October 5, 2023 07:30
Few remember his name.
Alexandra Pakhmutova shared with her husband Nikolai Dobronravov not only her personal life, but also her work. Together they created many hits. These songs not only thundered in the USSR, modern Russians also know them.
However, Pakhmutova owes the success of her main composition to another man. We are talking about “Nadezhda,” which Anna German, Joseph Kobzon and many others sang from the stage. But few people remember that the first performer of the hit was the charming Yuri Puzyrev.
In the USSR, the blue-eyed handsome man starred in films such as “The Sea is Calling,” “And Again Aniskin” and others. The actor met Alexandra Pakhmutova while working on the film “On the Other Side.” There he performed “Song of Anxious Youth,” which was composed by the composer. Soon she began to trust him with other hits, including that same “Nadezhda”.
Puzyrev devoted many years of his life to cinema and his beloved Moscow Art Theater. However, in 1991, due to disagreements with the theater management, the actor was fired. He could live without his beloved stage for only a couple of months.
