Fomenko Nikolai Vladimirovich - Honored Artist of Russia, musician, athlete, outstanding showman - was born in Leningrad on April 30, 1962. Nikolay’s father, Vladimir Fomenko, a physicist, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Mother - Fomenko Galina Nikolaevna - in her youth was a ballerina, and in adulthood she mastered the engineering and construction specialty. The parents of little Kolya loved art, and he grew up in an atmosphere of constant discussion of theatrical performances and the plots of new films. When the child grew up, father and mother began to take him to the theater. The boy carefully watched what was happening on the stage and, quite possibly, childhood impressions influenced the choice of the profession of Nikolai Fomenko.
The Secret Group
Kolya Fomenko studied at the Leningrad school number 222 with a sports bias, went in for skiing, fulfilled the standard of a candidate for master of sports. After graduating from school, he entered the LGITMiK, Leningrad Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography. In the third year, Nikolai Fomenko, whose biography did not contain anything unusual, together with his friend Maxim Leonidov and musician Dima Rubin, organized the vocal-instrumental group "Secret".
The guys rehearsed day and night, the lack of musical education was filled with young enthusiasm. "Secret" was a great success throughout the USSR, from 1984 to 1992. Thus, Nikolai Fomenko-actor became a musician and composer; he composed music as well as lyrics. Songs such as "Hello", "My Love on the Fifth Floor", "Home" and many others overnight became hits.
Disagreement
In the early 90s, disagreements began in the Secret group , which affected creativity. Maxim Leonidov was the first to leave, and the Beat Quartet Secret began to rehearse in the trio format. Then Nikolai Fomenko, whose biography has already been replenished with new pages, left the team to return after some time. Other musicians left and returned in the same way. It would seem that in such conditions it is impossible to engage in creativity, however, as soon as the whole four gathered once again together, The Secret was ready for concert activity and for studio recordings. The musicians Andrei Zabludovsky and Aleksey Murashov were like two guarantors of the creative team, and the group, in fact, held onto them. In 2007, "The Secret" performed in the Big Concert Hall "October" in full force, and in 2013 the group participated in the rock festival "Invasion".
Project "Maroussia"
In addition to music, Nikolai Fomenko (his biography was regularly updated) participated in theatrical performances, and also performed episodic roles in films. The filmography of the actor contains 27 paintings, including “Sky in Diamonds”, “Miracles, and Only, or Pike in Moscow”, “Old Nags”, “Women's Happiness”, “Radio Day”, “Leaning Tower of Pisa”, “Apostle” " and etc.
The LGITMiK diploma opened up the possibility of direct participation in any project related to art. Nicholas could even if he wanted to become an actor of the Leningrad BDT, under the guidance of the famous Tovstonogov, but his professional ambitions did not extend so far. Films with Nikolai Fomenko did not differ in high
box office, and he understood that he was not a movie star, but the television projects in which Fomenko participated were all interesting and informative. However, the time of the main project in the life of the showman has not yet come. The last few years, Nikolai Fomenko, whose biography was already ready for radical changes, was engaged in motor sports. Then this hobby took the form of a business project to create an automobile company Marussia Motors, producing sports cars.
Sports cars and profitability
Marussia was created in 2007 by two enthusiasts - Nikolai Fomenko and Efim Ostrovsky, an entrepreneur. Prior to this, there were no domestically produced sports cars on the Russian market, and the project promised to be successful. However, Fomenko and his partners faced a number of serious obstacles. Any manufacturer of automotive equipment begins the development of their enterprise with the organization of a design office and the involvement of qualified specialists. However, the specifics of building sports cars are much more complicated than the usual technological processes used in the serial production of cars. Sports cars should be made in strictly limited quantities, up to five units of each model. This rule provides a sufficient level of machine exclusivity. But in this case, production profitability is impossible, or sports cars will be prohibitively expensive.
Sports models
However, in 2008, Marussia Motors announced the creation of the first Russian sports car. Many considered the project of Nikolai Fomenko to be excessively ambitious and unpromising, but after only one year, the company Marusya presented a pilot sports car Marussia, and in two trim levels at once - models B1 and B2. And in the spring of 2010, at the Moscow Motor Show, the Marussia F2 concept car was presented, the main characteristics of which can be attributed to the category of crossovers. The F2 model is currently produced for the Russian consumer, and is also supplied in small batches to the world market.
Formula 1
In December 2009, Marussia Motors applied for participation in Formula 1 competitions and was accepted as a separate team under the brand name Marussia Virgin Racing. Nikolai Fomenko was appointed head of the engineering segment. The 2011 season was the debut of the Marussia team, in which not a single point was scored. However, more than a mediocre performance was not considered a failure, and the team was simply renamed the Marussia F1 Team. However, the Marousi race cars did not pass the series of crash tests conducted at the beginning of the 2012 season, and were not allowed to compete. And in April 2013, Marussia Motors submitted documents to participate in a tender to create a presidential limousine.
Personal life
In addition to creative activity, work and hobbies, each person should have a personal life. Nikolai Fomenko was married four times, from 1980 to the present. At first, married life had to be combined with the tours of the Secret bit quartet, and since 2007 Nikolai disappeared on the Maroussia project, came home late in the evening and left early in the morning. The first wife of Nikolai Fomenko, Lena, was the daughter of Rem Lebedev, People's Artist of the USSR, and actress Lyudmila Krasikova. The marriage lasted five years. In 1981, Lena and Nikolai had a daughter, Katya. Subsequently, she graduated from the faculty of journalism at MGIMO and since 2004 worked at the Kommersant publishing house. She has two children, Aglaya and Masha, who were born in 2004 - 2005.
Wives and children
The second marriage of Nikolai Fomenko with the dancer Lyudmila Goncharuk lasted ten years, from 1985 to 1995. The couple did not have children. After a divorce from his second wife, Nikolai immediately married for the third time. This time, his chosen one was the daughter of the People's Artist of the RSFSR Larisa Golubkina, Maria Golubkina, who, like her mother,
devoted her life to theater and cinema. The couple in 1998 had a daughter, Anastasia, and in 2002, their son Ivan. But this did not save the marriage. And finally, the fourth wife of Nikolai Fomenko is Natalya Vladimirovna Kutobaeva, the former press secretary of Valentina Matvienko, governor of St. Petersburg. After moving to Moscow, Natasha began working in the Council of the Federation of Russia, also head of the press service. From this marriage there is a son Vasily, who was born in 2009. Nikolai Fomenko, whose children from different marriages have long grown up and live their own lives, is the very happy founder of a large family.