Unknown daughter of Alexander Marshal. Alexander Marshal: personal life, wife, children

Alexander Marshal did not become famous immediately. On the way to universal fame, there were days of hard work and work on yourself, on your songs. Opening the veil over personal life of Alexander Marshal, can see bright pictures past artist. This is not surprising, because the singer and musician is celebrating his 58th birthday this year. What was interesting over the years in the personal life of Alexander Marshal?

Perhaps someone else does not know that Marshal is not the name of the singer, but his stage name. He was born under the surname Minkov. Behind Alexander Minkov and a music school, and the unfinished Stavropol Higher Military School. Probably, thanks to this, the musician has such a beautiful posture and a masculine appearance that attracts women's eyes. Alexander Marshal demonstrated his first creativity in the musical field at the age of 15, writing a song to the lines of A.S. Pushkin. After school, having served for another year as a simple private, the musician also visited the Crimea, where he worked as a rescue sailor. But Alexander Marshal never stopped his creative search, continuing to stubbornly write new songs and music for them. Then there was Moscow and work in an unnamed group that played their music in restaurants. And only in 1987, when Alexander was already 30 years old, with the creation of the Gorky Park group, the singer's career began to take off. After leaving his homeland for as much as 10 years, he nevertheless returned back.

In the photo: Marshal with his wife Natalya Minkova and son Artyom

Naturally, there were also women in the biography of the artist. Moreover, Alexander Marshal was married three times. The first wife of Alexander Marshal was a girl from Siberia, Vera Petrova. At that time, the girl worked as a fashion model in Moscow. The second union of the singer, although it ended in parting, still has a continuation in the person of Polina's daughter. True, the latter currently lives with her mother in the United States.

In the photo: Alexander Marshal and Nadezhda Ruchka

The third marriage of Alexander Marshal with Natalya Minkova turned out to be the longest. Their son Artyom is already 18 years old. Wife Natalya was able to survive difficult times and still stay close to her husband. Alexander Marshal had a long affair with a young performer of "Brilliant" Nadezhda Ruchka. Their breakups and new convergence were actively discussed in the press. After Ruchka there was another girl - Olga. All this in front of the whole world and, of course, his wife. Apparently, Natalya Minkova is a strong and sensible woman, because not every woman can walk out of such a story with her head held high.

Alexander Marshal - Soviet and Russian rock musician, singer, songwriter. Former Member musical group"Gorky Park", solo artist. Marshal has repeatedly won the Golden Gramophone and Song of the Year awards.

Childhood and youth

Alexander Marshal ( real name- Minkov) was born on June 7, 1957 in the Krasnodar Territory, in small town Korenovsk. The musician's father was a military instructor pilot, and his mother worked as a dentist.

In parallel with training in general education school Alexander attended the music school, where he studied piano. Subsequently, the boy independently mastered the guitar. In the sixth grade, the future popular singer already played at local dance floors, and in 1972, after moving to Salsk Rostov region, Minkov performed at dances and weddings in VIA"Steppes".

In 1974, Alexander became a student at the Stavropol Higher Military Aviation School for Air Defense Pilots and Navigators. However, he was not destined to study the profession of a combat control navigator - in his second year, Minkov, to the great disappointment of his father, dropped out of school. After that, Alexander worked for some time as a rescuer in Alushta and as a mechanic in the Soyuzattraction company. The guy received the nickname "Marshal" while still in a military school, while close friends from high school called him "Minor".

Musical career: "Gorky Park"

In 1980, Alexander moved to Moscow and soon became a bass player in the Araks group. Once, during a performance in a restaurant, Marshall was noticed by producer and musician Stas Namin, who invited a talented guy to his new project"Gorky Park" - a rock band that chose "national" symbols as their stage style.

At first, the vocalist of the group was Nikolai Noskov, future author hits "It's Great" and "Paranoia". For two years, the musicians recorded songs on English language and filmed clips in America. Thus, Gorky Park became the first Soviet group after the fall iron curtain set out to conquer the world.

In 1987, the band's debut concert took place in the USA, and the first video for the song "Fortress" was filmed. Some time later, Gorky Park performed as the opening act for the legendary Scorpions in Leningrad (which is symbolic - in the first lines of the song "Wind of Change" Klaus Meine sings about Moscow's Gorky Park).

Soon the group for the first time in history domestic rock signed a direct contract with a US record label. In America, the artists spent five years - they performed at holidays, shows and concerts. Thanks to Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora from Bon Jovi, Gorky Park entered into a more profitable contact with Mercury Records, after which the band's ascent to fame began.

Gorky Park and Scorpions at Luzhniki (1989)

In their work, the group used Russian images exaggerated to the level of kitsch: the artists performed in costumes with national embroidery and communist emblems, and the instrument of solo guitarist Alexei Belov was made in the form of a balalaika.

In 1989, the first album "Gorky Park" was released, which received a lot of warm reviews. On the wave of popularity, the group visited Moscow as part of large-scale festival, which also featured the "kings of rock" Mötley Crüe, Ozzy Osbourne and the Scorpions.

Group "Gorky Park" - "Moscow Calling"

After leaving the Noskov group, Alexander Marshal became the vocalist. In the new composition in 1993, the group released the album "Moscow Calling", which was given to the musicians with great difficulty, but became quite popular. In most countries, the record was released under the name "Gorky Park II". In Denmark, the album went platinum, the record won no less popularity in Japan, the USA and Russia.

Solo career

Success in the group allowed Marshall to open his own studio in Los Angeles. At the end of 1998, Alexander left the group and released his debut solo disc "Maybe" with songs in the style of rock and chanson. In support of the album, Marshal held several major concerts in Russia.

Alexander Marshal - "White Ashes"

Then the albums "White Ashes" and "Special" were released, followed by the disc "Dad", dedicated to his father. In his solo career The marshal began to sing of patriotic values ​​and the continuity of generations, which won great support among Russian population. Many of his songs are dedicated to military service, war, exploits.

A year later, the album "Father Arseny" was released, which was dedicated to a priest who was repressed in the 30s, who saved hundreds of people with his faith.

From 2008 to 2012, the singer released the albums “Or So”, “Sailboat”, “Where the Sun Sleeps” (together with singer Vyacheslav Bykov), “Goodbye, Regiment”. important event these years was the reunion of Gorky Park at the Avtoradio-15 festival. Later, former colleagues got together several more times, for example, after Dima Bilan's victory at Eurovision 2008 and in the Evening Urgant program.

Alexander Marshal and the Gorky Park group visiting Evening Urgant

In 2013-2017, Marshal recorded several singles together with Natasha Koroleva, the group " living water”, T-killah and Emin, starred in Yulia Beretta’s video “I’ll Cover the Night” and received several prestigious music awards. In addition, Alexander became the host of the Legends of the Army program on the Zvezda TV channel and a member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Personal life of Alexander Marshal

Marshal was married three times. According to the artist, he divorced his first wife because she was too active in his life and work.

The work of Alexander Marshal is familiar and close to many listeners who love hard rock, lyrical, military songs and chanson. The artist still works hard, successfully recording new songs and performing at concerts in different cities, where fans give him a warm welcome.

Marshal's biography contains many interesting events, thanks to which music has become his favorite thing.

Childhood dreams of a military career

The future singer (his real name is Minkov) was born in 1957 in Korenovsk, Krasnodar region. His parents were far from the world of art: his mother, Lyudmila Ivanovna, worked as a dentist, and his father, Vitaly Pavlovich, was a military pilot. It is not surprising that even in his early childhood, all Sasha's dreams were associated with military craft. But despite the desire to follow in the footsteps of his father, the boy was drawn to music, thanks to which he studied piano at a music school. As he got older, he learned to play the guitar, and then organized his own band. The young man played on dance floors and weddings, where he also performed his songs.

Childhood.

Having successfully passed the exams at the Stavropol Military Aviation School, the 17-year-old Minkov began to study the basics of flying. He did not give up his passion for music and at the same time played in musical group. It was during these years that the nickname "Marshal" was assigned to him, which the artist later applied as creative pseudonym. After studying at the school for two years, Alexander realized that he was attracted not by a military career, but by a musician. However, in order to do what he loved, he had to have a serious talk with his father, and then serve as an ordinary soldier for another year.

Participation in Gorky Park and solo performances

In the early 80s, the future singer came to Moscow, where at first he performed in restaurants and took part in Stas Namin's groups - Araks and Flowers. In 1987 he entered new team- the rock group "Gorky Park", which quickly declared itself in music world. The group gave concerts not only in their homeland, but also in the cities of America, where the musicians lived for several years. Until 1998, Marshal performed in the team as a soloist, replacing the departed soloist Nikolai Noskov.

Group "Gorky Park".

Soon the singer decided to take up solo career, releasing almost immediately his debut solo album"May be". His next albums included songs in different styles: rock, pop compositions and chanson. And later, Alexander dedicates his work to wartime and to those who stand guard over peace. The recognition and love of fans have earned his songs such as “Road”, “White Ash”, “Bride”, “Shower”, “Don't Fly Away”, “My Home is Russia”, “Rota”, “Sailboat” and others. During his career, the singer has recorded about 20 albums, also performing duet compositions with Maria Novikova, Dj Groove, Natasha Koroleva, Emin, Mali. He periodically performs with the Gorky Park group at various festivals, performing his favorite hits of the 80s and 90s.

Personal life: marriages and affairs with women

Marshal rarely shared his personal life with journalists and fans, however, it is known that he was married three times. His first family came early. Not finding mutual language with his wife, he divorced her very quickly. There were no children in this marriage. The second wife gave birth to the artist's daughter Polina.

In the photo, Alexander Marshal in his youth with his daughter.

After the divorce, the girl stayed in America with her mother, so he could rarely communicate with her and take part in her upbringing. In the third marriage, Alexander was born son Artyom. For a long time there was a warm atmosphere and understanding in the family, in addition, his wife Natalya acted as its director. But already in the mid-2000s, they began to notice him with the lead singer of the Brilliant group, Nadezhda Ruchka, giving rise to dry talk about their romance. But this relationship never turned into something serious, and later Marshal began to appear in the company of a young model Yulia, whom he was 30 years older than.

Singer with ex-wife Natalya.

He still attracts the attention of young girls: on this moment his chosen one is 24-year-old Karina. The girl works as an editor at the Chanson radio, where the lovers met. The artist, who celebrated his anniversary, came on the air, and after the performance they talked closer. The couple is not embarrassed by a significant age difference, and they find mutual interest and understanding. Despite his age, the 60-year-old singer has slim figure(height - 193 cm; weight - 92 kg), he is always energetic and tastefully dressed. have excellent appearance Marshall is helped by sports. His day starts with exercises, in addition, he practices planks.

In the photo, Alexander Marshal with his son Artyom. Instagram marshalsinger.

His 25-year-old daughter received an education in the specialty computer graphics, but she did not want to work by profession. The girl dreams of making a career as an actress and acting in films, so she attends various auditions and auditions, and also takes lessons acting skills. She rarely comes to Russia and visits her star father, but Alexander often calls her up, trying to keep abreast of all her events. The son became interested in singing, performing under the pseudonym Trilla. He has already written the first hip-hop songs and shot a video.

Alexander "Marshal" Minkov

Alexander Vitalievich Minkov "Marshal" was born June 7, 1957 in Korenovsk Krasnodar Territory in a military family. At the age of seven, his parents sent him to music school in piano class. Alexander mastered the guitar on his own and already at school formed his own group "Stepnyaki". The first song was written by him at the age of 15 to the verses of A. S. Pushkin.

After school, Alexander decided to continue his father's work and entered the Stavropol Higher Military School of the Air Defense Forces with a degree in combat control navigator. But after two years of study, Minkov realized that he was in a hurry to opt for military career: the desire to seriously and professionally engage in music prevailed over the desire to become an officer. Alexander filed a report on his dismissal from the ranks of the Soviet Army.

Nickname "marshal" Minkov received it at a military school: that's how his friends teased him. Although, probably, it was predetermined by fate much earlier. Once, as a child, Alexander watched a military parade on TV with his parents. They showed the Minister of Defense, who, in an open limousine, drove along Red Square and congratulated the parade on the holiday. And then Sasha told his mother that he would also drive a car, like that marshal. Mom advised him to become at least his driver.

After Marshal left the school, he served as a soldier for another year, then worked as a rescue sailor in the Crimea, as a mechanic in the Soyuzatraction company. And all the time he was in a creative search, wrote songs, played various groups. He came to Moscow immediately after the Olympics. It so happened that he was invited to one group without a name, which worked mainly in restaurants, in the place of a bass player. The group, as it turned out later, was one of the best in Moscow, it played "proprietary" Western music. There Marshal began his professional activity. Then he worked with Mosconcert, Stas Namin's groups Araks, Flowers and other groups. Before Alexander came to, he already had vast experience in the music field.

In 1987 Alexei Belov, who was still playing in the Moscow group at that time, suggested that Marshall create a group and go with it to "conquer" the West. At first, no one was particularly enthusiastic about this idea, and in case of failure of the project, it was decided to forget about it. But the Gorky Park group was still destined to be born and conquer the world in the twelve years of its existence. Her songs took first place in the charts, gathered huge audiences, it was the only Russian group that managed to achieve worldwide recognition.

She has released four albums called:,,, and. After the departure of the soloist of Gorky Park, Nikolai Noskov, Alexander took his place, and remained in it until 1999, until, in turn, he also left the group. He explained his decision by the fact that over the twelve years that the group had existed, it had “run out of steam” and, therefore, he wants to pursue a solo career, to bring new ideas to life. Despite the fact that Gorky Park collapsed, relations between the team members remained good.

The first solo concert of Alexander Marshal took place in Krasnodar in 1999. The 15,000-seat stadium was filled to capacity and gave a terrific reception to the musicians. Prior to that, Marshal participated only in national concerts.

The singer's debut CD "Maybe" was released December 25, 1998 by ORT Records. It was a "test of the pen", since many of the songs included in the disc were written different people in different time and did not represent a single concept of views. For example, the song "Eagle" was invented by Marshal during his tour of America with Gorky Park. Once, while traveling with a group on a bus from state to state, he saw huge eagles soaring in the sky. I immediately remembered the steppes in which he grew up and the eagles so often seen there. But "Eagle" did not suit the group in its style, and the song was forgotten. Already in Moscow, on some cassette, Alexander discovered her sketches, used them and recorded the finished song. On the compositions "Downpour" and "I'm flying away again" he worked together with Pavel Yesenin. The release of the album “Maybe” owes a lot to the song “At the Crossroads”, which Marshal first sang for the record of the composer and banker Igor Kamensky. Everyone liked the song, and soon it was decided to sign a short-term contract with ORT Records and release the first album.

The presentation of the second compact of the performer “Where I have not been” took place on May 12, 2000 at the Myachkovo airfield near Moscow. It was not without reason that the Marshal chose this airfield for the presentation. His friends work here, to whom he often comes to "fly", a video for the song "Sky" was also filmed here. The compositions on the new album, released on the Iceberg Music label, are diverse. The author of most of them was Marshal himself, two things (“Heaven” and “I Let Go”) were written by the author Pavel Yesenin. A strong composition in the style of active rock "Dog's Howl" was composed by guitarist Igor Kozhin. The song was written as a soundtrack to the film by Sergei Kalvarsky "Marcephalus", which has not yet been released. The album also included songs: “Life on loan”, “Forgive me”, “Farewell”, “How to find you?”, “ Golden time”, “Free”, “Old Yard”.

Autumn 2000 the album "Highlander" (Classic Company) was released, which differs from the two previous compacts in its concept and content. Here are collected songs from the war, from trenches, hospitals, prisons, from different places where it is especially difficult for a person to fight for life. Almost all things were written by Vyacheslav Klimenkov, with the exception of the "Stary Selo" and "Kolyma", which were composed by Marshal.

The last album of Alexander Marshal "White Ashes" was released in October 2001. The album includes the songs "White Ash", "Who are we?", "Bride" and many other tracks.

October 13-14, 2001 the first solo concerts Alexander Marshal in Moscow on the main stage of the country in the Kremlin Palace.

Currently, the singer is working on a new album, which will be fundamentally different from the previous ones. Alexander Marshal has already recorded several songs in the chanson style and plans to make the entire album that way.

February 2003 came out new album Alexander Marshal "Father Arseny". This album includes an audio film, created with the consent of Patriarch Alexy II, dedicated to the priest Arseniy. Father Arseniy was repressed as a priest in the 30s in the Stalinist camps. With his faith, he saved hundreds of people, it was thanks to him that they believed in themselves, in the future, in life. The album conveys the mood of faith, in our time people need it, just as then.

Alexander Marshal, together with the young singer Ariana, recorded a new, modern version sublimely tragic ballad "I will never forget you" romance from the rock opera "Juno and Avos". Libretto for this immortal work is the laureate of the State Prize of the USSR A. A. Voznesensky. Music belongs brilliant composer, Honored Art Worker of Russia, Alexei Rybnikov. The gentle voice of Ariana and the inspired baritone of Alexander Marshal perfectly accompanies the success of the song, both on the radio station and in the hearts of the listeners. Sony Music released a single by Alexander Marshall and Ariana for the song "I'll Never Forget You", it also included video material with working moments on the recording of the single, as well as a scene from the play "Juno and Avos".

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His creative career started when he was in sixth grade. It was then that he first performed on the dance floor, but rather organized the Stepnyaki group, and wrote her first song at the age of 15 to the verses of Alexander Pushkin.

After school, Alexander entered the Stavropol Higher Military School of the Air Defense Forces as a combat command and control navigator. However, two years later, Minkov still decided to connect his life with a professional musical activity. By that time, he had already acquired the nickname Marshal, so there were no problems with choosing a pseudonym.

After college, Marshal served in the army for another year, after that he worked in the Crimea as a rescue sailor, and a little later as a mechanic in the Soyuzattraction company. In parallel, Alexander studied music, playing in various musical groups.

He soon moved to Moscow, where he became the bass player in an unnamed band. Later, Marshal collaborated with the Moskontsert, the Araks, Flowers groups of Stas Namin and others.

In 1987, Alexei Belov, a musician from the Moskva group, suggested that Marshal create new group, which will be able to conquer the western scene. This is how the Gorky Park team was created, which during its 12-year existence has gained wild popularity. Soon, Marshal, along with other members of the team, left Russia, leaving for the USA, where he lived for about ten years. Gorky Park has released four albums: Gorky Park, Gorky Park 2, as well as Stare and Antiphase.

Over time, the soloist Nikolai Noskov left the band and Alexander Marshal took his place. So he worked until 1999, after which he also left the group for free swimming. His debut solo album Maybe was released in 1998.

The second album of the singer "Where I have not been" was released in 2000. A year later, Alexander Marshal pleased his fans with his third album called "Highlander". In total, the musician has 17 studio albums.

Personal life

Married three times. From his second marriage, he has a daughter, Polina, who lives in the USA with her mother. For the third time, the singer married Natalya Minkova, who gave birth to his son Artem in 1997.

Interesting Facts

In 2007 he received the title of Honored Artist of Russia

Former member of the groups: "Araks", "Pilgrims", "Flowers" and "Gorky Park"

The artist's repertoire includes songs in both Russian and English.

He released seven albums exclusively on military topics: "Highlander", "Special", "Dad", "The Cranes Are Flying", "Father Arseny", "Or So", "Goodbye, Regiment"

Maternal grandfather during the war years was a cavalryman and commanded a Cossack hundred

Composer of the film "Maltese Cross" and performer of songs in the tapes: "Payment for Sins" (2007), "At the Nameless Height" (2004), "Montana" (2008), "Tatyana's Day" (2008) and "Urgent Room" (2007)

Fluent in English

Member of the Council of the Joint Group of Veterans of Special Services "VYMPEL"

Member of two public committees: the Ministry of Defense and the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation

Discography

1995 - Coast to Coast

1998 - Maybe ...

2000 - Where I have not been

2000 - Highlander

2001 - Special

2001 - White Ashes

2002 - Best Songs

2002 - Dad

2003 - Father Arseny

2005 - Cranes are flying ...