhood! And I began to say: “Why is this necessary? I have bruises. Nothing works out for me and never will…” Dad sat down with me in the kitchen, explained, showed clippings from the newspaper “Soviet Sport”, where our great athletes said that they also failed a lot, but they overcame themselves. Of course, half was a lie, but at the same time the essence remained correct, and so my father set me up for a real fight. The brain switched, the very next day I went to practice quite calmly, not perceiving any of my failures as a sentence.

Was your mother on your side? Still, figure skating is a traumatic sport.
Anton:"It was so. Mom often said: why is all this necessary, it is so difficult, you are torturing the poor child ... But somehow they found a common language. By the way, about injuries: when you play sports since childhood, falls or bruises are no longer perceived so wildly. This is everyday life. On the contrary, it seems strange when you don’t have a bruise!”

You said that you look with regret at the life of children in sports. And what will you do when your own people appear and the time comes to think about their future?
Anton:“In any case, my children will be busy. After all, what can a child himself want at four years old? Well, play something, nothing more. He is not able to think strategically, forward for many years. Therefore, the main feature of a parent is to open up some opportunities in children, to direct them. And then watch what they like best: sports, science, art… And support.”

Would you like ice?
Anton:"Why not? I would not "clamp": hockey, or skating, or archery. You just need to see the child, feel his character, his thoughts - and on the basis of this, understand what you can offer him. Although, of course, everyone needs to do sports, it forms character, body, and well-being. And it's not a bluff. Sport makes it clear that everything you do is possible only through work, through failure. As the outstanding coach Tamara Moskvina says, Tamarochka (I am her first student, whom she allowed to call herself that): "Lucky for those who are lucky."

From kitten to man

Psychologists believe that every crisis situation provides us with opportunities for growth. When we are uncomfortable, we begin to think - what to change, what to do. What moments in your life can you say that they tested your strength?
Anton:“A person from the world of sports has such situations every day. Every single day you overcome, you try to do something better. Such thoughts, conversations with yourself begin early in the morning when you wake up, and continue even at night, until you go into a deep sleep. And sometimes in a dream all these topics pop up ... "

Nightmares: you are on the ice, but you forgot your skates!
Anton:“I have never had bad dreams. But in reality, it’s like in a nightmare: you see your mistakes, you start walking around them, digging, pulling out some extra parts from this life load ... And only then can you breathe a sigh of relief, move on, becoming a little more experienced. Only in this way do you begin to grow internally and become such a ... lump. This is the whole history of the athlete. But it's not just about improving and analyzing some technical elements. It is impossible to achieve results without having a healthy mentality that is right for sports.”

What is a "correct mentality"?
Anton:“This is a specific psyche. Here and calmness, and the ability to gather at the right time. And insolence: if not me, then who?! Fearlessness and cowardice together, because you can achieve a lot on both ... I had the first partner who, when she jumped, made such emissions, I just did not understand how to decide on this. I asked: "Well, how did you do it?" And she answered: “Because I was afraid, I was scared, I had to do everything as soon as possible and forget!”

That is, for you, the main moments of working on yourself were connected precisely with work, in the sense - on the ice?
Anton:“So after all, my whole life was work. And when you are sitting with champagne, having fun with friends in a circle of beautiful girls, well, what is there to work on yourself? Everything is clear there."

If we take people, for example, from the world of literature, there, in addition to the torments of creativity, there is also love suffering that turns everything in a person ...
Anton:“Suffering also exists in sports: when you lose, you don’t have any fun. You know, it's impossible to break yourself into two parts: here I am - an athlete, but here I am - just a person. Previously, he could often flare up, this happened both in everyday life and in sports. And I broke the ice, drove the heels of the skates into the sides ... "

Can you say that meeting Lena Berezhnaya brought you to some new level, inner?
Anton:“Yes, Lena is my great success. The fact that we met and skated together completely changed me. The trauma she received in one day turned me from a kitten with signs of a man into a man who must teach a person to speak, take care of him, must bear responsibility. It was a terrible event, but, on the other hand, fantastic: it changed my whole structure and general understanding of how I would develop further. Before that, I thought: well, now, everything is quietly, quietly. And then it suddenly happened that there is no quietly, no tomorrow, there is today - and that's it.

Wedding with dowry

Anton, after your thirtieth birthday, you once admitted: “Finally, everything fell into place in my head, I can get married in a month, I can tomorrow, at any moment, I’m ready for this.” And what happened in your head that “fell into place”?
Anton:“It's interesting... I think that any man goes through such a process of evolution: at first he is a monkey, who sometimes even walks on four legs, but over time, development makes itself felt, he becomes a man who has a core, which can be said that “this person will gladly take on the functions of the head of the family”, “you can lean on him”, “you can be behind him like behind a stone wall” ... Everyone feels when this moment comes. And I also felt: I no longer have the wind in my head, but very clearly formulated thoughts - how to create a family, how to relate to the family, who I am in this family, how to find a place in the world for the family ... "

Parents played their role: they say, thirty years old, is it time already?
Anton:“No, my parents had nothing to do with this. Moreover, from the age of fourteen, I spent very little time at home, which is why their influence was already quite small at that time. We have very warm feelings, I love them, adore them, as well as they me, but, of course, they did not have a direct impact. Just… ripe.”

Here is your friend Pavel Bure, who at about the same time as you decided on his own marital status ...
Anton:“… a little earlier…”

... said that it is difficult for a well-known, wealthy person to meet sincere love, and then I quote: "For the time being, this situation suited me, and I allowed myself to be used." Can you repeat the same or initially avoided such a relationship?
Anton:"It is very difficult! After all, you never know for what purpose someone communicates with you. And if we are talking about the relationship of the sexes, then it is very difficult! You may think one thing, but in fact - another. I can't personally say anything about this. I wouldn't talk like Paul did. Another thing is that I myself, perhaps, was not ready to see: yes, this is mine, my love. I myself had wind in my head. And it is quite possible that another person immediately feels such an attitude and begins to treat you the same way. Philosophical question".

That is, the attitude towards women has also evolved?
Anton:“Of course. I began to look at the girls I met, met, not superficially (just sat down, chatted, danced and scattered), but with the understanding that ultimately I need a family. At some point, the switch was switched.

What is the list of what you expect from a woman?
Anton:“I have never had such a list. A person cannot be divided into its constituent parts: what arm, leg, what character. Kind, good, beautiful, sweet, affectionate - it's too simple. I was expecting that when I met, I would just be able to feel some kind of bundle of happiness inside myself. ”

Outwardly, you and your wife are very suitable for each other. You said that you remember your first meeting to the smallest detail, how she was dressed ... It seems that a spark immediately ran through?
(Yana and Anton met in a company where Sikharulidze was brought by his friend, Comedy Club resident Tash Sargsyan. Yana's father Leonid Lebedev is a senator, oil tycoon and part-time producer of the film "Dandies" and others. - Approx. Aut.)
Anton:“Yes, in the very first hour and a half, I began to treat Yana with great interest, and, of course, the feeling that this was my bundle of happiness loomed somewhere. Naturally, I could not yet unequivocally say: “That’s right, I hit it!” - But it was already: here’s something mine. ”

When information about the wedding appeared, it was vigorously discussed on the Internet, they said: “A profitable party!” We tried to decide for whom it was more profitable - for you or for Yana. Your wife once said: “My greatest pride is that a man like Anton fell in love with me.” What were your thoughts on this matter? The girl has a huge fortune, and you have achieved everything with your work ...
Anton:"That's a very difficult question. There is always a lot of talk about this. Especially, I think, it is fashionable for us, in Russian society, to discuss who has what condition ... "

... why, and in America ...
Anton:“... but at the same time I will note the following: the state of any person has nothing to do with you. Just like everyone else on earth. This is the first. Second. I think that not a single kid is interested in saying: “They will give me money now, I will go buy a bottle of champagne and a fur coat for my wife.” I wonder when you earned this money, bought this bottle, this fur coat. This is what should warm you inside, and this is what warms me personally. Among other things, of course, it is wonderful that the girl lived in abundance all her life, her head “formed” in a different way. She already treats people around, potential suitors in a completely different way. She does not talk about the fact that she needs pantyhose, that she has no choice - she needs to find a breadwinner. No, she wants to love, she wants to live, to feel, and everything else is trifles! It makes me very happy.”

Haven't you now crossed out the sympathy for you of thousands of girls who are thinking how to make money on pantyhose?
Anton:“Well, I didn’t think about it… So, going back to the ‘huge fortune’ question, we are very relaxed about it. Moreover, I have a good example of a person who succeeds in business. And I always bow to those who achieve success in any industry, because no success comes just like that, it's a colossal job. So, you can always learn something from such people. That's the whole point - I love to learn! Now I want to create my own business, develop it. It's great that you can use someone's experience, because in business every mistake is money!”

You prepared a marriage proposal with imagination: you delivered a huge decorated box in which almost a hundred others were hidden, one smaller than the other, and in the last one you hid a white gold ring with a diamond. Is it accumulated romanticism or a tribute to a sophisticated bride?
Anton:“I just wanted Yana to be interested, not banal, so I came up with something, in my opinion, funny. Nothing complicated, but, in any case, we laughed, there was a moment of intrigue. I like surprises, I like to give gifts, and I do it with great pleasure.”

When the idea to arrange a wedding in Barcelona, ​​in a castle, was outlined, were you not afraid of the scale of the event?
Anton:“But we didn’t have a large scale, we noted everything in a very narrow circle and calmly approached everything. Yana herself did a lot of organizing together with her friends, it turned out to be a very warm and memorable event.”

You and Yana have an age difference of eleven years. Was there a "problem of generations"?
Anton:“Personally, I generally think that my wife and I have an ideal difference, so I don’t even understand the essence of the issue.”

Well, let's say Yana listens to one music, and you listen to another, do not intersect in any time layers ...
Anton:“And you don’t have to listen to the same music! What for? Yes, on the contrary, it’s great to discuss something new for yourself. I'm interested in what she likes. I don't understand stories when everything has to be the same in my head. Why then does she wear a skirt and you don't? The main thing is that we basically listen to music, read books. Common is our energy, our understanding of each other. Just imagine: the family sits and reads two identical books before going to bed. This is complete nonsense!

By the way, about books. I was surprised: in one of the interviews you said “my favorite Kant”, you even quoted something. How did Immanuel Kant become your favorite author?
Anton:“I was just fond of him, and then he was loved ...”

Have you read the Critique of Pure Reason?
Anton:“Now I forgot about him!”

So you studied philosophical literature?
Anton:“Yes, I really like her. Although time is not always enough. And probably, nevertheless, I was more interested not in deep scientific works, but in “desktop” philosophy, more simplified, acceptable to me: I read some interesting American, brochures of Chinese philosophers (something like Confucius), Indian Osho - how to live without fear, jealousy and anger ... At different periods of your life, different thoughts are attractive to you.

You said somewhere that your pastime with Yana now is scrabble, backgammon, cinema. This is true?
Anton:“Well, when we are, like, lazy and reluctant to do something else, this also happens. And in winter, for example, every day they skated on an open rink.

Did you put Yana on skates?
Anton:"Yes. We also go skiing, take care of the house, meet friends ... "

By the way, Yana's girlfriends - Dasha Zhukova, Abramovich's girlfriend, Nastya Virganskaya, Gorbachev's granddaughter ... How close was this circle to you?
Anton:“I communicate with everyone, but ... with no one. That is, when some company gathers, I can sit and talk about anything with Yana's friends with pleasure. But with great warmth I treat those people with whom I have known for many years, with them I feel more comfortable, more comfortable. Well, it's great that there are two different circles! And I also like it, you don’t have to constantly drag each other into your company. I'll sit here, you - there, great, see you at home.

So you let Yana go somewhere without you?
Anton:"What do you mean 'let go'? How can someone not let go?! I do not even think about it!"

Still Georgian blood...
Anton:“No, I haven’t had this for a long time, probably since my junior years. Again, this is good: she discusses something with her friends, I discuss something with mine, then we will share something, I don’t see any problems.

What happened during your junior days?
Anton:“Well, all sorts of hot stuff, jealousy turns on, and as you grow up, you realize that this is stupid.”

Who is in your circle of friends?
Anton:“People from sports - Pasha Bure, for example. From business, politics. All of them are proven, loved, reliable. Very few people from outside come into our field of vision and into our team, we do not expand our circle.”

By the way, how did you and Pavel meet and did your wives make friends? Alina Bure is also from a very wealthy family.
Anton:“No, we mostly communicate together, Yana and Alina saw each other, of course, but I can’t say that they are friends. And I have known Pasha since the Olympic Games in Nagano, since 1998.”

Knight at the Crossroads

You say that in life you have a craving for learning and development. A year ago, heading the Committee on Physical Culture and Sports in the State Duma, you said: “I feel that I am useful and effective here.” So what? Everything is over, tired, gaining strength?
Anton:“Well, you need to understand that for my lifestyle now and for the family that has appeared, the salary that is paid in the State Duma is no longer enough.”

Two million a year?
Anton:“I think less. In any case, it's not enough. When you dream of children and have to acquire housing in Moscow (I'm from St. Petersburg), the question arises of completely different expenses. So I have to think about where you can earn money. And now money is earned only in business. And at the moment I am just at a crossroads, deciding which direction to choose for myself. It would be interesting to start organizing professional tournaments or figure skating shows at a qualitatively different level - I don’t mean directing, but finding a budget, implementing some ideas. Sports management (although there is no way to earn a lot in the civil service) is also very interesting for me: I succeed, and most importantly, I feel the need for it. Sport in Russia is now really developing, and in order to push it further, active young people are needed who will slowly squeeze out the “pensioners”.

How is your restaurant business doing?
Anton:"The restaurant in St. Petersburg has been closed for a long time, I have already forgotten about it."

Has politics robbed you of any illusions?
Anton:“I had no illusions, because I understood very clearly that politics is a slaughter of interests, upholding one’s point of view, in principle, the same thing happens in sports. It didn't seem to me that everything was very simple or sweet. Moreover, I realized that politics should be done by people who love this business, understand and do not need funds. As soon as they come to politics to earn money, everything immediately stops. And I think this is one of the deepest reasons why we have so many problems in our country.”

cold house

One Spanish psychoanalyst, distinguishing between the words “fall in love” and “love,” said: “To fall in love means to love the resemblance of a partner to you (my man). But when you are ready to accept those features that distinguish him from you, this is true love. Have you already identified the differences that you accept in Yana unconditionally?
Anton:“You know, let the Spanish psychoanalyst bother himself with such questions, I don’t want to think about it. I know that I love my wife, I feel very comfortable, comfortable and reliable with her. Of course, a lot changes in your behavior when you already live with a family, and the notorious “make concessions” often really works. But what does it mean to "make concessions"? It's one thing if you understand that not only your interests should be taken into account in the family, and you find a balance. Let's say Yana and I have some funny everyday inconsistencies. Yana loves it when the room is cold, really cold. Of course, sometimes it's annoying: you come back from a walk, you want to warm up, especially in winter, when on the street the tooth does not hit the tooth, and at home it's seventeen degrees cold! And you think: “Damn, right now, finally, I’ll tear everyone!” But then you calm down and understand: well, really, this is not a fool, but such a heat exchange in a person! It's okay - put on a jacket, hat, felt boots, gloves, padded jacket and sit and watch TV at home. No problem! And if every time you treat this as a concession, then one day everything will just bother you and you will say: “Listen, how much can you give in? I’ll go with Marusya for a day, I’ll live for a month, there’s nothing to give up there. ”

Despite the fact that the skater is approaching his fortieth birthday, children of Anton Sikharulidze not yet included in his plans, although last year he had an unplanned son. Little George was born to the Olympic champion Victoria Shamanskaya. She is four years older than Anton, is engaged in business, lives in St. Petersburg. Victoria met Sikharulidze in Moscow, at one of the parties. A spark of sympathy ran between them, they spent a wonderful time together, as a result of which a child was born.

In the photo - Anton Sikharulidze with his ex-wife Yana Lebedeva

There was no serious romance between them, and therefore Anton is not going to marry his friend. In addition, after talking with Victoria, for whom George became the long-awaited first-born, he learned that she would have left the child anyway. Despite the fact that neither one nor the other is going to start a family yet, the first of the children of Anton Sikharulidze will not be left without attention and care on his part.

The skater introduced Victoria, who moved to Moscow after the birth of George, with his parents, often comes to visit her and her son. Anton met Victoria shortly after the divorce from Yana Lebedeva, which became a real shock for everyone. The family life of a thirty-six-year-old skater with a twenty-six-year-old daughter of a billionaire lasted only two years. Their marriage seemed perfect to everyone - both are beautiful and already successful people, they love each other. Yana, the daughter of the co-owner of the Sintez group, Leonid Lebedev, has been accustomed to living in luxury since childhood, but it was not her rich dowry that conquered the bride of the Olympic champion.

According to him, despite the eleven years of age difference, they understood each other perfectly. By that time, Anton had taken up government activities - he was the chairman of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports, he planned to do business so that his family, including the future children of Anton Sikharulidze, would not need anything. However, they lived with Yana for only two years, and the matter never came to the appearance of children.

The 39-year-old Olympic champion hid the birth of his second son from the public for a long time - only those closest to him knew about it. The mother of the child was the 43-year-old beloved Sikharulidze, Victoria Shamanskaya from St. Petersburg. "The baby was born in June in one of the Moscow clinics. The birth was easy. The boy was named Victor. Parents are just in seventh heaven!" - Anton's friends, who wished to remain anonymous, told StarHit.

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While the athlete travels around the country with master classes in figure skating, two-month-old Viktor and two-year-old George Victoria are helped by grandparents. Sikharulidze's mother Lyudmila Alekseevna and father Tariel Grigorievich were warmly welcomed into the Shamanskaya family, and her parents even moved to Moscow from St. Petersburg to be close.

Interestingly, with all the secrecy of Anton, the sharks of the pen managed to find out the history of the relationship between the skater and the mother of his children. Before the decree, Victoria worked as the manager of a fashion boutique on Nevsky Prospekt. In June 2013, she came to Moscow to visit a friend, ended up at a party and met a former athlete. They quickly hit it off.

Shamanskaya found out about her first pregnancy when she returned to St. Petersburg. She told the good news to her beloved, deep down hoping to get an offer. By that time, the skater’s family life went wrong - on July 18, 2013, he filed for a divorce. However, it soon became clear that Sikharulidze did not intend to connect his life with Shamanskaya."Anton is a famous athlete, and she is an ordinary woman," Victoria's friend explained to reporters.

A couple of months before giving birth, Shamanskaya moved to the capital, closer to Sikharulidze, and settled in her sister's country house. In March 2014, they became parents for the first time. The baby, who was given the name George, was born in the Lapino elite hospital near Moscow. Anton met Victoria from the hospital and has been helping her financially ever since.