The life of Prokhor Chaliapin is colorful and varied, like a kaleidoscope. Some events replace others at breakneck speed. The latest news from the life of the scandalous singer shocked even his most stress-resistant fans.
It turns out that the artist’s real father, Andrei Ivanovich Zakharenkov (for those who don’t know, the singer has nothing to do with Fyodor Chaliapin) is now undergoing compulsory treatment in a judicial mental hospital, and before that he served two terms in places not so remote.
Prokhor Chaliapin admitted that he was ready to kill his own father
In the program “New Russian Sensations” on the NTV channel, Prokhor Chaliapin openly spoke about how his father raised his hand against him and his mother for any reason, often while intoxicated. Until the age of 9, then Andryusha Zakharenkov began to tremble as soon as he heard the sound of the steps of his ferocious father. Therefore, when my father was sentenced to six years for robbery for the first time, the family breathed a sigh of relief.
The mother remarried, and the boy left for Moscow at the first opportunity and never returned to his home.
The next meeting with my father took place many years later. Then the already matured Prokhor was forced to come to Volgograd to intercede for his grandmother, his father’s mother, whom he, upon release, forced to give him all her savings. The singer then, by his own admission, was ready to kill his own father with his own hands.
Soon Andrei Ivanovich ended up in a psychiatric hospital, his grandmother died, and now, many years later, Prokhor decided to visit his father.
The artist thought a lot about the current situation and decided that he should forgive his father and no longer carry this stone in his soul. A touching meeting took place, during which father and son talked and each found out a lot for themselves. The father swore that he would never return to his old life. He told his son that he had long dreamed of starting to paint, and Prokhor promised to give him canvas and paints.
The singer's mother was also present at this meeting. For a moment, it seemed like the family was reunited and everyone was happy again. But after a second the hug loosened, and it became clear that time had been lost and could not be returned.
It’s good that at least after more than twenty years these people managed to find a common language and forgive each other the accumulated grievances. All the best!
Prokhor Chaliapin was accused of deliberately not taking his father out of the psychiatric hospital. But the singer claims that he is simply afraid.
Singer Prokhor Chaliapin does not like to remember his childhood. His father Andrei Ivanovich Zakharenkov is undergoing treatment in one of the specialized institutions in the Volgograd region. Chaliapin did not see his parent for a long time. Moreover, the artist hid information about a loved one from the public. In the studio of the “Live Broadcast” program, Zakharenkov addressed his own son.
Andrei Ivanovich’s ex-wife Elena Nikiforova said that the artist deliberately abandoned his loved one. The program's experts called the woman's accusations unfounded.
“Prokhor put dad in a psychiatric hospital to get rid of him. Prokhor does not want to take his own biological father. I don't know why this happened. He gave everything that belonged to Andrei to Prokhor and his mother. This is, of course, a tragedy. Yes, he is a sick person, but not to the same extent as to deprive him of his freedom. He has schizophrenia,” Nikiforova shared.
Prokhor Chaliapin’s father himself also gave an interview in which he shared his point of view on what happened. “The man I saw for the first time burst into my house and a fight broke out. They attributed to me that I also robbed him. Since 2001, I have not cleared this criminal record. Psychiatry is like a swamp; you can’t escape it. Since 1993, when Prokhor was 10 years old, I spent all my time in a “psychiatric hospital.” I was released, spent two or three years there, but then they put me there again,” the man said.
Then Prokhor Chaliapin appeared in the studio. He clarified that his father had not been in his life since he was nine years old. According to the artist, Andrei Ivanovich mocked his loved ones. “Endless fights, my mother and I ran away barefoot in the snow so that they wouldn’t kill us. “I tried not to talk about it,” the singer said. In 2008, Zakharenkov beat his own mother. Prokhor said that he took the last money from the woman. The music star blames alcoholism for his relative’s troubles. “Because he didn’t have to strive anywhere, he constantly relaxed,” Chaliapin noted.
Prokhor also explained why he does not want to take his father from a specialized institution. According to the artist, for this it is necessary to formalize guardianship over Andrei Ivanovich. Chaliapin does not intend to take such a step, because trusteeship implies that he will be responsible for Zakharenkov’s actions. Because of the actions of Chaliapin’s father, he could be imprisoned or banned from traveling abroad. Prokhor denies that he abandoned his parent. The singer helps him financially. Recently, the star visited Andrei Ivanovich for the first time in eight years.
Chaliapin also said that he pushed his father to divorce Nikiforova. According to the artist, the woman asked him for financial assistance in the amount of half a million rubles. The singer accused the ex-wife of his parent of inappropriate behavior.
“I can’t say that I love my father, I feel pity for him. Why does he need real estate if he has such ladies around him? “I decided to keep it,” the singer said.
The artist’s mother, Elena Ivanovna, supported her son and accused Elena Nikiforova of lying. The women got into an argument. Elena Ivanovna criticized the ex-wife of the star’s father. “Where should I take him? He was declared incompetent, how can he live on his own? He is a dangerous person, why do I always have to worry about him?” she said.
Elena Ivanovna lived with her husband for ten years. According to her, Chaliapin’s father failed to cope with family responsibilities. “I was afraid of him, I was kept under constant fear,” the woman said. In turn, Prokhor Chaliapin recalled several unpleasant incidents from his childhood. So, once Zakharchenkov shocked his loved ones by stabbing his son’s beloved dog. He also constantly beat Prokhor's mother.
In addition, Prokhor Chaliapin’s godfather and his father’s close friend Mikhail Potapov spoke on the program. He responded to the accusations addressed to the artist. The man spoke about Zakharenkov’s insanity. According to Potapov, the star’s parent once killed a policeman because he didn’t like a bottle of vodka bought in a store. Another time, Andrei Ivanovich smashed the head of a law enforcement officer and wanted to bury him.
At the end of the program, Zakharchenkov addressed his son.
“I don’t love his mother, but I love him like a son. And even if he wasn’t Prokhor, I still loved him. “I would like to ask his forgiveness for paying little attention to him and not being able to help him,” said the artist’s relative.
In turn, Prokhor Chaliapin said that he does not hold a grudge against his father. “Of course, I forgive him. Undoubtedly. Because even I need it,” the artist noted.
The singer never talked about his dad. It turned out that it was not without reason. TV journalists filmed Andrei Ivanovich Zakharenkov in a psychiatric clinic, where he is undergoing compulsory treatment. Previously, the artist’s father served two prison terms in places not so remote.
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The sensational material appeared in the “New Russian Sensations” program on the NTV channel. “I hated him, I thought I would strangle him,” Chaliapin, whose real name is Andrei Zakharenkov, said about his father. The performer recalls with horror how a man raised his hand against him and his mother Elena for any reason, most often while intoxicated.
“The memories associated with my father are all negative!” - Prokhor says with indignation. Until the age of nine, the future artist began to tremble as soon as he heard the sound of the steps of his ferocious parent. When Andrei Zakharenkov Sr. was sentenced to six years for robbery for the first time, the family breathed a sigh of relief. Prokhor's mother remarried, and he left for Moscow.
The next meeting of the folk singer with his father took place many years later. Chaliapin was forced to come to his native Volgograd to stand up for his grandmother, his father’s mother. Upon his release, Zakharenkov Sr. forced him to give him all his savings. The singer admitted that at that moment he was ready to kill his father.
After some time, Andrei Ivanovich ended up in a mental hospital, and Prokhor’s grandmother died. Only many years later did Chaliapin decide to meet his father face to face. The artist realized that he had to forgive his dad and no longer carry this stone in his soul. The singer’s mother came with him to Zakharenkov Sr.
The performer and his parent had a touching heart-to-heart talk. Dad called Chaliapin's former passion Anna Kalashnikova insidious and told her to drive her away.
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The artist explained to KP why he doesn’t want to take a loved one from a mental hospital
Prokhor again found himself in a scandalous situation.
The whole country has been watching the scandals surrounding the singer Prokhor Chaliapin for many years now. First, the artist married a woman who was old enough to be his mother, then, disappointed, he began dating singer Anna Kalashnikova. The latter gave birth to Chaliapin's son. True, it later turned out that the baby had a completely different father. Having learned about the adultery, Chaliapin abandoned Kalashnikov a few days before the wedding.
Now Prokhor again finds himself in a scandalous situation. The father's ex-wife accuses him of putting his parent in a mental hospital.
Changed my last name
People first started talking about Prokhor in 2006, when he became a participant in the Star Factory project. At the casting, the guy introduced himself as a descendant of the world famous bass Fyodor Chaliapin. Then, after the TV show, it turns out that Chaliapin is the artist’s pseudonym. The singer's real name is Andrey Zakharenkov. By the way, over time the performer changed his passport, officially becoming Prokhor Chaliapin.
Fans of the artist wondered: why did Prokhor change not only his last name, but also his first name? If you do not take into account the legend about the relationship with Chaliapin, the name “Andrei Zakharenkov” sounds good, quite a stage name. And only now it became clear that Chaliapin simply wanted to start everything from scratch, to forget like a bad dream of a man who caused him a lot of grief in childhood. My own father and namesake Andrei Zakharenkov.
"Killed cats and dogs"
The singer's parents lived in Volgograd and got married very young. At the age of 18, Elena Kolesnikova, the artist’s mother, gave birth to her only son.
The news of pregnancy did not make her husband happy. Zakharenkov insisted on an abortion, but then reconciled.
— My father beat my mother. “I saw this and tried to protect her,” Prokhor Chaliapin shared with KP. - But what could I do at the age of 6? When my father began to have fits of rage (most often after drinking alcohol), my mother and I could barely run away from him. I got it too. He slaughtered cats in front of me...
Zakharenkov’s cruelty manifested itself not only in the family. The man regularly took part in drunken fights and stabbings, and in 1993 he was sent to prison on charges of hooliganism. And since then, Zakharenkov regularly found himself on the bunk. Either in a fit of delirium tremens he will attack a policeman with a knife, or he will cut a friend with a knife. Zakharenkov almost buried the latter alive in the ground - he had already dug a grave, but, fortunately, the police arrived in time... Zakharenkov’s wife, Prokhor’s mother, filed for divorce. It was scary to be under the same roof with such a person. The singer recalls that every time he waited with horror for his dad’s return from prison.
“Once my father was released, saw my beloved dog in the yard, grabbed it and cut its throat before my eyes!” — admitted “KP” Prokhor.
“He tried to return to his family, he pursued us. But we didn’t let him in. He got strange women and ended up in prison again,” says Shalyapin’s mother Elena Kolesnikova.
Little Andrey with his mother (behind him) and father. Then the parents did not yet know that their son would take a new name and surname - Prokhor Chaliapin. Photo: Instagram.comtrue_kpru
Drunk to the point of schizophrenia
Prokhor's nerves were at their limit due to the family tragedy. And the 15-year-old boy could not stand it - he ran away from Volgograd to Moscow. Here I first got to the “Morning Star”, and then to the “Star Factory”. But you can't run away from trouble. In 2008, Chaliapin received disturbing news from his native Volgograd: his father had robbed his mother, Prokhor’s grandmother.
“By that time, my father had already been transferred from prison to a psychiatric clinic. He drank himself into schizophrenia. At the clinic, my father met nurse Elena Nikoforova, who later became his wife. She helped him get free. And then my father’s new wife started calling me, demanding money: “Prokhor, we don’t need much. Give me half a million rubles for the first time!” - Chaliapin continues. “I would give it to my father, but of course not to some stranger.” After that, my father decided to rob my grandmother.
Andrei Zakharenkov took about 40 thousand rubles from his mother, which he quickly squandered. Soon the man raised his hand against his wife. And after repeated beatings, the woman returned her beloved to the mental hospital, where he remains to this day.
Surprisingly, the new wife of Chaliapin’s father, who had already managed to divorce Zakharenkov, now accuses Chaliapin of indifference.
“Elena believes that I should draw up the appropriate papers so that dad will be released again under my responsibility.” I do not want to do this. The lawyers explained to me that if my father does something again, then I will be responsible. For my father’s misdeeds, for example, I could be banned from traveling abroad, or even put in prison! — Chaliapin explained to KP. - This person has not been in my life since I was 9 years old, but I take care of him - I regularly send him money and food. I recently visited my father in a psychiatric clinic. We talked, and I tried to forgive him for all the insults that he caused to my mother and me.
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“I believe my son will forgive!”
— I love Prokhor very much. Yes, of course, I am guilty before him and his mother,” Prokhor Shalyapin’s father Andrei Zakharenkov told KP. “At times I was restless. But I appreciate and am proud that he is my son, that he was able to achieve success. I hope someday he will forgive me and we will become a real family again.
