Lidiya Vladimirovna Vertinskaya (Russian: ЛидиÑ
Ð'ладимировна Ð'ÐµÑ€Ñ‚Ð¸Ð½Ñ ÐºÐ°Ñ ), born Tsirgvava
(Georgian: წირღვრვრ; Russian: Ð¦Ð¸Ñ€Ð³Ð²Ð°Ì Ð²Ð°) (14
April 1923 â€" 31 December 2013) was a Soviet and Russian actress and
artist.Vertinskaya was born of the emigre family of mixed
Georgian-Russian origin in Harbin. Her paternal grandparents moved to
China from Georgia along with their children while retaining Russian
citizenship. Her father Vladimir Konstantinovich Tsirgvava was a
Soviet official who served at the Chinese Eastern Railway. He died
when Vertinskaya was nine years old. Her mother Lydia Pavlovna
Tsirgvava (née Fomina), originally from a Siberian family of Old
Believers, was a housewife.In 1940 she met the Russian singer
Aleksandr Vertinsky in Shanghai. Although he was 36 years older than
her, they got married in two years. In 1943 they emigrated to the
Soviet Union. She gave birth to Marianna Vertinskaya (born 1943) and
Anastasiya Vertinskaya (born 1944), both successful Russian
actresses.In 1955 she graduated from V. I. Surikov Art Institute and
started working as an artist. From 1952 on she also appeared in a
number of movies, mostly fairy tales. In 1957 Aleksandr Vertinsky
died, and she never married again. In 2004 she published a book of
memoirs The Blue Bird of Love.
Ð'ладимировна Ð'ÐµÑ€Ñ‚Ð¸Ð½Ñ ÐºÐ°Ñ ), born Tsirgvava
(Georgian: წირღვრვრ; Russian: Ð¦Ð¸Ñ€Ð³Ð²Ð°Ì Ð²Ð°) (14
April 1923 â€" 31 December 2013) was a Soviet and Russian actress and
artist.Vertinskaya was born of the emigre family of mixed
Georgian-Russian origin in Harbin. Her paternal grandparents moved to
China from Georgia along with their children while retaining Russian
citizenship. Her father Vladimir Konstantinovich Tsirgvava was a
Soviet official who served at the Chinese Eastern Railway. He died
when Vertinskaya was nine years old. Her mother Lydia Pavlovna
Tsirgvava (née Fomina), originally from a Siberian family of Old
Believers, was a housewife.In 1940 she met the Russian singer
Aleksandr Vertinsky in Shanghai. Although he was 36 years older than
her, they got married in two years. In 1943 they emigrated to the
Soviet Union. She gave birth to Marianna Vertinskaya (born 1943) and
Anastasiya Vertinskaya (born 1944), both successful Russian
actresses.In 1955 she graduated from V. I. Surikov Art Institute and
started working as an artist. From 1952 on she also appeared in a
number of movies, mostly fairy tales. In 1957 Aleksandr Vertinsky
died, and she never married again. In 2004 she published a book of
memoirs The Blue Bird of Love.
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