The secret romance of Evgeny Zharikov

Quite recently, the wonderful actor Evgeny Zharikov left us. He was a lover of life. And he appreciated beautiful women. On the set of the film “Three Plus Two” he hit on Natalya Kustinskaya, while working in the film “Born of the Revolution”, being married, he started an affair with Natalya Gvozdikova. The matter ended with a wedding. And on the set of the film “Rat Corner,” Zharikov could not resist the 18-year-old mulatto Evelina Arkhangelskaya. Until now, this story remained a secret.

The action movie “Rat Corner” was filmed in Nizhny Novgorod. It was 20 years ago. Summer, river, barbecue. According to witnesses to this story, many guys fell for the dark-skinned beauty Evelina Arkhangelskaya , who performed one of the roles. But 51-year-old Evgeniy Ilyich outdid everyone.

Already on the first day of filming, Evgeny Zharikov hovered around the girl and whispered something in her ear all the time. Eva was not known for being shy. The next morning the couple slept through breakfast. On the site, Zharikov looked tired, but his eyes were shining.

“Evelina was my friend,” says actor and director Alexander Glovyak, who was also involved in this filming. “She always told me about her boyfriends.” She didn’t hide her rants with Zharikov either.

The couple’s relationship continued after filming, although not for long. Eva professed free morals, did not demand anything from her boyfriend, and did not intend to give birth.

“Arkhangelskaya led a difficult life,” says Glovyak. “One day she disappeared from the sight of her friends. Since then, nothing has been known about her.

And Evgeny Zharikov returned to the bosom of the family again, but not for long.

In 1994, in front of his wife, Natalya Gvozdikova , during a festival in Sochi, he began an affair with journalist Tatyana Sekridova. Their relationship lasted seven years until his mistress caught him in bed with another woman. In revenge, she told Gvozdikova everything. Natalya was stunned to learn that Sekridova gave birth to two children from her husband - Katya and Seryozha.

“Tanya and I were just fucking,” Zharikov announced to the whole country. – Nothing connected us anymore.

As Sekridova assured, after the scandal, Yevgeny Zharikov paid the children only a thousand rubles a month - according to the law. And since then they have only seen their father on TV.

The wife forgave Zharikov and did not kick the cheater out of the house. However, his life turned into a quiet hell. Evgeniy Ilyich was constantly reproached; his wife became irritated over every little thing. In her opinion, he was sitting wrong, speaking wrong... Natalya Gvozdikova was not embarrassed even by the presence of strangers. In this atmosphere, of course, it was not easy for the actor, but he resigned himself and endured... Due to nervousness, his old sores were increasingly making themselves felt.

Last December, Evgeniy Ilyich was hospitalized, from where he never returned home...

By the way

In 1964, while filming in Germany, Evgeny Zharikov had a relationship with actress Larisa Vikkel. She admitted this to the actor’s first wife, Valentina Zotova. According to Zotova, in the same Germany he played cupid with a hotel administrator.