Vasily Makarovich Shukshin is a famous Russian director, actor and writer. The images of ordinary people-workers, created by him in his literary works and films, continue to excite fans of his talent.
Biography
Vasily Makarovich Shukshin was born in Altai, in the village of Srostki, which is located near the city of Biysk. His parents were peasants and were considered middle peasants. During collectivization, the family joined the collective farm, Vasily Makarovich's father worked as a machine operator. But in 1933 he was arrested. The mother, left without a breadwinner and with two children in her arms, had to remarry. But soon the war began, the stepfather was called to the front, and a year later the family received a funeral.
In 1945, Shukshin entered the technical school, but studied there for only 2 courses. He had to feed his family and he had to return to the collective farm. He got a job as a rigging mechanic in a trust and was sent to Kaluga to a turbine plant, and then to Vladimir at a tractor manufacturing plant. In 1949, Vasily was drafted into the army, and his service took place in the Black Sea Fleet. During this period, his first stories appeared.
Returning home, Shukshin passed the exams to obtain a certificate of maturity and began to teach Russian literature in his native school, and later worked for some time as the director of a school for working youth. But Vasily Makarovich did not consider teaching his life's work and went to Moscow. In the capital, Shukshin applied to the screenwriting department of VGIK, but entered the directing department. During his studies, he began publishing his stories and acting in films.
Actor, director and writer
The first role of a sailor in the film "Quiet Flows the Don" was episodic, but the actor was noticed, and soon he already played the main character in the film "Two Fedora". The directors really liked the actor Shukshin, he had a textured appearance, but the young man liked to embody his ideas on the screen more. He worked as a screenwriter, director and actor on his first full-length film, From the Swan's Report. After graduating from VGIK, Shukshin was employed as a director at the film studio. Gorky. There he worked on the films Such a Guy Lives. "Kalina krasnaya", "Stove-benches".
Shukshin began to engage in real writing while studying at VGIK. The head of the course on which the future famous director studied, M. Romm recommended that he send his works to magazines. So in 1958 his story "Two on a cart" was published. Five years later, the stories “Cool Driver” and “Grinka Malyugin” were presented to readers on the pages of the “Novy Mir” edition, in the same year the book “Rural Residents” was published by the “Molodaya Gvardiya” publishing house. In total, more than a hundred of Shukshin's stories were published, several plays, and Vasily Makarovich also wrote two novels "I Came to Give You Free", "The Lyubavins" and the fairy tale "Until the Third Cocks".
Personal life
Shukshin met his first wife Maria Shumskaya in his native village. She worked as a teacher at a local school. In 1955, they got married, but the young wife refused to go to conquer the capital. In 1957, Shukshin asked for a divorce, as he fell in love with another, but Maria refused him, so forever she remained the only official wife of the director.
Shukshin's next wife was Victoria Sofronova, who gave Vasily Makarovich a daughter, Katya. But soon he began an affair with the artist Lydia Chashchina, from whom he went to Lydia Fedoseeva. The actress gave birth to two daughters in this marriage - Maria and Olga.
