The childhood of Svetlana Kopylova
Svetlana Kopylova spent her childhood in the Irkutsk region.
During the first years, the girl was raised by her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. However, when Svetlana was 5 years old, a man appeared in their house, whom the girl immediately recognized as her dad. A simple family: mother is a draftswoman, father is a turner, cramped living conditions, no chic or even a hint of luxury. But Svetlana never complains about her childhood. “My entire childhood is permeated with golden rays,” says the performer herself. The love and support that members of the Kopylov family have always provided each other, Siberian nature, early acquaintance with cult poets, including Eduard Asadov, whose poems Svetlana still loves very much, and Vladimir Vysotsky had an undoubted influence on the formation of the singer’s character and personality .
The biography of Svetlana Kopylova began in the Irkutsk region
The first acquaintance with Orthodoxy also occurred in childhood. By chance, the girl finds in her grandmother’s chest of drawers a figurine of an angel, who will become her kind of talisman and will travel together with Svetlana from the Siberian outback to Moscow. However, true faith came to her much later.
Svetlana Kopylova
Svetlana Kopylova was born in the city of Irkutsk on February 22, 1964. From the childhood memories that are published on her website, we can say the following. Before school, two grandmothers raised her. Svetlana did not have a father. When she was five years old, her stepfather, whom she fell in love with, moved into the house. Mom worked as a draftsman, dad was a turner.
They lived in cramped conditions, but they were not offended. From her childhood, she remembered that she slept on a cot. For food, she preferred black bread with butter, sprinkled with sugar. She didn’t like soups at all, but ate this kind of bread.
The yard where young Svetlana lived was covered in lilacs. There were a lot of lilac bushes, and this decorated their yard. And there were flower beds where pansies grew, weeping willows and mighty poplars, where the little girl loved to climb. As a child, she wanted to be like a boy.
After 8 years of school there was a technical school. At that time, thoughts haunted her, how would life turn out? Svetlana was looking for herself, who she could work with, what interests her! And the answer was soon found - an actress! A year later, Kopylova entered the Moscow Shchukin Theater School. She had to work for two years as assigned; she did not want to work at an aircraft factory.
The girl felt that aviation was not her element; she was increasingly drawn to the world of art. Already from the second year of drama school, she acted in films. Wikipedia gives the following information: the girl (from 1986 to 2006) starred in 12 films, Svetlana Kopylova’s filmography is given in full here.
She is a laureate of regional and international festivals. He is also a member of the Russian Union of Cinematographers. I would like to tell you, dear reader, about the creative fate of a woman in more detail.
The beginning of Svetlana Kopylova's acting career
No matter how strange it may seem, but now the actress and singer, touring all over the world, graduated from an aviation technical school.
Unlike many actors, Svetlana Kopylova’s childhood was not spent in the theater; she did not see behind-the-scenes life. So why did she decide to take such a risky step to leave her native land and go to enroll in drama school? “Out of despair,” admits Svetlana. Working all her life at a factory, standing at a machine – this was not what she saw as her calling. But Kopylova failed at the Irkutsk theater school, and then the decision came to go to Moscow. And then the girl showed extraordinary determination. Not wanting to work out the required 2 years of assignment at the factory, Svetlana made a request to the Ministry of Education, arguing her reluctance with the desire to achieve success in the acting field. And she was not refused! On her first attempt, a girl from the Irkutsk region became a student at the Theater School named after. Shchukin.
Svetlana Kopylova - “Twins” Svetlana Kopylova comes to the set for the first time while studying in her 2nd year. She played her first cameo role in the 1983 feature film “Kindergarten.” Svetlana got her first “big” film role in 1986 in Valery Rybarev’s film “Witness.” However, real success and fame came after “My name is Harlequin” in 1988.
But with the collapse of the Soviet system, it seemed that dreams of a career in cinema also collapsed. The film industry fell into decline, no new films were made, so the excellent student and promising actress Svetlana Kopylova became unemployed.
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As a second-year student, Sveta began acting in films. She was lucky to immediately fall into good director's hands. Valery Rybarev invited the young actress to play the main role of Lena in the dramatic film “Witness” about the first post-war years.
After graduating from the Shchukin School, Svetlana starred in two films in a row:
- director Mikhail Nikitin invited the actress to the film “My Combat Crew” to play the role of tenth-grader Lena, who is in love with the main character;
- Directed by Anatoly Petritsky, Sveta starred in the melodrama “Moorings,” where she played one of the main roles of Vera Busygina.
And then again Valery Rybarev directed the actress in the title role of the two-part drama film “My Name is Harlequin.” The film was shot at the Belarusfilm film studio, and it became the highest-grossing film in the history of Belarusian cinema. Sveta played the girlfriend of the main character Andrei Savichev, nicknamed “Harlekino,” whose role went to the young aspiring actor Oleg Fomin. After the film was released, Svetlana and Oleg became truly famous throughout the Soviet Union.
Many directors paid attention to the talented actress. In 1990, two films with her participation were released:
- Nikolai Skuibin invited Svetlana to the military drama “Quarry”, where she played the role of the girl Maria;
- Boris Nebieridze directed Kopylova in his crime drama “Fuffel” about residents of a resort town who traded in counterfeit paintings; Sveta played here a dancer from a nightclub.
In 1992, the comedy film “A Shot in the Coffin” was released, where the actress again played the role of a dancer from the variety show Stella.
But Sveta’s dreams of a successful career in cinema were not destined to come true; everything collapsed along with the collapse of the huge country of the USSR. In the 1990s, they stopped financing and making films, and the industry gradually fell into decline. The actress, who graduated from the Shchukin School with excellent marks, showed great promise, managed to play in cult films and gain popularity, suddenly suddenly found herself without a job.
After that, Kopylova had only three film jobs:
- in 1997, the role of Larisa, Valery’s wife in the film “Time of a Dancer”;
- in 2000, the series “Kamenskaya-1”, in the film 4 “Death for the Sake of Death” she played Nadezhda Shitova;
- in 2006, the role of the mother of Young Guard member Sergei Tyulenin in the film “The Last Confession”.
Svetlana Kopylova - performer of original song
Even during a period of creative stagnation, Kopylova does not sit idle. She manages to complete two-year language courses until, in the mid-90s, she receives an offer to return to cinema. I am 47, unmarried... A story about a gray mouse by an unknown author. Read by Svetlana Kopylova Since childhood, Svetlana showed interest in music, composing poems and songs on her own, but this little hobby grew into professional activity after meeting Valery Zuikov, who became her first teacher and mentor in this field. Gradually she gets acquainted with famous stage masters: Vyacheslav Malezhik, Igor Sarukhanov and others. Her songs arouse interest and are performed.
Svetlana Kopylova's coming to faith
The meeting with Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov becomes a turning point in the life and work of Svetlana Kopylova. Their acquaintance happened by chance, but, as you know, accidents are not accidental and everything happens in due time. It was Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov who later became Svetlana’s confessor.
Very little is known about Svetlana Kopylova’s personal life.
Gradually, the performer’s repertoire began to change. If before that she wrote songs for the stage, now it simply became not interesting to her. However, the new songs did not find a response among Orthodox performers, but were very much loved by listeners. People's reaction to Svetlana's new work and the demand for new songs push her to create more and more new compositions. Since 2006, author and performer Svetlana Kopylova releases one or two albums annually.
Throughout her renewed life, she returned to writing song lyrics for the stage only once, at the request of Igor Sarukhanov. However, the format of this song also turned out to be somewhat non-standard. Lullaby.
According to Svetlana herself, all her songs are sent by the Lord, all she can do is convey his voice to the people. Songs are designed to melt human hearts.
Svetlana Kopylova: I miss what I can’t get back
The author-performer of parable songs and actress Svetlana Kopylova, released the 15th anniversary album with songs based on poems by Russian emigrants “Nostalgia” and a new video “I ask you” with Oleg Menshikov and Chulpan Khamatova to the music of composer Yulia Berezova, who tragically died in the past year.
The album “Nostalgia” is quite unusual. Human destinies against the backdrop of the revolution were painted by the Tsarist poets: Sergei Bekhteev, Marianna Kolosova, Vladimir Smolensky, Nikolai Turoverov. Music reveals to us complex issues of history, love, good and evil, life and death, the beauty of the homeland. From the first chords, Kopylova makes the listener feel nostalgic for a bygone era: “...I am alien to deceit and vice, Evil and cowardice are not my kin. I am the voice of a prophetic prophet. “Son of sky, sea and fire”... In addition, inspired by the poetry of the royal guslars, Kopylova herself composed a number of lyrical songs, full of subtle comparisons and vivid metaphors. She also borrowed something from the lyrics of her contemporaries.
The album is posted on the official website of Svetlana Kopylova. Songs can be listened to and downloaded. And in March, the singer invites you to come to the presentation of “Nostalgia” in Stavropol. Kopylova promises to perform 4-5 songs from the new album. “Experience has shown that people like to listen to old songs more. In addition, “Nostalgia” has a complex theme.” — Svetlana Kopylova explained the choice of her repertoire.
Svetlana Kopylova came to complex emigrant poetry partly thanks to Bekhteev. It so happened that while restoring an ancient temple in honor of St. Sergius of Radonezh on the Bekhteev estate in Lipovka, she came into contact with the history of this ancient noble family, as well as with a number of outstanding people of their time. The Bekhteevs served at court as officials, advisers, in the army and in the church, and served art. From the Bekhteev family, Venerable Elena Florovskaya was canonized by the Holy Synod of the UOC. The daughter of General Alexei Dmitrievich, in the world Ekaterina Bekhteeva, entered a monastery at the age of 18. Instead of a comfortable existence, Elena chose the life of a wanderer and a nun. But it was not a quiet life that the Higher Providence prepared for her, but wanderings and exiles, which she nevertheless overcame, as if through this predicting future repressions for her family. Catherine’s second cousin, retired lieutenant Nikandr Bekhteev, guided by his spiritual leader Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk, also became a monk. Nikander painted a portrait of St. Tikhon, which is considered the most spiritual icon to date. This portrait-icon is still kept in Finland in the New Valaam Monastery.
Saint Tikhon was a friend of the Bekhteev family and often came to stay with them in Lipovka. On Sundays he served in the Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh. The prayers of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk sanctified not only his contemporaries, but also the subsequent generation of Bekhteevs.
The officer and royal poet, Sergei Sergeevich Bekhteev, described an extraordinary miracle that happened to him. As a child, Seryozha became seriously ill with an unknown, incurable disease, as a result of which his neck suddenly relaxed and stopped supporting his head. Seryozha was “shackled” in a special corset, causing unbearable suffering. The prospect of wearing a corset for life horrified the boy's parents. But a miracle happened, and Seryozha was healed through the prayers of St. John of Kronstadt.
...The prayer service ended, and Father let Sergei take the Blessing. He told stories about the Neck, the luminary of science, the terrible verdict.
And the father with fatherly affection, touching his neck, hugged him: - Darling, everything will pass! - As if in a fairy tale, the words suddenly sounded to him.
And like an electric current, the Wave touched the cervical vertebrae... As soon as his father touched him, the Child realized that he was completely healthy.
(“Meeting with a miracle” fragment from a poem by Svetlana Kopylova).
Sergei Sergeevich was noted in literature for his sincere hymns dedicated to the Tsar. During the revolution, his poems gained particular popularity. Bekhteev was one of the few who morally supported the disgraced royal family. One of his poems, “Send us, Lord, patience,” was for a long time attributed to Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna Romanova.
Corr.: What influenced the creation of the new album?
Svetlana Kopylova: Partly influenced by the poet Sergei Bekhteev, on whose estate we are restoring the temple with donations from my viewers. He was forced to leave Russia as a white officer when his estate was destroyed by the Bolsheviks, and for the rest of his life he yearned immensely for his native land. I often think about him when I come to Lipovka, especially in spring and summer, when the grasses are fragrant and the nightingales sing, which he described in his poems written there. I think about how the air was exactly the same then, and the nightingales sang in the same way, and the cicadas chirped, and how inspiration came to the poet under those low crystal stars... And I was also prompted by Michel Lazarev’s poem, which he sent me, and to which I came up with music - “At the Shot-to-Shot Icon.” I didn’t know where to put this song, the concept didn’t fit into any album, so I had to delve deeper into this topic.
Corr.: Do you think Bekhteev’s prophecies about Russia have come true?
Svetlana Kopylova: Of course! No wonder he is called a poet-prophet! It was as if he foresaw everything that would happen to Russia and the Royal Family, and his poems are proof of this.
Correspondent: Why did you choose the theme of the October Revolution?
Svetlana Kopylova: I just have some kind of longing for the past, not only for the time in which I lived, but also for the one in which I did not live. Longing for long dresses with crinoline and male gallantry, longing for leisurely times and balls, for virgin nature and horse riding... For everything that cannot be returned.
Corr.: Is the theme of the album relevant today?
Svetlana Kopylova: By and large, I don’t see any relevance. Homesickness is not relevant. The only thing is that we are again now living through a time of civil fratricidal war... It cannot help but touch a normal person, but this is more a matter of politics. There is no politics in my album. There are human feelings.
Corr.: Do your parents now live in Lipovka? Are you planning to move after them?
Svetlana Kopylova: My busy schedule doesn’t allow me to do this. In addition, I have a family in Moscow - a husband and son. But when I come to Lipovka, I rest my soul. Perhaps when I stop giving concerts and get old, this will happen. Living next to a temple in such a beautiful place is a great joy.
Corr.: Do you have such a busy schedule when you have time to do everything? In particular, pay attention to your family?
Svetlana Kopylova: But I don’t do everything. I only do what is absolutely necessary. And what I can do without, I don’t do. And I began to understand that it is more important for me, say, to relax or cook borscht for my husband - I’m great at it - than, say, to clean the apartment or iron the laundry - this takes a lot of time and effort. Therefore, I believe that you need to do what no one can do better than you. And another person who doesn’t write a song can clean the apartment. Of course, I spend little time with my family, and I feel very sorry for my husband, who is already accustomed to his loneliness and does not complain, understanding the importance of my business. And my son - my son is already an adult, he doesn’t need me that much now, although we talk on the phone every day.
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