Everyone knows that in her first marriage with Andrei Mironov, actress Ekaterina Gradova gave birth to a daughter, Maria. And when she got married for the second time - nuclear physicist Igor Timofeev became her chosen one - she took the boy Alyosha into the family. She issued custody of the child in the early 90s of the last century.
Interestingly, Ekaterina Gradova met her future second spouse during a pilgrimage trip to Optina Pustyn. The actress got married with Timofeev. In a frank interview with Andrei Malakhov, Gradova admitted that her confessor advised her to give birth, but she refused, citing her age (she was already 44 years old) and the fear of her husband, who had been to Chernobyl.
As a result, the couple took the boy Alexei from the orphanage. Moreover, the spouses did not know anything about his pedigree. However, then great difficulties began to arise with the upbringing of the child - the "very heavy heredity" affected. Ekaterina Georgievna told:
“It was my strong test. Earlier, when children were given, they did not say who, what, what kind. And then it turned out like that - you just flinch. But all the same, since before adolescence, Alexei spent a lot of time in the church - he sang in the Epiphany Cathedral (he has a grandiose voice and hearing), since he was taking communion all the time, and was there - he certainly changed a lot. Some hereditary things began to recede."
Despite the fact that Gradova humbly endured all the difficulties of raising an essentially alien child, one day a turning point came when she emotionally turned to her confessor. The actress spoke about it this way:
“I once told my confessor about this, because the child did and said such things that it was difficult to imagine. And the confessor said - can you imagine if he had not been taken to the family, where is the church, where is faith, what could he do to people."
Ekaterina Georgievna did not expand on what exactly the problems with Alyosha were, but, according to rumors, it was about aggressive behavior, refusal to study, non-childish pranks, and a difficult character. Nevertheless, the adoptive parents managed to raise the boy to be a decent person.
Now Alexei is about 30 years old, he studied in the cadet corps, served in the Marine Corps, and now works as a chef in one of the Moscow restaurants. It is interesting that he gets along well with his sister Maria Mironova and other relatives. He has his own accommodation, he travels, communicates with friends. However, Alexey refused to give an interview about his now deceased adoptive mother, reports "KP".