The peak of the popularity of this Soviet pop singer with a magic voice came in the sixties and seventies of the last century, it was then that Veronika Kruglova sounded throughout the country in every house from every radio. The biography, personal life of popular people in those days was not advertised, but because celebrities were celestials for the people in their own way. No one knew who this simple Soviet girl was, how she started, even where she came from.
How the stars light up
Veronica Kruglova's biography and personal life were known only to a very limited circle of people. Now everything is wrong. Our contemporaries far from all even heard her beautiful voice, but they readily read about the ups and downs of Veronika Kruglova’s personal life. Her biography is really interesting: her husbands were Joseph Kobzon, where no comments were needed, and after that - Vadim Mulerman, the singing of which many more remember in our country.
He was a star of the same magnitude and at the same time. But how much people lose who did not join the singing of the famous singer! After all, the most important thing is, not the "fried" facts of the biography. Veronica Kruglova’s personal life was full of interesting events, but what a comparison all this goes with her work! I would like to return to people this beauty, this harmony, this inspiration.
First steps
The theater studio at the Theater of the Young Spectator of the city of Saratov was the beginning of a creative biography of Veronika Kruglova. Personal life, children - this is all in the future, and now - a voice that, of course, was immediately noticed. It is impossible not to notice him, he is so rich in timbre: light, tall, clean. And then she fell in love, and her voice rang even more colorful. She even married an entertainer. This story will be described below.
From the theater studio, Veronica came to work in the Stalingrad Philharmonic, moving to her husband in the city where she was born in 1940, just before the war. From here, she was evacuated to Ufa as a baby. The family did not return to Stalingrad, since it was almost wiped off the face of the earth. We chose Saratov for residence. And now - return to the city, which became the first point in the biography of Veronika Kruglova. The personal lives of the children have not yet brought.
Episode from personal life
So, Stalingrad, where Veronika Kruglova's personal life began. The photos of those years show that the talented girl was truly happy, trusting in the tall, beautiful and well-mannered Vilen Kirillovsky, who worked as a conversational artist in the Philharmonic of Stalingrad. He imitated the famous Arkady Raikin in everything and really wanted to reach the same heights. Did not work out. It is unlikely that even the name of this person will tell our contemporaries anything. The Philharmonic, where the couple worked, constantly toured. And once they visited Leningrad with concerts. The administrators of the Lenconcert did not know that they were spouses, and each of them individually made an offer. Veronica Kruglova's biography this year was not marked by a transition to another job. Because she made the condition that she would go to the Lenkontsert only with her husband. The condition was not accepted.
But Kirillovsky agreed! No conditions. That is, alone, without a family ensemble. This act brought the relationship to the brink of divorce. The tour came to an end, and Vilen packed his suitcase, announcing a mistake regarding his wife’s choice: young, not serious. And left. Veronika Kruglova alone returned home. Photos of this life tragedy were not captured, because personal life is one thing, and work is another. Vilen quickly missed his wife’s beautiful voice, began to write letters, desperately ask for forgiveness, and Veronica surrendered. However, she arrived in Leningrad only after waiting for her vacation. By that time, the Lenkontsert had already said goodbye to Kirillovsky. And Veronica won the most serious creative competition, and she was snapped up to the most popular groups in Leningrad. Veronica liked the ensemble of Pavel Rudakov the most. And these, according to the singer, were the most fruitful and happiest years of creativity. She did not sing promoted hits, but popularity did not arrive by leaps and bounds.
Celestials
A simple girl from Saratov for a long time considered colleagues as celestials. Pavel Vasilievich Rudakov was one of the favorite performers of Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev himself, he was paternal in his attitude to Veronika, he helped in everything. And simple lyric works sounded in her performance so that the listeners' tears were welling in their eyes. Two years of work in this popular team significantly improved her vocal abilities, and yet the invitation from Oleg Lundstrem sounded like thunder from a clear sky. Veronika Kruglova left Rudakova with great heartache, but she hoped for an even brighter future. However, this did not work out. She worked in the famous orchestra for only four months. A very sharp zigzag documented in the photo is personal life in the biography of Veronika Kruglova. Children have already been planned by her - she became pregnant. The photos were joint - with Joseph Kobzon.
The voice is such a wonderful tool! He was obedient, he was bewitching. Since 1967, she has already performed across the country from the Moscow Philharmonic. Then, in the sixties and seventies, this singer was much more popular than today Zemfira or Alsou. Full houses at all concerts, the dressing room does not enter on the number of magnificent bouquets that the fans sent. In every feast across the country, her hits “I see nothing”, “Maybe”, “Baby stomping”, “Farewell, pigeons” and many, many others sounded — this is the real biography of singer Veronika Kruglova. But there was a moment when the singer lost both the desire to work and creative courage. And the relationship with Joseph Kobzon justified this condition.
Acquaintance
Veronika Petrovna Kruglova’s biography dates back to 1963 or 1964 to meet Joseph Kobzon, the heroine of our article does not remember exactly when this happened. Kobzon listened to Veronica's performance from behind the curtains and was imbued, wanted to meet. But even the manner of meeting her seemed a little strange, and she did not like the singer at all - neither as a singer nor as a caretaker. And he began to look after immediately. Moreover, in his role, as the singer says. That is, she claims that right at the first meeting, he stole from her the notes of the new song "Baby Stomp", the first performer of which she was.
The song was just written by Stanislav Pozhlakov, and the copy was the only author. He was lying in a pile of notes, and people saw how Joseph was looking for something there. It turned out that indeed, this single copy of the song was in Joseph's hotel. Veronica thought that this was the way to lure her into a hotel room, and, of course, refused to go up. Kobzon brought notes to the taxi. However, the composer Pozhlakov did not even have time to finish the second clavier, as the song sounded in the performance of Tamara Miansarova. Even through so many years lived, who had oversaturated with events the biography of Veronika Kruglova and her personal life with Joseph Kobzon, she did not forgive him and continues to call such an act theft.
Relations
The biography of Veronika Kruglova was not easy. Photos of personal life were not shown to her numerous fans. However, courtship was then one-sided for a very long time. When the Rudakova team was on tour in Moscow, they performed most often in the Variety Theater. Kobzon was already well-known by that time, and therefore Veronika was loudly invited to the phone with mandatory information about who was calling. All those present turned around in a familiar name, this should have had a certain psychological effect. Veronica refused to date, she did not like restaurant gatherings, but Joseph certainly appeared in her company with mutual friends, wherever she was. He went on tour for a whole year, and for some reason, in all cities, the administrators were sure that the two would get married soon. And if you do not get married, then Kobzon left poor Kruglov. The fact that there was no relationship between them did not bother anyone. The public pressed Veronica from all sides.
As a result, despite the fact that neither Joseph himself nor his courtship for Veronica’s heart fell, she gave up. They married and lived for about three years, according to the memoirs of Veronika Kruglova - joyless. Moreover, she considers these relationships a personal drama that has broken her, suppressed both morally and physically. More than four hundred of the most needed people gathered at the Grand Hotel for the wedding, but the bride felt superfluous at this celebration of life. Veronica Kruglova's biography could freely not include this moment. Calculation in this marriage was not a penny. There was no love either. The question is, why all this? This is now Joseph Kobzon and sings much better, and the person became, to put it mildly, not poor. And then they had nothing, not even a place to live. They rented a small room in a huge communal apartment, tried to gain a foothold in the capital, but in the Moscow Soviet they didn’t meet, sent to the place of registration - in Dnepropetrovsk.
Mother in law
Joseph's mother always actively opposed this marriage. I must say that she was the only authority for her son, and the only time when Kobzon told her mother “no” was just marriage to Veronika Kruglova. The biography of the singer was enriched by moments of sharp and crude arrogance, which I had to endure from Ida Isaakovna. She loved Joseph more than all four of her children, and therefore every step he took was tracked, every connection and almost every word. But Veronica is sure that if the other son or daughter were more successful, her love would easily switch.
Despite vigilant surveillance until the night in one bed, Veronica somehow managed to get pregnant. I immediately began to suffer from toxicosis, and therefore I had to say goodbye to Lundstrem’s work, she simply could not tour: she had to stop the bus at every step and escort the poor fellow to the nearest ditch. However, Joseph Veronica characterizes the real son of his mother - just as harsh, callous and extremely focused. He always achieved his goal, and did not want a child at all. As a result, the child was born dead, Veronica began sepsis. Barely doctors managed to save a wonderful singer. He was the same at joint concerts. Veronica very quickly refused to perform with him on the same stage, several times was enough. He did everything so that the rest were only against the backdrop of his great.
Divorce
Divorce proceeded very hard and ugly. Subsequently, Veronica from America in an interview confessed that it would be better to do everything so that Kobzon himself would leave her. She calls this whole period the blackest strip of her life. Joseph acted absolutely ruthlessly, because he was so proud that not one of the women would allow her to leave calmly if she did it on her own. First, he tried to throw Veronica just out into the street, nowhere from a jointly acquired one-bedroom apartment. Then he realized that the law was not on his side, but did not want to share an apartment, and therefore had to buy housing for his wife freed from him.
And bought it. In Medvedkovo. To ride another half hour after the metro station after concerts, which sometimes end so late that the trams are already sleeping. Veronica spent almost everything she earned on a taxi, but she still felt relieved. And then another move was made. Concert applications stopped - completely stopped. Tours outside Moscow - as much as you like. In the capitals - not a single concert. However, in such a situation, Veronika Kruglova on her knees did not crawl to Kobzon, as he predicted.
Vadim Mulerman
She continued to give concerts. At competitions and concerts, she often met with another pop star of the time - Vadim Mulerman. Singer Veronika Kruglova could not complete the stage biography at that moment, since she was still exclusively young. But depression after marriage was really strong - it interfered with work. Vadim is a kind person, he wanted to help a pretty and not-so-aggrieving singer. Mulerman was widowed by that time, and Veronica was divorced, nothing prevented them from combining not only their lives, but also their two talents. The duet turned out well. The songs acquired their own drama, each of them was a small performance. Having finally believed in fate, Veronica gave birth to a daughter - Ksenia.
It was a way out of the life impasse in which the singer was for several years. Vadim turned out to be an excellent family man, although he was a person with a character, quite frankly, not easy. Usually kind and even sentimental, completely alien to any meanness, he was so worried before concerts that behind the scenes he behaved somewhat scandalously. Musicians and stage workers quite often got out of business. It certainly annoyed everyone. But he treated the successes of any other artists kindly, in any case, there was not a single moment when he would not move at the microphone, as Kobzon did even with his own wife. One could live with such a person for a long time. And Veronica lived with Vadim for more than twenty years. And then they broke up.
Epilogue
The divorce was due to more than commonplace - adultery on the part of her husband. Divorced in 1987, and Mulerman immediately left for the United States. And in 1991 he sent a guest visa to Veronica. By the way, Mulerman did not want to get divorced and for a long time resisted. Now they do not meet, only the daughter Ksenia goes from her Sao Paulo to San Francisco to her mother and to Brooklyn to her father. Now Veronica Kruglova is seventy-seven. But she did not forget her favorite songs, although, having moved to America, she sang only Russian romances and only for her friends.
And how could you forget that the best composers wrote songs specifically for her? Dunaevsky, Ostrovsky, Feltsman, Flyarkovsky ... And Veronika Kruglova made real hits from these melodies that the whole country heard. This is not forgotten! And for us, the singer will forever remain among the best performers of the Soviet stage.