ENGLISH SUMMARY EDITOR’S LETTER p. 80 zest in his look, incredible sunglasses in A HARD NUT TO CRACK p. 250 The fashion industry is often criticized summer, scarfs in winter. And always a During the interview the actor Sergey for its preoccupation with youth — de- piece of jade jewellery.” In everyday life Bondarchuk Junior (23) only twice men- signers using teenage dress-patterns Sasha wears loose jeans, masculine cut tions his father or grandfather not with when making clothes, anti-aging cos- coats and jackets, and boots. To go out their names. How else could it be? His metics being advertised by young girls — she favours feminine dresses. “Recently grandfather Sergey Fedorovich Bondar- and there are those who reminisce I bought a very cool dress by Ulyana Ser- chuk is the actor, director — he won an about past when models were mature. geenko. I borrowed my mom’s vintage Oscar for War and Peace in 1968. His On the surface there is nothing shoes Dior with satin ribbons crossing father Fedor Sergeevich Bondarchuk to contradict. Yes, fashion is growing on the ankles to wear with it.” As we part directed the most high-grossing Russian younger year by year. But I often think I ask her if she really believes vegetari- film ever, Stalingrad. is that youth is the future. And in the anism could become popular in Russia? In October Warrior hits the screen — future is fashion, and the things that to- “I think that the right food, jogging and an action movie concerning two morrow has in store for us. And the bet- meditation are more sensible invest- sporting brothers and mixed martial ter a designer’s innate feel of tomorrow, ments in beauty than a Birkin bag.” arts. Sergey plays the younger brother. the more successful their brand will be. Ilya Kuharenko Testosterone bubbles over on screen: On the cover of this issue you see naked torsos, beards and hoodies. Nastya Sten, a nineteen year-old Moscow SONS OF THE FATHERLAND p. 246 Sergey is into martial arts himself. The debutante, alongside Sasha Luss. Inside Actor Ivan Yankovsky is a stern young descendant of the famous dynasty grew are profiles of the heirs of our foremost man with pedigree. The familiar up on the streets. “There were all kinds artistic dynasties: Ivan Yankovsky, Pavel features of his notable relatives — his of guys in our clique — both from rich Tabakov, Sergey Bondarchuk. There is mother, the actress Oksana Fandera, his families and those who had no money also an interview with the novice actress father, the director Filipp Yankovsky, for a bread. When they managed to drag Imogen Waterhouse, younger sister of his grandfather, Oleg Yankovsky, a star me back home, I would wait until every- one of the most popular it girls, and from the 1970s — are visibly recogniz- body was asleep and run away outside another with the blogger Aleksandra able if you look for them — but why to my friends again”. His credo? “I fol- Novikova, daughter of the restaurateur. would you? He has a face of his own. low my dad’s example — he manages And there are interviews with young But Yankovsky is not unique — the to act in movies, make movies, invest stars Olivier Rousteing from Balmain, new generation of famous artistic dynas- in projects”. who has done a collection for H&M, ties has literally burst into the modern Albert Galeev and Erdem Moralioğlu, who has part- cinema and theatre. What do they have nered with Moncler. Do you know what in common, all these descen dants of the LITTLE PRINCE p. 254 do all these people have in common former icons of a huge coun try, com- He was late for the interview and kept except for their youth and success? A ro- pletely different as they are? Excepting apologizing profusely. Before saying mantic view of life, and the ambition not the luck of being born into the right goodbye he kissed my hand. The twenty only to become famous and maintain family, they share talent, a genetically year-old Pavel Tabakov, son of the artis- the family honour, but also to change inherited internal culture, and a type of tic director of the Moscow Art Theatre our life for the better — or at least make old-fashioned knighthood of romantic Oleg Tabakov and the actress Marina healthy food a trend. We can easily en- intonation. In times of economic and Zudina, is not a debutant any more: he trust the future to people like that, the moral turbulence and the final victory is working with the successful Russian future of fashion among other things. of rationalism there is again demand for filmmakers Anna Melikyan and the Victoria Davydova “musketeers”, for sincerity and emo- well-heeled post-Soviet classic Andrey tional generosity. And for actors with a Proshkin, and on the stage is working ALEXANDRA’S APPROACH p. 122 natural balance of tradition and a feel- with the experimentalist Konstantin The twenty four year-old owner of the ing of modernity. Bogomolov. He has a perfect ear for the vegetarian blog How to Green is less it This autumn sees Ivan in two films: genre of comedy and tragicomedy. In girl than eat girl. Her father is the restau- Rag Union by Mikhail Mestetsky, a story his calm, grey, wide set eyes one can see rateur Arkady Novikov, and Sasha would of four artists who want to change the intelligence and a love for reading. rather talk about food than fashion. She world, and the romantic comedy No In Andrey Proshkin’s tragicomedy and her father are seriously considering Borders. Yankovsky is quite similar to the Orleans Tabakov’s character is a pure the possibility of opening a green café hero of the former movie, who rushes creature, in love with the heroine. in Russia. “Dad is the kind of person into reckless adventures, only to stop at I notice that on screen he is being who can come home and eat a whole the right moment and think. “There are chosen not for the part of Romeo, but chicken. But he is interested, I even see people who get locked in by an idea, so rather Romeo suffering from undivided vegetarian soups on his Instagram, not they go to the bitter end without consi love. He agrees: “Yes, for my characters only shashlik.” Sasha’s star sign is the dering if they right or wrong. I am a man vulnerability is typical, and it is more Aries and she is proud of her stubborn- who would stop at the edge of an abyss. interesting to play them this way. It is ness, a character trait she owes to her I will not fall down and drag the others boring when people love each other on father. Sasha also calls her father her with me.” screen wildly till the very happy end.” style icon: “There is always some kind of Larisa Malukova Larisa Malukova 2015 Октябрь VOGUE 295.