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The LGBT community is developing every day. All public new faces come out and admit their orientation without hiding anything. This is a serious trend, since the attitude towards gays has completely changed in the 21st century. And now you can almost calmly talk about who you really are.
In Russia, in contrast to the world, this is a little more problematic. While Australia and Germany have legalized same-sex marriage, the Russian Federation has passed legislation prohibiting LGBT promotion among minors. Therefore, in Russia, openly public gays are mainly LGBT activists who defend the rights of homosexuals. There are only rumors among representatives of show business, politics and other spheres of activity. But no one openly admits their sexual preferences.
The most famous "gays" in Russia according to society
As he says, not only the Earth is full of rumors. Many fans and the media were conducting investigations, trying to figure out the stars of the Russian stage. But in the end - only rumors, guesses and conjectures. To keep abreast of all the events, let's go through the main list of who are considered to be the LGBT community.
Sergey Zverev.Famous showman, winner of the World Championship in hairdressing. Its appearance is described in one word - "shocking". Due to his appearance and his occupation, Zverev is classified as a person of non-traditional sexual orientation.
According to the same criteria, the “rainbow community” includes Boris Moiseev... In fact, his grandfather, Boris Moiseev is a real gay, which he spoke about in public more than once.
The information boom was caused by the news that Sergey Lazarev - homosexual. He is a famous singer, presenter, performed at Eurovision 2016. It is not the first year that he is credited with a passion for men. This topic became especially relevant after he broke up with his girlfriend Leroy Kudryavtseva. The media literally exploded with headlines that Lazarev was gay. According to them, this was confirmed by the mother of his ex-girlfriend, all his friends talk about it. The singer himself has never said that he considers himself to be LGBT culture. He only stands for support, but, according to him, is not part of it.
Maksim Galkin - humorist, host, husband of Alla Pugacheva, has two children from her. But the label "gay" hangs on him after the wedding. According to the majority of the media, a handsome, well-groomed, successful man is necessarily a homosexual.
On the same basis, the list was included and Nikolay Baskov... The media have toured the “Golden Voice” of Russia more than once: for hair, and for behavior, and for songs. Like others, Nikolai says nothing about his personality in the context of homosexuality.
The list of possible "gays" on the Russian scene does not end there. But these are only guesses, and you shouldn't pay much attention to them. Moreover, given that they like to call "unconventional" Philip Kirkorov.
The most famous real gays in Russia
Moving from possible homosexuals to those who really openly admit their orientation, it should be remembered that these are mainly activists who defend the rights of LGBT people. You cannot hear about them on federal channels, they are not actors, not singers. There is little information about these people, if not at all. But they exist and are not ashamed to be themselves.
Pavel Samburov - Coordinator of the Rainbow LGBT Association. A simple, kind person. His organization is committed to promoting the ideas of tolerance, getting rid of various forms of discrimination at different levels of life - from everyday to political.
Igor Kochetkov - LGBT activist, public figure. Considered one of the founders of the Russian LGBT Network. Education - candidate of historical sciences.
Initially, Igor became known as a publicist. He worked in projects such as GayNews and GayRussia. After the creation of the LGBT network, he was its executive director. Currently he is the head of the LGBT organization "Coming Out".
Igor Kochetkov is a well-known human rights activist, author of reports and articles on the situation of LGBT people in Russia. Was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014. Married. But, since it is impossible to enter into a same-sex marriage in Russia, he played a wedding in New York with his beloved one.
Igor Kochetkov is a very vile and aggressive person. He is very hostile to negatives.
Evgeny Pisemsky - the head of the Phoenix PLUS organization, the main directions of which are information about sexual health and LGBT relationships. Explains HIV in the gay community.
Maxim Lapunov - LGBT rights activist who suffered at the hands of homophobic perpetrators. Spoke at a conference on the persecution of LGBT people in Chechnya. He was forced to openly oppose the situation as he was subjected to torture and death threats. According to him, Maxim is far from the only one who ended up in a Chechen prison on suspicion of homosexuality. But he is the only one who was not afraid to announce this to the whole world and at least somehow try to change the situation.
The most famous homosexuals in the world
In contrast to Russia, in the rest of the civilized world with open gays, things are much more positive. Many representatives of the LGBT community can be found among actors, singers, cultural figures and politicians.
Sir Elton John - composer, musician, singer. Received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II herself. However, he periodically acts in films. Elton John is 70 years old today. In addition to his work, he is known as a public figure. Especially its participation in the fight against the AIDS epidemic.
In 1994, Elton John was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Initially, he declared his bisexuality (gives the same preference to both sexes), but later called himself a pure homosexual. In 2005, he legalized his relationship with David Fisher. Over time, the couple used the services of a surrogate mother, and they had their first son in 2010, the second in 2013.
Elton John is also known for writing the soundtracks for the cult animated film The Lion King.
Sir Ian McKellen - the magnificent Magneto, the mysterious Gandalf ... And these are not all of his roles! For his excellent acting talent, he was awarded the title of knight in 1990. In his 78 years, he does not leave an acting career, just recently starring in the film "Beauty and the Beast".
McKellen came out back in 1988 on a live BBC radio broadcast. Then this step required extraordinary courage. Ian risked incurring public ire and many problems. However, his talent could not be stopped - and after the recognition of his homosexuality to the whole world, the actor got his best roles.
Ian McKellen is a civic activist. He does not ignore the events concerning the LGBT community. Including in the Russian Federation. He even called Sergei Sobyanin a coward when he decided to cancel the gay pride parade in 2011.
Neil Patrick Harris - the main "playboy" of the series "How I Met Your Mother." For this role, he received two Golden Globe nominations and four Emmy nominations.
Also known for the paintings "Gone Girl", "Starship Troopers". Became the first openly gay man to host an Oscar in 2015.
The actor admitted his orientation in 2006 in an interview with People magazine. The actor said that he was happy to finally dispel misconceptions and rumors. And that he can openly declare that he is gay and lives a happy and fulfilling life.
In 2014, Neil Patrick Harris got married to actor David Bartka.
Jim Parsons became famous for his role in the TV series "The Big Bang Theory", where he played Sheldon Cooper - a theoretical physicist who believes that he knows everything, that he is a genius, and loves to teach other characters.
For this role, the actor received four Emmy awards and a Golden Globe.
Rumors about his orientation circulated for more than one day. It was only in 2012 that he told the New York Times about his relationship. His partner Todd Spivak is the art director. Jim also shared that he does not consider his life to be something special. He never considered himself an activist. The actor lives a normal life with Todd: they eat breakfast, drink coffee, walk the dogs.
Matt Bomer - the actor who is remembered by people as the charming con man Neil Caffrey from the TV series "White Collar". He also played in the film "An Ordinary Heart" dedicated to the problems of sexual minorities.
The actor's coming out was quite simple - the correspondent for Details magazine simply asked him what kind of orientation Matt was. However, the actor decided not to answer directly, but only hinted that he was gay. And only two years later, Bomer publicly admitted his homosexual orientation.
Xavier Dolan - a filmmaker who dropped out of school at the age of 16 and was left without education, but at the age of 20 received the Cannes Film Festival prize for the film I Killed My Mother. He is extraordinarily talented. In 2015, Xavier was already on the jury at the Cannes Film Festival - it's incredibly fast. In addition to his directing career, he sometimes acts as an actor, but only in his own films - for example, "I Killed My Mom".
Xavier Dolan's homosexuality is nothing new. The director never hid his orientation. His films often contain speculations about homosexuality. But that's not all he is filming about. Pictures differ in depth.
Zachary Quinto he is remembered as the villain Sylar from Heroes and the consummate Spock from Star Trek. There was also an unusual, even partly tragic role - in "American Horror Story" Zachary appeared in the role of casting a homosexual orientation. During his lifetime, he committed suicide along with his beloved, and now the gay ghosts are unable to rest.
In 2011, Quinto publicly came out as a homosexual in an interview with New York Magazine. It all started innocently enough - with a simple discussion of the prospect of legalizing same-sex marriage in the United States. But then he expressed his opinion from a gay point of view, which was the beginning of his confession.
Moriarty also did not stand aside. Andrew Scott - openly gay who played the role of the main antagonist in "Sherlock Holmes". Andrew - born Irish, plays on television, cinema, theater. Received a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also participated in the next James Bond film, which was released in 2015.
Talking about the gay community, there is no way to be out of sight Stephen Fry... He is best known as a British comedian. But he is still an actor, writer, playwright. He became famous for such TV series as "Black Viper", "Jeeves and Wooster". Also, popularity was brought to him by creativity paired with Hugh Laurie. Stephen has repeatedly entered the ratings of the funniest people on the planet. He played the role of a gay man in the dystopian film V for Vendetta, written by the Wachowski brothers (now transgender women, the Wachowski sisters).
For a long time, Fry hid his orientation. He discovered it for himself a long time ago, when he was in school. But information about his homosexuality became public only in 1997, when the actor was already 40 years old. Fry writes about this in his autobiography. From 1995 to 2010 he lived with his colleague Daniel Cohen. Since 2010, he met with another actor - Stephen Webb.
In the future, Stephen developed a new relationship. And on January 6, 2015, he announced his future marriage to comedian Elliot Spencer, who at that time was 27 years old. The relationship was formalized on January 17. It was Spencer who is called the man who gave Fry a new thirst for life, thereby helping him get rid of depression and loneliness.
Fry is equally famous as an LGBT activist. He is interested in the problem of the homosexual community in Russia. In particular, in 2013, Stephen personally met with Vitaly Milonov, a homophobic Russian deputy. Moreover, he expressed support for the campaign against the human rights-violating gay propaganda law in Russia.
The world did not stop at the opponent of Sherlock Holmes. Hodor from Game of Thrones joined the rainbow ranks. Rather, the actor Christian Nairn... His character is stupid, but strong and loyal to the Starks. The actor admitted that he is gay when the fourth season of the famous TV series was being filmed. This happened when the topic of same-sex marriage was raised on the Game of Thrones forum. Christian responded to all dissatisfied people that when they try to offend the LGBT community, they hurt his community.
After that, he stated that he was never shy about his orientation. And, moreover, he did not make a secret out of her. They just didn't ask him. Most of all, Nairn enjoyed the fact that he was able to destroy the beloved stereotype of gay people. After all, many see them as cute boys who for some reason are more prone to feminine clothes, that they are so fragile and cute. And it was Christian with his powerful shoulders who shattered this stupid stereotype, showing that gays are different. And for this in the "rainbow" community, he was thanked more than once or twice.
Wentworth Miller - the main sex symbol of all prisons. Performer of the main role in the series "Escape". Where, in order to save his brother from the electric chair, he himself goes to prison. And then he pulls him and himself, relying on his ingenious mind and cunningly developed plan. After that, Wentworth can be found in a series such as The Flash, where he plays Captain Cold. He plays the same character further in Legends of Tomorrow, where he gladly kisses the hero of the Ray.
And, although today Miller is openly gay, he had to go a long way to admit it. In 2007, Wentworth proudly announced that he was going to get married, after which he would have children and continue to happily build his family life. The media never once raised suspicions about his orientation. And he explained the absence of a girl quite easily - he was too busy on the set.
The actor opened to society in 2013, when he refused to attend the film festival in St. Petersburg. By this he supported the action against the new Russian law "on the promotion of homosexuality." It was wild for him to attend an event in a country where it is forbidden to openly love, and where there is no concept of basic human rights.
Later, the actor honestly stated that it was difficult for him to admit to himself that he was homosexual. And when he was 17, he even tried to commit suicide, fearing how society would react to his coming out. As an adult, Miller was frightened that open confession could harm his career or simply end it.
Ben Whishaw - a person who is easily recognizable by the role of a maniac in the film "Perfume". This film brought him fame in 2013. Like many stars, he did not hide his personal life, but simply did not talk about it. In August 2012, he entered into a civil partnership with Mark Bradshaw, an Australian composer. They met when they worked together on the film "Bright Star", this happened in 2009. Mark made music and Ben played the lead role. And they had an office romance, which eventually became something more. The fact that he has an official partner (common-law spouse), Ben announced through his agent.
Also part of the rainbow community are Ruper Everett (Quiet Flows the Don), Richard Chamberland (The Thorn Birds, also starred as an elderly gay man in Desperate Housewives), Jesse Ferguson (Class, American Family).
The list of openly gay people in the world does not end there. But to describe all the people who are openly ready to confess their love and real themselves, several volumes the size of "Les Miserables" are not enough.
No matter how carefully the censorship did not hide the details of the intimate life of Soviet society, information still leaked out. Today we will talk about Soviet celebrities who were gay.
1. Georgy Millyar
Georgy Frantsevich was very unsociable. There were various rumors around the actor's lack of personal life. Some attributed this to the trauma of youth due to the betrayal of the first wife, others said that Millyar was not interested in marriage, since he knew that he could not have children. Of course, the actor was also credited with love for men.The actor himself did not admit this, but his personal characteristic of himself is alarming: "I am all the evil spirits of our cinema."
As a result, Millyar married at 65 - his neighbor in a communal apartment, with whom he had been friends for many years. Until the end of their lives, the couple maintained a warm relationship.
2.Sergey Eisenstein
The world-class filmmaker, Eisenstein, turned out to be a homos * xualist. Sergei had a wife, but he spent almost all of his time with men. Once he said: "If not for Marx, Engels and Lenin, I would have been the second Oscar Wilde."
3. Yuri Bogatyrev The magnificent actor could not accept his true nature in any way. He himself perceived it as a disease. His behavior can be described as "his own among strangers, a stranger among his own."
Internal torment led Yuri to severe depression and alcoholism, which noticeably shortened the life of the famous actor.
4. Faina Ranevskaya
The personal life of the famous actress is being discussed even now. The majority concludes that Faina still preferred women. This becomes clear if you carefully study her biography and statements. Remember only the famous: “Lesbianism, homos * xalism, masochism, sadism are not perversions. In fact, there are only two perversions: field hockey and ice ballet! "
5. Julia Lemigova
Lemigova was the last Miss USSR. She moved to the United States for a long time and since the early 2000s met with tennis player Martina Navratilova. In 2014, the lovers decided to get married in New York.
6.Sergey Parajanov
The ingenious director was an open b * xual. The marriage did not prevent him from going to bed with men. In 1974 he was convicted of sodomy. Parajanov spent 4 years in prison, during which he tried several times to commit suicide.
7. Rudolf Nureyev
World fame would not have helped Nureyev escape the punishment for sodomy, so he had to flee to the West. This act was even symbolically called "a leap to freedom." Rudolph loved passionately kissing strangers, calling it an old Russian tradition.
8. Vadim Kozin
The legendary singer received the Order of the Red Star for inspiring soldiers on the front lines. But the past merits did not help Kozin when they came for him with accusations of homosexual relationships. He was the only Soviet artist convicted of sodomy twice. As a punishment for his orientation, he spent 15 years in the camps.
It is a pity that great people had such a hard time because of persecution by the state. Orientation should not be a reason for imprisonment. After all, if they felt safe, they could do art, continue to delight their fans.
The open and voluntary recognition of our famous contemporaries in their non-traditional sexual orientation (coming aut) has become a fashionable phenomenon and has become a trump way of drawing attention to one's own person.
In the puritanical USSR, there were also celebrities who at least once directly declared their belonging to sex minorities. They certainly did not need PR on sin. Moreover, some of those who made that hard come-out after confessions did not live for several months. Why then did they do it?
The manly love of the poet Nikolai Klyuev
The peasant poet Nikolai Klyuev, senior friend of Sergei Yesenin, unlike his young friend, a mischievous reveler, did not start romances with women throughout his 53-year-old life. And the matter was, apparently, not at all in the religiosity of Nikolai Alekseevich. The poet repeatedly (including in his works) sang the love for men, mentioning the handsome Caucasian Ali, who fell in love with him “as Kadra-night (Night of Predestination) teaches, about the young artist Anatoly Kravchenko, to whom Klyuev composed verses full of passion and wrote over 40 love letters ...
Actually, the ardent stanzas, addressed to the subject of same-sex love, and served as an indirect reason for the first arrest of Klyuev: the poet decided to publish sensual verses not just anywhere, but in the newspaper Izvestia VTSIK. And its editor-in-chief, fighting off the annoying author, took and reported on the persistent preacher of poetic sodomy in the NKVD. The authorities have long had a grudge against the rebellious poet - in his poems Klyuev did not favor the Soviet world order.
During one of the interrogations, Nikolai Alekseevich confessed to sodomy, named his lovers and the dates of intercourse with them. It is noteworthy that the corresponding Soviet law on criminal punishment for homosexuality was adopted only a few months after the arrest of the poet. Nevertheless, adding to this accusation the more formidable label “counter-revolutionary behavior”, Klyuev was exiled to Tomsk. But 3 years later, in the ominous 37th, he was arrested again and shot as a clear enemy of the people.
The shameful confession of the "bloody dwarf" Yezhov
The "bloody dwarf" head of the NKVD Nikolai Yezhov, being in favor, was very popular among the people - songs and poems were composed about him, people who write with carnivorous pleasure relished in print the common expression "take an iron grip", applied to various enemies of the people - "already Our brave People's Commissar will give light to the anti-Soviet scum!
But the Stalinist moloch ground Yezhov in his merciless millstones, like many other executioners of the regime. According to the tradition of that time, the usual accusations were hung on him - anti-Soviet, traitor, terrorist. They were known to the “bloody dwarf” as no one, because until recently the People's Commissar himself branded his victims with them.
Yezhov himself wrote a statement about his penchant for pederasty to the Investigative Department of the NKVD of the USSR. In the document he described in detail in what years and with whom he indulged in sodomy, more often - "mutually active relationships." Those "mutually active" officials (by the way, of a rather high rank), whom the once all-powerful People's Commissar pulled along with testimony, in turn, also admitted to a vicious relationship - like Yezhov, they hoped that it would be better for pederasty than a bullet in the head for anti-Sovietism. But in the end, everyone was shot anyway.
Sad script by Sergei Parajanov
The outstanding Soviet film director and screenwriter Sergei Paradzhanov was arrested twice on suspicion of homosexuality, in 1947 and in 1973. The first time he was acquitted, the second time he served 4 years in a colony. Sergei Iosifovich, like the poet Nikolai Klyuev in his time, did not differ in loyalty to the authorities in the USSR. Those who do not believe in the veracity of the sodomy accusations against Parajanov believe that the artist suffered solely for his political beliefs.
The recognition of sodomy by the Parajanovs was given during the investigation - also detailed, detailed. But many are still wondering whether this accusation was fabricated or not: Sergei Iosifovich did not shy away from women, was married, a son was born in marriage ...
World-class artists - François Truffaut, Fellini, Visconti - worked for the famous director ... After the French communist writer Louis Aragon personally appealed to Brezhnev, Parajanov was released.
... In the USSR, it was very dangerous to openly admit addiction to same-sex love - criminal responsibility for sodomy (for some reason, they did not touch lesbians) existed for almost 60 years: it was introduced in 1934 and the corresponding legal norms were in effect until 1993. According to official statistics, in the Soviet Union during this time tens of thousands of men were convicted and sent to colonies under the "shameful" article of the Criminal Code.
Homosexuals have existed since the dawn of humanity. Even in the biblical laws of Moses, it is mentioned: "Do not lie with a man, as with a woman - this is disgusting." Although the instruction did not stop anyone. Gays were found among the Romans, Jews and Greeks. The indigenous people of the black continent and undiscovered America found pleasure in true male love.
How does libido affect the fate of a person? Based on the facts of history, the conclusions suggest themselves. Many talented people were bi- or homosexual. Even Freud argued that in sexual fantasies there is a hidden, true "I-image", without the brakes of culture and education. What is the reason for the versatility or the desire to learn new things? Gays in the history of Russia are found at every step of the textbook.
Gays in the history of Russia, as well as in other countries, created masterpieces, ruled strange and danced until they fell apart, led armies. They made this story despite their sexual orientation and constant hostility from heterosexuals.
1. Ivan the Terrible... One of the first controversial homosexual images in Russian history is Ivan the Terrible. In his book "The Other Side of the Sun" Lev Klein mentions the homosexual inclinations of the strict king. The writer brings interesting facts from the Litopis 13: 450. It says that Ivan (at that time still a prince), did not want to marry a girl from another state. He refers to the difference in morals, possible conflicts. Although I could talk about religious differences, politics. Soon the tsar will marry Anastasia. She gives birth to six children for him. Only two survived - son Ivan and Fyodor. They said about the king's wife that she was a patient, affectionate woman. She was only jealous of the king-husband of the priest Sylvester. Ivan the Terrible intimidated the queen, fearing spreading about his betrayals. The fragile woman began to get sick and died before she was thirty. The Tsarina's early death was blamed on the sovereign's assistant, Adashev, and the unfortunate priest Sylvester. Soon the boyars advised Ivan to marry again. Subsequently, the king married nine times. According to historical statistics, he could only experience sexual pleasure with his first wife, Anastasia. All others were only short-term substitutes. Three of Ivan's wives died early, he killed one himself, two imprisoned in the walls of the monastery. I wanted to send another wife, but she died earlier.
2. N.V. Gogol... Some facts indicate that N.V. Gogol had a passion for men. Conclusions suggest themselves after reading the autobiographical, little-known story "Night at the Villa". The work describes the love feelings for Count Joseph Vielgorsky, who died in the arms of the writer. The second strong passion of Nikolai Vasilyevich was the artist Ivanov Alexander Andreevich, known for painting the canvas "The Appearance of Christ to the People." Quite a few literary critics claim that Gogol was the first Russian metrosexual. He was gay, but it is not known whether he accepted himself that way? From early childhood, little Kolya was surrounded by a world of men. First, brother Vanya, with whom they were inseparable. Then Sasha Dinilevsky, Kolya Prokopovich, Vanya Pashchenko are friends at the Nizhyn gymnasium. And later, the actors who played female roles with him in the theater. Nikosha (that was the name of Gogol in his family and friends) was not much favored. The young man's appearance was strange - long straight hair, a nose, a deep, piercing look. Critics either loved Gogol or hated him terribly. They referred to a detailed description of the writer's personal life, his dissimilarity from others.
3. P.I. Tchaikovsky... Various homosexual games were very fond of the composer P.I. Tchaikovsky. The most beloved of them is the collective masturbation on a bun. According to the rules of the game, whoever finished last had to eat her. In the biography of the composer, it is recalled that he lived with many friends of childhood and school: Vladimir Meshchersky, Vladimir Adamov, Alexei Apukhtin.
4. Sergey Diaghilev became famous not only for his kinship with Tchaikovsky. He was the mission of ballet at the time. He was called the most European Russian man of the 20th century. Diaghilev was a comprehensively developed person, a talent in the flesh, without any additions or speculation. At the beginning of his career, he wrote music, created an opera, wrote books, and played in performances. These activities did not become the core of life. He was looking for himself, both in creativity and love. First, he made a splash with the help of modernist artists, then took up ticket productions. Already at the end of his journey, Diaghilev strove to create a family. In his understanding, it was a union of three - Boris Kakhno, Sergei Lifar and him - Sergei Diaghilev. But Lifar sharply protested against the love of the three, did not want to share his Seryozha with no one. At the end of his life, only Sergey Lifar remains with him, supports him, helps to collect a library of old books, and together they fight against nicotine addiction. Perhaps this was exactly the kind of family life that the guru of the 20th century ballet, Sergei Diaghilev, dreamed of.
5.L. Bakst... The famous homosexuals of Russia also include the artist Leon Bakst. Perhaps this is due to the close collaboration on the art exhibition with Sergei Diaghilev and Alexander Benois. Then they collaborated for many years, communicated closely. Before his death, due to the growing conflict, Leon left the corpse of Diaghilev. The artist's biographers do not know the exact facts that would confirm or deny Bakst's sexual orientation.
6. Felix Yusupov was a very rich man. From the father got the capital, which brought 10 million rubles a year. At one time he wrote "Memoirs" in which he spoke about his sexual whims. Felix wrote that homosexuality began to manifest itself in his youth, during a duel, when the elder Yusupov, Nikolai, was shot. When the boy was left alone in the family, he enjoyed all the delights of permissiveness, sometimes reaching the moral extreme. Yusupov Jr.'s mother was expecting a daughter, so she had a whole chest of pink dowry. To allay the chagrin, until the age of five, Felix was dressed up as a girl. The boy liked to play with his mother's jewelry, try on dresses, and comb his hair. In "Memoirs" it is recalled that mama's whim left a significant imprint on the formation of Felix's personality. At the age of 13, Yusupov lost his virginity with an Argentine. In a kiddie cocktail, it completely shaped with a transvestite guy. Reincarnation as a woman for Felix became a necessity, an addiction, and not just fun. Yusupov became famous for ridding Russia of Rasputin. The queen mother longed for the death of the brave man, but the king only sent him into exile. In 1919 he left Russia and went first to Malta, and then bought a house in the Bois de Boulogne. Shortly before his death, he adopted a boy, Victor Contreras, who would later become a popular sculptor.
7. Vaslav Nijinsky called the mad king of the dance. He had a difficult fate, a life divided into several stages. The first ten years are childhood. Then ten years of teaching and ten years of all-consuming glory. After - the abyss ... and thirty long years in captivity of schizophrenia, nervous breakdowns, darkness. In his diary "Feelings", which he wrote while being terminally ill, he paid much attention to early sexual feelings for men. Vaclav considered them a vice. He often accused Diaghilev, as if he were a tempting serpent and forced the young dancer to have sex. In fact, Wenceslas was already quite rich and popular at the moment when fate pushed him against Sergei Diaghilev. Pavel Lvov fell in love with Nijinsky, he was ready for a lot for the sake of his god of dance. But the real Vaclav disappointed him in sex, because he was absolutely inexperienced in same-sex love. Lvov kept Vaclav for several months, until he cooled off to him. After the breakup, the young dancer went from hand to hand, but Pavel was the first man who made him suffer. The connection with Diaghilev, and soon a joint project in Paris, slammed the doors of a new golden cage. Vaclav was very worried about his homosexuality, passive position. He lied in his Feelings diary that Sergei allowed him to become an asset, but these were only attempts to justify himself. Nijinsky lived a closed life, outside of society and outside of reality, in a golden cage of dance and dependence on wealthy lovers.
8. Leonid Myasin... Another dancer from the corpse of Diaghilev had a real male eroticism. His name is Leonid Massin. When a dancer appeared on the Parisian stage in only one loincloth and a skin, it caused a furor. The caustic French journalists even renamed the name of the ballet - "Legends of Joseph", into "Joseph's Thighs". Biographers and the dancer himself claim to be heterosexual. Although at the time of working with Diaghilev he had experience of homosexual relationships.
9.Sergey Eisenstein was a revolutionary director. His father was a talented architect. In Riga, there are still Art Nouveau houses built according to his designs. The boy received a good education, read a lot, attended exhibitions and other cultural events. Eisenstein's search for himself brought him from theater to cinema, where he truly revealed his talent to the world. Little is known about the director's personal life. Once during a rehearsal, he met an actor, his name was Grigory Alexandrov. Simple, Grisha. Soon they became not and comrades-in-arms, movie partners. Grisha was Sergei's assistant when "Strikes", "October", "Potemki" were filmed. Then Grisha plays a strange role in the role of Eisenstein. He becomes his confidant, hidden in relationships with women, in personal relationships. Sergei was greatly impressed by the return of his mother, who in every possible way tried to protect him from mistakes, to control his life.
10. Pavel Chelishchev was not only a popular and talented artist. The famous snake tempter, Sergei Diaghilev, was surrounded by the meter. They met in Berlin. After the artist went to work in Paris with Gertrude Stein, his serene patroness. Before World War II, Chelishchev's activities were attributed to the homosexual direction of the avant-garde. Critics saw in his paintings a psychoerotic desire, a homo energy conflict.
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11. Grand Duke of Moscow Vasily III added to the list - gay in the history of Russia. He sent his first wife to the monastery, because in 20 years of marriage they did not have a single child. Biographers say that it was her husband's fault. Then he married Elena Glinskaya, who bore him two children. One boy was mentally retarded, and the other was Ivan the Terrible. Vasily could perform conjugal duty with his wife only on condition that there was a naked officer in the chambers. The prince's favorite was Fyodor Basmanov, who skillfully danced before the king in women's dresses. Many facts of homosexual biography are revealed in Tolstoy's historical novel "Prince Silver".
12. During the reign of Peter I, sexual pleasures of men with men were not uncommon. Many historians, despite the facts, are silent about this side of the life of the Great King. Some details of the biography are revealed in the book about homosexuals in the history of Russia "The Other Side of the Luminary", which was written by Lev Klein. Pyotr Alekseevich reigned when he was 17 years old, and there are a lot of assumptions and rumors that by this age, he was already familiar with non-traditional sexual relations. This was allegedly facilitated by a native of Alpine Switzerland, Franz Yakovlevich Lefort. Say, only having become the tsar's lover, he was awarded the title of admiral, he also brought the young sovereign to a street vendor of pies named Sashka Menshikov. Until the very death of Lefort in 1699, this trinity was tightly bound by something, and this something - not only state affairs.
13. Alexander I was the beloved grandson and successor of Catherine the Great. It was him that she wanted to see on the throne after her death. Alexander came to power only as a result of a palace coup. Sex games were quite popular at the time, both heterosexual and homosexual. The orientation of the king was not disclosed, but there is a fact that Alexander more than once played love with his husbands. According to other sources, the young prince loved and respected his wife, Elizabeth. Their marriage was both happy and sad at the same time. Two children of the young couple died immediately at birth. Grandmother, Catherine the Great, put a lot of effort and energy into Alexander. She attracted the best teachers of Russia to the education, she taught her grandson. The reign of her grandson did not disappoint her - he was a good king for his state, defeated Napoleon, took care of the peasants and nobles, and competently conducted foreign political affairs. Perhaps, in his practice, same-sex love affairs happened. But most likely this is the speculation of enemies.
14. Modest Mussorgsky, the creator of the popular opera Boris Godunov, loved men in his youth. The musician often fell into depression due to an unrealized career. His creations were not recognized in society. Modest was looking for himself both in personal and love terms, and in creative endeavors.
15. Another popular homosexual in the history of Russia is Lenin's People's Commissar Georgy Chicherin. He was a famous diplomat. Even Trotsky himself argued that Chicherin was a talented worker, he was able to quickly and efficiently organize a team, select cadres. In connection with the feigned righteous life of the Communists, Gregory's homosexual inclinations were furiously hidden by the party and associates.
16. M.I. Many attributed Kutuzov to lovers of same-sex relationships. From school he is known to all of us as a famous Russian commander. All his life, Mikhail Illarionovich spent side by side with the same military as himself, and died at the moment when his own Russian soldier made him feel good. The commander's heart could not stand it, and he left the earthly world, leaving his penis in the batman's mouth.
17. Georgy Millyar was a famous Soviet actor, Baba Yaga from children's fairy tales and a homosexual. The actor put on the image for a reason. It was a child's play, obscene gestures from the point of view of the party, blue pants that saved the actor from a trip to Kolyma. When, in his youth, he was found not quite in a smart position with one colleague. Then the young actor was kept in a common cell with the thieves for several days, and then released, threatening not to do this anymore. And Georgy found a way out to preserve his internal priorities, not to hide, and at the same time not to fall into exile. He became a children's movie actor! After the incident, the Soviet government did not punish the actor, but did not encourage him either. He was given a small apartment (when the actor turned 80), was not allowed to spend evenings, anniversaries, and was not allowed to go abroad for prizes and awards. And Milyar received the people's artist only at the age of 85. George lived an unhappy life, despite the great popularity and love of the audience. At the beginning of his career, he hid aristocratic roots, after homosexuality. He was a lonely man.
18. Rudolf Nureyev is a Russian genius, without whom the picture of post-war Russia does not emerge. He never hid his orientation, was rude, was infinitely brilliant and unbearable. They said he was a disgusting person. Whatever they called him - an upstart, a curmudgeon, a greedy accumulator, without a kind of tribe ... At the same time, a divine spark smoldered in him, which absorbed all the minuses of the dancer. He was a true gay who never hid his love and passion. Rudolf Nuriyev died of AIDS. He was a big kid, amused by toys and spontaneity.
19. Nikolai Yezhov is known for his "Yezhovism". A person whose hands are covered with blood. He was the head of the NKVD during the years of the Red Terror - 1937-38. Subsequently, he was accused of many things, including sodomy (homosexuality). Yezhov said that in his youth he worked as an apprentice for a tailor. There, the guy was bullied, beaten, and then one tailor entered into a sexual relationship with him. To Nikolai's surprise, he liked it, although Yezhov attributed pederasty to vices. Soon his passion for men was renewed in the tsarist army. According to his autobiography, Nikolai resisted his food as best he could. I tried to fill my time with work. The chiefs of the People's Commissar appreciated his work, even tried to heal. At one time Yezhov was sent to Germany to exchange experience, in fact, to psychiatrists, in order to save the head of the NKVD from pederasty. Nikolai Yezhov was shot in 1940, accused of treason and other blunders.
20. The famous film director Vsevolod Meyerhold delighted connoisseurs of cinema and not only. Ivan Ignatiev dedicated poetry to him, confessed sincere feelings. It is not known if they had an open relationship or if it was just love with one goal.
Despite such an ancient and rich past of blue Russia, in our society, non-traditional sexual orientation is still referred to as condemned vices, mental disorders. Therefore, homosexuals still have to hide their nature and defend themselves against attacks by homophobes. Despite the ongoing struggle, gays are a calm people who know how to tenderly love, appreciate their feelings.
A person who is unlike others often has a hard time - society rarely treats other people's characteristics calmly. What was it like for homosexuals in the Soviet Union, where there was criminal prosecution of gays ... The orientation of many creatively gifted people of the USSR became the cause of their tragedies ...
Rudolf Nureyev
A great dancer, a legend of ballet, he was unbearable to talk to. But because of talent and, most importantly, willpower, they forgave him an unbearable character. However, the genius of ballet annoyed the Soviet authorities, and what they certainly could not forgive him was his sexual orientation.
During the tour of the Kirov (Mariinsky) Theater troupe in Paris, Nureyev was followed by the KGB, which confirmed that “Rudolf Khamitovich, despite preventive talks, meets with homosexuals».
After the Paris concerts, the troupe flew to London, but Nureyev was told to return to the Union - ostensibly to perform in the Kremlin. Of course, the dancer understood that at home he was not expected to ovation at all, and he was right: Nureyev was sentenced in absentia to imprisonment with confiscation of property.
At the Paris airport, a couple of hours before the departure, Nureyev made the legendary "jump to freedom", breaking free from the escorts and literally falling into the hands of the French police. Later, Nureyev successfully beat this jump in his games.
In Europe, Nureyev was waiting for 32 years of free life: he toured, gave 300 performances a year, won admirers, grew rich - and loved. Nureyev was credited with having connections with Yves Saint Laurent, actor Anthony Perkins (who also died of AIDS), ballet dancers and conductors.
Nureyev began to suspect his diagnosis in 1984 and then passed a blood test. HIV was confirmed, and the diagnostics showed the presence of the virus in the blood for several years. Then very little was known about the disease: the dancer did not start treatment immediately and took experimental medications, but still, year after year, he continued to fade.
Nureyev danced as long as he had enough strength, although performances more and more often exhausted him, which the caustic critics could not help but notice. In the last years of his life he worked as a conductor. Nureyev died in Paris on January 6, 1993.
Georgy Millyar
"All the evil spirits of our cinematography" - this is how the actor called himself. Often in the paintings, Millyar played several roles at once. For example, in Vasilisa the Beautiful he played both the old father and Baba Yaga, and in The Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors he played the most important master of ceremonies and the queen!
Georgy Millyar, nee de Mille, was born into a family of aristocrats - the French engineer Franz de Mille and the heiress of the Irkutsk gold miner Elizaveta Zhuravleva, who was widowed when Georgy was three years old. The boy was brought up by governess, studied music and languages. Millyar was fluent in German and French, but did not advertise this in Soviet times.
In 1917, he and his mother were left without funds, their Moscow apartment was turned into a communal apartment, giving the family one room, and the house in Gelendzhik, where the artist grew up, was taken away. After graduating from school, Georgy changed Milie's last name so as not to raise unnecessary questions, and returned to Gelendzhik, where he spent his childhood.
There he made his debut on stage in a very unexpected way: having got a job as a prop, once persuaded the management to let him replace the sick actress who played Cinderella! Millyar began working on stage, after he moved to Moscow at the theater. Mayakovsky, began auditioning for film roles and eventually began working with Rowe in his fairy tales, which brought the artist fame. At the same time, Millyar continued to live with his mother in a communal apartment and did not start novels.
There were various rumors around the actor's lack of personal life. Some attributed this to the trauma of youth due to the betrayal of the first wife, others said that Millyar was not interested in marriage, since he knew that he could not have children. Of course, the actor was also credited with love for men.
As a result, Millyar married at 65 - his neighbor in a communal apartment, with whom he had been friends for many years. Until the end of their lives, the couple maintained a warm relationship.
Yuri Bogatyryov
Denial of his own nature brought the famous actor to depression and, as a result, alcoholism. The artist, according to his friends and colleagues, struck up relationships with men, but this only tormented Bogatyrev, who perceived his peculiarity extremely painfully.
Successful work in the cinema - "At home among strangers, a stranger among friends", "An unfinished piece for a mechanical piano", "Two captains", "Relatives" - did not make Bogatyrev happy. The actor was lonely, acutely grieved, fought with his gentle nature.
As a result, the war with himself ended in defeat. Addiction to alcohol in combination with antidepressants caused a heart attack - Bogatyrev died at only 41 years old.
Sergey Parajanov
The famous Soviet director was bisexual: Paradzhanov was married twice, but did not deny ties with men. At the same time, the director loved his women sincerely and tenderly, and the second wife supported Parajanov during the period of his imprisonment.
In 1974 he was convicted under the article "Sodomy" and spent 4 years in a colony. Four nightmarish years, during which he tried to commit suicide from the despair and horrors of prison. The article of the convicted Parajanov left him no chance in the zone: the director was humiliated and tortured by inmates, the authorities starved him to death and forced him to hard work. In prison, Parajanov fell ill with diabetes.
All this time, the director was actively supported by his famous colleagues and friends: Andrei Tarkovsky, Lilya Brik, Yuri Nikulin, Jean-Luc Godard, Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, Roberto Rossellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, Bernardo Bertolucci, Robert de Niro, John Updike, Irv ...
After his release, the director was forbidden to live in Moscow, Kiev, Leningrad and Yerevan, so Parajanov returned to Tbilisi, where he was born and raised.
Gennady Bortnikov
It is known that in the mid-60s, during a theatrical tour in Paris, Bortnikov communicated with the famous choreographer Serge Lifar, lover of the patron Sergei Diaghilev.
The actor's colleagues were worried that this connection could affect Bortnikov's career at home, but he never gave reason to discuss his personal life - he lived quietly and modestly. Although there were rumors in the theatrical environment that during his student years, his classmate committed suicide because of his love for Bortnikov.