In Zhirinovsky's biography, marital status. He was not like everyone else

Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky was born on April 25, 1946 in Alma-Ata. He was the sixth child in the family. That same year, his father died in a car accident. After graduating from school, he went to Moscow to study at the Institute of Oriental Languages at Moscow State University, later renamed the Institute of Asian and African Countries.

Since April 1967, according to Zhirinovsky, he began to engage in politics. His first political action was that he sent a letter to the CPSU Central Committee addressed to L.I. Brezhnev, in which he expressed his opinion on the need for reforms in the field of education, Agriculture, city government. Soon after this, he was summoned for a conversation at the department of universities of the Moscow State Committee of the CPSU, where it was explained to him that these proposals were “unrealistic for financial and some political reasons.” As a 4th year student, Vladimir Zhirinovsky was sent to Turkey to undergo pre-graduation practice as a trainee translator in the city of Iskenderun. He was arrested “for communist propaganda” (distributing “subversive badges” with the image of V.I. Lenin to his friends) and expelled from Turkey. Zhirinovsky himself says that the badges were harmless, with views of Moscow and Pushkin. The wildest assumptions say that before his visit to Turkey, Zhirinovsky was recruited by the KGB, and Turkish intelligence declassified him and urgently expelled him from the country. According to Vladimir Volfovich, a short-term prison sentence became an obstacle for him to join the party, enroll in graduate school, and for a long time he was deprived of the opportunity to visit foreign countries.

After graduating from the institute in 1970-1972, he served in the Transcaucasian Military District in Tbilisi as a district headquarters officer. At the institute I studied two languages - Turkish and French; later at the Ministry of Finance courses - English and German. In 1972-1975 he worked in the sector Western Europe international department of the Soviet Peace Committee, in 1975-1977 - in the dean's office for work with foreign students at the Higher School of Trade Union Movement. From 1977 to 1983 - employee of the Inurkollegium of the USSR Ministry of Justice. From 1983 to 1990, he headed the legal department of the Mir publishing house. In 1989, he stood as a candidate in the elections for director of the publishing house, but lost (he received 30 votes out of 600).

His political career began in 1988, when Zhirinovsky began to actively participate in meetings of various public organizations and groups that emerged en masse in conditions of glasnost and political freedom. In the spring of 1988, he took an active part in the seminars “Peace and Human Rights”, which were held at the Soviet Peace Committee. It was then that he attracted attention as a speaker. After this, he began to often appear at various political meetings of informal groups, where he discussed the idea of creating some kind of party. At the beginning of May 1988, Vladimir Zhirinovsky participated in the Founding Congress of the Democratic Union party, but refused to join this organization. According to information and expert group "Panorama", Zhirinovsky spoke at the final meeting of the congress with a proposal to exclude from the Party Declaration the words: "The CPSU led the people through crimes."

Soon Zhirinovsky came up with the idea of creating a Social Democratic Party and wrote a draft party program. He distributed this program, amounting to one typewritten page, among activists of Moscow informal groups, including the Free Interprofessional Association of Workers and the Democratic Perestroika club. In the second half of 1988, Zhirinovsky participated in the creation of the legal Jewish national movement and spoke at the founding conference of the Soviet society of Jewish culture "Sholom". Zhirinovsky was elected a member of the board of the Society together with former first Secretary of the Birobidzhan Regional Committee of the CPSU Lev Shapiro and Zionist Yuli Kosharovsky. Vladimir Zhirinovsky, as a member of the board of the Society, supervised 4 sections: humanitarian-legal, philosophical-religious, historical and external economic ties. However, the Society of Jewish Culture as a public organization did not actually take place. In the spring of 1989, together with Vladimir Bogachev, who broke away from the Democratic Party of Lev Ubozhko (previously both of them - Bogachev and Ubozhko - were expelled from the DS party), Zhirinovsky created the initiative group of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). The LDP program became a short draft program of the Social Democratic Party. In 1991, Zhirinovsky registered the Liberal Democratic Party with the Ministry of Justice Soviet Union(with the collapse of the Union, the LDP changed its status to Russian and acquired the name LDPR). In the same year, Zhirinovsky supported the State Emergency Committee and opposed Belovezhskaya Accords Boris Yeltsin, Leonid Kravchuk and Stanislav Shushkevich and, having made a record rise for a novice politician, took third place in the Russian presidential elections. Having gained almost 8 percent of the vote, he passed ahead only to Yeltsin and Ryzhkov. Zhirinovsky’s promises to reduce vodka prices played an important role in achieving this result. Vladimir Volfovich's subsequent actions were no less extravagant. For example, he appealed to the then Speaker of the Supreme Council Ruslan Khasbulatov with a call to disperse the “anti-Russian and anti-state” government of Boris Yeltsin and in return proposed his own shadow cabinet, where the writer Eduard Limonov was the Minister of Security, and the leader of the punk group “DK” was entrusted with overseeing the cultural sphere. Sergei Zharikov.

In the conflict between B. Yeltsin and the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation in 1993, he took the side of the President of the Russian Federation. He participated in the Constitutional Conference convened by Yeltsin, supported the presidential draft of the Constitution, as well as Decree No. 1400, which terminated the powers of the Supreme Council and the Congress of People's Deputies and called elections to a new representative body - the Federal Assembly. Motivating his position, he said that, being in conflict with both the Kremlin and the White House, in this case he chose the “lesser evil” and therefore took the side of the President. Zhirinovsky outlined his political views in the autobiographical and journalistic books “The Last Throw to the South” (1993) and “The Last Car to the North” (1995), which provoked a lively public reaction. Zhirinovsky repeatedly persistently spoke out in favor of banning the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, as well as in favor of burying the body of V.I. Lenin.

In the parliamentary elections that followed in December 1993, the LDPR was ahead of all other parties in terms of the number of votes received. In December 1995, Zhirinovsky was re-elected to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the second convocation on the LDPR list. In total, the LDPR collected 11.18 percent of the votes, which allowed Zhirinovsky to create the second largest and most important faction in the State Duma of the second convocation after the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. Since then, the LDPR has managed to maintain a presence in the Duma, although the size of the faction has decreased in recent years. December 7, 2003 elected deputy State Duma The Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the fourth convocation from the electoral association Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. Leader of the LDPR faction in the State Duma of the first and second convocations. He entrusted the leadership of the LDPR faction in the State Duma of the third and fourth convocations to his son Igor Lebedev, and he himself became Deputy Chairman of the State Duma. Since October 2005 - member of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for the implementation of priority national projects. Doctor of Philosophy (defended his dissertation for an academic degree on the topic “The Past, Present and Future of the Russian Nation” on April 24, 1998). Academician Russian Academy social sciences. Since January 2003 - Professor at the Academy of Security, Defense and Law Enforcement ( public organization, created in 1999). Author of numerous publications in the press. On June 5, 2001, Vladimir Zhirinovsky presented to journalists full meeting of his works in 55 volumes. At the presentation of his works, the LDPR leader emphasized that his works are " collective work party and its factions." Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation (January 2001). The title was awarded by Decree of the President of Russia "for his contribution to the strengthening of Russian statehood." Awarded the Order"For services to the Fatherland" IV degree (April 2006). Accepting the award, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, for whom, according to him, this is the first order in his life, recalled the difficult history of domestic parliamentarism in pre-revolutionary and late Soviet times and wished deputies never to fight with state power.

Since April 1967, according to Zhirinovsky, he began to engage in politics. His first political action was that he sent a letter to the CPSU Central Committee addressed to L.I. Brezhnev, in which he expressed his opinion on the need for reforms in the fields of education, agriculture, and urban government. Soon after this, he was summoned for a conversation at the department of universities of the Moscow State Committee of the CPSU, where it was explained to him that these proposals were “unrealistic for financial and some political reasons.” As a 4th year student, Vladimir Zhirinovsky was sent to Turkey to undergo pre-graduation practice as a trainee translator in the city of Iskenderun. He was arrested “for communist propaganda” (distributing “subversive badges” with the image of V.I. Lenin to his friends) and expelled from Turkey. Zhirinovsky himself says that the badges were harmless, with views of Moscow and Pushkin. The wildest assumptions say that before his visit to Turkey, Zhirinovsky was recruited by the KGB, and Turkish intelligence declassified him and urgently expelled him from the country. According to Vladimir Volfovich, a short-term prison sentence became an obstacle for him to join the party, enroll in graduate school, and for a long time he was deprived of the opportunity to visit foreign countries.

After graduating from the institute in 1970-1972, he served in the Transcaucasian Military District in Tbilisi as a district headquarters officer. At the institute I studied two languages - Turkish and French; later at the Ministry of Finance courses - English and German. In 1972-1975 he worked in the Western Europe sector of the international department of the Soviet Peace Committee, in 1975-1977 - in the dean's office for work with foreign students at the Higher School of Trade Union Movement. From 1977 to 1983 - employee of the Inurkollegium of the USSR Ministry of Justice. From 1983 to 1990, he headed the legal department of the Mir publishing house. In 1989, he stood as a candidate in the elections for director of the publishing house, but lost (he received 30 votes out of 600).

Soon Zhirinovsky came up with the idea of creating a Social Democratic Party and wrote a draft party program. He distributed this program, amounting to one typewritten page, among activists of Moscow informal groups, including the Free Interprofessional Association of Workers and the Democratic Perestroika club. In the second half of 1988, Zhirinovsky participated in the creation of the legal Jewish national movement and spoke at the founding conference of the Soviet society of Jewish culture "Sholom". Zhirinovsky was elected a member of the board of the Society along with the former first secretary of the Birobidzhan regional committee of the CPSU Lev Shapiro and the Zionist Yuli Kosharovsky. Vladimir Zhirinovsky, as a member of the board of the Society, supervised 4 sections: humanitarian-legal, philosophical-religious, historical and foreign economic relations. However, the Society of Jewish Culture as a public organization did not actually take place. In the spring of 1989, together with Vladimir Bogachev, who broke away from the Democratic Party of Lev Ubozhko (previously both of them - Bogachev and Ubozhko - were expelled from the DS party), Zhirinovsky created the initiative group of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). The LDP program became a short draft program of the Social Democratic Party. In 1991, Zhirinovsky registered the Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union with the Ministry of Justice (with the collapse of the Union, the LDP changed its status to Russian and acquired the name LDPR). In the same year, Zhirinovsky supported the State Emergency Committee, opposed the Belovezhsky Accords of Boris Yeltsin, Leonid Kravchuk and Stanislav Shushkevich and, having made a record rise for a novice politician, took third place in the Russian presidential elections. Having gained almost 8 percent of the vote, he passed ahead only to Yeltsin and Ryzhkov. Zhirinovsky’s promises to reduce vodka prices played an important role in achieving this result. Vladimir Volfovich's subsequent actions were no less extravagant. For example, he appealed to the then Speaker of the Supreme Council Ruslan Khasbulatov with a call to disperse the “anti-Russian and anti-state” government of Boris Yeltsin and in return proposed his own shadow cabinet, where the writer Eduard Limonov was the Minister of Security, and the leader of the punk group “DK” was entrusted with overseeing the cultural sphere. Sergei Zharikov.

In the parliamentary elections that followed in December 1993, the LDPR was ahead of all other parties in terms of the number of votes received. In December 1995, Zhirinovsky was re-elected to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the second convocation on the LDPR list. In total, the LDPR collected 11.18 percent of the votes, which allowed Zhirinovsky to create the second largest and most important faction in the State Duma of the second convocation after the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. Since then, the LDPR has managed to maintain a presence in the Duma, although the size of the faction has decreased in recent years. On December 7, 2003, he was elected to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the fourth convocation from the electoral association Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. Leader of the LDPR faction in the State Duma of the first and second convocations. He entrusted the leadership of the LDPR faction in the State Duma of the third and fourth convocations to his son Igor Lebedev, and he himself became Deputy Chairman of the State Duma. Since October 2005 - member of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for the implementation of priority national projects. Doctor of Philosophy (defended his dissertation for an academic degree on the topic “The Past, Present and Future of the Russian Nation” on April 24, 1998). Academician of the Russian Academy of Social Sciences. Since January 2003, he has been a professor at the Academy of Security, Defense and Law and Order (a public organization created in 1999). Author of numerous publications in the press. On June 5, 2001, Vladimir Zhirinovsky presented to journalists a complete collection of his works in 55 volumes. At the presentation of his works, the LDPR leader emphasized that his works are “the collective work of the party and its faction.” Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation (January 2001). The title was awarded by Decree of the President of Russia "for his contribution to the strengthening of Russian statehood." Awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (April 2006). Accepting the award, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, for whom, according to him, this is the first order in his life, recalled the difficult history of domestic parliamentarism in pre-revolutionary and late Soviet times and wished deputies never to fight with state power.

So, Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky deigned to report that he does not have any wife. And therefore no income, no property of the woman who until now (since 1971) was considered his wife and mother of his beloved son Igor Vladimirovich Lebedev, he is not obliged to declare. And in general he does not consider it necessary to provide any information about this completely foreign, from a legal point of view, being for him.

That is, according to the Orthodox rite, he, of course, was married to Galina Aleksandrovna Lebedeva (this happened, as is easy to establish from long-standing reports of shocked journalists, in 1996: the Zhirinovsky couple then celebrated their marriage in such a touching way). But from the point of view of acts of civil status - that is, from the point of view of a secular state, separated, according to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, from the church - Zhirinovsky, according to his current words, is not in any marriage.

However, there is one "oops" here.

This is the declaration of income and property filed by Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky in the winter of 2011-12 as a candidate for the position of President Russian Federation(final registration of candidates took place on January 25, 2012). [...]

As we see, he had a wife then. In the most beautiful way. Maybe since then she has ceased to be a wife (in the secular, “state” sense of the word) - and Vladimir Volfovich can present evidence of a divorce that took place between the time of filing that declaration and the current assurances of his bachelor status?

Or did Vladimir Volfovich then mislead the Central Election Commission? [...]

["Vzglyad", 04/16/2013, "Zhirinovsky explained the refusal to disclose his wife's income as a church marriage": A source in the party said that at the time of his candidacy for the post of President of the Russian Federation in 2012, Zhirinovsky filled out information about income and property for himself and his wife, since he was officially married to her (civil status act on marriage). - Insert K.ru]

[RIA Novosti, 04/19/2013, “Zhirinovsky said that he was not divorced”: “The media are discussing deputies who got divorced so as not to disclose information about their income. I have nothing to do with this, I haven’t gotten divorced this year, not in the past, not 10 years ago, not 20, not 30,” Zhirinovsky told reporters on Friday. He emphasized that his personal life does not concern anyone, and since the moment of his parliamentary activity - since February 1996 - he has been in a church marriage. - Insert K.ru]

Zhirinovsky in the Supreme Court (2000): “Divorced for 22 years”

Original of this material
© Kommersant, 02/26/2000, Zhirinovsky abandoned his family

Irina Nagornykh

[...] The case of Zhirinovsky’s refusal to register as a presidential candidate by the Central Election Commission was heard yesterday in the Supreme Court all day. For nine hours, the judges did not leave the courtroom for a minute. Zhirinovsky's speech alone took about an hour. The court heard eight witnesses, including Zhirinovsky's son Igor Lebedev, whose inaccuracy in his declaration cost the LDPR leader his presidential candidate certificate. The judges tried to clarify the entire background of the undeclared apartment on Koshtoyantsa Street in Moscow (38 sq. m.), which became a stumbling block between Zhirinovsky and the Central Election Commission.

Zhirinovsky put forward three arguments in his favor. Firstly, he insisted that the violation was insignificant - 38 square meters. m constitute less than one percent of 4 thousand square meters. m, indicated by the Zhirinovsky family in the declaration. Secondly, Zhirinovsky stated that his wife and son were “not his family at all,” and by declaring their income and property, they simply showed an act of goodwill. Zhirinovsky, according to him, has been divorced from his wife for 22 years, and his son has long been an adult.

[Lenta.Ru, 04/16/2013, “Zhirinovsky explained the absence of his wife in the income statement”: Vladimir Zhirinovsky married Galina Lebedeva, according to some sources, in 1985. Moreover, this was already her second marriage, since before that they divorced, according to various sources, in 1977 or 1978. In 1996, the couple got married. Zhirinovsky's divorce was not reported. - Insert K.ru]

Thirdly, the LDPR leader insisted that the “purchase and sale” agreement dated February 4, 1997, according to which Lebedev became the owner of the apartment on Koshtoyants Street, was formally concluded and Lebedev knew nothing about the essence of the signed agreement or about the apartment. However, these arguments were consistently defeated. The LDPR leader had to abandon the first two by mid-day.

The outcome of the case was decided by the testimony of Natalya Shindina, the notary who recorded the deal in 1997. This energetic lady, who acted as a witness at the trial on behalf of the Central Executive Committee, charmed even Zhirinovsky. She was the only one who gave a positive answer to Zhirinovsky’s traditional question to all the female witnesses invited to court yesterday: “Have you entered into any relationship with me and my son?” (this is how the LDPR leader tried to prove that neither he nor Lebedev had anything to do with the ill-fated apartment). [...]

Zhirinovsky lost to the Central Election Commission [...].

Zhirinovsky: “There are no relatives. There is a wife, children, grandchildren, like relatives”

Original of this material
© TK "Rain", "Sobchak Live", 02/16/2012, Not a word about the elections with Vladimir Zhirinovsky

The leader of the LDPR party and presidential candidate Vladimir Zhirinovsky came to visit Ksenia Sobchak. [...]

Sobchak: Tell us about meeting your wife.

Zhirinovsky: With my wife. '67, summer, July, Pitsunda, Moscow State University sports camp, tents for 20 people, boys, girls. Naturally, the next tent, I start to take a closer look at who it is. In the dining room we look closely, somewhere there was a neighboring table, we were somewhere somehow, mostly we sat together at the same table.

Sobchak: It feels like you are telling this by heart, Vladimir Volfovich.

Zhirinovsky: I remember it all, memory and all. On the beach, I already know she's a neighbor. I go up to them to talk to them about something.

Sobchak: What was the most beautiful part of her body at that moment: her arms, maybe her shoulders?

Zhirinovsky: I didn't pay any attention to it at all. Somehow the general appearance.

Sobchak: Wait, when you look at a woman, always, I’m certainly not a man, but it seems to me that there is always some detail that attracts...

Zhirinovsky: I agree. That is, for example, very crooked legs, somehow not pleasant. Everything was normal with her. Very thin, unpleasant. She was so average. Very thick, unpleasant.

Sobchak: Wait, what does it mean, “so it was average”, how is that?

Zhirinovsky: Everything was average. There was nothing repulsive, and I am already 21 years old. I want to meet someone. And I take her phone, and then in Moscow for three years, sometimes we go somewhere, to the cinema, to a party, and so on. [...]

["Who's who in modern world", 12/16/1993, "V. Zhirinovsky: the first - with a stake, the second - with a falcon": Without " special training“It was almost impossible to enter the Institute of Asia and Africa at Moscow University, the forge of the Soviet elite. Vladimir entered on the first try. There were 6 people in the group for the specialty “Turkey and the Turkish language”: including the son of a general, the son of a deputy minister of foreign affairs , the son of a senior official of the Central Committee of the CPSU, the son of the head of the head of the State Committee for Foreign Economic Relations. It was impossible for him, living in a hostel and on the small money sent by his mother, to make friends with them. All that remained were classes and social work. [...]
In 1967, he participated in the discussion club on Central Television, and in 1969-1970. trains at the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company.
The Istanbul newspaper Milliyet, covering these events (obviously, it has priority in covering the multifaceted activities of Vladimir Volfovich), wrote that Zhirinovsky was sent to a Turkish prison for a whole day for the fact that, despite numerous warnings, local authorities, he not only continued to distribute badges depicting Lenin and Marx among Turkish workers and construction engineers, but even agitated them for the communist way of life.
After this incident, the Komsomol career was abandoned. Despite the fact that Zhirinovsky graduated from the university with honors in 1970, and in 1969-1970. trains at the State Committee for Foreign Economic Relations; instead of exotic countries, he is assigned to the headquarters of the Transcaucasian Military District. Lieutenant Zhirinovsky spent 2 years (1970-1972) in the Tbilisi barracks alone without his young wife, who remained in Moscow. [...]
Married, his son Igor (born in 1972) is “not a child prodigy, an ordinary one, who bears his mother’s surname for safety” [...] - Insert K.ru]

Sobchak: Are you a baptized person, Vladimir Volfovich?

Zhirinovsky: Yes. Nikolai Dudko baptized me. I am married, Father Michael, Church of the Archangel Michael on the southwest.

Sobchak: By the way, Vladimir Volfovich, why did you get married if by that time you had already divorced your wife?

Zhirinovsky: I got married because when we wanted to get married on January 6, 1971. We came to church, it’s impossible, it’s Christmas. There are no rituals on Christmas Day. And then, okay, someday we'll do it. And this day came when...

[ITAR-TASS, 02/11/1996, “Vladimir Zhirinovsky tried to turn his wedding with his own wife into an election rally”: Vladimir Zhirinovsky staged another “public” event today: on the day of his “silver wedding” he married his own wife.
Attracted by the promise of the distribution of free vodka, several dozen alcoholics and homeless people flocked to the courtyard of the Church of the Archangel Michael on Vernadsky Avenue. The bulk of the audience were photo and television correspondents.
The two-hour wait for the crowd, which very quickly finished off the supplies of free vodka, was “rewarded” by the appearance of Zhirinovsky and his wife at the makeshift podium. The LDPR leader took the opportunity to call for people to vote for him in the Russian presidential elections. The Chairman of the National Front of France, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who was present at this strange event, also said a few words in support of Zhirinovsky. - Insert K.ru]

Sobchak: No, but you were already divorced by that time.

Zhirinovsky: A?

Sobchak: If I'm not mistaken, you had already divorced by that time, and at the same time...

Zhirinovsky: We got divorced and got back together. Our life is more connected, for example, with the problem of my mother’s illness. She suffered from cancer for a long time and suffered a heart attack. As it is now, my wife has more of her mother. She is 92 years old and cannot pay any attention.

Sobchak: Do you live together now?

Zhirinovsky: Apart.

Sobchak: For a long time?

Zhirinovsky: Well, for what, 10 years my mother has been chained up. Like her, she is forced to be near her mother.

Sobchak: So we can say that this is a friendly relationship, but is it a marriage in the full sense of the word? That is, you are a completely lonely person.

Zhirinovsky: This is due to illnesses of relatives. I myself am forced to be apart because I come into the house every day and see a dying person.

Sobchak: Vladimir Volfovich, who is the person closest to you now? Honestly?

Zhirinovsky: There are no relatives. There is a wife, children, grandchildren, like relatives.

Sobchak: And your son?

Zhirinovsky: That's what I'm saying. I have 100 relatives. But I have no time to communicate with them.

Sobchak: How many children do you have?

Zhirinovsky: Three. Two boys and a girl, all adults. Three grandchildren. Two boys, a girl. But I rarely communicate with them. [...]

Perhaps, to say that Vladimir Zhirinovsky is the most brilliant and extraordinary personality on the Russian political arena is to say nothing. This man, thanks to his statement, has long become famous far beyond the borders of Russia and the CIS.

Vladimir Volfovich has received so many nicknames and titles throughout his political career: from an inadequate clown to an eminence grise. Some believe that he says impossible nonsense and absurd things, thus trying to attract attention to his LDPR party. Others, on the contrary, believe that not everything is so simple, and in fact, the government of the country speaks through the mouth of Zhirinovsky, since the top leadership cannot afford to express many things directly. But Vladimir Zhirinovsky can. But such questions are of interest to people close to the circles of power or interested in politics.

Ordinary spectators who witness outstanding performances are, as a rule, interested in completely different questions. Their attention is occupied by the personal life of the politician; many are concerned about the question of who his wife is and how they live, what Zhirinovsky’s children do and how their fate turned out.

The brawler's wife

Watching the speeches of the LDPR leader on TV, you sometimes wonder how you can live in everyday life with such a loud person, who loves to raise his voice and speak sharply, and how you can stand being around him every day. Vladimir Volfovich, at first glance, can give the impression of a hot-tempered and slightly unbalanced man. But there was a woman who was able to walk with him hand in hand for decades. This is Zhirinovsky’s only official wife - Galina Lebedeva.

Their marriage and relationship can be called, with a stretch, light and cloudless, but, despite any adversity, Galina remains a faithful companion and ally of her husband for many years.

The story of meeting and creating a family

This couple met at a fairly young age, when they were both in a summer holiday camp. They say that Galina immediately interested Vladimir. She was a rather interesting slender brunette, a student at the Faculty of Biology at Moscow State University. For almost three years, the young people had just friendly relations, while all the time Zhirinovsky very gallantly courted Galina. Three years after their first meeting, in 1970, Vladimir proposed marriage to the girl, which she accepted. They had their wedding in 1971. And exactly a year later, in 1972, Zhirinovsky’s family was replenished - their son Igor was born.

Unusual marriage

The relationship in this married couple can hardly be called ideal and exemplary, but, despite all the difficulties, the couple have been living together for almost 45 years. There was a period of divorce in their life together, and this happened in 1978. Vladimir and Galina got back together in 1985, and since then they have never been apart. Despite the fact that the couple did not formalize their relationship again, on the eve of their silver wedding, as proof of warm feelings and mutual devotion, they got married in a church.

Dubious divorce

It would seem that civil marriage today would not surprise anyone. People who love each other do not have to prove their feelings at the registry office. But in the case of Vladimir Zhirinovsky and Galina Lebedeva, everything is not so simple.

At a certain period of time, the press discussed the topic that it was beneficial for Vladimir Volfovich to live with his wife informally, since then he might not include her income in his family’s declaration. And since Zhirinovsky’s wife is by no means a simple woman, this state of affairs can only benefit both of them.

A faithful friend is not an ordinary biologist

Lebedev is a biologist by profession, works at the Institute of Virology of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and has a PhD degree. She studies the problems of HIV infection. But, despite the relatively modest income of a researcher, Galina is the owner of several country residences, Moscow apartments and seven expensive cars.

Lebedeva is also involved in active social activities. She became the creator of the LDPR Women's Association, which solves various humanitarian issues.

and grandchildren

In his marriage to Galina, the politician had one son, Igor Lebedev. Zhirinovsky and his wife at one time gave the boy his mother’s surname specifically so that his father’s shadow would not interfere with his life. Today Vladimir Volfovich is proud of his son, because, having become an adult, he fully supported the ideas of his father and continued his work.

Just like his father, Igor was attracted to law. In 1996, he quite successfully graduated from the Law Academy in Moscow. Lebedev has been a member for a long time and for several years he has made a good political career:

was the State Duma;
held the position of expert specialist in the apparatus of the LDPR faction;
appointed advisor to the Minister of Labor of the Russian Federation;
was elected to the State Duma in 1999, 2003, 2007, 2001.

Based on this track record, we can conclude that Igor Vladimirovich’s political career was quite successful, however, just like his personal life.

Lebedev’s wife’s name is Lyudmila, and not too much information is known about her. In his interviews, Igor does not like to answer questions about his wife, in all likelihood, protecting her from the annoying attention of the press. It is only known that the young people have known each other almost since childhood. In 1998, their twin sons were born: Alexander and Sergei. Igor says that he really wanted to name one of them in honor of his father - Vladimir, but Zhirinovsky dissuaded him from this idea. Today, both brothers are students at a prestigious boarding house at Moscow State University.

Their grandfather admits that, unfortunately, he communicates with his grandchildren very rarely, at best, once a month, since he sorely lacks time for everything.

In one of his interviews, he confirmed that the grandfather meets with his grandchildren extremely rarely; at best, he congratulates them on their birthday over the phone. Basically, attention is paid to Alexander and Sergei by grandmothers, who have much more free time than Vladimir Volfovich. But there are other children of Zhirinovsky that are worth talking about.

Relative from Ossetia

Despite the seemingly not entirely standard, but understandable to many, married life of the politician, it turned out that not all of Zhirinovsky’s children were born with his official wife Galina. And this first became known in 1995. It was then that Vladimir brought a 9-year-old child to one of the local channels and told everyone that this was his son. The boy's name was Oleg, and the politician publicly admitted that he was his father.

The story of the boy’s birth became known to the general public a little later. It turned out that Zhirinovsky met Oleg’s mother, Ossetian Zhanna Gazdarova, in Cuba, where the woman was working at that time. Zhanna was a very bright and beautiful Caucasian girl. A stormy and passionate romance began almost immediately between her and the politician.

Soon she returned to Moscow, where Oleg was born. Zhanna decided to send him to be raised by her mother, who lived in the small village of Chikola in North Ossetia. It was there that Oleg spent his entire childhood, where his grandmother, Rakhimat Kardanova, was in charge of his full upbringing.

How a father introduced his son to the whole country

At the age of 9, he met his own father. It is unknown how Galina Lebedeva took this news, but the politician himself publicly acknowledged his son. And he did it publicly, bringing the boy with him to the recording of a broadcast on one of the central TV channels. After graduating from school, Oleg moved to Moscow to live with his mother. He entered Moscow State University and successfully completed his studies.

Son's wedding without father's presence

The press again sharply remembered and started talking about the illegitimate son of a State Duma deputy when Oleg Gazdarov turned 26 years old. It was at this age that he decided to get married. His chosen one was an Ossetian, Madina Batyrova, whom he met at Moscow State University. The wedding attracted the attention of journalists because it was celebrated on a special scale. The celebration took place in the Ossetian city of Digora. The most prestigious restaurant, Alcor, was reserved for the celebration, whose employees admit that they have never seen such a luxurious event in the entire history of the establishment. According to information provided at various forums, about 800 guests were present at the celebration. The cost of the bride's dress was estimated at about 200 thousand rubles. There are also rumors that rings for young people were purchased from Tiffany. The bride ransom ceremony took place without unnecessary stinginess on the part of the groom. In general, everything spoke of luxury and complete prosperity for the newlyweds.

It was no secret to anyone that all expenses for organizing the celebration were covered by Vladimir Volfovich. Naturally, all the gathered relatives, and, of course, the newlyweds themselves, were really looking forward to the arrival of the famous father of the groom. But the meeting never happened. Considering the level of Zhirinovsky’s daily workload, it is quite possible that he really did not have time to attend this event, but it is quite possible that he did not consider it necessary to attend there, believing that his father’s duty was fully fulfilled by paying all expenses.

Mysterious daughter Anastasia

When wondering how many children Vladimir Zhirinovsky has, one should not think that everything was limited to two recognized sons. In his numerous interviews, Vladimir has repeatedly said that he also has illegitimate daughter. Unfortunately, detailed information It is very difficult to find information about this girl in open sources. Perhaps she herself does not want to advertise her status. According to Zhirinovsky himself, all that is known is that her name is Anastasia. On the birth certificate, her middle name is listed in accordance with her biological father, that is, Vladimirovna. And Zhirinovsky’s daughter bears her mother’s surname - Petrova.

The story of Nastya’s birth is not advertised in detail. At the same time, Vladimir Volfovich says that if Russian laws allowed him to have several wives, he would have formalized his relationship with Nastya’s mother long ago, and Zhirinovsky’s daughter herself would have long ago bore his last name.

Interesting bills of a charismatic politician

At a certain period of time, Vladimir Volfovich actively promoted one bill in the State Duma. He was supposed to allow Russian men to have several official wives and register all children born in these relationships in his name. Of course, many immediately connected this with the fact that not all of Zhirinovsky’s children were born in a legal marriage.

There are different ways to view his political activities as a liberal democrat; one may not like his often eccentric speeches and scandalous statements, or, on the contrary, watch with great interest. But regardless of all the factors, Vladimir Volfovich should be given undoubted credit for one thing - he never abandoned his children born out of wedlock with Galina Lebedeva. It’s a pity that the general public will most likely never know how Zhirinovsky’s official family actually views such public confessions of his father and husband.

Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky is one of the most interesting and unusual politicians of our days, so his biography has always been of interest not only to serious political scientists, but also to the simplest people.

The political biography of Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky dates back to the years of the existence of the USSR. He passed long haul from a deputy to the head of a faction in the State Duma, took part in the presidential race five times. At the end of last year, he was registered as a candidate for President of the Russian Federation in the 2018 elections.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky in the elections

Childhood and family

The place where Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky was born was often used in the USSR as a place of residence for deported persons. And Vladimir was born in 1946 in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan. The year of his birth was one of the most difficult in the history of the USSR: the war had just ended, the country was in ruins, economic devastation reigned everywhere.

Those who study the biography of Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky know his ironic answer to the question about nationality:

"I am the son of a lawyer."

In this matter, however, not everything is so simple.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky in childhood

Vladimir knew his own father, Wolf Eidelstein, only from the words of his mother, Alexandra Makarova. She remarried Vladimir Zhirinovsky, and her son took his stepfather’s surname. As for his own father, he actually graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Grenoble. Later, fate brought him to Israel, where in 1983 he died in a car accident.

Thus, Vladimir grew up and was brought up in the Russian spirit. He studied excellently and, according to the recollections of his friends, it was then that the nickname “Zhirik” stuck to him.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky has two brothers and three maternal sisters, and several nephews, one of whom, Andrei, is involved in financing the LDPR.

Vladimir with his mother

Career

After graduating from school, Vladimir Zhirinovsky left for Moscow. There he studied at the Institute of Oriental Languages at the department Turkish language and literature and at the same time studied international relations at the University of Marxism-Leninism. Graduated with honors from the evening department of the Law Faculty of Moscow State University. Speaks four languages: English, German, French and Turkish.

Zhirinovsky's successes in science cannot fail to impress. With good reason he can be called a comprehensively educated person.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky in his youth

In 1998 he defended his doctoral dissertation on various social and philosophical aspects of the “Russian question”. There was a scandal. Ten years later, he was accused that the defense was carried out with violations, and bribes were given to members of the Higher Attestation Commission commission, and they proposed to deprive Zhirinovsky of his academic degree. There was even a legal battle on this issue, which Zhirinovsky generally won.

Before starting his political career, he worked at the Inyurkollegiya and at the Mir publishing house. And since 1990, he devoted himself entirely to work in the Liberal Democratic Party created by his efforts.

In 1991, he took part in the presidential election race for the first time, gained almost 8 percent of the votes and took third place.

In 1991, Zhirinovsky supported the State Emergency Committee, and in 1993 he spoke out in favor of shooting the White House.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky 1991

In the 1996 elections, he again nominated himself for the post of President of the Russian Federation, where he took fifth place. Subsequently, he took part in the elections of 2000, 2008, and 2012.

From 2000 to 2011, he served as Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation. Member of the State Council of the Russian Federation.

Political Views

Experts classify Vladimir Volfovich as an ultra-right politician. In his speeches he is prone to populist techniques. Among other things, it offers:

Stop funding foreign countries, lift the moratorium on the death penalty. In his opinion, errors in sentencing can be avoided if the judge who made the erroneous decision is himself sentenced to such capital punishment.
Introduce criminal penalties for politicians who fail to fulfill election promises. He believes that it is necessary to abandon the division of the state along ethnic lines.
He promised, if he was elected President, to expel all migrants and guest workers from the country.
He spoke out against the ban on gay propaganda and for the restoration of the monarchy in Russia.
He claimed that all members of the LDPR were going to switch to vegetarian food, since “meat is harmful.”

Vladimir Zhirinovsky - leader of the LDPR party

In general, it is difficult to imagine any significant phenomenon in the political, social, economic, cultural sphere, about which Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky would not speak out.

For offensive assessments he was recognized as persona non grata in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and the Komi Republic. More than once he was accused by various politicians of anti-Semitism, justifying Hitler’s crimes and other sins.

Court cases and scandals

Zhirinovsky has repeatedly found himself at the epicenter of various scandals. More recently, the financial condition of Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky also caused great tension: it turned out that among the leaders of factions in the State Duma he is the richest.

The officially declared income alone amounted to almost 80 million rubles. This does not take into account the income of family members, real estate and other things.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky

The biography of Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky developed in such a way that you can find much more photos where he is depicted as a participant in political battles than with children in the bosom of his family.

Since the mid-90s, Zhirinovsky has become known for uncontrollable aggression and unpredictability of actions.

We can remember only the most striking episodes:

On television he doused B. Nemtsov with orange juice. Collectors still consider photos and videos of this incident to be the most valuable items in their collections.
At a meeting of the State Duma, he dragged deputy E. Tishkovskaya by the hair and hit her in the face.
He started a group fight between his faction and representatives of the Yabloko faction.
In a video address to President Bush about the war in Iraq, he used obscene language.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky - fight in the State. Duma

It is not surprising that he often became a participant in litigation. He won his first case in court against Yegor Gaidar in 1994. In 1998, he lost in court to NTV journalist Elena Masyuk, apologized and paid compensation for offensive attacks.

Personal life

Of course, politicians are people too, and in the biography of Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky there are pages dedicated to his personal life, and you can find information about children, wives and other details.

The wedding of Vladimir and Galina

Zhirinovsky married Galina Lebedeva, a biologist, in 1971. In '93 they held a ceremony Orthodox wedding. Son Igor was born in 1972, and, in general, followed in his father’s footsteps. He is a member of the LDPR parliamentary faction, and in 2000 he even served as the chairman of the faction. He has children, sons Alexander and Sergei.

Aladimir Zhirinovsky: daughter Anastasia Petrova, photo

In addition to the official ones, Zhirinovsky also has illegitimate children: son Oleg Gazdarov and daughter Anastasia Petrova. You can still find some information about Oleg, but the story of Anastasia’s birth is a complete mystery. Vladimir Volfovich does not like to advertise this side of his life, but to his honor it must be admitted that he recognized these children and subsequently provided material and other support.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky with his son Igor

The name of Zhirinovsky is associated with a great many interesting facts. It’s simply impossible to mention them all; let’s focus on the most interesting:

Zhirinovsky is a champion in the number of presidential elections in which he participated.
Zhirinovsky recorded songs with rapper Seryoga.
He has released several CDs with his songs.
He starred in several film roles.
In Moscow there is a monument to Zhirinovsky, sculpture by Tsereteli.
In Russia, ice cream is produced under the brand name “Zhirinovsky in Chocolate”.
In total, he published more than 500 books under his own name.
Has a premium weapon.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky in the film “Ship of Doubles”

Vladimir Zhirinovsky now

Since 2017, Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky has been a candidate for President of the Russian Federation.

He approached the next race in excellent athletic shape, it’s even difficult to say how old he is? He did not lose his fighting acumen: Sobchak reacted to the nomination of Ksenia’s candidacy in his former biting manner.

Zhirinovsky said that Sobchak is a fake candidate. Obviously no one will vote for her. She has no experience and no political weight. Allowing her to power is simply dangerous. In addition, he decided to put her in prison because she does not support the annexation of Crimea to Russia. Ksenia's answer was not long in coming. In general, these two figures have always been at different political poles, and reconciliation is hardly possible.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky

Zhirinovsky treats elections with the seriousness and thoroughness of an experienced fighter. He began traveling around the country, meeting with voters, including in remote regions.

In the capital, Zhirinovsky also does not sit idle: he will come to the market, check the quality of products, or visit a shelter for homeless dogs.

In an interview with journalists, Zhirinovsky said that the coming Year of the Dog should be happy for him, because he was born in such a year according to the eastern horoscope.

Zhirinovsky called the successful completion of the military operation in Syria the most important event of the past year. He believes that this victory will determine the vector of the country’s development for many years to come.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky checking product quality

Unexpectedly, he named the premieres of the film “Matilda” and the ballet “Nureyev” as two other important events. However, this surprise is imaginary: in fact, Zhirinovsky seems to extend his hand to cultural figures, saying that he is against any unreasonable restrictions.

Regarding the doping scandal, Zhirinovsky spoke in the sense that, in fact, no new records in sports are possible without the use of doping. Human body has its limit, and it has long been reached.

Well, time will tell with what results Zhirinovsky will finish the new sixth race. He has always had and will always have some support from the electorate. His supporters are impressed by his free, independent manner, his habit of cutting the truth in the face. Zhirinovsky offers recipes that seem simple, and people have always liked simple, quick solutions. He is an experienced politician who knows all the secret springs and mechanisms of political struggle.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky - presidential candidate from the LDPR

The economic program has never been the strong point of the LDPR, but in the social sphere it proposed truly important, valuable initiatives. Thus, most recently the faction introduced a bill to restore the indexation of pensions for working pensioners. There were other proposals aimed at real assistance to low-income people, mothers of many children and other socially vulnerable groups of the population.

If, when working with voters, Zhirinovsky relies on such well-understood good deeds, then he will be guaranteed an increase in the number of votes in the elections.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky believes in his victory in the elections

To date, the Central Election Commission has registered 297 proxies of candidate Zhirinovsky. These individuals include both ordinary people and famous personalities, for example, the famous hypnotist Kashpirovsky.