The famous set designer Boris Krasnov spoke in an interview about how he suffered a stroke and overcame paralysis. According to him, doctors did not give him any one chance for recovery.

However, Boris Krasnov himself considers it a great achievement that he was able not only to get out of a wheelchair, but also to move independently with the help of a cane. “I walk, though, with difficulty. The left hand is still inoperative. I had a right-sided stroke, so most of the problems were with my left arm and leg. By the way, if it were left-handed, we wouldn’t be talking now. Fortunately, the memory was not affected either. I’m having fun here: I ask my assistant to name me any football team from the USSR football champions and I can easily name all the players, including the reserves,” he said.
According to the set designer, he remembers the first time after the stroke poorly - he spent almost three months in a coma. “That’s also probably why it’s taking me so long to recover now. My wife became my guardian angel - she did not leave the bed for a minute. And without a doubt mine best friend and partner Konstantin Petrov, for which I am very grateful to him. When the doctors were asked what percentage chance there was that I would live, they shrugged: none. After I came out of the coma, it was decided to continue treatment abroad. At first it was a clinic in Germany - I spent six months there. Forecasts German doctors were disappointing. They said that I would not only never be able to walk, but even sit in a chair. But I still did not lose heart - I continued to believe in a miracle,” Express Gazeta quotes Krasnov.
After another six months, he was advised to change clinics. “They brought me to Montreux, Switzerland, on a stretcher. Every day I worked for many hours with physiotherapists - by the way, they are all Portuguese there, very good specialists who literally force the patient to get up. Nothing moved, not even my feet. When I started moving my legs and shoulders, it was my first victory. Then he learned to get out of bed and transfer to a wheelchair. The pain was terrible, as if everything were grinding you into two. But after a few months I took the first step. For almost three years, being treated in Western clinics without insurance would have been unthinkable without the financial support of friends. In addition, for example, Joseph Kobzon and Alla Pugacheva helped find good specialists. Valera Syutkin, Igor Krutoy, and Sasha Fayfman visited me at the Swiss clinic,” Krasnov said.
The set designer is only committed to recovery, although he admitted that he dreams of drinking and smoking. “But this absolutely cannot be done. After the stroke, I did not drink a single drink or smoke a single cigarette. And I won't. I want to live and look into the future with optimism. After all, they left me in this world for something – probably for something good. Essentially, I am living a second life now. And in fact, the signal was given too serious for a reassessment of values ​​to occur. And it certainly happened,” concluded Boris Krasnov.
In September 2011, the decorator's reputation was seriously tarnished due to extortion attempts. According to investigators, Krasnov and several accomplices threatened a Moscow businessman in order to take over his company worth five million rubles. As a result, the amount of the deposit for the production designer amounted to the same five million rubles. Soon the decorator was struck down by a stroke, due to which he did not appear in court. After the operation, which he underwent due to the discovery of cerebral edema, the artist fell into a coma, and when he came out of it and began to come to his senses, the doctors deliberately put Krasnov into a coma so that he would not waste his strength.
His lawyer Alexander Dobrovinsky announced the hasty departure of the decorative artist for treatment abroad. “Boris did not have a written undertaking not to leave, he is on bail, so his movements could easily take place all over the world,” the lawyer said, adding that Krasnov’s condition has noticeably improved, but he requires a long course of rehabilitation due to the serious consequences of the stroke. The decorative artist was taught to walk and talk again. Meanwhile, information appeared that Boris Krasnov could fly out of the country to evade justice. As a result of the investigation in December 2014, no crime was found in Krasnov’s actions.

Awards:

• Silver prize for the Russian pavilion at the World Universal Exhibition EXPO 2010 in Shanghai (PRC, 2010)
• Grand Prix at the international investment exhibition "MIPIM-2011" in Cannes (France, 2011)
• National Ovation Award (1994-1996)
• Moscow Prize in Literature and Art (1996)

Boris Arkadevich Krasnov(surname at birth - Reuther; genus. January 22, Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR) - Russian set designer, designer, producer. Honorary Member Russian Academy Arts, winner of the Grand Prix at the international investment exhibition MIPIM-2011, winner of the silver prize for the Russian pavilion at the World Universal Exhibition EXPO 2010, winner of the Moscow Prize in the field of literature and art (1996), eight-time winner of the National Ovation Prize ( 1994-1996), winner of the Grand Prix “Golden Astrolabe” of the television film festival (1989), member of the Union of Theater Workers of Russia, etc.

Biography

Boris Arkadyevich Roiter was born on January 22, 1961 in Kyiv, Pechersk. Father - Arkady Aleksandrovich, head of the capital construction department of the Elektronmash enterprise in Kyiv. Mother - Nata Borisovna is a Member of the Union of Artists, worked as the chief fashion designer at the Kiyanka knitting factory. During the war, my parents were evacuated to Kazakhstan and Perm. His relatives who lived in Mogilev-Podolsk escaped, his grandfather died at Babi Yar during the occupation of Kyiv. Wife - Evgenia Krasnova, daughter Darina and son Daniil Krasnova.

1978

Graduated from the Republican Art School high school them. Taras Shevchenko, after which he entered the theater and decoration department of the painting department of the Kyiv State Art Institute. Teacher - theater artist - Daniil Leader, People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR, laureate of the USSR State Prize.

By the end of the institute, Boris Roiter had already performed 18 performances.

1980

Work on the first performance - “Romeo and Juliet” at the Kiev Pantomime Theater. The play was a success and ran for 5 seasons.

After the release of Romeo and Juliet, he first took a pseudonym and then officially changed his last name.

1985

The first joint performance with the legendary director of the State Academic Russian Drama Theater. L. Ukrainki B. Erin - V. Rozov’s play “Forever Living” (stage at the KITIS Institute).

Admission to the Theater. Lesya Ukrainka to the position of acting chief designer and costume designer.

Work on the play “Private Soldiers” by A. Dudarev (director - B. Erin, production designer - People's Artist of the USSR, I. Sumbatashvili).

1987

Receiving the State Prize of Ukraine named after T. G. Shevchenko for the design of the play “So We Will Win” by M. Shatrov at the Zaporozhye Young Spectator Theater.

1987-1989

Two-year internship at the Moscow Theater named after. Lenin Komsomol in the direction of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine.

Training at the All-Union Institute for Advanced Training of Cultural Workers of the USSR at the faculty of artists of drama theaters and youth theaters.

Boris Krasnov becomes the main artist in the Moscow theater and concert association “Lenkom” created under the leadership of Alexander Abdulov.

1989-1993

Design of the Moscow International Film Festival. Design of the first awards ceremony of the Russian Film Academy "Nika". Design of the Mrs. America competition at the Moscow Art Theater, the Russian Music stand for a music seminar in New York and Valentin Yudashkin’s fashion show. Beginning of collaboration with Alla Pugacheva (Christmas meetings).

1992

Creation of the Krasnov Design company, the leading scenographic company in Russia.

1996-2004

Design of the First World Festival-Competition circus art"Golden Bear" on Red Square in Moscow. Design of the Opening Ceremony of the 6th World Championship athletics at the Kolomarmaros Central Stadium (Athens).

Since 2000, Boris Krasnov has been a production designer at the State Kremlin Palace.

In 2004, Boris Krasnov became the artistic director of the FORUM HALL Celebration Hall, a significant concert and presentation complex, created in Moscow.

2007

The Russian Academy of Arts, on the basis of its Charter, by decision of the Presidium dated June 14, 2007, elected Boris Krasnov an Honorary Member of the Academy.

2010

Boris Krasnov is the artistic director, author of the concept and main idea for the design of the Russian pavilion at the World Universal Exhibition EXPO 2010, which received a silver prize for the full disclosure of the EXPO theme: “ Better city - better life" According to the results of the International Forum of Exhibition Designers in Shenzhen (05/14/2010), Boris Krasnov was included in the list of the six best exhibition designers in the world.

Achievements

During my creative activity Boris Krasnov has implemented more than 3,500 projects - concerts, television programs, prestigious competitions, festivals, presentations, ceremonies, etc.

Boris Krasnov collaborates with almost all leading artists Russian stage: Lyudmila Gurchenko, Alla Pugacheva, Valery Leontyev, Philip Kirkorov, Joseph Kobzon, Lev Leshchenko, Laima Vaikule, Larisa Dolina, Irina Allegrova, Alexander Malinin, Irina Shvedova, Igor Demarin, Valery Meladze, Alexander Rosenbaum and many others.

Among the foreign star-partners are such popular performers as: Elton John, Eros Ramazzotti, Sarah Brightman, Chris Norman, the groups Gipsy King and Deep Purple. , “Modern Talking”, “Abba”, “Albano”, etc.

Boris Krasnov was involved in the design of performances of leading theaters in Russia, including: Moscow Art Theater named after. A. P. Chekhov, Academic Theater "Moscow Operetta", Cabaret Theater " Bat", "New Opera", Satire Theater, "School of Modern Play" theater, etc.

Some projects

• 167 performances in leading theaters former USSR(1980 - the first performance of “Romeo and Juliet” in Kyiv).
• Concert film by Lyudmila Gurchenko “I Love”
• “Christmas meetings of Alla Pugacheva” (1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2009).
• Music festival "Jurmala 92"
• Concert of Maya Plisetskaya and the “stars” of the Russian ballet “Straight from the Bolshoi”, City Center. USA, New York, 1996.
• Super show by Valery Leontiev “On the Road to Hollywood”. Moscow, State Central Concert Hall "Russia", March 1996
• Opening ceremony of the 6th World Athletics Championships. Greece, Athens, 1997.
• “Living legend Ray Charles in Moscow,” anniversary concert in honor of his 70th birthday. Russia, Moscow, 2000.
• Valery Leontyev's show "Nameless Planet". Moscow, State Central Concert Hall "Russia", April 2001
• Musical “42nd street”, 2002.
• 1st International Forum in Memory of Auschwitz “Let my people live” in Krakow (2005) and 2nd International Forum in memory of Babi Iar in Kyiv (2006).
• 10th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, 2006.
• Presentation of the project "Sochi - 2014" within the framework of the 11th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. St. Petersburg, London, Guatemala (2007).
• International sports show "Sochi - Time of Victory", 2007.
• 8th International Music Festival “9 Billion Tons of Oil”. Russia, Khanty-Mansiysk, 2008.
• Ceremonial events dedicated to the 450th anniversary of Astrakhan. Russia, 2008.
• "Astana City Day". Kazakhstan, 2009.
• Anniversary show of Alla Pugacheva “Dreams of Love”. Russia, 2009.
• Ceremonial events dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Vladivostok. Russia, 2010.
• World Universal Exhibition "EXPO-2010" in Shanghai. China, 2010.
• Russian National Exhibition in Paris. France, 2010.
• KSK stand at the international investment exhibition "MIPIM-2011" in Cannes. GRAND PRIX. France, 2011.
• Gala evening dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Babi Yar tragedy. Ukraine, Kyiv, 2011.
• Philip Kirkorov's super show “DruGoy” at the Kremlin Palace. Russia, 2011.
• Anniversary events dedicated to the 170th anniversary of Sberbank of Russia. Russia, Moscow, 2011.
• Gala evening in honor of the 20th anniversary of the Football Federation of Ukraine. Ukraine, Kyiv, 2011.

Prizes and awards

1. Winner of the Grand Prix at the international investment exhibition “MIPIM-2011” in Cannes. France, 2011.
2. Winner of the silver prize for the Russian pavilion at the World Universal Exhibition EXPO 2010 in Shanghai. China, 2010.
3. Winner of the Grand Prix of the Golden Astrolabe television film festival for his work on the film Moscow Melodies (Montreux, Switzerland, 1989).
4. Eight-time winner of the Russian National Ovation Award in the field of entertainment and popular music in the categories: (“Best Production Designer”; “ Best Show at concert venues across the country"; “Best scenographic company of the year”; “Best Production Designer” (for the artistic design of the First World Festival of Circus Arts “Golden Bear”); "Best Stage Director"
5. Multiple winner of the “Persons of the Year” award in the “Designer of the Year” category (1995, 1997, 2000).
6. Winner of the Russian competition “Manager of the Year” in the “Culture” category (1998).
7. Winner of the Moscow Prize in the field of literature and art for the design of the play for children “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves” at the State Academic Theater them. E. Vakhtangov.
8. Winner of the " Business people"in the nomination "Show and Business" (2004).
9. Winner of the National Professional Award in the field of show technology "SHOWTEX AWARDS 2005".
10. Winner of the special prize “SHOWTEX 2006”.

Membership in professional communities

1. Member of the Higher Academic Commission of the National Ovation Award in the field of entertainment and popular music.
2. Laureate international competition"Pilar" (2006).
3. Honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts (2007).
4. Member of the Union of Theater Workers of Russia (1979).
5. Member of the International Union of Pop Artists.
6. Member of the Association of Theater Artists.
7. Member of the Russian Union of Designers.

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Literature

• I. Timokhova / “Boris Krasnov”. - M.: - Ed. “Krasnov Design”, 2002-280 pp., 168 pp. with illustrations.
• Boris Krasnov / “The Same Krasnov.” - M.: - AST; St. Petersburg: Astrel-SPb, 2007. - 159 pp., 32 pp. ill.

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“There are people just like us, and there are people worse than us,” she thought.
Peronskaya named the countess the most significant people who were at the ball.
“This is the Dutch envoy, you see, gray-haired,” said Peronskaya, pointing to an old man with silver gray curly, abundant hair, surrounded by ladies, whom he made laugh for some reason.
“And here she is, the queen of St. Petersburg, Countess Bezukhaya,” she said, pointing to Helen as she entered.
- How good! Will not yield to Marya Antonovna; Look how both young and old flock to her. She is both good and smart... They say the prince... is crazy about her. But these two, although not good, are even more surrounded.
She pointed to a lady passing through the hall with a very ugly daughter.
“This is a millionaire bride,” said Peronskaya. - And here are the grooms.
“This is Bezukhova’s brother, Anatol Kuragin,” she said, pointing to the handsome cavalry guard who walked past them, looking somewhere from the height of his raised head across the ladies. - How good! isn't it? They say they will marry him to this rich woman. And your sauce, Drubetskoy, is also very confusing. They say millions. “Why, it’s the French envoy himself,” she answered about Caulaincourt when the countess asked who it was. - Look like some kind of king. But still, the French are nice, very nice. No miles for society. And here she is! No, our Marya Antonovna is the best! And how simply dressed. Lovely! “And this fat one, with glasses, is a world-class pharmacist,” said Peronskaya, pointing to Bezukhov. “Put him next to your wife: he’s a fool!”
Pierre walked, waddling his fat body, parting the crowd, nodding right and left as casually and good-naturedly as if he were walking through the crowd of a bazaar. He moved through the crowd, obviously looking for someone.
Natasha looked with joy at the familiar face of Pierre, this pea jester, as Peronskaya called him, and knew that Pierre was looking for them, and especially her, in the crowd. Pierre promised her to be at the ball and introduce her to the gentlemen.
But, before reaching them, Bezukhoy stopped next to a short, very handsome brunette in a white uniform, who, standing at the window, was talking with some tall man in stars and a ribbon. Natasha immediately recognized the short young man in a white uniform: it was Bolkonsky, who seemed to her very rejuvenated, cheerful and prettier.
– Here’s another friend, Bolkonsky, do you see, mom? - Natasha said, pointing to Prince Andrei. – Remember, he spent the night with us in Otradnoye.
- Oh, do you know him? - said Peronskaya. - I can’t stand it. Il fait a present la pluie et le beau temps. [The rainy or good weather. (French proverb meaning that he is successful.)] And such pride that there are no boundaries! I followed my daddy's lead. And I contacted Speransky, they are writing some projects. Look how the ladies are treated! “She’s talking to him, but he’s turned away,” she said, pointing at him. “I would have beaten him if he had treated me the way he treated these ladies.”

Suddenly everything began to move, the crowd began to speak, moved, moved apart again, and between the two parted rows, at the sound of music playing, the sovereign entered. The master and hostess followed him. The Emperor walked quickly, bowing to the right and left, as if trying to quickly get rid of this first minute of the meeting. The musicians played Polskoy, known then by the words composed on it. These words began: “Alexander, Elizabeth, you delight us...” The Emperor walked into the living room, the crowd poured to the doors; Several faces with changed expressions hurriedly walked back and forth. The crowd again fled from the doors of the living room, in which the sovereign appeared, talking with the hostess. Some young man with a confused look stepped on the ladies, asking them to move aside. Some ladies with faces expressing complete obliviousness to all conditions of the world, spoiling their toilets, pressed forward. The men began to approach the ladies and form Polish pairs.
Everything parted, and the sovereign, smiling and leading the mistress of the house by the hand, walked out of the living room door. Behind him were the owner and M.A. Naryshkina, then envoys, ministers, various generals, whom Peronskaya kept calling. More than half of the ladies had gentlemen and were going or preparing to go to Polskaya. Natasha felt that she remained with her mother and Sonya among the minority of ladies who were pushed to the wall and not taken in Polskaya. She stood with her slender arms hanging down, and with her slightly defined chest rising steadily, holding her breath, her shining, frightened eyes looked in front of her, with an expression of readiness for the greatest joy and the greatest sorrow. She was not interested in either the sovereign or all the important persons to whom Peronskaya pointed out - she had one thought: “is it really possible that no one will come up to me, will I really not dance among the first, will all these men who are now not notice me?” It seems that they don’t even see me, and if they look at me, they look with such an expression as if they were saying: Ah! it's not her, there's nothing to watch. No, this cannot be! - she thought. “They should know how much I want to dance, how great I am at dancing, and how much fun it will be for them to dance with me.”
The sounds of the Polish, which continued for quite a long time, were already beginning to sound sad - a memory in Natasha’s ears. She wanted to cry. Peronskaya moved away from them. The Count was at the other end of the hall, the Countess, Sonya and she stood alone as if in a forest in this alien crowd, uninteresting and unnecessary to anyone. Prince Andrey walked past them with some lady, obviously not recognizing them. Handsome Anatole, smiling, said something to the lady he was leading, and looked at Natasha’s face with the same look as one looks at the walls. Boris walked past them twice and turned away each time. Berg and his wife, who were not dancing, approached them.
Natasha found this family bonding here at the ball offensive, as if there was no other place for family conversations except at the ball. She did not listen or look at Vera, who was telling her something about her green dress.
Finally, the sovereign stopped next to his last lady (he was dancing with three), the music stopped; the preoccupied adjutant ran towards the Rostovs, asking them to step aside somewhere else, although they were standing against the wall, and the distinct, cautious and fascinatingly measured sounds of a waltz were heard from the chorus. The Emperor looked at the audience with a smile. A minute passed and no one had started yet. The adjutant manager approached Countess Bezukhova and invited her. She raised her hand, smiling, and placed it, without looking at him, on the adjutant’s shoulder. The adjutant manager, a master of his craft, confidently, slowly and measuredly, hugging his lady tightly, set off with her first on a glide path, along the edge of the circle, at the corner of the hall, he picked up her left hand, turned it, and because of the ever-accelerating sounds of the music, only measured ones were heard the clicks of the spurs of the adjutant’s quick and dexterous legs, and every three beats at the turn the fluttering velvet dress of his lady seemed to flare up. Natasha looked at them and was ready to cry that it was not she who was dancing this first round of the waltz.
Prince Andrei, in his colonel's white (cavalry) uniform, in stockings and shoes, lively and cheerful, stood in the front rows of the circle, not far from the Rostovs. Baron Firgoff spoke with him about tomorrow's supposed first meeting of the State Council. Prince Andrei, as a person close to Speransky and participating in the work of the legislative commission, could give correct information about the meeting tomorrow, about which there were various rumors. But he did not listen to what Firgof told him, and looked first at the sovereign, then at the gentlemen who were getting ready to dance, who did not dare to join the circle.
Prince Andrei observed these gentlemen and ladies timid in the presence of the sovereign, dying with desire to be invited.
Pierre walked up to Prince Andrei and grabbed his hand.
– You always dance. There is my protegee [favorite], young Rostova, invite her,” he said.
- Where? – asked Bolkonsky. “Sorry,” he said, turning to the baron, “we’ll finish this conversation somewhere else, but we have to dance at the ball.” “He stepped forward in the direction that Pierre pointed out to him. Natasha’s desperate, frozen face caught the eye of Prince Andrei. He recognized her, guessed her feeling, realized that she was a beginner, remembered her conversation at the window and with a cheerful expression on his face approached Countess Rostova.
“Let me introduce you to my daughter,” said the countess, blushing.
“I have the pleasure of being an acquaintance, if the countess remembers me,” said Prince Andrei with a polite and low bow, completely contradicting Peronskaya’s remarks about his rudeness, approaching Natasha and raising his hand to hug her waist even before he finished the invitation to dance. He suggested a waltz tour. That frozen expression on Natasha’s face, ready for despair and delight, suddenly lit up with a happy, grateful, childish smile.
“I’ve been waiting for you for a long time,” this frightened and happy girl, with his smile that appeared due to ready tears, raising his hand on Prince Andrei’s shoulder. They were the second couple to enter the circle. Prince Andrey was one of the best dancers of his time. Natasha danced superbly. Her feet in ballroom satin shoes quickly, easily and independently of her did their job, and her face shone with the delight of happiness. Her bare neck and arms were thin and ugly. Compared to Helen's shoulders, her shoulders were thin, her breasts were vague, her arms were thin; but Helen already seemed to have a varnish on from all the thousands of glances sliding over her body, and Natasha seemed like a girl who had been exposed for the first time, and who would have been very ashamed of it if she had not been assured that it was so necessary.
Prince Andrei loved to dance, and wanting to quickly get rid of political and smart conversations, with which everyone turned to him, and wanting to quickly break this annoying circle of embarrassment formed by the presence of the sovereign, he went to dance and chose Natasha, because Pierre pointed him out to her and because she was the first of the pretty women to catch his eye; but as soon as he embraced this thin, mobile figure, and she moved so close to him and smiled so close to him, the wine of her charm went to his head: he felt revived and rejuvenated when, catching his breath and leaving her, he stopped and began to look on the dancers.

Boris was born January 22, 1961. The child was long-awaited and his birth was a real miracle for the parents.

His father worked in construction all his life, and his mother worked as the chief artist at a fabric factory.

Evgenia is a wife, she worked as a model for famous fashion designers for many years, today she is a housewife and is engaged in raising two beautiful children- Darina and Danila.

Evgenia is a real savior for her beloved husband; it was she who helped Krasnov cope with a terrible disease and get back on his feet.

Boris Krasnov is close to the phrase that he often applies to himself: “self-made man”. He built his career on his own and achieved everything on his own, no one helped him in this.

Despite the fact that he is quite young, during this time he managed to achieve a lot in show business. His name is known in many countries: Russian Federation, America, Greece, Finland, Japan.

IN school years the young man was engaged in a modeling and drawing circle, went to art school, theater club.

His first job was theater costume designer.

The father never supported his son's choice, and believed that he needed to choose more male profession, which will feed the family and bring in good money. And the mother was glad that the child followed in her footsteps, and always supported him in all his endeavors. Only after his son’s first victories did his father come to terms with his choice.

In 1987, Krasnov moved to the capital, where life began with a clean slate. He was sent to undergo an internship in Moscow, where he performed the duties of a stage costume designer. After the internship young specialist So they left to work in Moscow.

Krasnov graduates from the Faculty of Drama Theater Artists. In 1990, he was already acting chief artist of the capital's theater.

In 1992, Boris became director of the company “Krasnov design”. This company is one of the leading ones throughout the country. Boris does not have a minute of rest or rest in his work schedule. Operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It happened that I worked until the morning, came home to change clothes and went back into battle.

Not everyone can devote themselves completely to work, live at such a rhythm, lead a large team, complete assigned tasks on time, or work on several projects simultaneously. Boris can do all this.

Krasnov is able to fulfill the responsibilities of three people at once: artist, set designer, director. Boris does not like “hackwork” and does all his work with the highest quality possible. He is able to find an approach to almost everyone.

In 1997, the artist was invited to Athens. He was tasked with completing an order to decorate the stadium for olympic games. He did an excellent job as a designer.

For 10 years Krasnov was awarded a huge number of titles, medals and awards.

Krasnov has only one hobby and that is his job. This is a person who has absolutely no free time. If he has a few hours of free time, he tries to devote them to sports.

Among him loved ones sports games : football, basketball, volleyball, tennis, equestrianism and much more. He enjoys collecting small details. In his collection, he collected about a thousand specimens, collected from small particles.

Boris Krasnov is part of Union of Theater Activities in the Russian Federation.

Personal life of the artist

On at the moment Boris continues to live in the capital. There has not been the slightest change in his personal life for many years.

Evgenia Krasnova – wife, previously worked as a model for famous fashion designers, such as Zaitsev and Yudashkin.

Evgenia gave her beloved husband two children, and is currently raising them.

There are rumors that Krasnov became related to Alla Borisovna. These are just rumors. Kristina Orbakaite’s daughter-in-law has nothing to do with Boris, they are just namesakes.

When Boris was admitted to the hospital and was almost dying, my wife was there every minute. It was she who helped her beloved husband cope with a serious illness.

How Boris Krasnov's family lives today

Boris was not seen in affairs with young girls, all his life he is faithful to his only and beloved Evgenia, who gave him a daughter and a son. This union can be considered exemplary.

Boris Krasnov can be found very often at social parties. Now he is working on a large order from Philip Bedrosovich.

The artist continues to recover from a serious illness and hopes that he will soon be able to work at full capacity, as before. Boris still has lots of ideas ideas that the young man wants to bring to life, so there is simply no time to get sick and lie in bed.

While visiting Pugacheva, the famous set designer develops a beastly appetite

While visiting Pugacheva, the famous set designer develops a beastly appetite

I have known Boris KRASNOV since the mid-90s. Like many of his friends, I was shocked when three and a half years ago the famous production designer was unexpectedly detained and faced with serious charges. Allegedly, he was part of a group of people who extorted 100 percent of the shares of the authorized capital from the Inconnect company, which organized exhibitions. Krasnov faced up to 15 years in prison. During the investigation, he was released by the court on bail of 5 million rubles. But literally two weeks later he was struck down by a severe stroke. Since then, information about him has been extremely scanty and fragmentary. Like, he was in a coma, then he was transported abroad...

When I managed to reach him a year ago, Boris said that he had already returned to Moscow, was continuing treatment and, as soon as the doctors allowed, he would be the first to give an interview to me. To Boris's credit, he kept his word.

And so I go into his office in the brainchild he created - the Forum Hall celebration hall. Krasnov When he meets me, he cheers up and takes a few steps, leaning on his cane. His assistant Sergei insures him.

- Of course, readers are primarily interested in your health!- Thank you, I’m recovering slowly. I can walk, though, with difficulty. The left hand is not yet in working condition. I had a right-sided stroke, so most of the problems were with my left arm and leg. By the way, if it were left-handed, we wouldn’t be talking now. Fortunately, the memory was not affected either. I'm having fun here - I ask my assistant to name me any football team from the USSR football champions and easily name all the players, including the substitutes.

Well, with your rhythm of life, you got off easy. I remember how you worked. Almost no days off. Have you been to a sanatorium at least once in your life?

What a sanatorium! Jumped up at six in the morning - and go! My family and friends all asked me: “Slow down!” Mikhail Tanich , may the kingdom of heaven be upon him, on each of my birthdays he wrote an epigram: “Krasnov is a thing in speed somewhere between the speed of sound and the speed of light.” Or here’s another: “There was no order twice, and Borya was at home twice. / How can I check this libel? And by the number of children!” I practically did not take care of my health. I smoked two packs a day. I drank 35 cups of coffee... - I know that in difficult times Pugacheva provided you with great moral support. You have special relationship with Alla Borisovna? - Yes, we have, as they say, a creative romance. Anything happened between us. It happened that my scenery was destroyed with a microphone. One minute she likes everything, but after a couple of minutes she screams - redo everything. It seems to me that sometimes Alla is unpredictable to herself. We still often call her back. A month ago we had dinner together - at her home, with Maxim, in their castle. You know, it’s an amazing thing - Alla, no matter where she lives, has such an atmosphere in her house that she eats very well, she’s just overcome with some kind of hunger! Whatever she cooked, I always swallowed it right away! Very tasty! By the way, I ate her cooking not only at her place, but also at my place. I noticed that Alla is not always serious when it comes to cooking. I remember a long time ago they came to see me with Sergei Chelobanov spontaneously. Alla took everything that was in the refrigerator, poured it into a pan, threw cheese on top, and when it melted, please bring it to the table - the dish is ready. And she dedicated it to me and Chelobanov... By the way, a month ago I saw her and Max’s children for the first time. They are simply wonderful! This is some kind of fantasy - I have never seen such a resemblance: Garik is just a copy of Max. Facial expression, eyes, lips, nose - one to one. Such a serious boy. And Lisa is just a doll, such a blonde with a pink bow and curly long hair.

- Did you give anything to the children?

Of course, but how? Garik - a car-bicycle. You press the button and it takes you. And for Liza, there’s this big thing: you press it, and something plays, beeps, crows, and speaks English. But most of all she was delighted to see a doll that brushes its teeth. You know, watching Alla look with great tenderness at her two angels - Garik and Lisa, I thought that, probably, only now, perhaps, for the first time, she truly felt what it's like to be a mother. At one time, when Christina was growing up, she had a monstrous touring schedule, she was constantly running around with concerts. I also couldn’t devote much time to my grandchildren. And only now he spends as much time with the kids as necessary, and gets tremendous pleasure. I recently organized a prank for the guests. Guests on his birthday (January 22, Krasnov turned 54 years old. - OK. ) reported that during his illness he constantly watched news abroad. And one piece of news struck me so much that my head turned around and I, they say, began to engage in something unusual for me - writing songs. And he dedicated one of them to Alla and Max. It comes out here Natalie and sings: “Oh God, what a man, I want a son from you. And a daughter!” Everyone burst out laughing.

Oh, I remembered! Borya Moiseev told me: when he had a stroke, the cutlets that Alla Borisovna personally fried for him and brought to his ward helped him a lot!

This is true. And many people helped me too. Although, of course, I don’t remember well the first time after the stroke - I was in a coma for too long, almost three months. Borya, as far as I know, was not in a coma. That’s also probably why it’s taking me so long to recover now. My wife became my guardian angel - she did not leave the bed for a minute. And, without a doubt, my best friend and partner - Konstantin Petrov, for which I am very grateful to him. When the doctors were asked what the percentage chance was that I would live, they shrugged: none. Special thanks first of all Russian doctors. In particular, to the head of the neuroreanimation unit of the clinic where I was hospitalized - Pavel Härkenen.After I came out of the coma, it was decided to continue treatment abroad. At first it was a clinic in Germany - I spent six months there. The forecasts of German doctors were disappointing. They said that I would not only never be able to walk, but even sit in a chair. But I still did not lose heart - I continued to believe in a miracle.

After another six months, we were advised to change the clinic. I was brought to Montreux, Switzerland, on a stretcher. Every day I worked for many hours with physiotherapists - by the way, they are all Portuguese, very good specialists who literally force the patient to get up. Nothing moved, not even my feet.

When I started moving my legs and shoulders, it was my first victory. Then he learned to get out of bed and transfer to a wheelchair. The pain was terrible, as if everything were grinding you into two. But after a few months I took the first step. For almost three years, being treated in Western clinics without insurance would have been unthinkable without the financial support of friends, and besides this, for example, Joseph Kobzon And Alla Pugacheva helped to find good specialists. They visited me in a Swiss clinic Valera Syutkin, Igor Krutoy, Sasha Fayfman. My beloved mother and father also often visited, creating a truly homely environment for me.

The investigation is over, forget it!

I think these terrible accusations of extorting a controlling stake from the Inconnect company, which all the newspapers wrote about at that time, could also affect your health...

Rather, it became a kind of finishing point. After all, before this we had an incredibly difficult project - preparing the Russian Pavilion for the World EXPO 2010 in Shanghai. Among five hundred exhibitions in terms of attendance, our pavilion took first place and second place for the best presentation of the theme “Better city - better life.” It's like winning the Grand Prix at the Oscars. But, despite such enchanting success, there were constantly some groundless attacks from some media that drove me into a frenzy - they were so unfair and dishonest. And this story with my alleged participation in extortion... Of course, it was terribly offensive that I, a person who had done so much for the USSR and Russia over 35 years, organized many of its landmark projects, fifty percent of which were at the government level, was accused of which I didn't do.

For the first time in my life I found myself in the unusual role of a suspect! Naturally, I was internally wounded by all this injustice; I wouldn’t wish anyone to endure such accusations. Stroke, translated from Latin, means “offense.” As I know from the words of my assistant, this happened during the day, right in the office. Fell, lost consciousness...

When I fell ill, the criminal case was separated into separate proceedings and suspended. No investigative actions were carried out on him. But the investigation was always notified where I was, at what stage my treatment was at. After being discharged from the hospital, the investigation was resumed.

As a result of an objective investigation in December 2014, a decision was made that there was no crime in my actions. Of course, I did not doubt for a second that everything would end this way. However, like all my friends. Lolita, for example, when they questioned her, she kept repeating: “What are you doing?! This is a man who can only give - he cannot take anything away! - What do you want more than anything in the world at this second?- Drink and smoke! But this is absolutely forbidden. After the stroke, I did not drink a single drink or smoke a single cigarette. And - I won’t. I want to live. And I look into the future with optimism. After all, they left me in this world for something - probably for something good. Essentially, I am living a second life now. Indeed, the signal given was too serious. In order for a revaluation of values ​​to occur. And it certainly happened.

Recently, due to the lack of evidence of a crime, a sensational criminal case against the famous designer and set designer Boris Krasnov, accused of extortion of shares in the Inconnect company, was dropped. Previously, it was suspended and then separated into separate proceedings due to Krasnov’s serious illness. In the fall of 2011, he suffered a stroke and was in a coma, but then began to recover and, with the permission of the investigator, was released for treatment in Germany. The remaining defendants in the extortion case were convicted in November 2013. Currently, the set designer has returned safely to his homeland and is ready to continue his work. Lenta.ru looked into the process and features of this not entirely ordinary case.

Matryoshka dolls from Flower City

The fame of a master of the stage came to Boris Krasnov back in the 1990s, and after the Russian National Exhibition in Paris in 2010, he could have become a living classic. However, his bold stage decision with a round dance of ten-meter matryoshka dolls was not positively assessed by all interested parties. In particular, the set designer’s ideas, according to some information, were not to the taste of Vladimir Putin, who arrived at the exhibition.

The “Flower City” project from “The Adventures of Dunno” at Expo 2010 in Shanghai was also not entirely successful. Dmitry Medvedev, who was in China on a working visit, was said to be dissatisfied that the expensive decorations did not reflect current topics in the development of nanotechnology and the country's preparation for the Sochi Olympics. The huge pavilion then had to be left to China, since its transportation to Russia could cost one and a half hundred million rubles. As a result, the cost of the project, which already significantly exceeded expectations, increased from the initial 224 million to 1.5 billion rubles.

Tall Raiders

To prepare for Expo 2012 in South Korea with a budget of 375 million, the famous set designer was no longer attracted. Perhaps it was precisely because of this that Krasnov did not have a good relationship with the organizers of the Russian part of the exhibition - the Inconnect company of Tatyana Sadofieva and her son Andrei Sadofiev.

Photo: Dmitry Azarov / Kommersant

According to investigators, Boris Krasnov joined a group of influential people - officials from the Ministry of Industry and Trade, who declared a kind of war on Inconnect.

In July 2011, one of the leaders of this company, Andrei Sadofyev, met with the chief manager of the Magma investment company, Igor Dunaev, in the Rice and Fish restaurant on the second floor of the Udarnik cinema. Sadofiev was offered to buy out 100 percent of the authorized capital of Inconnect's subsidiary, GC Inconnect, which received an order to organize a Russian exhibition at Expo 2012 for $50,000. Otherwise, the company management expected serious problems from the leadership of the Ministry of Industry and Trade and even criminal prosecution. The deal did not take place, and relations between the parties deteriorated even more.

It was then, it is believed, that Krasnov turned to his good friend Vladimir Kolokoltsev, who in the summer of 2011 held the post of head of the capital’s main department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, with a request to take personal control of the Inconnect check. The claims against the company had very real grounds: the financial connection of Inconnect with the Prostor Design company, with the help of which the Sadofyevs may have evaded taxes, was checked.

However, the confrontation between the Sadofyevs and Krasnov’s friends did not last long. By the beginning of autumn 2011, the leadership of Inconnect turned from potential criminals into victims. On September 7, on suspicion of extortion, the former head of the department of foreign economic relations of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Sergei Shilov (later, according to the verdict of the Zamoskvoretsky court, he will receive 8 years in prison), deputy head of the exhibition department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Yuri Bogdanov (sentenced to 7 years in prison), deputy general director of Sportivny Information Agency of the Russian Olympic Committee" Oleg Litoshenko (sentenced to 7.5 years in prison) and Igor Dunaev, discussed above. The latter received 4 years in prison.

On the same day, September 7, Boris Krasnov himself was detained. He spent two days behind bars and was then released on bail of 5 million rubles.

And on September 22, Krasnov suffered a stroke. Moreover, precisely at the moment when he was discussing the line of defense with his lawyer Imanali Uzalov. The set designer was urgently taken first to Pervaya Gradskaya, and then to the intensive care unit of the Federal Medical Biophysical Center named after. A.I. Burnazyan. Another patient’s lawyer, Alexander Dobrovinsky, said that Krasnov is in a coma.

The employees were also able to verify the reality of the diagnosis law enforcement agencies who visited him at the clinic. When the patient’s condition stabilized a little, Krasnov was sent by plane to Berlin, and then to one of the clinics in Switzerland. No procedural norms were violated in this case.

If a person is on bail, he even has the right not to seek permission to travel abroad. Boris did not give any undertaking not to leave - the money was deposited, and he could go anywhere,” noted lawyer Dobrovinsky.

Shuvalov's successor and the struggle around the All-Russian Exhibition Center

And the year 2011 began on the brightest note for Boris Krasnov. For his 50th birthday, the decorative artist gathered not only domestic and foreign pop stars, but also “top” officials and businessmen. On January 22, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, future Minister of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev and Sberbank President German Gref were seen celebrating the Krasnov anniversary in the Forum Hall.

Photo: Yuri Martyanov / Kommersant

Nine months later, the set designer, who had so spectacularly flaunted his lobbying abilities and achievements, became involved in a criminal case of extortion. Perhaps the conflict around the most important national exhibition - the All-Russian Exhibition Center, the former and future VDNKh - played a certain role in this.

Just at the end of summer - beginning of autumn, the issue of candidacy for a new chairman of the board of directors of the All-Russian Exhibition Center was being decided. The powers of Igor Shuvalov, who held this position, expired on October 1. German Gref, former governor of Kaliningrad region Georgy Boos and Boris Krasnov.

The All-Russian Exhibition Center was preparing for a large-scale restructuring, which was contracted to carry out by large capital developers Zarakh Iliev and God Nisanov. As expensive as the project is - the estimated cost is 2-3 billion dollars - it is also risky. It is no coincidence that some observers started talking about “megacherkizon”, remembering that Iliev and Nisanov were involved in the notorious metropolitan flea market, and also own a number of large Moscow shopping complexes.

The role of the chairman of the board of directors and his non-affiliation with the “rebuilders” of the exhibition center in such a situation was difficult to overestimate. Moreover, at that time the All-Russian Exhibition Center did not have a sole owner. Its shares in a 70/30 ratio were distributed between the federal government and Moscow. Such shareholder dual power, in the presence of a friendly or at least neutral board of directors and management, provided almost unlimited freedom of action to develop 300 “exhibition” hectares.

By the way, against the backdrop of the Krasnov ordeals, Alexey Mikushko, the former manager of the hotel business of Iliev and Nisanov, became the general director of the All-Russian Exhibition Center in September 2011. There was a problem with the chairman of the board of directors. Georgy Boos took up this post only in December. But on the other hand, the Year of Nisanov also entered the highest advisory body.

However, as it turned out later, this was by no means the end of the battle for the exhibition billions and hectares. Already in the summer of 2012, Boos gave up his chair to Deputy Moscow Mayor Natalya Sergunina. The business press claimed that the ex-governor did not work well with Iliev and Nisanov.

A funny detail: around the same time in July 2012, Boris Krasnov appeared before the general Russian public for the first time after the initiation of a criminal case and a stroke. He spoke at talk show air on Channel One, dedicated to the birth of a child with Philip Kirkorov. The decorator did not give the impression of a seriously ill person: he spoke clearly and distinctly, was in high spirits, sat on the sofa, and not on wheelchair. Filming took place in Ostankino, and not in a Swiss clinic. Although no one officially announced the dropping of the charges against the decorator.

But there are signs that the mayor’s office is taking power at the All-Russian Exhibition Center, hardly solely in the interests of Iliev and Nisanov. Another large developer, the head of the Barkley corporation, Leonid Kazinets, has joined the board of directors of the exhibition center. And in May 2013, by decision of the federal authorities, Moscow received 100 percent of the All-Russian Exhibition Center. At the same time, Iliev and Nisanov received the go-ahead to build an aquarium on its territory, the largest in the European part of the Russian Federation.

A little later, in the fall of 2013, businessmen announced their intention to build two hotels with 600 and 400 rooms. But these plans were in doubt.

In April 2014, Alexey Mikushko ceded the position of general director to Vladimir Pogrebenko, Sergunina’s former subordinate in the capital’s property department. And as a result, Vozrozhdenie All-Russian Exhibition Center LLC, controlled by Iliev and Nisanov, commenting on its plans, mentioned only the aquarium and the creation of a children's leisure center.

It seems that the hotels do not really correspond to the image of the All-Russian Exhibition Center-VDNKh that Moscow officials have formed. At least, Natalya Sergunina is talking about a park, a museum town, a sports cluster, but not about the concentration of retail and office real estate.

Quiet return

Meanwhile, Boris Krasnov again went into the shadows, trying not to come into the view of the press. We only managed to find out that the decorator returned safely to his homeland and even started work. In particular, singer Elena Vaenga mentioned this in an interview with radio “Chanson” in October 2014.

The investigative authorities - the Internal Affairs Directorate for the Central Administrative District - could not find out about the prospects for further investigation of the criminal case against Krasnov. However, lawyer Lyubov Trushina told reporters that the case had already been closed due to the lack of corpus delicti in Krasnov’s actions.

This news was received with hope by Dmitry Chesnov, the defense lawyer of the already convicted defendant in the Inconnect case, Sergei Shilov.

A lawyer's request has been prepared to familiarize himself with the decision to terminate the criminal prosecution against Boris Krasnov. I think the arguments contained there can be used to justify my client,” the lawyer told Lenta.ru.

However, after a few days of Supreme Court news arrived about the refusal to transfer it for consideration cassation appeal. The department did not see any grounds for reviewing the Inconnect case. Therefore, the former “accomplices” of the famous stage designer will remain behind bars.

Boris Krasnov himself, in an interview with Kommersant, said that he was satisfied with the way the investigation ended: “I am not guilty and have always said so. Did you really think that it could have been different?”