“A man of impossible kindness.” Konstantin Raikin’s second wife, actor Alagez Salakhova, passed away. Konstantin Raikin’s second wife, actor Alagez Salakhova, passed away at the age of 71 00:07

On September 19, actress and artist Alagez Salakhova died after a long illness. His son Dan Sultanov reported this on his social networks.

“We stayed in the hospital for six months for treatment. Abroad, then to Baku. But still… Tonight my mother, a person of incredible, impossible kindness, talent, wisdom, and a kind of universal forgiveness, passed away. People like him are sent to Earth so that someone can understand something, maybe be kinder, maybe smarter… Someone understands who is in front of him, someone does not. Well… These runners up were unlucky. Me too,” Sultanov wrote.

Orkhan Sultanov also announced the death of the actor on social networks.

“Our meetings in Moscow restaurants ended well after midnight, and in the morning we called each other and discussed things we did not have time to do. These were the priceless days we spent with you… Gülya, our last selfie with you. We laughed and remembered a lot. He left us too early. “You will always be in my heart, you will fly as beautifully as you live,” wrote Sultanov.

On September 21, Salakhova was buried in Yasamal cemetery in Baku and was sent off by her relatives, colleagues and relatives.

Meeting with Raikin

Salakhova was born in 1953 in Moscow, in the family of People’s Artist of the USSR Tair Salakhov and theater artist Vanzetta Khanum. Her grandmother, Tamara Khanum, was a People’s Artist of the USSR, Stalin Prize winner and a singer and dancer of Uzbek origin.

He was friends with Salakhova’s parents, Arkady and Ruth Raikin. One day, both families were vacationing together in the Baltic countries, where 14-year-old Alagez and 17-year-old Konstantin met. According to the memoirs of relatives, Gula immediately liked Kostya, but youthful passions did not develop into something more. After school, Salakhova went to her father’s hometown, Azerbaijan. There she met her first husband and gave birth to a son. At this time, Raikin married Elena Kuritsyna, a student at the GITIS directing department.

Neither marriage worked out. When Salakhova found out that her husband was cheating on her, she packed her belongings and returned to Moscow. In 1979, his younger sister, who was in close contact with Raikin, invited him to visit. So they met again. Soon after, they both officially divorced their spouses and got married. The couple decided not to celebrate a lavish wedding: Salakhova was in a crimson outfit, and Raikin was in a white suit. They celebrated the holiday at home.

“A man’s appearance has never been important to me. Kostya was charming in everything, in communication. And of course he is very talented,” Salakhova said years later in an interview “Express newspaper”.

Raikin’s career was going uphill, so his wife took on all household responsibilities; He never complained about it. After some time, the artist became interested in other women and did this in front of his wife. Each time, Salakhova believed him and forgave him. But one day she fell so in love that she decided to leave the family. According to the actress, she did not fully believe that her husband could take such a step. After the divorce she became seriously ill.

“It’s not my fault that we broke up. Probably his current wife was able to organize her life in such a way that he was comfortable with her,” Salakhova said.

Only four movies

Salakhova made her film debut in 1978, playing Sevilla in the drama “Dante’s Jubilee”, produced by the Azerbaijanfilm studio. Later, she was invited to star in the film “Before the Closed Door” together with Alexander Kalyagin and Rodion Nakhapetov, portraying the image of Rena. Kalyagin became her partner in the next film “Another Life”, where she played Tamil. In 1987, Salakhova participated in the shooting of a film for the last time; It was the film “The Meaning of Life”, a biographical film dedicated to Yusupov, the leader of the Communist Party of the Uzbek SSR.

After finishing filming, Salakhova opened her own production center, Alagez.