Tatyana Markova spoke about envy: “For colleagues, it has become a bone in the throat”

This June, the performer of the hits “What have I done in my life”, “Remember” and “White Dress”, as they say on the Internet, celebrates her anniversary. MK correspondents called Markova with congratulations and suddenly found out that Tatyana had returned to Moscow, and all our congratulations were premature.

“They wrote a lie on the Internet,” Tatyana smiles. “Wikipedia says that I have an anniversary this year. Actually it is not. I was born on June 8, 1956. I am 67 years old. Therefore, I will celebrate the anniversary in three years. Today we celebrated with family and friends.

– Judging by your voice, you are in a great mood!

– Good mood. Now I am participating in a large television project, yesterday I was on the set. They gave me a beautiful bouquet of flowers. I was in the car and I was happy.

– How old do you feel, Tatyana?

— Not at 16, of course. (Smiles.) At 30 with a ponytail.

You are rarely seen on stage lately. They say that you have become an avid gardener and collect record harvests!

– That’s not entirely true either. I have already demolished all the beds and greenhouses. Although a few years ago I really did it. I could grow a two and a half meter tomato bush from a small grain. But then I realized that I don’t want to worry about cucumbers and tomatoes. And I decided that in 15 years I would be engaged in a garden.

— You haven’t lived in Moscow for a long time. Why did you leave for Volgograd?

– I left Moscow after the sad events. A tragedy happened in my life. I buried my son. And at that moment it seemed to me that not only was there no more music in my life, but nothing at all. Do you know how dogs lick their wounds? So I went home to lick my wounds. It was a very difficult time for me.

– What saved you during such a difficult period?

– I have not only a son, who is now gone, but also a beautiful daughter Lerochka. Once in my life a very serious situation happened: I had a heart attack. The ambulance arrived. My relatives and friends were sitting in the next room waiting for what the doctors would say. My Lerochka cried and said: “If my mother dies, then I will die too.” All the adults at that moment asked her: “Why, Lerochka?” “But because we have one heart for two,” my daughter answered. This is what helped me to survive, to be reborn. Lerochka has grown up, she is next to me. It was with her help that I survived.

– How long did the period of licking the wounds last?

– Four years. In 2016, I returned to Moscow because I was expecting my first granddaughter from my daughter. At that moment, I finally realized that I needed to live on. You have to live with your grandchildren. At the moment I have two charming grandchildren, thank God. Vikusa will be 6 years old on July 17, and Sasha, our tomboy, will be 3 years old on October 7. By the way, he was born on the same day as Putin.

Are you called Grandma or by your first name?

– I am surprised at people who say to their grandchildren: “Call me exclusively Valya.” Yes, it’s wonderful when they run to you shouting “grandma, grandma!” May God grant everyone to live long enough to be able to hear it. I personally love it! I’m a crazy grandma. And I love it when they call me grandma.

– Did you really miss the stage while you were living in Volgograd?

– Of course I missed you. Music all the time took me by the throat, took me, and eventually strangled me. (Smiles.) When the tragedy happened to my son, I stopped peeping on social networks what people write and say about me. And then I started looking at reviews of my work, and I just felt so sorry for my fans. At some point, I thought: “What did you deprive them of yourself?” I recovered and realized that I needed to return to the stage. Of course, all this time I missed the audience, I remembered concerts. And today, when I decided to return, I understand that I can give them a lot. I have a lot of new compositions: I never stopped writing songs.

– Did your star colleagues call during the four years that you lived in Volgograd?

(Sighs) You know, sometimes you have to be a sinking ship. I was that ship at that moment. No, nobody called me.

You quickly became a superstar. In fact, after the first performance. Was it hard to break through at the time?

– At first, as soon as I appeared, it was not difficult at all. The first six of my songs I released quite easily. They were on cassette. And then the first broadcast appeared in my life – “Soundtrack” of “Moskovsky Komsomolets”. I performed two compositions there: “Remember” and “There beyond the blue river.” It was in March. And already in May I went on a tour of the Far East. And everywhere I had full houses. An interesting incident occurred in the city of Tynda. We had one concert planned – the hall was packed. After the performance, the local organizer comes up to my husband and producer Victor and says: “Let’s have another concert today. The people on the street who couldn’t buy a ticket for the first performance are worth a lot.” Victor was surprised: “How is this possible?” It turned out that nothing is impossible. People sold out all the tickets for the second concert in a matter of minutes, and I went on stage again. And after I took off, they began to choke me from all sides as best they could.

– Whom did they cross the road to?

– A lot of people didn’t like me. If you look at the comments under my songs on the Internet, you can understand how people treat me. Everyone writes: “Why don’t we see her? Where did she disappear to? We really miss”. A lot of my colleagues did not want me to be on stage, to be shown on TV. I was either not filmed, or filmed, but cut out of the air. There were many such cases.

– They say that Allegrova did not like you and considered you a competitor. Is it true?

We can all dislike each other. And understand that you are a rival. This is a different issue. There were many dislikes. Due to the fact that I went on stage with beautiful makeup and in a beautiful dress much earlier than the others. Others in torn jeans and sneakers performed on stage. Therefore, I became a bone in the throat of so many.

But politicians loved you. They say that it was you who was Zhirinovsky’s favorite singer …

– Yes, Vladimir Volfovich treated me very warmly. I remember when there was a presidential election tour, two motor ships were sailing along the Volga: one for Yeltsin, the second for Zhirinovsky. I was on that for Vladimir Volfovich. It was then that I realized what a wonderful and sincere person he was. I saw his reaction to some things and understood that Zhirinovsky on the screen and Zhirinovsky in life are two completely different people. We all miss him very much today … But not only Zhirinovsky liked me, many liked me. The oligarchs sent their planes for me… All this happened. And the more I climbed, the more often they tried to choke me. At some point, I just got tired of fighting windmills. Some colleagues even set a condition for the organizers of programs and concerts: “Either I, or Markova.” Everything was passed on to me. And I knew all too well.

– The world of show business, of course, is very cruel …

— It was, yes. I really want to believe that now everything has changed. In any case, more and more people appear in my life who want to see me on stage. I am very grateful to all of them for helping me.

– I understand that you have changed your image a little. Do you sing patriotic songs now?

– Not really. I have always had a lot of patriotic things in my repertoire. Remember at least the song “My Moscow”. Today, very difficult times have come in our country – the history of Russia is being written. And I wrote what my heart, my soul feels. She did this in order to raise the spirit of the people: “Russian people are invincible, Russian people are protected by God.” After the release of this composition, they made a remark to me: “The song is good, but not only Russian people are in the NWO. And all our multinational people.” And it’s really true. Then I wrote the second song, where there are such words: “Russia calls its sons, our mother calls and believes that our strength is only in brotherhood. You can give your life for this.” In this composition, I have listed all 23 nationalities that live in our country.

— But, of course, you have always been famous for your love songs. No wonder you were called the “doctor of women’s souls.” Why do you think marriage used to be one and for life, and now there are so many divorces?

– If people understood what love is, maybe they would live happily ever after. I also have verses on this subject: “The heart does not need much warmth. If only love lived in the heart and a wonderful feeling – pity. For me, pity and love are inseparable concepts. You know, you often hear from women: “He doesn’t really love you, but he pities you.” So it’s wonderful! It is impossible to regret without love. Loved ones need to be pitied and appreciated. If people were sorry, they would not run away.

– You didn’t understand this before, since you yourself divorced your husband Victor?

– At that moment, everything came together: the tragedy with my son, our separation … Everything happened together. But we are in very good human relations to this day. We take care of our grandchildren together. We are fine!

– Finally, I can not help but ask: is there a contender for Victor’s place?

What does “last” mean? Maybe I haven’t even started yet? (Laughs.) Maybe now I’m in a torn in my personal life! Although the producer does not allow it, he says “no personal life for you.” Seriously speaking, over the years I realized that it is better to keep silent about your happiness. This experience shows. I have a wonderful personal life. And how could it be otherwise, since I look like this now ?!

– By the way, it’s true: it seems that time has no power over you!

“I am who I am today. You can do something with yourself, yes. Now there are many different ways. But I don’t want to change myself completely. I don’t understand this. I want to go to the mirror and say: “Good morning, Tanechka. Yes, you are not 16, but you are pretty. At least I recognize myself in the mirror. And I’m very happy about it.