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	Mom married Interview with Stepan Mikhalkov, son Vertinskaya Anastasia and Nikita Mikhalkov The Source: Magazine "Caravan of stories» March 2001

- And you how to experience the eternal theme of "Mother married» ?

All of his childhood and youth nobody took me as her son. She remained young and beautiful, and I have a husband, and she was very flattered when we were taken for a brother and sister. Since my childhood I knew that she is famous and she has fans who call, give flowers, love it. But there were severe cases ... One crazy butch aunt, who worked as a janitor at the zoo, pursued her everywhere, even to the police, we were treated to get rid of her. I once went out with a toy iron cannon, aunt crept up, take it away from me and great blow to the head. Apparently upset that you can not even communicate with your favorite actress.

I was always jealous of my mother in the house when the man appeared. She's after his father was only one official marriage, though not for long - Sasha Gradsky. When they were married, he said proudly, "Well, Anastasia, now you will Gradskaya Anastasia!" My mother immediately found: "Maybe I will, but you will not be Alexander Vertinsky never!"

They fell in love when my mother and I had a rest in Crimea. Next on the mountain was defeated MAI camp. Gradskij gave concerts there. I remember we went to his performance - he was very popular. He impressed me with the fact that he managed to sing with a guitar standing on one leg in a cast when the other was lying on a chair. My mother could not take her eyes from him enthusiastic, and I sat side by side, perplexed: how can you fall in love with such a hairy-legged and that also sings so loud ?! Once we went to visit him. I had a long, 25-minute, uphill climb the stairs. (Sasha among maishnikov was "in authority" - in his tent on the mountain stones someone laid out lovingly Gradskij.) We stayed in a tent to spend the night, and I immediately hated of all. The only thing that I have reconciled with fate, - I could with impunity, steal and smoke my mother's cigarettes.

More married mother did not come, though, of course, the fans were ... I think my mother is difficult to find a man who would suit her in every way: the creative, human, that would be the person worthy of her ...