How was the fate of Oksana Afanasyeva, the last muse of Vladimir Vysotsky

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

The name of the woman who became the last beloved of the genius singer and actor, as a rule, is not mentioned in official biographies. She herself says that her life was divided into "before" and "after" after she met Vysotsky.

Oksana was left without a mother early and was brought up by her father, pop playwright Pavel Afanasyev-Sevastyanov. The house was often visited by guests-artists, so a cheerful atmosphere reigned. However, the father liked to drink and became extremely aggressive. As soon as the girl graduated from school, she moved away from her parent and chose the profession of a theater artist.

Oksana had a boyfriend whom she was even going to marry, but meeting with Vysotsky changed everything. The girl at that time was 18 years old, and Vladimir - 40. In his family life with Marina Vladi discord was brewing, the couple lived almost separately. At the time of their acquaintance, the singer did not drink alcohol and worked a lot.

Oksana noted that she had a feeling that she and Vysotsky had known each other all her life. The artist wanted to marry his beloved, but she was against destroying his family. The singer decided to marry his beloved, but they did not have time to do this.

Afanasyeva had to find herself in a difficult period when Vladimir started drinking. This happened because the editor-in-chief of the Ekran association did not want to see Vysotsky in the role of a director, which he had long dreamed of. Oksana stayed with her beloved until the last, but it was not possible to save him.

When the great artist passed away, the girl was only 20 years old. Two years later, she married another artist - Leonid Yarmolnik, ironically, it was Vysotsky who introduced her to him.

A daughter, Sasha, appeared in the marriage. Afanasyeva notes that from that moment on she began a calm and happy life, and Leonid became an excellent family man and a reliable protector for his wife.