Actress Lyudmila Khityaeva
Photo: Oleg RUKAVITSYN
The reason was given by other people’s artist – Tamara Syomina. She admitted to “KP” that because of the small pension she feels “thrown away”.
The 84-year-old actress said: “I deeply dislike people who throw down and humiliate older performers. I feel humiliated, crushed and offended by his attitude towards my past merits and my work…”. According to television expert Denis Sorokin, Tamara Syomina receives only 17 thousand rubles. But is she? The artists of her generation, who have titles and merits, have a much higher pension. This is what 92-year-old People’s Artist of the RSFSR Lyudmila Khityaeva told us. Lyudmila Ivanovna also has many wonderful roles. It is enough to call her Daria from The Quiet Flows the Don, Lushka from Virgin Soil Upturned, Evdokia or Ekaterina Voronina (in the films of the same name), they do not talk about the cunning beauty Solokha from Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka … Khityaeva is a direct person, she will say how there is.
– I have a very good pension. I am satisfied with everything, – said Lyudmila Ivanovna. “Usually it is the greedy or unscrupulous people who complain. I remember there was an uproar when Alla Pugacheva complained about her small pension (the pension of People’s Artist of the USSR Alla Pugacheva is about 50 thousand rubles, she transfers it to her fan in a wheelchair-Ed .). Pugacheva is a millionaire, but she talks about a small pension. What a shame! I never asked the state for anything. She never complained about anything. I value my name. I have always been self-sufficient, able to earn. She went on tour, performed in concerts, starred a lot, was in great demand. They invited me everywhere…
