Nine days since Dobronravov’s death did not bring relief to Pakhmutova

“They considered their marriage “unconventional””

Alexandra Pakhmutova, whose state of health literally everyone is worried about today, understanding how difficult it is for this fragile and at the same time very strong woman after the passing of her husband Nikolai Dobronravov, is holding her own. As people close to her say, Alexandra Nikolaevna does not allow herself to let go. She tries to stick to her daily routine. “There was hope that the 9 days that had passed since the death of her husband would bring her greater relief, but the period turned out to be too short. It is clear that Alexandra Nikolaevna feels lost, because she and Nikolai Nikolaevich were one. They were so close that they even had the habit of finishing each other’s sentences.”

Alexandra Pakhmutova today often recalls their years together. How they were friends with Gagarin, how they were on friendly terms with him, although, of course, “they maintained subordination in public.” How they “almost got hit by a car” after they were invited to the radio and told in secret about the upcoming launch of a man into space, so that the poet and composer had time to “write something.” Then, going out into the street, they forgot everything in the world with delight and miraculously did not end up under the wheels of a car.

In conversations with a MK journalist, Alexandra Pakhmutova jokingly called her relationship with Nikolai Dobronravov “unconventional.” “After all, we lived a normal family life for so long and did not divorce,” she explained.

Let us remind you that the outstanding poet of our time Nikolai Dobronravov did not live to see his 95th birthday for just two months and friends are now thinking about how to celebrate this important upcoming date so that “it would be pleasant for Alexandra Nikolaevna.”