Sofia Rotaru: personal life, new husband

Name: Sofia Rotaru

Date of Birth: 07.08.1947

Age: 71 years old

Place of Birth: Marshintsy, Chernivtsi region, Ukraine

The weight: 64 kg

Growth: 1.70 m

Activity: singer, actress, dancer, People's Artist of the USSR

Family status: widow

Whoever was not attributed to the new husbands of the legendary singer Sofia Rotaru, whose personal life and biography still excites all fans of her work! Another media interest in romantic relationships in the fate of the artist broke out last summer. Then a hot confession of 37-year-old musician Alexander Popov appeared on the network.

According to the man, a woman like Sofia Rotaru cannot but arouse admiration, both for her external beauty and for her inner strength of character. The young man is known not only for his participation in the once popular Turbomoda group, but also for his former relationship with Tatyana Bulanova. According to some rumors, replicated by the "yellow" press, it was Popov who caused the popular singer to leave the football player Rodimov. Sofia Mikhailovna herself and members of her family, as well as colleagues on the stage, do not comment on such a recognition.

Childhood years and the family of the singer

The future star was born in 1947 in the distant Bukovinian village of Morshyntsi. Sophia's parents were simple village workers who worked in agriculture for many years. In addition to the vociferous girl, the family had two more sisters and three brothers. At the same time, the eldest lost her sight in childhood, having contracted an infectious disease. Therefore, Sofia Mikhailovna was considered the eldest in the house and her workload was appropriate - her duties included milking a cow and selling herbs at the local market. The younger ones in the house always helped the elders - family relations and mutual assistance were instilled in children from early childhood.

Sofia Rotaru in childhood

As the artist and her relatives recall in a few interviews devoted to the personal life and biography of Sofia Mikhailovna and denying the appearance of a new husband in the fate of the artist, Ukrainian and Moldovan songs were often heard in the house. It was the father who became the leader in the numerous Rotar family at family gatherings or at the grape harvest.

Sofia Rotaru in his youth

Even at school, Sofia was called the "Bukovina nightingale" for her unique vocal abilities. In addition to singing, the girl was actively involved in all-around, participated in all school events and actively mastered folk musical instruments.

Growing popularity

The young performer of Moldovan and Ukrainian folk songs became famous at the age of 15. Starting from 1963, Sofia literally, in one breath, won several singing competitions of various sizes and in 1964 worked out her first performance in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses.

Singer at the beginning of her career

In Soviet times, such a dizzying career was not possible for every metropolitan resident, not like a young girl from a remote Bukovinian village. It was then that a photograph of an amateur artist appeared on the cover of the central edition of Ukraine. This fact played a huge role later in the personal life and biography of Sofia Rotaru, as noted by journalists trying to find out details about her new husband.

First love, only love

As the artist's sisters say, the girl did not dream of a romantic relationship then. She wanted to make a career as a singer, for which she had to tour a lot and work at concert venues that were very different in terms of equipment and remoteness from the center.

Anatoly Evdokimenko, the son of wealthy parents, completed his military service, having a comfortable place in the regimental band - a musically gifted young man perfectly performed bravura marches and hymns on the trumpet. Quite by chance, the young man caught the eye of a cover with a black-eyed girl smiling provocatively at him from the cover of a central magazine. After reading a note about the "Bukovinian nightingale", the young man in love decided to achieve the location of the young beauty, no matter what.

Sofia Rotaru in the ensemble "Chervona Ruta"

To do this, Evdokimenko, after demobilization, organizes the Chervona Ruta ensemble and invites the young artist to work in a team created, as it turned out later, just for her. Along the way, he begins to carefully look after Sophia and after 2 years becomes her husband, teacher, mentor and best friend - an irreplaceable and dear person for a long 35 years.

Sofia Rotaru on stage

child and work

In 1970, the son Ruslan appeared in the family. According to the memoirs of the artist, her husband was against children at such an early age for a long time - Evdokimenko really wanted to reach world heights in the work of the team he managed, which at first worked on the basis of the Chernivtsi Regional Philharmonic. The young wife had to come up with a fantastic story about failures in the female body, thanks to which the stubbornness of the ambitious spouse was broken.

Contrary to popular belief that after the birth of a child, the career of a talented performer is in danger of oblivion, a year after the birth of Ruslan, the ensemble becomes mega-popular in the USSR. The first black-and-white musical is being shot about his work, filled with piercing folk and author's melodies performed by the "Bukovina nightingale" in Ukrainian, Moldovan and Romanian.

With first husband

As Sofia Mikhailovna likes to tell in an interview, her fame would not have become so comprehensive and powerful if not for her family. It was the sisters who replaced little Ruslan's mother for many years of her active touring activity. Sofya Mikhailovna still regrets very much that she did not give birth to Ruslan's sister, sacrificing another child for the sake of her career.

Yes, and in front of her son, for a long time she felt guilty because of the constant absence of the house. As the artist's sisters say, in childhood, the first thing Ruslan asked his mother, who returned from another business trip, was when she should leave again. These naive words were filled with such a longing for her beloved and busy mother that every time before leaving, Rotaru could not find a place for herself.

Sofia Rotaru with family

By the way, the prefix "y" at the end of the name of the beginning singer was advised to add Edita Piekha. According to the singer, this added French charm and mystery to the Moldovan sound.

pinnacle of success

In 1973, Sofia Mikhailovna won the first prize at the Golden Orpheus competition, entered the stage in the finals of the Songs of the Year competition. Since that time, for thirty years, Rotaru has not missed a single issue of the legendary program, making an exception only in 2002 due to the death of her husband. And in the same 1974, the woman became the Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR. At that time, the singer was only 26 years old! After 2 years, she was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Moldavian SSR, and in 1979 Sofia Mikhailovna became the People's Performer of the republican level.

Sofia Rotaru and Alla Pugacheva

In 1986, the press was told that the Chervona Ruta ensemble was returning to a repertoire consisting of folk songs, and the soloist was leaving for "free bread". The titanic work of Sofia Mikhailovna, in collaboration with the best authors of that time, did their job - the title of People's Artist of the Soviet Union Rotaru was awarded in 1988. By the way, Primadonna received a similar title three years later, which gave rise to the myth of the rivalry between the two greatest singers of the Soviet and post-Soviet era.

Sofia Rotaru now

Long-term work for wear and tear has done its job - the artist is considered one of the most wealthy representatives of show business in the post-Soviet space;

• private mansion in Pyatikhatki (Koncha-Zaspa);
• a deluxe hotel in Yalta;
• own house on the Black Sea coast;
• comfortable apartment in Kyiv.

In addition, Rotaru never forgot about her brothers and sisters - all the costs of providing them with decent housing, clothing, and the education of children, Sofya Mikhailovna always took upon herself.

Sofia Rotaru and Vasily Bogatyrev

In addition, the woman devotes a lot of time to her own family - her son works as a concert director of her parent, her daughter-in-law became her producer and closest assistant. The descendants of the national favorite successfully master the domestic and foreign show business in all its manifestations:

• granddaughter Sophia has been successfully working in the modeling industry for many years;
• grandson Anatoly is one of the most successful photographers in the high fashion industry.

Now, due to the unfavorable political situation, Sofia Rotaru, whose personal life and biography are inextricably linked with Russia and Ukraine, is trying not to participate in inciting ethnic hatred. So, the artist celebrated her 70th birthday on neutral territory - in Baku. At the same time, there was no news about her new husband in the press, and no.

There were always legends about the artist herself, retold in a whisper in the kitchen and provoked by completely justified situations in the life of the singer:

Sofia Rotaru today

• moving to Yalta in 1975. There were rumors about the terrible illness of the artist - by the age of 30 she was too thin. In fact, Sofia Mikhailovna did not have any tuberculosis. It was just that at that time the artist’s work was extremely favored by the local secretary of the district party committee, who created the most favorable conditions for living and working for Sofia Mikhailovna and members of her ensemble. The Chernivtsi party apparatus, on the contrary, fearing sanctions from higher authorities, reacted sharply to the growing popularity of the Chervona Ruta ensemble abroad. Then, for the first time, the team became restricted to travel abroad, and firmly settled in the Crimea in state-owned apartments. For 5 years, the ensemble worked out its prosperous existence on the generous Taurian land with numerous tours of the collective farms and state farms of the peninsula;
• voice problems. Interest in the artist's health once again increased after the release of the film "Soul", filmed by Pugacheva's ex-husband. It was during the period of work on the film that Sofia Mikhailovna lost her voice. Work for wear and tear for many years has done its "dirty" deed and the artist underwent surgery on the vocal cords. The intervention was unsuccessful, the scars on the "working tool" of the artist remained for life.