Three months ago, Star Factory graduates became parents. Rita Dakota gave her husband a daughter, Mia. Until recently, the star couple hid the baby from the public, but today they showed her to fans for the first time.
Vlad Sokolovsky and Rita Dakota / photo: instagram.comI gave birth at the end of October last year. The singer’s husband, Vlad Sokolovsky, supported her and waited at the door of the chamber for his heiress to be born. On the day of the birth, the artist filmed his experiences on video, as he and his wife are running a video blog. A few weeks ago they arranged for Mia and went on holiday to Bali. All this time they hid the girl from the public. According to them, they are not superstitious, but they wanted to show the baby when the time was right.
Today is the day when Rita and Vlad showed their daughter’s face to fans for the first time. On their blog they introduced the baby to their subscribers. “Daddy’s Mia,” Dakota immediately declared when her husband took the baby in his arms. The girl inherited her father's blue eyes, as Sokolovsky showed. She sat calmly in her dad's arms and grabbed his hands. “We’re already cooing and grabbing hands,” the singer shared with fans. The lovers also decided to show a photo of their daughter just a few weeks old.
Daughter of Vlad Sokolovsky and Rita Dakota/Photo: frame from the spouses’ blog In the photos, Mia is captured in different costumes, from a hat with deer antlers to a cute pink bunny outfit. Fans were happy about such a gift and began to share their emotions in the comments: “God, she’s lovely,” “Baby honey,” “My beauty!! Dad’s copy!”, “Mia is just a miracle! Rita passed by! While the couple continues to relax with the heiress on the paradise island and share their impressions of the holiday on the Internet. They previously promised that they would share many pictures of their daughter after they showed her for the first time.
- Guys, why did you suddenly have the desire to live outside the city, and even with your parents?
Rita: We moved here when I was nine months pregnant. Vlad and I are classic city dwellers, but for the sake of the child we went to the extent of limiting ourselves to some amenities and habits. Let’s just say that we have infringed on our freedom a little: now we don’t go to Moscow often, we’ve almost forgotten about going to our favorite restaurants. But everything is for the better. It turned out that living outside the city is very cool! Look how beautiful it is outside the window: the forest, Fresh air, quiet, there is somewhere to walk with a stroller. We decided that we would gradually accustom our daughter to the realities harsh life. First a country house, then the ocean and picturesque nature - after the New Year we will fly to Asia for the winter and return in the Moscow spring.
Parents, of course, played an important role. We didn’t want to hire a nanny for the first six months, but at the same time we hoped to somehow combine work and the baby. And we definitely couldn’t have done it without the help of our grandparents. In a word, we decided to live in a commune. We are sure that all our lives we will remember with nostalgia this period of life when the little one appeared and we were all reunited.
- Have you fluttered out of your parents’ nest long ago?
Rita: This happened to me ten years ago. I moved to Moscow at the age of 17. And for Vlad this happened even earlier - he separated from his parents at 13.
Vlad: Yes, it turns out that from the age of 13, when my parents moved to Vacation home, I was left alone. Our apartment was on Oktyabrsky Pole, I went to school, studied at Todes and could not possibly live in the Moscow region. And my parents first visited the country for visits, and then decided to move completely - they liked it here so much. So from the age of 13 I became independent. Apparently, Rita and I are now making up for what we lost in our youth. The forgotten feelings have returned to us, that the house is always full, that you are always welcome here. To be honest, we lacked this for many years.
Rita: There are very touching moments. For example, Vlad and I calm the baby down half the night because she has colic, or gas, or something else - a normal story for any baby. And in the morning my mother or Vlad’s mother comes and says: “Has Mia eaten? Then I’ll take her, and you can sleep.” They take the child away from us, they have fun with her, rattles, stuffed animals, a cradle, swings, cats, and Vlad and I can sleep until 11 o’clock. It seems to me that our example should become a life hack for any young families who have parents.
-Who is the best “soothe” for Mia?
Rita: All children, without exception, read their parents’ emotions. Vlad laughs and Mia smiles; she generally repeats everything after him, like a parrot. Let's say he sticks out his tongue and she sticks out her tongue. Vlad tells her: “Va-va-va.” And she: “Wa!” Despite the fact that the child is only two months old, at that age children still don’t speak at all and don’t even react. Vlad shows his daughter, for example, a hare named Mallow and says: “Miya, this is Mallow.” Mia says, “Meh.” Our whole family is touched by the way Mia communicates with us.
Rita: I learned to meet my other half halfway, and so did Vlad. It seems to me that some worldly wisdom has come to us
She laughs with me too. It happens that I try to feed her, but the child simply cannot eat and smile at the same time. I convince: “Mia, stop laughing, eat, and then we’ll laugh together.” She sees me and immediately smiles.
- Did you do any special preparation for the birth of your baby?
Rita: Of course, I read everyone - from Komarovsky to Petranovskaya, I studied a bunch different methods. I even worked with a psychologist. And Vlad also read a lot, we discussed whether we would rock our daughter, give her vaccinations or not, and so on. We chose, as it seemed to us, the most convenient form of communication with the child, and so far everything is going smoothly. I don’t take into account the physiological aspect now, when she has gas, for example. So I didn’t listen to the lactation consultant and ate a fresh apple. And the child does not sleep because his tummy hurts. I just checked the box that fresh apples I don't eat anymore. To me at all breast-feeding It was hard - I went through lactostasis and other delights, unfortunately. And many people, including doctors, advised transferring the child to artificial nutrition. But I’m fighting, I want Mia to be on breast milk for at least six months.
Otherwise, it is very important to maintain a calm atmosphere in the family. You should not raise your voice in front of a child. Now she perceives everything a thousand times more sensitively - the bright light, the volume, some kind of negative energy. The baby is very vulnerable, so we try to restrain ourselves in front of her. If we need to argue, we go out into the yard.
Vlad: Mia may not understand specific words, but feels the intonation and energy. After all, a child does not start crying out of the blue - he reacts to what is happening around him. And when you communicate warmly with him, you put beautiful music, on the contrary, he calms down. The most difficult moment associated with a baby is when you have not yet understood why he is hysterical. Do you think it's colic, or she wants to eat, or she's hot, or needs to change a diaper? But gradually you begin to understand: he stretches his legs - this is colic, he grabs his arms - he wants to eat. And it becomes much easier - you can immediately give what the child wants: feed her or put a heating pad on her stomach, give her a massage or rock her to sleep.
- Rita, what does Vlad do best?
Rita: Yes all! He is ideal for cleaning his nose with turundas. I'm afraid to stick this cotton thing into my tiny nostril. We are still deciding with rock-paper-scissors which of us will cut our daughter’s nails. And it's scary to swim. But what to do - the eyes are afraid, the hands are doing. Mia loves to swim.
-Who came up with this magical name?
Vlad: There were no arguments; Rita and I have similar tastes in many things. We liked several male names, and female ones too. Mia is one name on the list. In general, we should have had Max. At the first two ultrasounds we were told it would be a boy. And then on the third they suddenly announced that it was still a girl. We already talked to Max and decided not to change the first letter. wanted short name and precisely with the letter “M”. So Mia came out.
- Were you upset when you found out that it would be Mia and not Max? Were you expecting a son?
Vlad: Rita leaned towards the boy. And for some reason I lived all my life with the feeling that I would be the first to have a son. But at that moment, when I found out that I would become a father, I absolutely did not care who was born.
Rita: I always seemed strict and tough to myself and thought that it would be easier for me with a boy. This is an attitude from childhood: the first should be the boy - the protector, then the little girl. As in the photo in the magazine: a family is sitting by the fireplace - mom, dad in a sweater, a big dog, an older son, a younger daughter... (Laughs.) When I was happy about the boy, Vlad said the phrase: “You don’t understand anything, a girl is such tenderness. She will come to your bed, take your face with her hands and say: “Daddy...”
Vlad: Just in case, back in the ninth month, I asked: “You should definitely look, because we are already going to buy things, maybe we should buy blue ones, not pink ones.” (Laughs.)
- You coincide so perfectly on all issues. What can you argue about?
Rita: Because of TV series, for example. Vlad likes Game of Thrones, but I don’t take TV series seriously. But the union of two people is also big job, and if at some points we did not coincide four years ago, now everything is fine. I reconsidered my views on some things, learned to meet my husband halfway, and so did Vlad. It seems to me that some worldly wisdom has come to us.
- Rita, what was it about Vlad that won you over in the first place?
Rita: Vlad is very bright, he is a positive person. I’m sure that even if an apocalypse happens outside, Vlad will find something to be happy about. I really missed this in my life. For the first time, there was a person nearby who would find a way out of the most terrible situation. Next to him, whole life is like a fun adventure. I have forgotten how to be sad. Anyone who has heard my songs knows that I love to cry in silence, on the bathroom floor, mentally cut my wrists and write a couple of lines about it. I let all kinds of emotions, including negative ones, pass through me, savoring each one. And now sometimes I’m even faced with the fact that I have nothing to write a song about... It’s much more difficult to write about happiness, any author will tell you that. I even had creative microcrises: damn, everything is so great in general, everything is so positive, what should I write about?!
Vlad: Probably, we were attracted to each other by something that we did not get in our past relationships. We are together because we managed to take a large number of steps towards each other. It’s not me who takes a step back, but you who take a step towards me, namely towards each other. Rita is like herself; she senses the personal space of another person quite subtly. Because only when people give this space to each other can they relax together, work, and travel. Rita gives me exactly as much space as I need, without bending or squeezing, so I am very comfortable.
Rita: There is a saying: love is like mercury - it can only be held in an open palm, but not in a clenched fist.
-Have you changed around Rita?
Vlad: Only a year before we started dating, I came out of my past, very painful relationship, and then I did not have stability, any boundaries, I was different. I often pressed, and this caused problems at first. But in the end we tuned in to each other, I also began to give her more freedom, more air. And Rita muted her drama. Because I am a positive person, and it is not normal for me when a person is sad for no reason.
- Who has the final say in disputes?
Rita: Vlad is in charge for sure. In general, in any healthy family, the man should be in charge. Otherwise, it's anything but family. I say this as someone who has tried for a long time to be the stronger half in my past relationships and knows what this leads to. I was great at this role, I made money, I was all so cool, independent, and powerful. I was very proud of myself and believed that a man should admire these qualities of mine.
And everything changed dramatically when I found myself next to Vlad. I realized that I am actually a woman.
Rita: Vlad is a very bright, positive person. I'm sure if an apocalypse happens outside his window, he will find something to be happy about
Vlad: I constantly told Rita: “Listen, relax, the two of us cannot perform the same function in the family. If you behave this way and cannot do otherwise, then let’s say goodbye.” We had several frank conversations, in which I said that in my understanding this family model does not fit. There must be a clear understanding of who makes the main decisions in the house.
Rita: Vlad is responsible for the family. For example, if tomorrow he says that it is better for the family to move to Samara, I will silently pack my bags and go to Samara. I trust him
unconditionally, this is the man behind whose back I can stand and not think about anything. Vlad can do everything. Just a professional “husband for an hour.” If the music ever ends, you can earn extra money. Everything you see in this room was put together by his hands, including the rocking chair.
-Who is in charge in your kitchen?
Rita: I love to cook, but I don't do it often. For me, this is a kind of creativity that cannot be commonplace. But Vlad is much cooler here too, I don’t even compete with him. It happens that I cook something that’s really cool, and Vlad says: “Let’s upgrade it a little.” He takes out, for example, canned pineapples, crumbles them in, and that’s it - the dish becomes perfect. It's the same in restaurants. For example, we come to a restaurant where a Michelin-starred chef cooks, and everyone admires the cuisine. We order something, then Vlad says: “Please bring garlic butter, capers, a little fried bacon and cream.” They bring it to him, he adds, says: “Try it.” I try it and understand that now this dish is perfect.
- Vlad, it was a great surprise to see you in one of the main roles in the series “Univer”. How did a musician suddenly become an actor?
Vlad: I used to be skeptical about offers to try my hand at cinema. And I still think that this is a separate craft that needs to be fully practiced. But sometimes people have a predisposition to something. Friends and acquaintances constantly told me: “You need to act in films!”, but I didn’t think about it.
Periodically, offers came to play myself in an episode, but I don’t like these stories. And then I got into the Channel One project “Variety Theater”. There we performed in various genres, for almost every act I had to completely transform myself - with wigs, lenses... And it so happened that two people won in this project - me and Stas Kostyushkin. Stas - according to the jury, and I - according to the audience. After that, Gennady Khazanov took me to his office and asked: “Why don’t I see you in the movies?” I explained my point of view that you need to have an education to act in films and so on. To which Gennady Viktorovich replied that I was talking nonsense.
Vlad: For many years, Rita and I missed the feeling that the house was full. I’m sure we’ll look back on this time with nostalgia.
And I began to think about this topic. And in 2017, I starred in three projects: the series “Univer” on TNT, the historical film “Bloody Lady”, which is about to be released on the Russia channel, I have a big dramatic role there - Uncle Tyutchev. And one more film - “Stranger in the Mirror”, four episodes for the Russia channel. So for now I'm happy and moving on.
- What was the most difficult thing for you in the acting profession?
Vlad: The fact that you need to master a large amount of text. I'm used to learning songs, but it's much more difficult to learn three or four sheets of lyrics in a day. The first times I just died, but now I’m used to it, I can handle it.
In general, this year turned out to be powerful and interesting. The main thing, of course, is the birth of a daughter. And there was a leap in creativity. We launched Ritin music project, her songs hit the top of the charts. We started a blog on YouTube, which gained popularity in the shortest possible time. We received some awards, we were chosen “Couple of the Year” - this is, of course, very pleasant. Our audience is becoming larger and larger, and it sees how we approach life, that we do not pretend to be anything. In a word, we somehow go with the flow and try to be as honest as possible with ourselves.
Photo: Arsena Memetova
Rita Dakota
Real name: Margarita Gerasimovich
Born: March 9, 1990 in Minsk
Education: graduated from music school
Career: singer, songwriter (her works are performed by many show business stars - Zara, Yolka, LOBODA, etc.), participant in the projects “Star Factory-7” and “ Main stage" Former creator and lead singer of the rock band Monroe
Vlad Sokolovsky
The presentName: Vsevolod Sokolovsky
Was born: September 24, 1991 in Moscow
Family: wife - Rita Dakota, daughter - Mia (2 months)
Education: art school, studio "Todes"
Career: singer, musician, actor, former ballet dancer “Todes”, member of “Star Factory-7”, soloist of the duet “BiS”. He first appeared on stage at the age of 3, performing a song with Philip Kirkorov
On June 8, the singers played a magnificent wedding Vlad Sokolovsky and Rita Dakota. The celebration, held in one of the Moscow restaurants on Leningradskoye Shosse, brought together not only relatives and friends of the couple, but also celebrity guests, among whom were Alexander Revva, Yegor Creed, Svetlana Loboda and many others.
The main color of the celebration was red. The hall where the banquet took place was decorated with bouquets of red roses and huge papier-mâché poppies, next to which the wedding guests happily took pictures. Cards became another theme of the celebration. For example, behind the newlyweds there were two cards with portraits of Vlad and Margarita.
The bridesmaids wore long gray dresses, and Dakota herself appeared in front of the guests in a dress made of thin lace. A fluffy skirt and a long veil completed the bride's look. The groom's friends, in turn, opted for classic black suits.
Photo: Anastasia Belskaya, Andrey Nastasenko, Oleg Galinich, wedding agency "Svadberry" (Organizer Anna Gorodzhaya)
Photo: Anastasia Belskaya, Andrey Nastasenko, Oleg Galinich, wedding agency "Svadberry" (Organizer Anna Gorodzhaya)
Vadim Galygin and Alexander Revva were responsible for the humorous component at the celebration. The latter appeared before the guests in an elegant suit, sunglasses and a cigar in his mouth. Later, the showman performed his hit “The Samaya Samaya” together with Yegor Creed. Svetlana Loboda, Bianca and Anita Tsoi also took the stage on this holiday.
Andrey Sokolovsky, Alexander Revva and Yegor Creed Photo: Anastasia Belskaya, Andrey Nastasenko, Oleg Galinich, wedding agency "Svadberry" (Organizer Anna Gorodzhaya)
Photo: Anastasia Belskaya, Andrey Nastasenko, Oleg Galinich, wedding agency "Svadberry" (Organizer Anna Gorodzhaya)
Less than a week before the wedding, on June 3, Vlad and Rita got married in the presence of their parents. Friends and the press were not present at the painting and wedding, so a celebration was held especially for them a few days later - on the 8th. By the way, the date of the ceremony was not chosen by chance. On the same day 25 years ago, Sokolovsky’s parents got married.
Photo: Anastasia Belskaya, Andrey Nastasenko, Oleg Galinich, wedding agency "Svadberry" (Organizer Anna Gorodzhaya)
Despite the fact that the main celebration took place only today, the newlyweds began receiving gifts a few days ago. What made the young friends and relatives happy, Vlad described in his blog.
Photo: Anastasia Belskaya, Andrey Nastasenko, Oleg Galinich, wedding agency "Svadberry" (Organizer Anna Gorodzhaya)
Photo: Anastasia Belskaya, Andrey Nastasenko, Oleg Galinich, wedding agency "Svadberry" (Organizer Anna Gorodzhaya)
On the eve of the wedding, the lovers decided to take a little break from each other and had a bachelorette and bachelor party. Dakota and her friends went to the pool, where she indulged in sweet desserts. Vlad, like his wife, preferred to choose a venue with a swimming pool as the venue for his bachelor party.
Spouses Rita Dakota and Vlad Sokolovsky exclusively told the site how their lives changed with the birth of Mia.
Photo: Jaroslav Kloos Vlad Sokolovsky and Rita Dakota
Musicians became parents. The baby, whom the happy parents named Mia, completely changed their lives. And, as the artists themselves admit, in better side. Rita and Vlad exclusively told the site how their life was going in their new status and introduced their baby to the public. Meet Mia! In this photo the girl is only two weeks old.
The artists did not lie: they, like all parents, experience difficulties, but for them all the troubles are pleasant moments that they will remember with a smile.
Rita: We try to somehow treat lack of sleep and some difficulties with humor. And we understand that this fate - colic, teeth and everything else - awaits everyone.
Celebrity parents say that they are creating new difficulties for themselves. For example, they flew to Bali for several months with their newborn child. And now they have become real professionals in the field of “family holidays”. In their YouTube vlogs, the couple by example prove that even after becoming parents, you can remain mobile and productive.
Vlad: I can immediately say that traveling with a baby is not very convenient. When you fly with a two or three month old baby, you take with you food, diapers, a stroller, all sorts of sun loungers, toys... A huge number of things! We took the minimum for ourselves and the maximum for her.
We flew away with a child who is two and a half months old, and will return when she is four and a half. That's three different sizes clothes! Mia has a lot more stuff than we do
Since Vlad and Rita, not only their lifestyle has changed, but also their internal perception of the world. They have become more reverent, sensitive and responsible.
Vlad: You worry constantly... Sometimes stupid thoughts creep into your head. Here you are holding a child in your arms, everything is fine, your feet are on the ground and everything is fine, but some thought appears in your head: “What if you’re about to slip.” And then you start to beat yourself up, even though everything is fine.
Rita: Increased vigilance mode is activated. Even on such rare evenings when Vlad and I can go somewhere in the evening to hang out, like on the island of Bali (you can see it in one of our vlogs). Once we were at a Leningrad concert and drank wine. Everyone was drunk, but we were not. We drank several glasses, but we didn’t have any in either eye, because the vigilance mode turned on.
Despite their immense love for their child, Rita and Vlad continue to engage in their projects, household chores and creativity. In part, Mia helped her parents learn how to properly plan their day.
Rita: We have become more organized in terms of time management. Previously, we could spread out all our work for the whole day, come home between tasks to eat or do something else. Now we are trying to draw up a schedule for the day so that we can get everything done in the first half of the day. maximum amount affairs, and spend the second with the child completely. But, of course, grandmothers save. God bless them.
Now the artists have already gained experience and can share it with other young parents. Vlad, for example, now knows everything about strollers. However, this was not always the case. Some moments really surprised the couple as they prepared for their new status.
Rita: There are some little things that you never think about. For me, for example, it was a great discovery that a newborn baby does not need a pillow. It seemed to me that I needed something softer and more comfortable, but it turned out that the pillow for a newborn is dangerous.
Or, for example, the most difficult moment for us in everyday child care is cutting nails. In the family, we use rock-paper-scissors to decide who will do it, because everyone is afraid of taking some wrong step.
Rita and Vlad can undoubtedly be called parents of the year. A warm atmosphere reigns in their family, and they share this warmth with fans in their vlogs on the YouTube channel “Sokolovsky & Dakota” and on Instagram every day. They are honest about what is really going on in their lives. Like all people, sometimes they break down. A tearful Rita picks up a camera and talks about failures... But this, as the artists themselves say, is real life, without embellishment.
Rita: We are learning to re-adapt to our freedom, because it looks a little different now. But it's actually cool! This is growth, definitely. We have become better, we have become stronger. This is a very cool stage, and we are grateful to the Universe for it.
A couple risks their careers for a long vacation. Vlad Sokolovsky and Rita Dakota had to fly away from the island and return to Moscow to continue to engage in creativity and work projects. But in last moment they decided that they would stay in Bali.
Vlad Sokolovsky and Rita Dakota
Photo: Instagram
Vlad Sokolovsky and Rita Dakota decided to “winter” in Bali this year. Yesterday the couple was supposed to fly to Russia with their daughter Mia. Young parents shared with subscribers their emotions that their long-term vacation had come to an end, and were already looking forward to returning home.
“Our endless travels are coming to an end and, of course, this makes my soul incredibly sad, despite the fact that there are relatives and a lot of people in Moscow interesting projects and to do! We will have to deal with this and accept it as always with an open heart,” Vlad wrote on Instagram the other day.
However, at the last moment the couple changed their minds about flying back and did not go to check-in. Sokolovsky announced his decision on his page on social networks.
“This is what making a rather difficult decision for us looked like today! Namely, to stay on our island for some more time. The decision was made very abruptly, due to various, including personal, circumstances,” Sokolovsky said.
According to Rita, they did not change their tickets, but simply decided not to fly and are not yet even thinking about the approximate dates of returning home. It is interesting that Vlad and Rita remained in Bali, despite the difficulties that accompany their life in the tropics. First, the villa where they lived was robbed, then the rice fields were on fire, the couple had to change housing because of the smoke, and then the singer “caught” a dangerous virus.
There were also other troubles, and although the holidays star couple They definitely can’t be called “cloudless”; they decided to extend them anyway.
Vlad Sokolovsky and Rita Dakota on vacation in Bali
Photo: Instagram
