Five marriages and not all for love: what is known about Alla Pugacheva’s husbands

Alla Pugacheva is not only a legend of the Soviet stage, a woman with a unique voice and incredible energy. Her fate and personal life have always interested people no less than new songs.


Alla Pugacheva is not only a legend of the Soviet stage, a woman with a unique voice and incredible energy. Her fate and personal life have always interested people no less than new songs. Each Diva's love story became a separate chapter of her biography. She has five official marriages behind her, but not every “yes” turned into family happiness for the Diva. Who did Alla Pugacheva really truly love?

Pugacheva decided to get married for the first time at the age of 25, at a time when she was just getting on her feet as an artist. The chosen one of the Diva was a circus artist from Lithuania - Mykolas Orbakas. Alla herself took the first step, confessed her love to him, and the young people got married in 1969. The family tried to build a life together without unnecessary pathos: a small apartment, small earnings, help from parents. At the heart of their marriage was a sincere union and the belief that together they could overcome anything. Two years later, the couple had a daughter, Christina, who would later become a famous artist and take the stage name Orbakaite.

But life on the road, eternal understatements, everyday difficulties and, as Orbakas later admitted, problems with alcohol destroyed the family.

After the divorce, Pugacheva began a short affair with Pavel Slobodkin, but it ended so quickly that it did not have time to develop into anything serious. But her next chosen one was a man who seriously influenced the singer’s career - director Alexander Stefanovich. He filmed Pugacheva in videos and films, promoted her, helping to build the image of the future Diva. It seemed that the union was strong, creative and harmonious, but reality turned out differently. Alla found her husband with another woman. Later, Stefanovich philosophically explained that “a civilized family is a semblance of well-being,” but the singer was not satisfied with such reasoning. She left her husband, who cheated more and more often and did not consider it a problem.

The next chapter of her personal story is Evgeniy Boldin. They met while Alla was married to Stefanovich, and he was also in a relationship. Boldin was Pugacheva’s administrator, and later her director and producer. Their romance lasted more than one year, and over time the couple decided to legitimize the relationship. However, from the outside it looked more like a working agreement. Later it became clear: there was no love there, and the marriage itself was of a formal nature.

Pugacheva’s relationship with Philip Kirkorov developed completely differently. This was the first man with whom Pugacheva not only signed, but also got married. His love was loud, theatrical, almost popular. Philip spoke about his feelings from screens from every corner of the country. But Alla later admitted: she married him more “out of sympathy.” Kirkorov’s mother and grandmother really asked to help the aspiring artist, and Pugacheva decided to support her young colleague.

After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the artists stopped communicating, since Pugacheva absolutely does not support the political views and position of her ex-husband.

The last and most lasting marriage of the prima donna happened with Maxim Galkin. They met at the Slavic Bazaar festival, and, as they themselves said, “the spark flared up instantly.” The age difference - 27 years - immediately became the subject of discussion and gossip in society. Skeptics predicted a quick breakup and argued that Alla would never be able to give Maxim a child. But time put everything in its place: their union became the strongest and most sincere in the life of the Prima Donna.


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