The first wife of Vysotsky died, to which he traveled to Kiev. A PHOTO

The first wife of Vladimir Vysotsky, People’s Artist of Russia Iza Vysotskaya died on Friday morning in Nizhny Tagil (Sverdlovsk region) in the 82 year of life. About it TASS said Olga Anisimova, director of the Nizhny Tagil Drama Theater named after D. Mamin-Sibiryak, where Vysotskaya worked.

The director of the theater noted that the farewell to the People's Artist of Russia will take place in Nizhny Tagil on July 22. “There will be no farewell in the theater, because she asked when she was alive to be remembered in the theater as a living actress. The farewell will take place in the hall of the Requiem ritual service. She will be buried in the cemetery on the Walk of Fame,” Anisimova clarified.

The management of the theater plans to install a memorial plaque for Iza Vysotskaya, and at the beginning of the theatrical season to devote one of the performances to it.

Iza Vysotskaya was born on January 22, 1937 in Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod). She graduated from the V. Nemirovich-Danchenko School-Studio at the Moscow Art Theater of the USSR. She worked at the Kiev Theater named after Lesya Ukrainka, in Rostov, Perm, Vladimir. Since 1970, she has been an artist of the Nizhny Tagil Drama Theater, and in 2002-2012 she was a teacher of stage speech at the acting department of the Nizhny Tagil College of Arts.

“Iza Vysotskaya was an honored, professional actress. The work of people of this level, in general, is perceived by the viewer and citizens in a completely different way. It is these people who bring culture to the masses, he was an iconic figure in the culture of Nizhny Tagil and the Sverdlovsk region, a precious stone,” Nosov told the correspondent TASS.

In the book “With You... Without You,” published in 2017 in a circulation of 1000 copies, Iza Vysotskaya recalled how she met Vladimir Vysotsky in the spring of 1957 at a celebration after the performance of the play “Hotel Astoria.”

“I was the first woman to recognize his talent”

Iza Zhukova and Vladimir Vysotsky met while studying at the studio school of the Moscow Art Theater. They rehearsed the play “Hotel Astoria” together.

“How did I first see Volodya? A joyful, open, active junior student: he entered the Moscow Art Theater School two years later than me, he was 18 years old, I was 19. He was ready to say hello to everyone, to help everyone. He didn’t walk, but jumped up and down, smiling happily. His classmates called him Vovochka, and sometimes Vasek. A funny boy in love with all the girls at once. And when we needed a student to play the silent role of a soldier for the graduation performance “Hotel Astoria”, we unanimously decided - let’s call Vovochka Vysotsky! At the celebration after the performance of this performance, I first noticed it. My classmates and I went home early in the morning and waited for a taxi on the street. Volodya, who had been nearby all evening, suddenly took me by the hand... Everyone left, and we were left alone,” Iza recalled.

Since 1957, the couple began to live together, but they could not register the marriage - Ida was married and could not quickly get a divorce.

“Gradually this funny boy became dear to me, very necessary, necessary! But I was not free then - I got married after the first year, when I returned to my native Gorky for the holidays... Volodya courted me ingenuously, touchingly - he would give me candy, or a tangerine, or a flower. Sometimes, when we returned late from class, he would disappear into the entrance of his house and come out with a tray with pancakes on it. He handed them to me and assured me that he himself was full. One day I got sick, and Volodya managed to find time to visit me several times a day. He always brought some goodies. Gradually I began to notice that I was waiting for him. And one day, when we stayed up late, I told him: “Volodya, you are... wonderful!” In my opinion, this was the most necessary, most sincere phrase in our entire life together. You should have seen his face when he heard this! I was the first woman to recognize his talent,” said the artist.

The young girl did not at all see in Volodya the future nationally famous bard, and his songs irritated her terribly, writes “KP«.

“Not only did I not attach any importance to these songs, they were some kind of torment for me. Wherever we went, songs began. Moreover, people heard them for the first time, and I heard them for the 101st time. Sometimes she even rebelled. Volodya had already started filming, we often had to separate... And I was angry: you can’t do any songs! You only need to deal with your wife! In those years it seemed so to me,” Ida recalled.

“I had several chances to give birth to Volodya a son or daughter”

In June, 1958, Zhukova graduated from the Moscow Art Theater, receiving a diploma with honors. By distribution, she was sent to Kiev to the Theater named after Lesia Ukrainka. Almost every Saturday, Vysotsky came to Iza, and on Monday he returned to Moscow.

“Volodya and I were quiet and silent. When we said goodbye at the station, we kissed all the time, and I cried bitterly... A time of endless expectations began. We wrote to each other almost every day. And for the sake of a short date, both he and I were ready to spend the night on a train or rush by plane when we had a couple of free days. To earn money for these trips, I participated in dubbing films, Volodya also acted as an extra at night, and he could also go unload the cars,” recalled Iza Zhukova.

On one of these dates, Isa became pregnant. After consulting with Vysotsky, she had an abortion.

25 April 1960, Isa and Vysotsky got married. He was 20 years old, and she was 21. The wedding was celebrated at the Bolshoi Karetny lane in Moscow with fellow students. Already married to Vysotsky, Ida became pregnant for the second time, but there was a miscarriage. As the artist herself recalled, Vysotsky’s mother did not want to become a grandmother early and was upset about the news of pregnancy.

“I admit, at that moment I hated Nina Maksimovna (Vysotsky’s mother - Author), blamed her for everything and did not understand why he was so helpless with her. I still loved him, but everything came at once: no job in Moscow, no child,” said Ida.

In 1965, Isa became pregnant for the third time. In her memoirs, the actress recalled that the girl lived for several days and died.

From Vysotsky Ize remained only last name and a few lines

After a miscarriage, Isa left for Rostov, where she was invited to the local theater. Vysotsky at the time also played in the theater and starred in movies, but in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The couple began to rarely see each other. Being away from her husband, Isa learned that another woman was expecting a child from him.

“Volodya was going to come - he had already been assigned to one of our plays. Suddenly - a call. A former classmate told me: “Abramova is expecting a child from Volodya!” Lyusya Abramova - at that time this name was completely unfamiliar to me, who is she, how did she appear in Volodya’s life?” Iza was perplexed.

Vysotsky met VGIK student Lyudmila Abramova in 1961, while in Leningrad on the set of the film “The 713th Requests Landing.” At first, Volodya denied the affair, but Iza did not believe him.

“He made excuses, explained something, but I felt that he was lying. To his offer to fly to Rostov, I replied: “As you arrive, so will you fly away!” That was the end. Volodya stopped calling. Then came requests to check out of the apartment and send divorce papers. Pretending that it was easy and even fun for me, I agreed to everything. Nobody knew how bad I felt then!,” said Vysotsky’s first wife.

They divorced in 1965 year. From Vysotsky Ize was only the name and a few lines dedicated to her:

“What can I say about our meeting,
I was waiting for her, as they are waiting for natural disasters!
But you and I immediately began to live,
Without fear of harmful consequences.”

After a divorce from Vysotsky, in the same year, Isa gave birth to a son Gleb, whom she gave the name of her ex-husband. Who is the father of the child, Isa never told, but claimed that it was not Vysotsky.

Recall that Vladimir Vysotsky more than once visited the United States with his wife Marina Vlady. He first came to America in 1976.

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