The story of an all-consuming, literally incinerating mother's love for her son. History - with a tragic end. February 3, not having lived just one day before the eightieth anniversary, the star of the film “Shadows disappear at noon” by Alexander Zavyalov died in St. Petersburg. She was killed by the forty-year-old son Peter. Knocked in the chest. But this man does not remember. The memory seemed to completely erase this moment.

Peter Zavyalov is now sitting in a St. Petersburg pre-trial detention center. He was arrested on February 4 on suspicion of murder. They were detained on February 3, the day of the tragedy.

Peter doesn’t admit, the investigators shrug. “At the first interrogation, he stated that he did not remember anything.”

Although on the night of the murder, the man called his half-sister and confessed everything. The rustling in the phone, a choked voice: "I killed my mother."

She thought that this was drunk nonsense, but she still arrived at the apartment on Gavrskaya, the investigators retell Tatiana’s testimony. - She opened the door, and there mother is already dead. She called an ambulance, doctors reported a criminal corpse to the police.

Officially, Peter Zavyalov did not work anywhere, sometimes he did some construction work. And, as all the neighbors vied with each other, they drank heavily. Although for a while before the tragedy he did not touch alcohol, but on the day of the murder he got into an insane state.

Petya is a good-natured person, ”says his friend Roland Levkovsky. - Sometimes I gave him work, all that he received was spent on his mother. Peter, like many, relieved stress with alcohol. And how else could he survive: forty years with a sick mother ?!

Relations with her mother were really difficult. A vibrant actress and woman, she suffered from a mental illness.

The Hermit's Life

This is a very difficult story, ”he told Komsomolskaya Pravda. - My relatives used to live in the same house as Alexandra Semenovna. There was a time, we often met. I saw her walking with her children. She looked good then. In general, nature awarded her exotic beauty. I would even say - extraterrestrial. She did not look like Soviet stars. No wonder it was so often published on the covers of Czech and Polish magazines. But you see how it happens. Early take-off and subsequent oblivion greatly affect a person. And the features of her character were reflected in communication with other people. In recent years, she was not very healthy, practically did not leave home. She was a real misanthrope and recluse.

But it was not a matter of seclusion. Since the seventies, Alexander Zavyalova periodically appeared in a psychiatric clinic. Initially treated for protracted depression. After she was given a serious diagnosis.

She seemed quite adequate to me, ”recalls Tatyana Orlova from St. Petersburg, who accidentally met an actress in the hospital when she came to a familiar doctor. - Very beautiful, with beautiful hair and skin. I talked to her, she recited “Eugene Onegin” by heart. She talked about herself. About the son. Then he was about two years old. How to bathe him in the herbs. A familiar psychiatrist said that she was really a sick person and this was not the first time in the clinic. She was just dissolved in that little kid.

Perhaps the son who appeared late, lack of roles, oblivion, heavy divorce played an important role in the disease. Alexander Zavyalov was buried on February 7 at the Smolensk cemetery.

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Most likely, the investigator will have doubts about the psychological stability of Zavyalov, he will be sent for a forensic examination. If experts identify with him pathological intoxication, he will be considered insane. And, in fact, if he does not pretend, he is unlikely to recall in the subsequent circumstances that preceded the tragedy. And it may turn out that he was intoxicated by the third degree. Then he is recognized sane. As a rule, forgetting events is a sign of intoxication of the second and third stages, they are common in people who drink regularly.

Neighbors about actress Alexander Zavyalova.

VIDEO: Alexander Zavyalov - why did the son kill the famous actress?

Relatives and friends are sure that son Peter is in a fit of delirium tremens.

Actress Alexandra Zavyalova was killed by her own son - he stabbed her in a drunken stupor all the time two days before the 80th birthday.

What are the origins of this tragedy? Why did the son raise a knife to his mother?   The guests of the studio of Andrei Malakhov tried to figure this out in the program "Let them talk."

After the role of Pistimey in the film "Shadows of Shadows disappear at noon" the whole Soviet Union spoke about the actress. But at the same time they stopped shooting her.

20 years - from the beginning of the 70s until 1992, she did not appear on the scene. The next time she met with the audience in 1992 on the stage of the Moscow House of Cinema. Then she starred in the film "White Clothes". But that was her last role.

Alexander Zavyalov in 1992

Why did this 20-year break in the actress's career happen, which became fatal for her in every way? The fact is that Zavyalova had an affair with an American businessman. He ended up expelling the American from the USSR, and the actress got into a mental hospital.

From the deep depression Zavyalova did not save even the birth of a son.

When she was sent to a psychiatric hospital, her son Peter went to an orphanage - because Zavyalova categorically refused to give her father's name.

Subsequently, her ex-husband Dmitry Buchkin adopted the boy, which allowed him to pick up the guy from the orphanage.

According to Buchkin’s story, Zavyalov was interrogated by the KGB a lot, “they demanded that she admit that she was an American spy.” And then she was "blocked with oxygen", there was a prescription "this actress should no longer be removed."

The neighbors of Alexandra Zavyalova are sure that due to the mental problems of the actress, her son Peter began to drink.

“He was a good person. But he lived his whole life with an abnormal mother. And my mother was abnormal, ”says neighbor Zavyalova, who has known this family for many years.

It should be noted that Peter was a late child. Zavyalova gave birth to him when she was under 40 (Peter, born in 1975, now he is 40).

Who the father of Peter Zavyalov hid from the public until the last day. But the family knows who it is. Petr himself knows the name of his biological father.

His niece Darina (granddaughter of Zavyalova), who visited the studio of Andrei Malakhov, said about this: “It is not so important who is his biological father. If my grandmother did not want to talk about it, I will not talk about it either. ” Petr was brought up by his adoptive Dmitry Buchkin, who always called the boy a son, and he called him the father.

Darina Alexandrova - granddaughter of Zavyalova

Peter had a wife, but they divorced. There is a son with whom he maintained a relationship.

The aforementioned Darina Alexandrova, the granddaughter of Zavyalova, spoke about her uncle accused of murder and his relationship with his mother.

According to Darina, this tragic story was a complete surprise for the whole family.

The girl said that after the incident, Peter called her parents and after 15 minutes they were at the scene of the tragedy, they also called an ambulance and the police.

“This story is not black and white, this story is very complex,” says Darina.

“My grandmother’s relationship with my uncle was very warm,” the girl shared. “My grandmother loved her son very much. She did not call him anything but “Petechka”. Petya was very fond of and very much cared for my grandmother. What happened is terrible. But Petya could not do this in a conscious state, ”Darina is sure.

She denied that between the murdered actress and her son Peter, there were conflicts with assault before, as some media say. And Peter himself, in her words, is a "very soft" man.

At the same time, she confirmed that her uncle had big problems with alcohol. Her mother, Tatyana, Petra’s own sister, tried to treat him, but to no avail. Alexandra Zavyalova often offered her daughter to move to her, but she categorically refused to leave Peter alone. She has repeatedly said that she intends to fight for her son to the end.

Darina also has a very good opinion of her uncle and does not believe that he is the killer.

Even despite the confession. According to the girl, the investigation is considering other versions, because the door to the apartment was open.

“Maybe someone stopped by and did it,” Darina suggests.

As specified by Andrei Malakhov, law enforcement officers have a version that one of the drinking companions of Peter could have committed the murder, which Alexander Zavyalova could have prevented from having a booze.

According to the neighbor Vera Korostyleva, who lives opposite the murdered actress, that day the neighbors did not hear either screams or the noise of the fight.

According to Vera Korostyleva, a neighbor, she knew Peter from infancy and says that she has a “very warm attitude” to him. He, according to her, has always been a "deeply decent man." For example, if you borrowed money (for the same vodka), you always returned it. Neighbor did not notice any special scandals between him and his mother.

True, the financial cleanliness and honesty of Peter in general was called into question by the president of the Screen Actors Guild, who was in the studio, Evgeny Leonov-Gladyshev. According to him, Peter several times received material assistance from the guild for Alexandra Zavyalova, but she did not see this money.

Also interesting is the data of another neighbor of the actress, who said that recently, Alexandra Semenovna was "very silent and very aggressive."

Alexandra Zavyalova in 2015

Also in the studio was Kirill Sukhonyants, a friend of Peter from childhood (they were friends from first grade). A man still can not realize what happened. According to Cyril, Peter was preparing food in the kitchen with a knife in his hands and when his mother came in, he - in a fit of delirium tremens - mistook it for someone else. As a result of which this tragedy occurred.

Alexander Zavyalov. Why did the son kill the famous mother? - Let them talk (02/09/2016)

But all of the above is only versions. As it was, in fact, the investigation and the court should establish.

Alexandra Zavyalova is an actress whose name was widely known in the 60s. This beautiful woman was pleased to be photographed by both Soviet magazines and foreign ones. The directors offered Zavyalova exclusively leading roles. And then it all ended in one day and the artist disappeared from the screens forever. Why?

Alexander Zavyalov: biography. early years

Alexandra was born in February 1936 in the Tambov region. Almost nothing is known about her childhood, about the hobbies of the future actress. It is only known that in 1958 Alexandra Zavyalova graduated from the Leningrad Theater Institute and moved to Brest to work for distribution to the local theater. However, the young actress with an exotic appearance showed herself very well at the thesis “Marriage” and she regularly received offers about filming a movie.

Alexandra refused for a long time, because she wanted to focus only on her work in the theater. But in 1959, the actress could not resist and for the first time gave her consent to the shooting.

1959 films

Alexandra Zavyalova made her debut in the film “Song of Koltsov”, where she immediately got the main role.

In the center of the plot of the picture is a biography of the famous Russian poet Alexei Koltsov, or rather a segment of life that fits in the 30s. XIX century. Koltsov’s biography is noteworthy in that the poet devoted almost his entire life to entrepreneurship, continuing his family business (which is not typical for writers). The only outlet for Alexei was poetry and love for the serf girl, which was played by Alexander Zavyalova. But fate separated the main characters, Koltsov soon married an unloved woman, and after some time he died at the age of 33.

Immediately after the role of Dunya, the fatal beauty with tarry black hair was offered another major role in the drama People on the Bridge. The heroine of Zavyalova is the demolitionist Lena. The woman is bold, beautiful, with a certain past (the heroine has It attracts the attention of the young son (Oleg Tabakov) of the bridge construction manager (Vasily Merkuryev). This connection becomes Heroine Zavyalova turns into an evil genius for the intelligent Bulygin family. In the final picture Lena dies, saving other people's lives.

I must say that after the role of the temperamental Lena, the role of a “troubled” woman was assigned to the actress. And all her subsequent heroines were no less strong, attractive, but in some sense dangerous.

Films of the 1960s

Alexandra Zavyalova in the 60s was very popular. Largely due to the role of Zinka from the melodrama Aleshkina Love. Then the actress’s partner on the set was Leonid Bykov (“Only old people go into battle”). He played the very Alyoshka, who was crazy about the switchman Zinaida. Zavyalova in one of her few interviews recalled that the actor’s wife was very jealous of her and was constantly present on the set.

Still not to be jealous: the photos of Alexandra Zavyalova showed off not only on the covers of the Soviet Screen, but even in the American Life magazine. American journalists called the actress Soviet and Russian directors offered the artist exclusively leading roles.

In the 60s, films such as Wait for Letters by Yu. Karasik, Bread and Roses by F. Filippov, Fro R. Esadze and many other films were released with Zavyalova’s participation. The actress was invited to dinner parties at the US Embassy and entrusted her with the honorable mission of meeting foreign guests arriving at Soviet cultural events.

Recent film projects in the career of an actress

However, it was precisely the artist’s close contact with foreigners, as well as the interest that foreign media showed in her, played a fateful role in Alexandra’s fate.

In the 65s, the KGB began regularly calling Zavyalova for interrogation. A little later, the special services forbade the director of Lenfilm to film the actress in their paintings. But Alexandra Zavyalova did not despair and continued to cooperate with other film companies.

In the 70s. the artist played her last role in the movie - Pistimey Morozova. This image has become one of the most colorful in Soviet cinema. The real name of Pistimea is Serafima Klychkova. She is the heiress of a wealthy family who is forced to hide under a false name in the Siberian taiga.

In the film, the heroine Zavyalova demonized, because about the aristocrats in Soviet times they spoke either in any way, or badly. The artist tossed another “firewood into the fire”, masterfully performing her work, and on the screen in front of the viewer appeared the embodiment of evil. Given the label of "unreliability", which already prevailed over Alexandra, nothing good could be expected. The worst fears were justified: after the role of Pistimeya Zavyalova, they blocked the way to any Soviet cinema.

Alexandra Zavyalova: personal life

The only official husband of the actress is the artist Dmitry Buchkin. From him, Zavyalova had a daughter, Tatyana.

Alexandra Zavyalova is an actress with an unforgettable appearance. And it was beauty that played a cruel joke with a woman. In 1964, in Odessa, she met an American billionaire and accepted his courtship. Subsequently, the American was accused of espionage and expelled from the country, Zavyalova was forced to divorce Buchkin and was first questioned by the KGB.

After the path to the cinema for the actress was blocked, she gave birth to a second child and began to lead a secluded lifestyle. Since then, little is known about Alexander.

The name of Alexandra Zavyalova in the 60s of the last century was known to every resident of our country. The amazing beauty, the Soviet Greta Garbo, as she was then called, was snapped up. She was surrounded by numerous fans, invited photographers of domestic and foreign magazines, eminent directors offered roles.

She disappeared from the screens suddenly. Soon they stopped writing about her, and after a while - and talk. Few people knew that until the last days, Alexandra Semenovna lived alone in her Petersburg apartment for a miserable pension. And the person who supported her until the last days was her first and only official husband, an artist Dmitry Buchkin.

the site recalls the history of the difficult life of a domestic movie star.

Sincere and real

The actress had an unusual appearance. Photo: Commons.wikimedia.org

Alexandra Zavyalova was born in the village of Titovka, Sosnovsky district, Tambov region on February 4, 1936 (ironically, her murder happened just on the eve of the 80th anniversary). After school, she entered the Leningrad Theater Institute. A. N. Ostrovsky. During college, I met with Dmitry Petrovich.

“I studied at the Art Academy, and often theatrical girls came to us to dance .. - And at first I liked her friend Tatyana Doronina more, with whom I even had a short romance. But Shurka won me over by being sincere, real, from a simple peasant family. ”

A few years later, Buchkin made an offer to Zavyalova. And she accepted him. As the actress later admitted in numerous interviews, she did this not out of great love. Dmitry simply looked after him beautifully, he was a kind, reliable person, and she knew him from her student days.

Then - the wedding, the birth of Tatyana's daughter. However, the young did not live together for long. Alexandra could not stand the test of fame.

At that time, Shura was already popular. By the time of her marriage, she starred in six films, including in the lyrical comedy "Alyoshkina love." The role of switchman Zinka, in whom the timid guy, drilling geologist Alyoshka, is in love, made the little-known actress a real star.

Her photo appeared not only in Soviet newspapers, but also in the American Life magazine. Offers to be removed rained down on all sides. One after another, other films came out with the participation of Zavyalova - “Wait for letters”, “Bread and Roses”, “Weekdays and Holidays”.

Killed by son

Alexandra Semenovna was not only a talented actress, but also a beautiful woman with a sophisticated, atypical-Russian, rather Italian appearance. Therefore, the men followed her in a long train.

“Our house has always been full of her fans,” recalls Dmitry Buchkin. - Among her admirers was, for example, a friend of our family Arkady Raikin. Shura liked this whole social life very much, dizzy. Therefore, after a while she left me - she went to a Georgian director. ”

That love did not last long. And after some time, an American businessman appeared in the actress's life. The novel was stormy, from a new fan, the woman gave birth to a second child - the son of Peter. However, this man in the fate of Zavyalova did not stay.

Intelligence agencies suspected an American of espionage in favor of the United States. And they invited him to leave the USSR within 24 hours. The actress herself, after this defamation, was in disgrace. The directors suddenly forgot about her, the former famous fans disappeared. Alexandra Semenovna remained out of work for several years.

In 1971, the film “Shadows disappear at noon” was released, which became the last and most famous film of the Soviet era with the participation of Alexandra Zavyalova. And after the existence of the actress forgot for a long 20 years.

Former husband Dmitry Buchkin and after the divorce supported the actress. Photo: AIF / Mikhail Gorin

There is very little information about this period of her life, and the relatives of Alexandra Semenovna prefer not to talk about him. Depression, loss of interest in life and, as a result, a psychiatric hospital.

And then, in the fate of the once brilliant movie star, her ex-husband Dmitry Buchkin reappeared. Dmitry Petrovich not only took his daughter Tanya to him, but also adopted the illegitimate son Peter Zavyalova, who today is accused of killing the actress.

For many years they lived with their former spouse in the neighborhood. Alexandra Semenovna became completely unsociable, refused interviews and meetings with reporters.

“He lives on a meager pension, only 8 thousand rubles. As a blockade, I get more, therefore, I help my Shurka, ”said Dmitry Petrovich in an exclusive interview before the death of his ex-wife. “Why am I doing this, you ask?” Life has taught people to forgive a lot. Shura understood everything for a long time, she often says: “I was a bastard, Dimka. But all my life I have loved only one. ” And I am very grateful to her. For my daughter. She’s just wonderful with us ... "

As for the son, he has already given a confession. According to the 40-year-old Peter, he quarreled with matter, being drunk, and stabbed her. From the wounds received, the 80-year-old actress died on the spot.

Honored Artist of Russia Alexander Zavyalova was killed by her own son. The body of the deceased was found in an apartment on Gavrskaya Street. As her son admitted, he was very drunk and, as a result of a quarrel with his mother, hit her in the chest with a knife. As a result, Alexandra Zavyalova died on the spot. After the son called his sister and admitted to killing his mother. Now the killer is in custody, he does not deny the fact of the murder.

How did it happen that the beloved son killed his mother? As it became known, Alexandra Zavyalova was treated in a mental dispensary, but this fact does not justify her son, but on the contrary, he should have perceived the mother as she is, and not quarrel with her.

What can I say, as it became known, recently all the help that people provided to Alexandra Zavyalova was taken away by her son and drunk. As a result, he does not even have money to bury his mother. How such people are our land!

How can you kill such a woman, a star of Soviet cinema? Popularity came to Zavyalova after her role in the famous film "Shadows disappear at noon." Then she was still young and beautiful ...

Recently, according to neighbors, Alexander Zavyalova lived below the poverty line. In the apartment she lived with her son by name, Peter, who, knowing that there was no money, drank the last pennies from Zavyalova's pension. As the neighbors note, Alexandra Zavyalova didn’t communicate especially with anyone, avoided people, maybe she was embarrassed by her position? They also do not believe that his son Peter could commit such a crime, because he loved his mother very much and although he constantly drank, he cursed at no one and behaved decently.

Now you can ask the question, why did the beloved daughter leave her mother unattended and lived separately? Yes, Zavyalova also had a daughter, who became a designer. Apparently she did not have enough time for her mother.