Edgard Zapashny is a representative of the famous and ancient dynasty of circus performers Zapashny. Edgard and his brother are fourth generation trainers. Their names are now known far beyond the borders of Russia.

Edgard Zapashny was born in the summer of 1976 in Yalta, according to the zodiac sign Cancer. His father Walter Zapashny was already one of the most respected animal trainers in the country. His wards are predatory animals. Walter Mikhailovich - Honored Artist of the RSFSR since 1988.

Grandparents were also circus performers. Moreover, the father of Lydia's grandmother was the famous eccentric and clown Karl Thompson, a German by nationality, who performed in Russia under the stage name Milton.

So the great-grandchildren of the clown Milton - Edgard, Askold and Maritsa Zapashny - saw no other way for themselves. They absorbed the festive atmosphere of the circus, as they say, with their mother's milk. Children already in their early years knew that they would be successors famous dynasty Zapashnykh.

All childhood years, Edgard Zapashny carefully watched the work of his father. He left the arena at the age of 70. But until the end of his life he could not leave his beloved work and served as artistic director of the Zapashny Brothers troupe he created.

In early childhood, Edgard Zapashny was very different from his younger brother for a year. He was a calm and thoughtful boy. But Edgard has a difficult character, he constantly got it from his parents for his eccentric antics and seething energy, which was in full swing and did not always find the right way out.

And if the mother sometimes looked at the antics of her son through her fingers, then the strict father got it. He controlled not only the behavior, but also the study of his sons, checking school grades up to the graduation class. Even at the institute, he was keenly interested in the academic performance of Askold and Edgard.

Edgard Zapashny received higher education. He has a diploma from the Moscow Institute of Entrepreneurship and Law. He speaks English and Chinese.

Career

The circus biography of Edgard Zapashny began in 1988, when he was 12 years old. It happened in Riga, where my father went on a tour.

After graduation, the family went to China. These were difficult years, which are commonly called the "dashing 90s." The crisis was experienced by the whole country. Artists and circus performers are no exception. In 1991, the Chinese offered Walter Zapashny a lucrative contract that literally saved the lives of circus animals. After all, taking care of them required a lot of money.

So Edgard Zapashny, together with his family, went to a strange strange country, which met the whole family with their wards quite warmly. Especially for the Zapashnys, a spacious summer circus was built in the famous Safari Park near the city of Shenzhen. To distinguish themselves from the Chinese, the brothers changed their hair color and became blond.

After the end of the contract, the family in full force returned to their homeland. On tour, they traveled all over the former Soviet Union. We visited Japan, Mongolia, Hungary.

And in 1998, a turning point happened in the life of Edgard Zapashny and his brother: at the celebration of the anniversary, the father handed over the reins of government to his sons with the brightest and most difficult attraction called “Among the Predators”.

Young trainers managed to adequately accept this gift and successfully developed the family business. They created the Zapashny Brothers Circus and increased their show programs. New circus attractions appeared: Coliseum, Camelot, Sadko, Camelot-2: Viceroy of the Gods, Legend, K.U.K.L.A., Terrible Force and others.

On the account of Edgard there is a circus act, unique in its complexity, which is listed in the Guinness Book of Records. This is a trick during which Zapashny stands with loose legs on the croups of two horses moving along the arena, and two girls balance on his back. This issue has been in preparation for a year and a half.

In November 2012, Edgard Zapashny was appointed director of the famous Great Moscow State Circus on Vernadsky Avenue by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.

Dark streaks also happened in the work of the trainer. One day, his brother came out of the tigress's cage with a bloody face, having received a strong blow from the animal with his paw. And more than once he had to deal with the tragedies that happened to his closest colleagues, because work in the circus is one of the most dangerous. An example of this was not only a brother, but also a mother and father, who repeatedly received severe injuries in the arena. Unfortunately, severe injuries did not bypass Edgard himself.

In 2006, during a trick on a horse, Zapashny landed unsuccessfully in the arena and tore the ligaments in his leg. As the circus performer himself says, at that moment he did not even feel pain, he only heard a sound, as if the string had burst. It took a long treatment in Germany, the man had to undergo several operations to restore his health.

And this is not the only injury of the artist. In 2017, in a German clinic, he underwent spinal surgery - his intervertebral disc was replaced in cervical region to artificial. This operation was planned, but due to being busy, he kept postponing it.

And in 2010, he and his brother got into a terrible accident, and although the car could not be restored, the guys remained safe and sound.

Edgard Zapashny in the show "King of the Ring"

Edgard Zapashny often appears on screens in TV shows and movies. In the spring and summer of 2007, he became a member of the King of the Ring show, which was broadcast on Channel One. Here he managed to win 6 out of 7 possible victories in intermediate battles, winning in the final battle.

And the audience watched the popular trainer in the programs “Big Races”, “Cube”, “Alone with Everyone”, “Comedy Club”, “The Invisible Man” and “Empire of Illusions: Safronov Brothers”. Edgard Zapashny hosts an author's program on the Zvezda TV channel, which is called Legends of the Circus.

Edgard Zapashny in the program "Alone with Everyone"

In 2015, he, along with his brother and his ward - the tiger Martin - came to the studio to. And in 2015, television came to visit them - they starred in the program "So far, everyone is at home."

The artist also starred in several films, for example, in the series, where he played himself, in and.

Edgard Zapashny in the program "While everyone is at home"

In February 2012, Edgard Zapashny registered as a confidant of a candidate for the President of the Russian Federation, and the current president. In March 2014, he signed an appeal by Russian cultural figures in support of the president's policy in Crimea and Ukraine.

In the autumn of 2016, in the elections to the State Duma, he became a confidant of the United Russia party.

Personal life

According to the artist, he managed to “accustom” journalists to the fact that he is not one of the media people who provide rich food for yellow publications. Therefore, the personal life of Edgard Zapashny was in the shadows for a long time, no one knew anything about it, except for a dozen of his closest friends. But no one doubted that the stately handsome man (his height is 189 cm, and his weight is 95 kg) is not deprived of female attention.

In 2008, the artist gave candid interview magazine "7 days", where he spoke about his first woman. He was 16 when he moved from theory to practice. But his chosen one was 36. She worked in the Novosibirsk circus, where Edgard came for a month. He admits that there was a breathtaking passion between them. But love did not work out, the difference of 20 years and the artist's youth affected.

For 13 years, the trainer lived in a civil marriage with the artist of his circus, Elena Petrikova. But living together The couple was not legally married. According to Edgard, Lena realized that the “youth” of her half would never end, which means that a strong family would not work with him.

It seemed to Zapashny that he met his love in Voronezh. The red-haired beauty with a beautiful figure Olga liked him immediately when he saw her. It happened in one of the Voronezh fitness centers. Olga Denisova is a fitness instructor. A romance broke out. It continued when the girl moved to the capital. Moving to Moscow was connected with her career.

Olga in 2011 gave birth to Edgard's daughter Stephanie. But the couple never turned into official family. This did not happen even 2 years later, when the second daughter Gloria was born.

Nevertheless, Edgard Zapashny is a wonderful dad. He takes an active part in the life and upbringing of girls, gave them his last name and took on financial expenses. After each tour, he hurries to his beloved daughters and tries to give them maximum parental warmth.

Further, the personal life of Edgard Zapashny seems to develop in his own way. Soon he admitted that he has a girlfriend. He hid her for a long time, but when the news nevertheless leaked to the Network that the trainer was preparing to become a father for the third time, he announced the name of his chosen one. She became Yaroslavna Demeshko. They met in 2013 through mutual friends. They talked a lot, and soon decided to move in altogether. To be closer to Edgard, Yaroslavna even got a job at the Zapashny Brothers Circus as an administrator.

In August 2017, the couple had a son, who was named Daniel. True, the boy was born ahead of schedule for several weeks, and he had to be placed in the intensive care unit in a special box. But, fortunately, everything worked out. Today at " Instagram The artist regularly publishes photos of his children. But the microblog on Twitter has not been updated with new entries since 2015.

The trainer's fans are all waiting for news about the wedding, but for now, Yaroslavna remains in the status of Edgard's common-law wife.

Edgard Zapashny now

On April 1, 2017, information appeared on the website of the Great Moscow Circus that Edgard fired his brother from the circus. Allegedly, Askold himself wished to leave the post of artistic director of the BSMC. This position will be taken by the Honored Artist of Georgia Gia Eradze. This news was received with indignation by the masses. But by the evening of the same day, Edgard announced that it was April Fool's joke.

But in June 2018, a serious scandal broke out around Zapashny. A video appeared on the Web from the training of his daughter Gloria, who is already learning the circus profession with might and main. In the video, the girl cried from pain after stretching. The man was immediately accused of child abuse, to which he did not remain silent. He published a long response to his detractors, but the main quote in this speech was the phrase:

"No pain - no result...".

The wife and children of Askold Zapashny occupy all his time remaining from work at the arena. He, a representative of one of the most famous Russian circus dynasties, together with his brother Edgard, organized his own circus, whose tours not only in our country, but also abroad, are a huge success. The eldest daughter Eva, the wife of the artist Helen, gave birth in 2010, and a year later Zapashny became a father for the second time, and again a little daughter, whom they named Elsa.

Askold Zapashny met his future wife during a tour in Minsk. Helen was the best friend of the wife of one of his circus friends. Helen is an Israeli citizen, and therefore was a student of the faculty for foreigners. Their romance developed rapidly, and immediately after the wedding, they decided that their family must have many children.

In the photo - Askold Zapashny with his wife and children

The first daughter, Eva, was born in 2010, when Askold was thirty-three years old, and he was already old enough to take this important event responsibly. The decision to give birth to a second child in a year was also meaningful - the age difference between Askold and his brother Edgard is also a year, and this, according to the artist, best option for children.

Both daughters of Askold were born when he performed in the arena, and each time he received a message from his wife by SMS, and it was very touching for him. Zapashny chose the names for his daughters himself, and approached this very responsibly - Askold wanted them to be beautiful, and at the same time not pretentious.

Helen is a doctor by education, graduated from the conservatory in piano, served in the Israeli army, and currently takes care of her family only. Askold, as best he could, tried to help his wife when the daughters were very young - he got up at night, changed diapers, but the wife, if possible, tried to free her husband from these worries, realizing how tired he was at work.

Today, the children of Askold Zapashny Eva and Elsa have grown up and are already performing at the arena. From their very birth, he said that his daughters would definitely become circus performers and continue the Zapashny dynasty, and for this they would not even have to study at a circus school - he would teach them all the tricks himself, because he had a wealth of experience performing in the circus arena.

Externally eldest daughter she looks more like her mother, and the younger Elsa is a copy of Askold, and her relatives jokingly call her Askold Askoldovna. Eva and Elsa have been traveling with the circus since birth, they know all the artists and animals, and in this their life is very similar to the life of Askold and his brother.

For the first time, the eldest daughter of Askold Zapashny entered the arena when she was three years old, and after that her father began to take her to bow after each performance. When Askold Zapashny's wife was about to give birth to a second child, he dreamed that he would have a son, but it turned out that a daughter was born again. But Helen is sure that they will have more children, and she will definitely give birth to another boy. Askold does not mind, but to the question "how many children Askold Zapashny can have in the future?" replies that no more than four, and even if it will be girls again, he does not agree to more.

Helen, realizing that frequent separations can negatively affect the relationship of the spouses, is ready to endure all the inconveniences and difficulties in order to always be with her husband, so they go on almost all tours with the whole family. She got used to this way of life, and even when she stays at home, after a few weeks she asks Askold to take her and her daughters to him. Helen understands that constant communication is necessary not only for her and her husband, but also for their children - with their dad. In addition, they love their uncle very much - Askold's older brother Edgard, who also adores his nieces.

Is Zapashny ready to marry his son's mother?

A joyful event happened at the close of summer in the Zapashny family - Edgard became a father for the third time. The famous trainer and his beloved had a son, who was named Daniel.

Nevertheless, in his 40s, the father of three children is still a bachelor and has never crossed the threshold of the registry office. Why does Edgard not marry the mothers of his children and who is next to him now?

Zapashny himself spoke about the replenishment in the family. In his personal microblog, he left a post that immediately aroused an unhealthy interest in the relationship between the trainer and the mother of the newborn. Even those who were not aware of the history of their love began to wonder: what, in fact, is it about?

“Today I became a dad for the third time, and Yaroslavna became a mom, respectively! Edgard said. Now I have a son too! Thank you all for your future congratulations. The only thing I would like to ask everyone is not to speculate or spread any rumors about our relationship with Yaroslavna! Personal life should remain private ... "

Who is she, this mysterious Yaroslavna? And why is Edgard so afraid of rumors?

IS IT RINGING?

The current darling of Edgard, whom he calls Yaroslavna, is actually Yaroslav Demeshko. In the comments on Zapashny's posts, information often slips that the girl once worked as a stripper in the city on the Neva, but there is no evidence for these allegations.

Yaroslavna and Edgard met four years ago in a common company. The girl was then a little over 20, Edgard - almost twice as much. The novel took off right away. Soon they began to live together, and Yaroslavna, in order to be closer to her beloved, even got a job at the Zapashny Brothers Circus.

The choice of the son was approved by Edgard's mother, Tatyana Zapashnaya:

- Edgard introduced me to Yaroslavna a long time ago, I really like her. Kind, calm, not like we, shebutnye! She has a good figure, she is a beautiful, bright girl. And most importantly - the son is happy with her, I don’t need more!

True, Edgard hid his new passion from prying eyes for a long time. Only a year ago, he finally allowed Yaroslavna to post in social media their joint photos. And in conversations with others, he began to emphasize that a permanent girl appeared next to him.

And when it became known that Yaroslavna would not only give him a child, but a long-awaited heir, Edgard decided to reconsider his views on life altogether.

Over the past couple of months, he has already hinted more than once that he seems ready to finally get married. Say, gone are the days when you wanted freedom, heaps of beautiful girls around. Now he is not at all attracted to novels on the side. On the contrary, I want to rush every evening to the family nest, where she is waiting - the very one he has been looking for for so long.

HIGH RELATIONS!

The joy of the appearance of the heir was overshadowed by the fact that the baby was born a few weeks ahead of schedule. At that moment, when Yaroslavna realized that she was giving birth, Edgard was on vacation in Astrakhan. But, of course, he immediately gave up hunting and fishing and flew to Moscow on the first flight.

The newborn at that time was in the intensive care unit under round-the-clock supervision of doctors - after all, he was born very weak. But everything worked out. After 10 days, Daniel and his mother were already at home.

It is noteworthy that one of the first to congratulate Edgard on the birth of the heir was his former lover, Olga Denisova. They met for several years, became the parents of two daughters - Gloria and Stephanie. However, Olga did not wait for the marriage proposal.

Moreover, despite having two children together, they never lived together. Nevertheless, after parting, Edgard and Olga managed to maintain friendly relations. Three times a week, Denisova tries, together with the girls, to come from the Moscow region, where she now lives, to Zapashny in his circus. After all, daughters need communication with their father so much ...

In general, in these respects, Edgard behaved very nobly. Despite the fact that both daughters were born out of wedlock, he immediately recognized them, gave his last name. Even now, when the ex-lover got married (to a businessman named Dmitry) and gave birth to a child, Zapashny continues to fully support her.

Even going to give his big three-room apartment. After all, Olga lives in Krasnoznamensk, and it is hard for her to come with girls to Moscow. And the apartment is located next to the circus, so Edgard will be able to see his daughters much more often.

TO BE CONTINUED

By the way, when Olga gave birth to a son in a new marriage, Edgard was also one of the first to congratulate ex-lover with the birth of the baby, and even personally came to visit to see the newborn.

And before that, when Olga and Dmitry just announced their desire to get married, he met with the latter face to face in order to understand what kind of person he was, how adequate and whether he was able to take responsibility, including for two little girls .

Before recently Edgard and Askold Zapashny joked that they had rebranded: the Zapashny sisters replaced the Zapashny brothers. After all, both Askold and Edgard had two daughters each. Therefore, the birth of a son is, of course, a great event for the entire clan.

Now Edgard is going to move to a new house with Yaroslavna. The trainer completes it at an accelerated pace: he wants his son to grow up on fresh air. And, by the way, Edgard planned a large children's room in the new housing, in which there are as many as four beds. So you can be sure: to be continued!

"I will definitely get married before the age of 40," Edgard Zapashny, one of the most famous trainers of our time, once promised. Today he is already 42 years old, and he never reached the registry office. For a long time, Edgard and Askold Zapashny were one of the country's most enviable suitors. But if Askold has long been married, then Edgard has long been entrenched in the glory of a bachelor. At the same time, many fans do not know that he father of many children. Why is the status of a bachelor so dear to him? And when will someone be able to tame the trainer and change his fate forever?

Brothers Zapashny - circus artists in the fourth generation. Despite the fact that their grandfather was torn to pieces by tigers, and their father ended up in intensive care three times after the performance, the brothers still decided to continue the dynasty and work in the circus. Edgard and Askold were raised as twins so that there were no priorities. They went to school at the same time. “We moved a lot, studied in different schools in Central Asia. Of the 15 Soviet republics, we did not study only in Lithuania,” Edgard said. The brothers were about ten years old when they first entered the cage with the tigers.

After graduating from school, Zapashny and his family left for China, where Edgard met his first great love. The girl's name was Achin, she worked in the park and took care of the deer. The Chinese government did not approve of relations with foreigners at that time, so it was not easy for lovers who lived together. "In 1996, my brother and I left China, and Achin and I had to leave. I returned there on tour in 2002 and asked to find Achin. When I introduced her to my girlfriend, I saw sadness in her eyes. It seemed to me that she still missed me,” admitted Edgard.

With his chosen one, circus artist Elena Petrikova, Zapashny met at work. The girl was one of the strongest aerial gymnasts in Russia, at the time of the meeting she had just returned from Italy from a six-month tour. "Mom then told me:" Edgard, take a closer look at her. "I took a closer look. We lived together for 13 years, after which we parted. I was the initiator of our separation from Lena. I fell in love with another girl and realized that it would be wrong to live in this" - said the artist.

After breaking up with Lena, Edgard began dating Olga, a fitness instructor. They met in Voronezh, where the Zapashny circus was on tour. After some time, they started dating. And when they decided to leave, it turned out that Olga was pregnant. They had a daughter, Stephanie. And the second daughter, Gloria, was born two years later, when Edgard and Olga no longer lived together.

Edgard met his current darling Yaroslavna in St. Petersburg, where he flew to the last fight of Fedor Emelianenko. The girl carried the plates with the numbers of the rounds into the ring. For almost a year they talked only on the phone, and then got together and began to live together. “Yaroslavna is a girl of my energy, she has an incredibly calm character. This is what I was looking for,” Edgard admitted. In 2017, the couple had a son, Daniel. According to Zapashny, they live like a real family, but they are not officially scheduled.

How did the brothers survive the death of their father, the famous trainer Walter Zapashny? How did Edgard have a second daughter? And what is the happiness of Edgard? Answers - in the program