Real life stories are much more interesting and richer than those on which films are made. Alexey Zakharovich Vanin was a talented and versatile person. He managed to get a sentence by a court verdict and star in cult films.
A distant start
Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Alexey Zakharovich Vanin was born on January 9, 1925 in an ordinary peasant family. Parents lived in the village of Blagoveshchenka, Altai Territory. In the early 1930s, when collectivization began throughout the country, the Vanin family moved to the mining village of Kiselevsk, Kemerovo Region. The father went to work in the mine, and the mother was engaged in the household - three children needed supervision.
As a child, Alexey helped his mother with the housework. I drove livestock out to pasture. I was weeding the beds in the garden. He carried water from the well to the house. Nursed younger kids. On the street, he stood out among his peers with a strong physique. He loved to fight and almost always won in a one-on-one fight. It should be added that even before school he was fond of drawing. Grandma liked his drawings on the window.
Professional kaleidoscope
When the war began, the Siberian guys, despite their early age, were eager to go to the front. Alexey volunteered and fought his way back. Received several wounds, the Order of the Red Star and the Medal For Courage. With the victory, he returned to Kiselevsk and began working as a miner. Here he was spotted by a Greco-Roman wrestling coach. Invited to the section. Prepared. Vanin consistently became the champion of the Kemerovo region, the championship of Siberia and went to the competition in Moscow.
His sports career was developing successfully. Alexey Zakharovich twice became the silver and bronze medalist of the USSR championship. In 1951, Vanin received a specialized education at the Institute of Physical Education. In 1954, the film "World Champion" was released. Vanin brilliantly played the main role in it. Then the actor starred in the films For the Power of the Soviets, The Golden Echelon, Dima Gorin's Career. In 1961, Alexei Vanin was sentenced to prison for smuggling.
Personal life plots
After serving a year and a half behind bars, Alexey Vanin was released. The first who gave him a helping hand was the director Vasily Shukshin, already famous by that time. He invited the actor for a role in the film "Your Son and Brother". Other suggestions followed. He played one of his main roles in the film "Kalina Krasnaya". It is interesting to note that Vanin did not consider the acting profession to be the main one. He was engaged in coaching work in the sports society "Lokomotiv".
The story about the personal life of Alexei Vanin can be extended into a TV series or a sentimental novel. The talented actor and handsome man was married six times. Some of his friends envied him, while others expressed sympathy. The last marriage was registered in 1996. Husband and wife have lived under the same roof for over fifteen years. The actor and wrestler passed away on May 22, 2012.
