Dmitrichenko was the first performer of the role of Ivan the Terrible after the resumption of the ballet in 2012. Photo – RIA Novosti
The evil genius in “Swan Lake”, Ivan the Terrible, Spartak and Abderakhman in “Raymond”.
Before his arrest in the spring of 2013 former soloist Bolshoi Theater Pavel Dmitrichenko was one of the favorite artists famous choreographer Yuri Grigorovich.
January 17, 2013 to the artistic director ballet troupe Bolshoi Theater to Sergei Filin near his home in the center of Moscow, as a result of which the victim received facial burns, partially lost his sight and underwent several expensive operations abroad.
Pavel Dmitrichenko and his friend Yuri Zarutsky were charged with causing grievous bodily harm to Filin. Zarutsky as a performer received 10 years, Dmitrichenko received a prison sentence strict regime for organizing the attack.
According to investigators, Dmitrichenko was dissatisfied with the way Filin distributed roles in the troupe, and therefore he decided to organize an attack on the artistic director. To do this, he hired his dacha neighbor Zarutsky, who was driven to Filin’s house by another person involved in the case, Andrei Lipatov.
Be my wife!
Soon after her departure I received a letter: “Now I am really happy that I am writing to you! Thank you for all the tender words you give. There is no greater gift for me than everything that I feel, read, see with my soul from your soul. Eat wonderful movie"City of Angels" with Meg Ryan and Nicolas Cage. Perhaps you have seen him. If not, be sure to watch it when everything is fine. So, she was a doctor and lived in her own hectic microcosm. And he was an angel in a long black cloak to the floor. This is a very subtle, beautiful, sensual film that shows his invisible presence in her life. But at first she couldn’t see him... I won’t tell you any further. So far, life has planned this way that I, like Meg, am in this anthill of days and affairs. And you, wonderful and caring, are in my life every day. That’s why you are also an angel... And I thank you every day as soon as I wake up...”
How can this be?! After all, I was going to write these same words to her! One piece of paper was pinned to Yanina’s letter for a reply. There was no more instructions, and I always didn’t have enough paper to write the answer. There was so much I wanted to say! I tried to write very small so that more words could fit. As soon as I sent the letter, I immediately began counting the days, impatiently awaiting news from Yana. The letter arrived quickly.
“Pashenka, hello! The twentieth of February, a gentle day. I receive your bright letter. From the first lines, feeling yours good mood, breathe easier and calmer. Mood is a fickle thing. Whatever it is, it is important that it does not linger at some constant value. Probably, except perhaps for the state of happiness. But when we are in a state of constant happiness, we stop looking for anything in ourselves and do not make any special transformations, since it completely blinds our eyes.”
Yana came to see me for the first time in May, and on July 3, 2014, we got married. My friends were allowed to be present at the marriage registration. In that same visiting room, the registry office employee signed us up. That's how we became husband and wife. But they weren’t allowed to drink champagne. Friends under the walls of the colony staged a real wedding: they blew horns, shouted “Bitter!” and drank champagne. I got screwed for this later. After we got married, we had three more days of dating. Now every year we will celebrate not the wedding day, but these three days of the honeymoon...
We are very happy. I believe that the case against me is completely fabricated, but I am still grateful to fate that it turned out this way. After all, only after this story did Yana and I fall in love with each other. Every cloud has a silver lining. Nothing ever happens just like that in life...
The name of Pavel Dmitrichenko is written in bold in the ballet. The 33-year-old artist gained fame for his bright roles in brilliant performances. However, there are also difficult years in the biography of Pavel Dmitrichenko, which are associated with the assassination attempt artistic director Bolshoi Theater. It is known that this story ended in a criminal case with a sentence being served.
Biography
Pavel Vitalievich Dmitrichenko was born into a family of artists on January 3, 1984. His parents Vitaly Pavlovich and Nadezhda Alekseevna worked in the Ensemble folk dance Igor Moiseev. Paul was the third late child in the family and the first boy, so his father devoted a lot of time to his only son and developed in him an exceptionally athletic personality.
Pavel Dmitrichenko was involved in football, hockey, and martial arts; there were no thoughts about ballet. Family friend and famous USSR hockey player Vladimir Lutchenko was ready to take on the boy and train him to become a professional athlete. However, the mother predicted a future for her son as a dancer, and her opinion determined future fate future ballet dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko.
Carier start
In 1993, Pavel entered the State Academy of Choreography, where his mentors were former outstanding Bolshoi Theater artists Yuri Vasyuchenko and Igor Uksusnikov.
The dancer’s perseverance and hard work ethic helped him graduate from the university with honors in 2002. Ballet for Pavel Dmitrichenko becomes his life’s work; he is invited to work by the most best theaters, but he gives preference to the State Academic Bolshoi Theater (SABT). The rehearsals were led by Vasily Vorokhobko and Alexander Vetrov. At first, Dmitrichenko performed small roles and was a corps de ballet dancer, but even this required a lot of dedication, including health.
Work at the Bolshoi and main roles
After working at the Bolshoi for only a year, in 2003 Pavel Dmitrichenko faced serious health problems. It should be noted that in his youth the artist underwent operations related to sports injuries. The next surgical intervention was associated with medical error. An abscess that had started in the area of the Achilles tendon was urgently re-operated. Long rehabilitation, the strictest prohibition from doctors to continue dancing, every step was taken... hellish pain- all this could put an end to Pavel Dmitrichenko’s biography as a ballet dancer. Strong pain relief and the dancer’s determination not only helped to cope with the disease, but also led to his first notable roles in the Bolshoi Theater.
In the same 2003, Dmitrichenko was approved for the role of Father Montague in the production of Romeo and Juliet, and in 2004 Pavel was a soloist in the play Ward No. 6. During this period, he undergoes a decisive operation on his foot, doctors restore almost full mobility.
The year 2005 is marked by two events: receiving a diploma in the specialty “choreographer” and meeting the luminary of Russian ballet Yuri Grigorovich. The master notices the young man while learning the part of Yashka, the central figure in the play “The Golden Age”. It can be said that in creative biography For Pavel Dmitrichenko, this performance was fateful. The artist is one of Grigorovich’s favorites. The ballets “Giselle”, “Esmeralda”, “Don Quixote” appear on the list. In 2007, Dmitrichenko performed the role Evil genius staged" Swan Lake". 2008 brought two important and complex roles at once. The main roles in the plays "Raymonda" and "Spartak" were given to a talented artist. After a long reconstruction of the Bolshoi Theater, they decided to return "Ivan the Terrible" to its stage; in 2012, the premiere of the play with Dmitrichenko took place as a king.
Drinking at the Bolshoi
Ballet, like any creative community, has its own intrigues, tensions, rivalries within the troupe and misunderstandingsbetween artists and leadership. Scandals arose in the Bolshoi from the beginning of the 2000s; they were associated with Anastasia Volochkova and Tsiskaridze. There were also checks related to the distribution of funds aimed at reconstructing the theater. The loudest and most turbulent time for the troupe was the tenure of Sergei Filin as artistic director. There were many reasons for dissatisfaction with the new artistic director.
He was accused of demanding money for certain roles and of creatively oppressing some ballet dancers. The troupe split into two camps: those who were satisfied with everything, and those who had questions for the management. The confrontation eventually resulted in a tragedy and a criminal case, which was covered throughout the world's media.
Attempt on the artistic director
On the evening of January 17, 2013, when he was approaching the house, an unknown person called out to him. Having splashed a scalding reagent in the artistic director's face with lightning speed, the attacker disappeared. Filin was diagnosed with severe burns and was hospitalized in Germany. A criminal case was opened in connection with the attempt on a person's life. The Investigative Committee determined the circle of persons involved, which the victim himself declared while undergoing treatment. Filin accused Nikolai Tsiskaridze of involvement as an influential and ardent opponent of Sergei Filin's theater policy. The situation around the famous dancer, which was being whipped up by the media, eventually became clearer. Tsiskaridze was summoned for questioning, where investigators did not find Nikolai involved in the attack. Other artists were also questioned.
Trial and versions of the motive for the crime
After some time, investigators came to Pavel Dmitrichenko’s home with a search. Having analyzed the cell phone calls that took place that ill-fated evening, we soon managed to get on the trail of the direct perpetrator of the assassination attempt. He turned out to be previously convicted unemployed Yuri Zarutsky. Andrei Lipatov, who delivered the criminal to the scene of the assassination attempt, was also detained.
All three defendants in the case were arrested. Since March 2013, a new, difficult turn began in the biography of Pavel Dmitrichenko.
The verdict is "guilty"
As the investigation found out, Zarutsky was Dmitrichenko’s neighbor at the dacha. In a conversation about the situation in the theater, Pavel advised turning to Filin. As a result, according to Zarutsky, Dmitrichenko asked to beat up the artistic director, having previously bought phones for the performers and financed the criminal operation.
During interrogation, Dmitrichenko denied that he was preparing a serious massacre with acid. Zarutsky himself fully admitted his guilt and clarified that neither the dancer nor the driver Lipatov knew about the method of assassination of Filin. However, government prosecutors and Filin’s lawyers insisted on a thorough investigation and search for irrefutable evidence of Pavel Dmitrichenko’s guilt.
They considered the main motives, among which were Dmitrichenko’s desire to take the post of artistic director, revenge for the oppressed ballerina and common-law wife Dmitrichenko - Angelina Vorontsova. The name of Tsiskaridze, with whom Dmitrichenko was allegedly in cahoots, came up again. Also, the characterization of Pavel as a hot-tempered “truth teller” indicated that he was quite capable of such a crime. All motives were refuted; the theater troupe, led by Tsiskaridze, repeatedly wrote letters in defense of Dmitrichenko.
Twenty-eight court hearings, and the verdict was rendered under Article 111 of the Criminal Code (“Infliction of grievous bodily harm by prior conspiracy”). Zarutsky and Lipatov received 10 years and 4 years in prison, respectively. Dmitrichenko Pavel Vitalievich was sentenced to six years in prison in a maximum security colony. All three were also obliged to pay Filin compensation in the amount of 3 million rubles.
Prison wedding and early release
Dmitrichenko served his sentence in the Ryazan region. Throughout this time, he continued to keep himself in shape as much as possible. Colleagues did not forget about the artist, they constantly wrote letters and encouraged him. Pavel had a particularly dear addressee to whom he sent letters and eagerly awaited an answer. This was an old friend of Yana Fadeeva. The girl began to go with Pavel’s parents on visits to prison. After another meeting, the artist proposed to Yana. On July 3, 2014, the girl became the wife of Pavel Dmitrichenko. The couple got married right in prison.
Dmitrichenko's defense sent several petitions for the artist's early release. On May 31, 2016, the dancer was released from custody for good behavior. Pavel served three years in prison.
Return to ballet
Upon returning to freedom, the artist immediately thanked everyone who supported him for three long years. The difficulties in the biography of Pavel Dmitrichenko are over. It was time to think again about my favorite job.
It should be noted that Pavel Dmitrichenko returned to the Bolshoi Theater, though only for the purpose of training and restoring the necessary form for ballet. The dancer also has a diploma as a choreographer, which he plans to use in the future, since the artist’s “retirement” age is not far off. The director of the Bolshoi Theater, Vladimir Urin, said that he allows Pavel Dmitrichenko to return to the Bolshoi Theater. But the artist will have to apply on a competitive basis and subject to availability.
After Pavel’s release, the story of the assassination attempt again began to be actively raised by the media. Why Pavel Dmitrichenko was imprisoned raises a lot of questions among trial observers. The artist himself is confident that revealing the truth and true reasons- it's a matter of time. While Pavel Dmitrichenko’s wife, parents, faithful friends and the fortitude he gained from this ordeal.
“The judge made a decision on parole without notifying us of the meeting”
Recently, the court released the organizer of the attack on the Bolshoi Theater artistic director Sergei Filin - in 2013, acid was thrown in his face. Former dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko was released on parole (parole) - so he served half of his sentence (remember, the court first sentenced Dmitrichenko to 6 years, then cut it down to 5.5).
How Filin himself reacted to the decision of the servants of Themis, whether he forgave the enemy - MK correspondents found out.
Filin himself recently flew to Germany for another eye operation. Most of all, the dancer is upset about his health - after all, his vision has not been restored, despite several dozen operations. And the court decision, understandably, did not bring joy. Moreover, it is seen as a violation of the rights to defense. Word from Filin’s lawyer Tatyana Stukalova:
We are aware that on April 29, Dmitrichenko’s application for parole was considered in court. Then the papers were recalled because they were filled out with violations. Filin urgently asked that this issue not be considered without his participation. However, we later learned that on May 18 the judge made a decision on parole without notifying us of the hearing - so we could not attend. Now we are finding out why the summons did not arrive, although the resolution states that both parties were notified. There is a violation of the rights to protect the victim. On Monday we filed an appeal about our disagreement with the parole. Dmitrichenko does not repent and has not admitted guilt. For us, this is a matter of threat to Owl’s life.
Dmitrichenko has so far avoided communicating with journalists. Although the ex-soloist left an enthusiastic message on his Facebook page: “Thank you to everyone who supported me! Yours kind hearts were a beacon of hope on a difficult road. Truth has triumphed over lies. An indisputable truth: whoever has the truth is the stronger. See you friends"
Let us note that Dmitrichenko managed to get married in prison. The chosen one was Yana Fadeeva, a stylist by profession.
Dmitrichenko once mentioned possible continuation dancer career. Is it possible? We called his colleague, Bolshoi Theater soloist Andrei Bolotin (he sympathized with Dmitrichenko during the trial):
- Did you see Pavel after leaving?
Not yet.
- Do you think he could return to his career? He's already 32...
On average, our career lasts up to 38 years; for some, it happens even later. So nothing is impossible. I don’t know whether he kept himself in shape or not...
- He sat for three years.
It all depends on desire and on Pavel’s physical condition. If you want, you can enter the form.
Other experts, however, hinted that Pavel gained some weight in prison and did not train regularly, but all this is a completely second question; and the first is that it’s unlikely that anyone will take him into their troupe now. After all, no one justified or whitewashed Dmitrichenko. He was simply released on parole, which probably could not have happened without some influence from an authoritative person. And therefore, for many, Pavel is still associated with the image of a criminal, which, however, will not prevent him from finding a job, even if not as a dancer, but in some profession related to art; fortunately, getting a second education is not a problem.
Pavel Dmitrichenko was born into a family of dancers - his parents performed in the State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble; It was at the behest of his parents that Pavel himself took up dancing. Dmitrichenko himself did not have a particular love for dancing as a child, but he indeed demonstrated quite good abilities.
After graduating from the Moscow Academy of Choreography, Pavel entered the Bolshoi Theater troupe. Initially, Dmitrichenko planned to stay at the Bolshoi – and in ballet in general – for at most two years; during these two years, however, Pavel managed to achieve quite impressive results and decided to stay on stage.
Young Dmitrichenko was called an extremely talented and promising dancer; he regularly received leading roles in fairly large and prestigious productions. By 2011, Dmitrichenko became, in fact, the leading soloist of the State Academic Bolshoi Theater.
V Bolshoi Dmitrichenko met the ballerina Angelina Vorontsova. There is no official confirmation of the numerous rumors about the alleged romance between them, however, many of the dancer’s acquaintances are inclined to believe that these rumors still had some basis.
Vorontsova’s career was not as good as Dmitrichenko’s; in 2009, the ballerina’s mentor, Ekaterina Maksimova, died, after which Angelina went “under the wing” of Nikolai Tsiskaridze. Alas, this cooperation did not produce much fruit; some are inclined to believe that Vorontsova could have achieved much more, speaking under the supervision of a female teacher. According to one version, it was the relatively low class demonstrated by Angelina in her last performances that became the reason for her conflict with Sergei Filin; another version says that Filin disliked Vorontsova back in 2009, when she refused
I want to join his troupe. One way or another, Vorontsova’s relationship with Filin did not work out somewhat.
Late in the evening of January 17, 2013, Sergei Filin was attacked - an unknown person threw acid in his face. Popular rumor almost immediately made Nikolai Tsiskaridze the main suspect, who often criticized the management of the theater and former head Vorontsova. Soon, however, the investigation established that on the evening of January 17, someone Yuri Zarutsky called Pavel Dmitrichenko from Filin’s house. Zarutsky had already been convicted several times and seemed quite a suitable candidate for carrying out this kind of assassination attempt. Later, the investigation turned its attention to another telephone interlocutor of Zarutsky - a certain Andrei Lipatov.
On the night of March 5-6, Zarutsky, Lipatov and Dmitrichenko were detained. All three confessed immediately; as it turned out, the first
actually carried out the attack, the second acted as its driver. Dmitrichenko admitted that he “ordered” Filin, although he made a reservation that the attack did not go as he planned. The most likely motive is considered to be resentment for Vorontsova being unfairly oppressed - acquaintances described Dmitrichenko as an extremely impulsive, temperamental person and quite capable of something of this kind solely for the sake of revenge alone.
Lawyers argue that Pavel Dmitrichenko has certain chances of avoiding imprisonment - with some effort, his lawyers can reduce the case to a less serious charge; What plays into their hands, first of all, is that the injuries Owl received were far from fatal. Ballet career Pavla, however, is finished with almost one hundred percent probability - and no innate abilities will be able to return Dmitrichenko to the stage.
