Kirill Andreev is a popular Russian singer, known to viewers mainly as one of the soloists of the group “Ivanushki International”. In his life and creative destiny there were many interesting moments. He worked as a model, acted in films, hosted entertainment programs on Russian television and, of course, made music.

Such versatility makes the life of this artist incredibly interesting. Therefore, today’s biographical story about this extraordinary performer will certainly be of interest not only to ardent fans of the group “Ivanushki International”.

Early years, childhood and family of Kirill Andreev

Kirill Aleksandrovich Andreev was born on April 6, 1971 in the Moscow district of Kuzminki. He spent his entire childhood in this place. In one of his interviews, the artist accidentally mentioned that in this corner of the Russian capital he is still remembered and respected.

The family of our today's hero was the most ordinary. My father worked as a builder, and my mother worked as a printing engineer. After their father left, all the worries of raising her son fell on her shoulders.

After graduation high school No. 468, our today’s hero submitted documents to the Moscow Radio Mechanical College, where he subsequently studied for several years. After receiving secondary special education Kirill joined the army and spent the next couple of years in the Vladimir region as part of a company of artillery troops.

After demobilization, the guy returned home. It is very noteworthy that Kirill Andreev did not have any special plans for the future at that time. Therefore, much of his fate was predetermined by chance. Having once seen an advertisement in the subway about recruiting models for Slava Zaitsev’s school, our today’s hero decided to try his hand and went to the casting. The competent jury highly appreciated his potential and very soon the future singer began studying at a school of fashion models under the guidance of famous designer.

At the very beginning, Kirill was not serious about his new activity, but later he felt some potential in it. He began to like the profession of a model, and therefore at some point he began to connect all his plans for the future with this type of activity.

For several years, Kirill Andreev worked as a model at the Vyacheslav Zaitsev Fashion Theater. In parallel with this, he also starred in commercials, music videos, appearing on film set together with such stars Russian stage like Svetlana Vladimirskaya and Laima Vaikule. For some time, our today's hero even worked in the USA, while simultaneously studying at the local School of Advertising and Fashion Models.

Kirill Andreev (Ivanushki Int.) Solo project

As noted in some sources, during his work as a model, Kirill even made himself plastic surgery for correction of the shape of the nose.

During his work, the future artist showed remarkable diligence, and therefore very soon they began to talk about him as one of the most successful representatives of his profession.

A modeling career opened the door to the world of Russian show business for our today’s hero. He met many famous producers and musicians who became close friends for him. Natalya Vetlitskaya became a particularly close friend of the actor, who some time later introduced Kirill to producer Igor Matvienko. Noting the wonderful artistry young guy, as well as his striking external characteristics, the famous musician invited Andreev to the casting of participants in the “Ivanushki International” project. Kirill agreed. And very soon he became one of the members of the legendary boy band together with Andrei Grigoriev-Apollonov and Igor Sorin.

Kirill Andreev - Moscow residents

Star Trek by Kirill Andreev, “Ivanushki International”

Almost immediately after its appearance, Ivanushki International became very popular. The group filled stadiums, their musical compositions were always on the highest lines of all kinds of Russian charts. On this moment The history of the group goes back almost twenty years. And all these years, Kirill Andreev was the real leader and soul of the entire team. The composition of the group underwent changes twice, but our today's hero always remained true to himself and his native musical group.

Only in last years Kirill Andreev began to think about solo work. In 2009, our today’s hero released his solo album, “I Continue to Live,” and also performed several solo concerts.


Talking about career path Our “Ivanushka” cannot but be noted for his work on television. IN different years Kirill Andreev acted as a participant in the “Circus with the Stars” projects, as well as music project“Zirka + Zirka”, where he sang together with Elena Vorobey. Also on television famous artist can also be seen in the role of a TV presenter. In this capacity, our today's hero works on the Music Box channel, where he hosts a news program.

Kirill Andreev now

Noting the versatility of the artist, we note that during his career, Kirill Andreev also managed to try himself as an actor, appearing before the audience in the films “Election Day”, “1st Ambulance”, as well as in the musical project “Old Songs about the Main 3”.

Currently, Kirill Andreev is also working in the Ivanushki International project, and is also working on writing new songs for his solo project. In addition, in recent years the artist has also been active political activity as one of the members of the pro-presidential party " United Russia" In his interviews, the singer has repeatedly admitted his sympathy for Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev.

Personal life of Kirill Andreev

In 2000, Kirill Andreev tied the knot with aerobics instructor Lolita Alikulova (now Andreeva). In the same year he was born The only son musician – Kirill Andreev Jr. According to our today's hero, his mother insisted on such a name for the child.

Kirill Andreev believes that he is very lucky with his profession, because he simply loves the stage. The singer and his colleagues in the musical group “Ivanushki” have already celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the group, which is still in demand and popular. But in his personal life Andreev can boast strong family and long-term harmonious relationships with his beloved wife. The couple are raising a 16-year-old son who dreams of getting a serious education.

Kirill was born in 1971 in Moscow. His father was a builder, and his mother worked as an engineer in a printing house. But in his family there were also creative personalities: the grandmother of the future performer sang in Pyatnitsky’s choir, and his great-uncle was a member of Igor Moiseev’s ensemble. The boy was also very talented: he loved to sing and listen to records by a variety of artists. In addition, he was involved in swimming, and, as he got older, he became interested in bodybuilding. After graduating from school, he entered the radio-mechanical technical school, but after serving in the army, he took up modeling business. For some time Andreev worked at the Zaitsev Fashion House, but soon he was introduced to Igor Matvienko, who was then recruiting young guys for new group. Since that time, Kirill has become a permanent member of the musical group “Ivanushki International”. In addition, he took part in the television project “Circus with the Stars”, and also starred in several films.

In his personal life, Andreev has long been happy with his wife Lolita, whom he met on New Year's Eve 1999. On December 31, the singer invited her to celebrate the holiday at his home with his mother. From that time on, the lovers did not part and almost immediately began to live together. Lola also worked for a while in a modeling agency and has always been involved in sports. Soon the girl left the podium and became an aerobics instructor. The lovers' wedding took place in 2000, and in the same year their son was born, who was also named Kirill. But in 2001, a misfortune happened in the family: Kirill received a severe head injury and was hospitalized. This happened at his 30th birthday party, which was celebrated at the hotel. For a long time he was on the threshold between life and death. The singer underwent surgery and soon began to recover.

In the photo, Kirill Andreev with his family: wife Lolita and son Kirill

It was during that difficult period that the couple gradually began to come to faith, go to church, and then the couple accepted the wedding ceremony. Now the Andreevs are considered one of the most strong couples V Russian show business, who recently celebrated the 15th anniversary of her marriage. During this time, the spouses were divorced more than once, and the singer’s wife had to deny rumors about his relationships with other women. Lola is convinced that her beloved husband is not capable of betraying her and ever abandoning his family.

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Published 06/17/2016

They said goodbye to Oleg Yakovlev on Troekurovskoye Cemetery Moscow.
IN last way stage colleagues Kirill Andreev and Andrey Grigoriev-Appolonov, Katya Lel, Diana Gurtskaya and his former producer Igor Matvienko.
Yakovlev’s wife Alexandra Kutsevol, for whom Oleg’s death was a great shock, could barely find the strength to respond to her friends’ condolences. Contrary to the wishes of his relatives, the musician’s body was cremated there at the Troekurovsky cemetery in accordance with his request, which he told his relatives about during his lifetime.
The singer’s beloved Alexandra Kutsevol was the first to announce the death of the lead singer of “Ivanushki” on her Instagram page.
- “Today at 7:05 the main man of my life, my Angel, my Happiness, passed away... How can I live without you now?” - wrote Alexandra, who in recent years has been not only a friend, but also the singer’s producer... As it turned out, for the last 10 days Yakovlev was in the clinic, where he was diagnosed - alcohol intoxication. Alexandra herself was on the verge of suicide after the death of her beloved. And only friends saved the girl from a tragic step.

Andrei Grigoriev-Appolonov could not hold back his tears during the funeral ceremony

Kirill Andreev could not believe that his friend was no longer alive

The singer's wife Alexandra Kutsevol could not find a place for herself from grief

Katya Lel and her daughter Emilia were close friends of Oleg

The wife of the lead singer of the group, Kirill Andreev, Lolita, said that Oleg actually had problems with alcohol more than once.
- Common-law spouse Oleg Sasha Kutsevol more than once tried to drag him out of many situations, Lolita said on the TV show “Let Them Talk.” - She did everything possible. And on top of all this, I was involved in his career, appearance, loved him, and for a long time without any reciprocity. And if they now say that on the eve of his hospitalization there was another binge, then it probably happened more than once or twice. And it was always Sasha who pulled him out. Yes, now everyone is talking about evil fate. But we create evil fate with our own with my own hands. As an example, I can cite my husband Kirill. Everyone knows that in 2001 a tragedy occurred (Kirill Andreev received a severe traumatic brain injury - Note "F"), which was able to stop him. Moreover, until the age of 25, he did not drink at all, a maximum of a glass of champagne. But as part of the group, after the concerts, endless feasts and relaxation began. At the time we met, Kirill was already drinking quite heavily. My persuasion led nowhere. I told him that we have a child now, stop - it’s all in vain. I began to have diarrhea, angina pectoris, etc. and so on. And only this misfortune, this tragedy stopped it. His life hung in the balance.

The group's producer Matvienko always treated the singer like a son

The first tragedy in the group happened in 1998. Then, leaving suicide note, 28-year-old Igor Sorin jumped out of the 6th floor window of his studio. The singer died from injuries in the clinic, and experts linked the incident to prolonged depression.

Mom gave birth to Oleg when she was 42 years old

NUGGET FROM MONGOLIA

Oleg never saw his soldier father, who left for Uzbekistan after his birth

In one of his latest interviews Oleg talked about his parents, including his father, whom, as it turned out, he had never seen in his life.
- My parents met in the city of Choibalsan, in Mongolia, in a military unit. “My mother was 42 years old when she gave birth to me, and my father was 18 years old,” the musician admitted. - I now understand that for them it was romance, a kind of last cry of the heart. When the question of marriage arose, my mother flatly refused to get married by decision of the military court. Then dad went to his homeland in Uzbekistan, and I didn’t see him. As a child, my mother never told me about my father; this issue was not raised in our family. In general, there were four of us in the family - my mother, me and my two sisters. My mother called me “khoorkhen”, which means “darling” in Buryat.
In the same interview, Yakovlev spoke about one of the most powerful memories of his childhood.
- At the end of May - beginning of June, the fern harvesting season began. They went far into the forest, into the taiga, to collect it, without compasses or any equipment. Then the harvesters sold this fern to the Japanese, a kilogram cost 50 kopecks, and in one trip we brought about 25 kg. It turns out that I brought home half the salary of the average engineer. I gave all the money I earned to my mother. As a child, of course, I was teased and called names, so for a long time I was ashamed of my origin. Only 10-15 years ago I stopped being ashamed of my roots, my patronymic Zhamsaranovich. Now I proudly declare to everyone that I am Buryat, that I have Buryat and Uzbek roots.

On his last day before his death, the artist lay in the same intensive care ward with musician Garik Sukachev. Both singers spent two days in adjacent beds. And both were diagnosed with alcohol intoxication. On the eve of Yakovlev’s death, Sukachev finally came to his senses and was transferred to the psychosomatic department of the same clinic.

The new episode of the program “Actually” was attended by the soloists of the group “Ivanushki International” Kirill Andreev and Andrey Grigoriev-Appolonov. The artists remembered how the project was born, and also revealed details tragic destinies ex-members of the team Igor Sorin and Oleg Yakovlev.

Andrey met Igor when they participated in the musical “Metro” together. Then, as part of Igor Matvienko’s project, Kirill joined them. The hit of the group “Tuchi” in the 90s sounded from the speakers of all tape recorders, and the guys from “Ivanushka International” began a tour.

“We didn't have time for anything. The first five years. I don’t remember that there were quarrels between us,” Andrey recalls.

“Then he invited me to visit, showed me new songs and the communication continued,” says Kirill.

Sorin could not stay in the group for long, as he wanted to perform songs of his own composition. “I persuaded him to stay,” noted Grigoriev-Appolonov. According to the lead singer of the group, Igor was out of this world, more creative. Colleagues advised him to combine a career as an independent artist and participation in a group, but he did not want to.

The show's experts found that despite the cohesion in the group, sometimes there were conflicts. Andrey remembered that he argued with Igor when he wanted to leave the project. In addition, the guys often teased each other and joked about their colleagues. In Tyumen they had a serious quarrel because Sorin had too much alcohol.

So that the departure of the third soloist would not greatly affect the image of the group, shortly before this event the guys took Oleg Yakovlev, he performed with them at some concerts. However, two months later, Igor finally left the project.

Andrei believes that Sorin still has some envy of the group. Igor often told the guys: “You can’t cope without me.” However, Yakovlev successfully joined the team. At first the public did not accept Oleg, but then he gained his own fans.

Another guest of the program was Alexandra Chernikova, common-law wife Igor Sorin. She has not previously appeared on television.

“Periodically he was euphoric, periodically in a very depressed state. It's hard for me to talk now. At that time, his ideas were one, but the reality was different. He hoped that something important would happen in life right away. And there was a period of silence and calm,” the woman noted.

Chernikova admits that it was hard for her to see Sorin in a depressed state, because previously he had always been joyful. Igor traveled a lot with friends and changed his place of residence. Sasha admits that the singer was depressed. Experts have found out that the deceased ex-soloist abused illegal substances.

Alexandra was not with her chosen one when the tragedy occurred. “At about 10 o’clock in the morning they called us at home and told us that Igor was in the hospital,” said Sorin’s common-law wife.

Andrei learned the sad news from journalists who told him that his former colleague was dying. Grigoriev-Appolonov recalled a similar situation. In 1994, he was in a terrible accident. Then it was Sorin who regularly visited him in the hospital. “He told me then: “You will survive,” the artist shares.

According to Andrey, it is possible that what happened to Igor could have been a murder.

"Maybe. Such an everyday boilerplate. Someone pushed someone and he fell down. There is still no official version in my head,” said Andrey.

Sorin's former colleagues do not rule out the possibility of suicide. Experts believe that both Kirill and Andrey also admit that someone could have killed Igor.

The program showed the video “Dolls”. All four of the group's legendary lead singers starred in it. According to Andreev’s recollections, it was very difficult for Yakovlev during the first concerts as part of the group, and sometimes he even cried in the dressing room.

The editors of the show, Dmitry Shepelev, invited Tatyana Yakovleva, Oleg’s niece, to the studio. She is considered the heir to the artist’s entire fortune. Tatyana claims that Yakovlev left the group because of Alexandra Kutsevol. Now, according to Tatyana, the singer’s chosen one is laying claim to his property. Allegedly, Kutsevol provided a document on the secret registration of the marriage.

“Ivanushki International should be blamed for Oleg’s death,” Tatyana confirmed that Sasha said this phrase at her farewell common-law husband.

At the finale of the program, Andrei admitted that 2017 was very difficult for him.

“This would be a tragedy. Only in January, while on vacation in Bali, the grief associated with the death of Oleg, and the second, associated with the death of my sister, flew out of my head. 2017 was a killer year,” said Grigoriev-Appolonov.

The most famous “Ivanushki”: Igor Sorin, Kirill Andreev, and Andrei Grigoriev - Appolonov became the voices of the early 90s. Only “Hands Up” could compete with them in popularity. For many fans of the group, this line-up is “golden”. This largely explains Igor’s charming voice. Despite the fact that he was with the team for only a short time, he forever ensured his immortality in the hearts of millions of girls. How Igor Sorin died still remains a mystery, but today, many years later, new terrible details of this tragedy have been discovered.

Day of Igor's death

On September 1, 1998, the lead singer of “Ivanushki” fell from the 7th floor of a Moscow high-rise building. At this time, he recorded his first solo album in an apartment-studio. According to relatives, the singer had a broken neck, and was also diagnosed with a kidney bruise, a fracture of 2 cervical vertebrae and complete paralysis of the lower torso. The surgery was successful, but the singer died a few days later. The death of Igor Sorin occurred on September 3, 1998.

Other versions of the singer’s death

The official version of death can be supported by the fact that once in childhood the singer already tried to jump out of a window because he did not get the desired role in a movie. However, there are several more versions of how Igor Sorin died:

  1. The infidelity of the singer's beloved - Alexandra Chernikova. Rumors say that the girl allegedly cheated on Igor after 5 years of relationship.
  2. Large financial debts. According to this version, the “star” owed a lot of money, having contacted a company with a dubious reputation, which became the reason for the murder.
  3. One version says that Igor Sorin was under the influence of hallucinogenic mushrooms and, as a result, confused the door with a window. The musicians themselves are not satisfied with this version.
  4. Some fans close to “Ivanushki” claimed that in the studio apartment where the tragedy occurred, drugs were regularly taken, including cocaine, and today there are those who continue to consider Igor a complete drug addict.

Some of the proposed versions of why Igor passed away are outright speculation; only a few of the main ones are given here. As you know, how many people there are, so many views on what happened.

"Ivanushki" after Sorin

After the death of Igor, who was the author of many songs, such as “Clouds”, “Where I Am and Where You Are,” the group “Ivanushki” took the place of the third soloist Oleg Yakovlev, with whom they went through a long creative path and recorded such “golden” hits as: " Poplar fluff", "Bullfinches", "Ticket to the Cinema", "Run", "Two Oceans of Eyes" and many others.

The band members admit that at every concert they feel Igor’s presence in the hall and feel a strong connection with him. According to the recollections of the lead singers of “Ivanushki,” there were never any conflicts in the group; the guys spent almost all their time together, because the group was at the peak of its fame. They broke up good friends, Igor Matvienko thought that it was better for Sorin to sing solo. He had big plans for the future and loved life very much, too much to end it so early.

Oleg Yakovlev left the team "Ivanushki", starting solo career, and his place was taken by the second Kirill, who is 20 years younger than his colleagues. In the summer of 2017, Oleg Yakovlev passed away.

The group "Ivanushki" does not forget former soloist and holds concerts in his honor every year. True, they don’t go to Igor Sorin’s grave.

The curse of the group "Ivanushki"

Today, many fans of the group say that the team is cursed. There is a mystical reason for this. He passed away in 2017 former third group member Oleg Yakovlev. The official version of the medical report, which is confirmed by the artist’s girlfriend Alexandra, is that death was caused by pneumonia.

According to Oleg’s beloved, he was sick many times, but was never fully treated, and his last visit to the hospital could not save him; the disease was advanced. It would seem that 20 years have passed since Igor Sorin died and there is no point in talking about any connection, but those who were friends with the musicians from the very beginning claim that there was a curse here, because this is the second time an artist has died, who came to the place of the third member of “Ivanushki” some time after he decided to start a solo career.

What do psychics say?

The verdict of the "Battle of Psychics" program - Igor Sorin was killed. The official version - suicide did not stand up to criticism not only of Igor’s mother, Svetlana Alexandrovna, but also of the soloists of “Ivanushki” themselves. According to them, they are sure that the singer, who was only 28 years old at the time of his death, simply could not step out of the window, but they cannot prove their version. The specialist tried to figure out how Igor Sorin died. The investigation did not leave Kirill Andreev and Andrei Grigoriev-Appolonov’s mother indifferent, who once worked as a costume designer in the group and often communicated with Igor personally.

With the help of one of her former fans, the psychic managed to get to the outskirts of Moscow to investigate the death of Igor Sorin. As the woman herself says, shortly before his death, the young singer changed a lot, became interested in mysticism and wore strange amulets. Kirill Andreev confirmed that Igor was very fond of various baubles and amulets. Shortly before the tragic events of September, a man appeared in Igor Sorin’s entourage who claimed that when the singer left Ivanushki, much more awaited him. greater success and big money.

Going up to the strange apartment, Tatyana discovers a pipe that once belonged to Sorin. However, the man who opened the door claims that he did not know the famous singer and had never seen him. The lead singer of “Ivanushki” Kirill also recognized this pipe. According to him, singer Igor Sorin loved this magical attribute more than anyone else, and before his death the red pipe was lost.

As Tatyana assures, with the help of this object they tried to influence Sorin in order to force him to write music and songs that would zombify tens of thousands of people. Igor's friend confirmed that last days In his life, the singer behaved as if he were a completely different person. Was a simple pipe really the reason why Igor Sorin died? It is impossible to say for sure whether this is true or not, but in any case, this version has the right to exist.

The life of Igor's mother - Svetlana Sorina

How does Svetlana Alexandrovna live after the death of her beloved son? Many years ago, she went through a difficult divorce from Igor’s father. He stated that he wanted to quickly forget his grief, have more children, and married his son’s fan. Today Svetlana is happy with another life partner and helps those who are commonly called “difficult children.” “Ivanushki” themselves are still close friends with her.

Where is the singer buried?

The grave of Igor Sorin is located at the Kuzminskoye cemetery in Moscow. They gather here today numerous fans and bring flowers to the grave of their idol.

Igor Sorin and “Ivanushki” gave the children of the 90s many wonderful lyrical songs and taught them to believe in true love and sincerity of feelings.