Stories of love and fate of famous people. Ten most famous tragic love stories

At the dawn of a relationship, when feelings are still bright and fresh, hardly anyone thinks about how the relationship will develop in a couple if trouble comes to the house. It's easy to be around when a person is healthy, famous and rich.

And not everyone is ready to devote their life to a person bedridden. Our heroes, men and women who devoted themselves to serving the highest feeling and managed to prolong the life of their halves in a situation where doctors had already given up.

Nina Shatskaya and Leonid Filatov

They hid their romance for 12 years, and got married only after being convinced that it was simply impossible without each other. Leonid Filatov and Nina Shatskaya lived in complete harmony with each other. But the changes taking place in native theater and in the country, Leonid Filatov has always taken it to heart.
His heart began to hurt from constant worry, and in 1993 the actor suffered a stroke. A little later, my kidneys failed. One of them was removed. Nina Shatskaya was forced to leave her job in order to be constantly with her husband. She could not entrust his life to the nurses; Leonid himself felt very bad if Nina was not around.


Nina Shatskaya and Leonid Filatov with the actress’s son Denis, his wife Alla and granddaughters Olya, Masha, Tanya. 1999

The actress fed her husband homemade food for hours, and at night she turned him on his side, like a small child. After all, Leonid Alekseevich could not do even this himself. Sometimes the exhausted Nina could lie down right next to him on the hospital bed to fall into a restless sleep for 30 minutes.
In 1997, Leonid Filatov had his second kidney removed and a donor one was transplanted. However, the actor’s body did not accept the foreign organ, and rejection began. The doctors said he would not live long. But Nina Shatskaya did not give up. She extended his life by six years, this was understood by everyone who knew this amazing couple. She was always with him, because he couldn’t spend even 10 minutes without his Nyusik.


Nina Shatskaya and Leonid Filatov.

In 2003, the actor caught a cold and developed pneumonia. But using medications to treat it was contraindicated after a kidney transplant. Leonid Filatov ended up in intensive care. Nina Shatskaya was with him until the last second, holding his hand. He passed away on October 26, 2003. She could get married again, but she doesn’t need anyone except her beloved Leni.

Kakhi Kavsadze and Bella Mirianashvili

Kakhi Kavsadze and Bella Mirianashvili.

They met at the theater institute, but then Bella did not pay attention to Kahi. She got married, gave birth to a child, and he continued to love her. When Bella's marriage fell apart, he proposed to her. And he was happy when she agreed to him. The girl was 5 months pregnant when she went on stage with high temperature and then got pneumonia. She did not take medications so as not to harm the unborn baby. As a result of the illness, immediately after giving birth, her legs gave out. She could not walk, and Kahi, the star of the film “White Sun of the Desert” and the favorite of millions of women, began to carry her everywhere in his arms. Wheelchair it was almost impossible to buy at that time, but he did everything so that his wife would not feel lonely and abandoned.

Kakhi Kavsadze and Bella Mirianashvili with their son Irakli, Bella’s daughter from her first marriage Nana and grandson Irakli, 1985.

Soon the woman’s hands stopped obeying her legs. She could neither wash her face nor comb her hair. And Kazhi, strong, healthy, in demand, plunged into caring for his wife. He washed and combed his wife’s hair, put on her makeup and tirelessly talked about her beauty. Kakhi Kavsadze considered it his duty to maintain his wife’s confidence in her feminine attractiveness. The actor's name has never been associated with rumors about his relationship with other women. Doctors believed that Bella had only a few years to live with this disease. She lived for 23 years thanks to the love and care of her husband. He never spoke to her about love in his life, he simply proved his love with his deeds.

Lydia Kozlova and Mikhail Tanich

By the age of 30, the future star poet felt like a wreck. Twice frostbitten feet constantly festered and bled, and after the camps tuberculosis was added to the bouquet of diseases. But fate gave Mikhail Tanich a truly royal gift: he met Lydia Kozlova. The 18-year-old beauty began to care for her loved one. She bandaged him every day because his legs had been bursting at night for 20 years.


Lydia Kozlova and Mikhail Tanich.

The girl could have built her own career, but for Lydia Kozlova this was not even a question. She decided to help her husband. His path to success is her path too. Although she had her own hits and her own achievements, the main thing in Lydia Nikolaevna’s life was always her husband’s business. She could have turned the world upside down for his sake, but she could no longer cope with oncology. Mikhail Tanich, who never swore to her eternal love, leaving, he whispered that they never had time to fall in love...

Vyacheslav Shumsky and Lyudmila Shagalova

Vyacheslav Shumsky and Lyudmila Shagalova.

The actress and cinematographer were both in demand and successful. He made wonderful films, she starred in wonderful films. But they never crossed paths on set; each followed their own path in art.

Lyudmila Shagalova.

Despite their national fame, the couple always lived modestly. And in the 1990s, being already in mature age, both were left without work. Lyudmila Alexandrovna’s vision began to rapidly deteriorate; Vyacheslav Mikhailovich by that time no longer parted with a cane, without which he could not move. Eye surgery for Lyudmila Shagalova did not help; she almost stopped seeing. But Vyacheslav Shumsky did everything so that his wife did not feel unnecessary. He looked after her himself, cooked, washed, cleaned. He placed the telephone so that his wife could communicate with the outside world. And she communicated, was always aware of what was happening. He supported his beloved wife as best he could. He passed away in January 2011; she survived him by a little more than a year. They lived together for 66 years.

Tatiana Vinogradova and Vyacheslav Shalevich

Tatiana Vinogradova and Vyacheslav Shalevich.

At the age of 67, Vyacheslav Shalevich met a woman who became his fourth wife. She was 32 years old at the time. Naturally, she was accused of commercialism and the desire to live a bohemian life. Even Tatyana Vinogradova’s mother was against this marriage. But the girl admitted: she fell madly in love with this impressive middle-aged man. He became her whole world and her true love. Tatiana was already married before and raised two children. And in 2001 they were born common daughter Anna. Tatyana, who had previously worked as a gynecologist, quit her job, devoting herself to her family, and later began helping her husband in the theater.

Tatyana Vinogradova and Vyacheslav Shalevich with their daughter Anna.

Since 2006, the actor began to get sick. And soon he stumbled and fell backward during one of the performances. After the examination, it turned out that the artistic director of the Ruben Simonov Theater suffered several micro-strokes on his legs. The diagnosis sounded scary: chronic cerebral ischemia. Tatyana Vinogradova struggled with his illness for 10 years. I brought him to the theater for wheelchair, and Vyacheslav Shalevich played on stage. Sitting, but playing. The young woman spent ten years tirelessly caring for her husband, which undoubtedly extended his life. He passed away in 2016 from complications caused by pneumonia.

Love is the most extraordinary feeling in the world. Throughout human history, it has inspired poets, writers and singers, and sometimes love has even served as a reason for crimes and wars between entire countries. Our selection today includes ten of the most famous couples whose love story led to tragic consequences. Some of them are reliably existing historical characters, others we know about mostly from legends and myths.

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According to legend, Paris was a Trojan prince, and Helen was the wife of Menelaus, the ruler of Sparta. Not finding mutual understanding with her husband, to whom she was forcibly married, Elena fled from Sparta along with the handsome Paris. However, in the midst of preparations for the wedding, Menelaus arrived with his troops at the walls of Troy, and a war began in which many Trojans died, including Paris. Elena had to return back to Sparta.

According to Greek myology, Orpheus was a talented singer, and Eurydice was his wife, who was once bitten by a snake and died. After this, Orpheus, unable to live without his beloved, descended into the mythical kingdom of Hades. He so charmed the inhabitants of the Underworld that Hades agreed to let Eurydice go, but on the condition that Orpheus should not look back until they left the realm of the dead. But Orpheus could not stand it and turned around to see if Eurydice was following him, and she was taken back - to the kingdom of Hades.

The love story between the Roman general Mark Antony and Egyptian queen Cleopatra is widely known for its dramatic ending. Both lovers committed suicide after their troops were defeated in battle against Caesar's army.

Characters of a medieval legend who fall in love with each other, despite the fact that Tristan's uncle, Mark, is supposed to marry Isolde. Nevertheless, Isolde was married to Mark, and Tristan was married to the daughter of the King of Britain, Isolde Belorukaya. The story ended with Tristan being wounded by a poisoned weapon, and Isolde, who did not have time to say goodbye to him, soon died of grief. In the ranking of free audiobooks “Romance Novels,” the novel Tristan and Isolde is one of the most popular.

According to legend, Guinevere, the wife of King Arthur, was madly in love with Lancelot, one of the knights of the Round Table. When Arthur learned of this, the bitter rivalry between him and Lancelot destroyed the unity of the knights. In the end, Arthur was killed, and Guinevere went to a monastery out of grief.

The most famous love story, written by the famous Shakespeare, tells the story of the relationship between young lovers from two warring Italian families. How the story ended is probably known to everyone - Romeo poisoned himself, thinking that Juliet had died, and she, finding him dead, killed herself with a dagger.

Shah Jahan and his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal were for a long time happy together until Mumtaz Mahal died giving birth to their 14th child. Devastated by grief, Shah Jahan could not come to his senses for a long time, but found some consolation in the construction of a luxurious mausoleum in memory of his wife. This mausoleum still stands today and is known as the Taj Mahal.

The relationship between Napoleon and his wife Josephine, according to eyewitness accounts, was very stormy, and eventually led to divorce. However, when Napoleon died, last words The emperor was addressed specifically to Josephine, his first wife. The love between the young king and the widow, who is 12 years older than him, caused outrage and protest both from the public and from Alexander’s mother. However, he did not listen to anyone’s advice and insisted on getting married. It all ended with the royal couple being killed by a group of military officers dissatisfied with their rule.

American robbers who organized a gang responsible for several armed robberies and murders. Despite their criminal activities, according to eyewitnesses, Bonnie and Clyde loved each other deeply and were inseparable. Gangster's over love story very sadly - the police shot at their car from an ambush, as a result of which both died on the spot.

Eternal? In the context of modern realities, these questions sound very rhetorical.

Meanwhile, love is the brightest and strongest feeling.

And now we will tell you the most famous stories love that will prove this to you.

1. Romeo and Juliet

The most popular couple in the whole world, who have become synonymous with the word “love”. "Romeo and Juliet", a tragedy from the pen of William Shakespeare, about two teenagers from warring families who fall in love with each other. For the sake of their feelings, they decided to sacrifice their own lives, which finally reconciled the warring families.

Mark Antony and Cleopatra fell in love at first sight. Since they were quite influential people, Egypt only benefited from their romance, but the Romans, on the contrary, were afraid of the growing influence of the Egyptians. Despite everything, Cleopatra and Mark Antony entered into. One day, while fighting against the Romans, Mark was informed of Cleopatra's false death. Unable to find the strength to live on, he committed suicide. Upon learning of the death of her lover, Cleopatra also committed suicide.

Sir Lancelot fell in love with Queen Guinevere, wife of King Arthur. Their passion flared up very slowly, but one day they were caught by surprise in the queen's bedroom. The escape attempt failed, or rather, only Lancelot escaped. The queen was sentenced to death for treason. However, Lancelot saved her from certain death. At the same time, the Knights of the Round Table split into two groups, weakening the influence of King Arthur. The lovers had to part – Lancelot ended his days as a hermit, and Guinevere became a nun.

The story of the unhappy love of Tristan and Isolde also took place during the reign of King Arthur. Isolde, daughter of the King of Ireland, became engaged to King Mark of Cornwall. Tristan, King Mark's nephew, was to accompany Isolde to Cornwall. However, young people fall in love with each other. But, despite this, the royal wedding still took place, although the intrigue with Tristan continues after. Eventually the deceived king discovers his wife's affair, but forgives her, exiling Tristan from Cornwall.

In Brittany, Tristan met Isolde, who was very similar to his beloved. He married her, although the marriage could not be called happy. One day he became very ill and sent for his beloved, in the hope of healing. He agreed with the captain of the ship that if Isolde arrived, he would raise white sails, if not, then black ones. However, Tristan's wife deceived him, saying that the ship's sails were black. Tristan died of grief without waiting for his beloved, and soon she died of a broken heart.

Helen of Troy is one of the most beautiful women world literature. She married the king of Sparta, Menelaus. However, she was kidnapped by Paris, the son of King Priam of Troy, and taken to Troy. For the sake of the liberation of Helen, a huge army headed by the brother of Menelaus headed to Troy. Troy was destroyed, and the beautiful Elena returned to Sparta, to her happy family life with Menelaus.

The love story of Orpheus and Eurydice is an ancient Greek myth about the desperate and courageous love of a man for a nymph. They lived in love and harmony until Aristaeus began to pursue Eurydice, greek god land and agriculture. Fleeing from his pursuit, Eurydice fell into a snake's nest, where she was fatally stung. Orpheus, distraught with grief, sang sad songs that moved both the gods and the nymphs to pity. They advised him to go down to the kingdom of the dead, where his music moved Hades and Persephone to pity. They agreed to return Eurydice to earth, but set a condition - Orpheus should not turn around and look at her. But he was unable to fulfill this condition, and she disappeared again, forever.

Napoleon married Josephine for convenience when he was 26 years old. She was older than him and much richer. However, after some time, the couple fell in love with each other, although they indulged in infidelity. They stayed together due to mutual respect, but separated due to Josephine's infertility.

Sacrifice in relationships is not for everyone. 20 years passed after the separation and before the new reunion. many years. Soon after the wedding, Odysseus went to war. Despite dwindling hopes for her husband's return, Penelope refused her suitors exactly 108 times, just as Odysseus resisted the charms of the witch who promised him eternal youth. After 20 years, Odysseus returned to his wife and son and the family was finally reunited.

Francesca, being married to terrible person Gianciotto Malatesta, fell in love with his brother, Paolo. However, soon the deceived husband found out about everything and killed both of them.

10. Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell is about the love and hate between Scarlett and Rhett Butler. They quarreled, then made up, only to quarrel again. Scarlett can't decide who she really needs. Having chosen Rhett, they again do not agree in character and finally break up.

Orphan Jane gets a job as a governess in the house of the rich man Edward Rochester, love breaks out between them and they decide to get married. But on the wedding day, the bride finds out that her groom is already married. Jane escapes and returns only after Rochester's house is destroyed by fire, where his wife died and he himself became blind. Jane remains by her lover's side, and their love lasts until the end of their lives.

Romantic and tragic story about unattainable love, written by Nizami Ganja. Leyli and Kays fall in love while still schoolchildren. However, they are soon forbidden to communicate, and Qais goes to live in the desert, where he becomes known as Majnun - a madman. There he meets a Bedouin who promised him to return his beloved.

However, the lovers still cannot be together because of Leili's father. Soon she becomes the wife of another man. However, after the death of her husband, Leili still meets with Majnun, although they could not be together. After death they were buried together.

The story of a monk and a nun who, despite everything, fell in love with each other and conceived a child, after which they secretly got married. But Fultbert, Heloise's uncle, hides his niece in the monastery and orders Abelard to be castrated. Having gone through troubles and adversity, they continued to love each other until the end of their lives.

Pyramus and Thisbe had been friends since childhood, but their parents were against the wedding. One day, they decided to meet at dawn near a mulberry tree. Thisbe arrived first and noticed a lion who had come to drink from a spring located near a tree. The predator's mouth was bloody, and Thisbe began to run away from him. On the way, she lost a scarf, which the lion liked. Pyramus, who came to the tree, decided that the lion had killed his beloved and pierced himself with his own sword. Coming out of hiding, Thisbe saw the dead Pyramus and killed herself with his sword.

Darcy – typical representative aristocracy, and Elizabeth is one of the five daughters of a master with very modest incomes. Jane Austen's novel describes the whole story of the birth of love between two representatives of different social classes, who cannot be together, nor can they love someone else.

Salim, the son of the Mongol emperor Akbar, fell in love with the courtesan Anarkali. But his father resisted their love in every possible way, trying to alienate the lovers from each other. However, Salim did not accept his father’s decision and declared war on him. Salim was defeated and sentenced to death. Anarkali decides to help her lover by giving up her love to save Salim. She was buried alive in a brick wall in front of Salim.

Pocahontas, an Indian princess, daughter of Powhatan, chief of the Powhatan tribe, first saw Europeans in 1607. She turned her attention to John Smith, who was captured and tortured by her fellow tribesmen. Pocahontas saved him from death, and he soon became a member of the tribe. Smith and Pocahontas became friends, and the princess visited Jamestown, giving him letters from her father.

However, on one of her next visits she was told that Smith was dead. After some time, Pocahontas is captured by Sir Samuel Argall, hoping to use her as an intermediary in the release of English prisoners. While in captivity, the princess becomes a Christian and takes the name Rebecca. A year later, she marries John Ralph, and once dates John Smith, 8 years later. This is their last meeting.

Back in 1612, teenage girl Arjumand Banu became the wife of 15-year-old Shah Jahan, ruler of the Mughal Empire. After a while, she took the name Mumtaz Mahal and bore her husband 14 children, becoming his beloved wife. She died in 1629, and the emperor ordered the erection of a monument to his beloved wife. It took 20 years of work, 1,000 elephants and 20,000 workers, and the result was the Taj Mahal monument. After a while, Shah Jahan was overthrown by his own son, and, being imprisoned in the Red Fort in Agra, he looked at the monument of his beloved, where he was subsequently buried.

The young scientist Marie Sklodowska spent countless hours in the library, where she met Pierre Curie, the director of one of the laboratories in which she worked. Pierre courted her for a long time and made repeated attempts to propose marriage. They got married in 1895, and in 1898 they jointly discovered radium and polonium. In 1903 they received Nobel Prize, and a year later Pierre died. Marie decided to continue their common cause, and in 1911 she received another Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Marie died in 1934 from leukemia.

Victoria was a cheerful and cheerful girl. Having ascended the throne in 1837, she married Prince Albert three years later. The couple had 9 children, they loved each other dearly.

After Albert's death in 1861, Victoria did not appear in public for three years. Her solitude caused criticism and bewilderment. Gradually she returned to public life, although she never stopped mourning for her husband, until her own death in 1901. Her reign was the longest in history English history, during which Britain became a world power on which “the sun never sets.”

Narcotic Russian-French love

Vysotsky had a rare skill - he could conquer any woman. The answer to this phenomenon lay in his unrestrained character; he was like a splash of champagne, showering his chosen one with a wave of charm and leading her away with him. Marina Vladi turned out to be a tough nut to crack and at first she resisted and was surprised at his self-confidence, with which he said that he would definitely win her hand.

Having seen a lot in her 30 years, the actress for the first time did not know what to do or how to react to this to a strange person. She went back to Paris and felt a nagging feeling of melancholy. Where is it from? The answer came with a phone call from Russia. Hearing the familiar velvety voice, Marina realized that she was missing. She was in love.

When bright brutality meets expressive femininity, there can only be one result - love. Although their love was more like a battlefield. For Vladi and Vysotsky, every day they lived together was a holiday; they saw each other so rarely. Endless visa requests and huge distances tormented both of them, but also saved their marriage. Two bright personalities it would be difficult to get along together.

And Marina and Vladimir also fought with... Vysotsky himself, his addictions, that side of his personality that drew him to the edge of the abyss. They fought with higher authorities for the right to have the opportunity to see each other as often as possible. However, now that Vladi is left alone, she no longer remembers the difficulties, she remembers only about love.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono

The love of the famous Beatle and the Japanese artist

Her ill-wishers called her a demon in female form, and him a resigned victim. Beatles fans blamed her for the breakup of the famous Fab Four. The Beatles themselves didn’t like her either. Except, of course, Lennon. About meeting Yoko, he said: “It was like I had won a big prize.” And on the evening they met, she wrote in her diary: “It seems that I have found someone I can love.” Yoko always knew exactly what she wanted.

And so Lennon began to receive postcards with the inscriptions “Breathe”, “Dance”, “Look at the fire until dawn”. Yoko called him and talked with him for hours about art. She was lying in wait at the house. She wanted to conquer him. And she succeeded. After some time, John discovered that he was not indifferent to her. After some time, John discovered that he did not want to live without her for a day. “The child of the ocean is calling me,” he sang in one of the songs. (Yoko means “child of the ocean” in Japanese).

By the age of 27, John Lennon had crazy popularity, a million-dollar fortune, a 100-bedroom house, luxury cars, a wife and son. He had everything, and he was bored. Yoko was also bored and looking for something new. They immediately divorced their previous spouses and got married. Their honeymoon took place in Amsterdam, causing a stir with their "bedside interview". The reporters gathered outside their hotel room at the Hilton expected that the scandalous couple would want to give interviews while having sex, but Yoko and John, in white pajamas, sat on the bed in a flower-decorated room and talked about peace - it was their protest against the Vietnam War.

The album “Two Virgins” was also shocking. On the cover, Yoko and John were photographed naked, and there was no music in the album at all - only moans, creaks and other sounds. They took part in demonstrations, made films, John recorded songs. However, critics wrote: “The songs have become weaker.” Former fans said: "Yoko John is no good." John became depressed again. Yoko suggested that they separate for a while. She knew John needed time. He must decide for himself who he is and where he is.

More parties, new friends and girlfriends. And new songs. Lennon's compositions were again at the top of the charts. However, was he happy? John is mad with longing for Yoko. He missed her catastrophically, painfully. A year and a half later they met. And they never parted again.

On October 8, 1975, John's 35th birthday, Yoko gave birth to his son. Lennon found peace: “I’m freer than ever and ready for new creativity.” They lived in unison - until that fatal shot by a crazy fan in December 1980. “Why doesn’t anyone believe that we just love each other?” Lennon laughed. “We just loved each other,” Yoko says the same thing now in rare interviews. “The rest is pop history.”

Henry Ford and Clara Jane Bryant

The story of the great inventor and his great wife

In the late 1990s, a young mechanic worked for an electric company in Detroit for $11 a week. He worked 10 hours a day, and when he came home, he often worked half the night in his barn, trying to invent a new type of engine. His father thought that the guy was wasting his time, the neighbors called him crazy, no one believed that anything worthwhile would come of these activities. Nobody but his wife. She helped him work at night, holding him over his head for several hours kerosene lamp. Her hands turned blue, her teeth were chattering from the cold, she caught a cold every now and then, but... She believed so much in her husband!

Years later, a noise was heard from the barn. The neighbors saw a madman and his wife riding along the road without a horse, in the same cart. The eccentric's name was Henry Ford. By the age of fifty, Ford had become a multimillionaire, and his car was one of the national symbols America. When, while recording an interview with Henry Ford, a certain journalist asked who Ford would like to be in another life, the genius answered simply: “Anyone.” If only my wife was next to me.”

Alexander Pushkin and Natalya Goncharova

Deadly love poet

One of the first beauties of Moscow met Alexander Pushkin at a ball. The poet was so struck by the beauty and spirituality of the sixteen-year-old girl that he literally “fell ill with love” and soon asked for her hand. He was refused, because Pushkin was twice as old as Natalya - he was 30. He tried his luck a year later and this time received consent.

During the six years that the couple lived together, Natalya Nikolaevna gave birth to her husband four children. But the young woman missed social entertainment and the success she enjoyed when she was young and free girl. They say that at every opportunity she flirted with men, considering it a completely innocent activity. Pushkin even received a remark about his wife’s behavior from Emperor Nikolai Pavlovich.

French officer Dantes courted Natalya deliberately in public, so that everyone (and especially Pushkin) could see his undisguised passion and lust. There was nothing vicious between them and it seemed to her that everything that was happening was completely innocent. The last straw was a libel in which jealous husband awarded a “cuckold diploma.” Natalya was indeed naive, believing that the hot descendant of an Ethiopian could survive such humiliation.

Pushkin challenged Dantes to a duel, where he was mortally wounded. And yet he did not blame his wife and before his death he told her: “You are not to blame for anything!” And Natalya Goncharova did everything as the dying Pushkin told her: he asked her to leave the city, mourn for two years, and after... after marry a decent man. The poet loved his wife so much that even on his deathbed, he could not help but think about her happiness.

Cleopatra and Caesar

Bloody love between pharaoh and emperor

Men went crazy about her, for a night spent in her arms, they were ready to give their lives and did it voluntarily. The great Roman commanders, Caesar and Mark Antony, also paid with their lives. Cleopatra was not a beauty, but she had incredible charm and charisma, she was seductive, cunning and very smart. This first female politician in history received an excellent education, studied mathematics, philosophy, literature, skillfully played the musical instruments and knew 8 languages.

She made Caesar fall in love with her by cunning: dressed in the most beautiful outfits, she ordered the servants to wrap her in a carpet and bring her as a gift to Caesar. Knowing the intricacies of all the love pleasures that existed at that time Ancient world, Cleopatra, amazed the spoiled emperor with her ingenuity and subtle sense of humor. Her movements and voice literally bewitched Caesar. Julius, that same night he became her lover. So Cleopatra paid a huge national debt, received the Egyptian throne and the love of the great commander. But the Romans could not forgive him love relationship with an Egyptian woman, and as a result of an insidious plot, Caesar was killed.

Cleopatra was able to fall in love with another commander who fought for the “Roman throne” - Mark Antony. It was an insane passion that swept away everything in its path, but even here the lovers faced failure. Rome went to war against Alexandria, Antony and Cleopatra lost. The Roman commander thought that his beloved had died, and, unable to survive it, threw himself on his sword. And Cleopatra, in order to avoid captivity and shame, ordered that a poisonous snake be brought to her.

Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine

The love story of a great commander and a beautiful Creole woman

They met when Napoleon was still poor, homely and unknown to anyone, and Josephine already had the status of a widow, often changed lovers, and besides, she was 6 years older than her future husband. But it was as if an unknown force attracted them to each other. After spending the evening with a beautiful Creole, Bonaparte was fascinated by her for the rest of his life. They became lovers and then spouses, changing their ages on paper.

On his wedding day in March 1796, Bonaparte gave his beloved a sapphire ring. Inside the ring was engraved: “This is destiny.” And soon fate made Josephine an empress and Bonaparte an emperor. The great commander confidently conquered the whole world, winning one victory after another, and from each campaign he sent his beloved wife tender and passionate letters, full of revelations and confessions.

But time passed, Napoleon dreamed of heirs, and Josephine could not get pregnant. In addition, rumors about the infidelity of the temperamental Creole, who remained alone for a long time, were confirmed. And then Bonaparte decides to enter into a new marriage with Princess Marie Louise of Austria in order to preserve the dynasty and extend his family. In 1809, Josephine and Napoleon divorced. Josephine retains the title of empress at Bonaparte's insistence. He also receives the Elysee Palace, Navarre Castle, Malmaison, three million a year, coats of arms, escort, security and all the attributes of a reigning person.

But even after the divorce, the emperor continues to write tender letters to Josephine, full of love and warmth. New marriage, appearance long-awaited son do not bring Bonaparte happiness. After the defeat at Waterloo, the emperor goes into exile on the island of St. Helena. Josephine is refused his accompaniment, and a couple of months after Napoleon's abdication of power, she dies. And in 1821 he died and great commander of all times and peoples, Napoleon Bonaparte with the name of his beloved Josephine on his lips.

Edith Piaf and Marcel Cerdan

The Parisian sparrow and the Moroccan bombardier

This love story began in Paris. Edith Piaf was introduced to the “Moroccan scorer”, and Marcel Cerdan was introduced to the “great Edith Piaf”. A few days later, Marcel called the singer and asked for a meeting. The next morning they realized that they were in love. Next to the tall and muscular athlete, the “little sparrow of Paris” Edith Piaf (piaf - sparrow from French), only 147 cm tall, looked like a little girl. At night they often went for walks around New York. Both loved to ride roller coasters. This extraordinary couple was recognized on the streets, watching in amazement as they gobbled up ice cream and screamed on the rides like mere mortals.

The love affair between the French singer and the French boxing champion did not go unnoticed. Journalists wanted to stir up a huge scandal, but the boxer was the first to hold a press conference: “Do you want to know if I love Piaf? Yes, I love it! Yes, she is my mistress, only because I am married. And I can’t get a divorce!” he blurted out. In the morning, not a single newspaper wrote a single line about Edith and Marcel, and by lunchtime Edith Piaf was brought a huge basket of flowers from journalists. A card was enclosed in the flowers: “From gentlemen to the woman who is loved more than anything in the world.”

On October 28, 1949, Cerdan dropped everything and flew to New York, receiving a telegram from his beloved: “I miss you.” His plane crashed near the Azores. In the morning, Edith was awakened not by the long-awaited kiss of Marcel, but by terrible news. That evening, Edith Piaf was carried onto the stage of the Versailles Hall in her arms - she could not walk. Stopping the audience's applause, she said quietly: “You don't have to clap for me today. Today I sing for Marcel Cerdan. Only for him alone."

Editor's Note: All stories are partly based on legends and do not claim to be historically accurate.

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Anatoly Chubais and Avdotya Smirnova

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The fact that Anatoly Chubais and Avdotya Smirnova got married became known in January 2012. “Dunya Smirnova and I really got married. We didn’t hold a wedding, but just quietly celebrated the two of us,” Chubais wrote then on his microblog. “Many thanks to everyone who congratulated us. We hope to live in love and harmony,” the politician succinctly told everyone interested.

This was not the first marriage for both. The previous husband of director and TV presenter Dunya Smirnova was the famous St. Petersburg art critic Arkady Ippolitov. From him she gave birth to a son, Danila, who today is widely known as the goalkeeper of the Russian beach soccer team. But after seven years of marriage, the couple broke up.

Chubais got married for the first time while still in college. He is from Belarus, she is from Siberia, together they went through the ordeal of lack of money, living in an ordinary Leningrad communal apartment. Soon their children Alexey and Olga were born. But, what can you do, Chubais, as it turned out, met someone else. And in 1990, he married Maria Vishnevskaya, with whom he worked together at the Leningrad Engineering and Economics Institute: he was an assistant professor, she was a senior researcher. But again something didn’t work out, and Chubais, leaving ex-wife, as they said, a huge Moscow apartment, a country house and a car, he left again to seek happiness. And he found it with Dunya.

Valery Meladze and Albina Dzhanabaeva

Valery Meladze officially divorced his first wife Irina in 2014, having been married for more than twenty years. “Valery said that he has a relationship on the side, even has a child. When asked “who,” he did not answer anything. But it was a matter of 20 minutes to find out who,” Irina Meladze later told reporters. “I understood,” that Albina was too nervous. And she didn’t understand the reasons for this behavior. There were other members of this group, and they behaved calmly. But Dzhanabaeva behaved very nervously. I saw that her eyes were moving, she was blinking a lot, and I didn’t. "I completely understood the reason for this behavior. She freezes when I approach. When I began to remember in hindsight, everything became clear to me. I even congratulated her on the birth of her child."

Later it turns out that secret passion Valeria and Albina's relationship lasted two years, after which it turned out that Albina was pregnant. Moreover, the son Konstantin, if you believe open sources information, was born when Meladze was married to his wife Irina. As they said, Valery rented an apartment for new girlfriend life and a newborn son, and his brother Konstantin, allegedly, therefore decided to invite Dzhanabaeva to sing in VIA Gro.

Konstantin Meladze and Vera Berzhneva

Composer and producer Konstantin Meladze has admitted more than once that thanks to his marriage to Vera Brezhneva, he began to travel a lot, eat right and take care of his appearance. But the path to happiness was not easy. Initially, rumors about a romance between the two stars appeared almost from the very moment Vera joined the group." VIA Gra" in 2002. Konstantin and Vera, however, had to hide their feelings and, obviously, tell lies not only to journalists, but also to close people.

Meladze’s reaction to newspaper publications about their romance, supported by photographs where the composer was photographed near Brezhneva’s Kyiv apartment, is memorable. “All this is just another invention of journalists,” said Konstantin, “they have married and divorced us a hundred times over the past 10 years, and now they have decided that we are lovers. This is base nonsense. Vera and I are long-time friends and colleagues, and the fact is that we go to visit each other free time, there is nothing reprehensible. We have families and children, we are already established people, and if we decided to be together, then the newspaper headlines would not bother us."

Meladze’s ex-wife, mother of three children Yana, would later tell reporters that she first felt that her husband’s heart belonged to another ten years ago: “I guessed, but didn’t know for sure. In 2005, while pregnant youngest son, I attributed the crisis in our relationship to betrayal, instinct, temporary weakness. I was able to forgive the betrayal."