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Alexei Yagudin

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9 May. Russia celebrates The Victory Day!

I don't even think, that a war can be a reason to be proud, but I learned to love this day.
somewhere in subway...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlZBxhZ2kH8


Alexei Yagudin (a short video):
My grandma was in Leningrad during the Siege. Once all the family went to get bread, they went by tramway. And in the tram a friendly man stepped up to them, he talked to them, he was joking... my grandma says she remembers how he caressed her head, he said: "Such a nice beautiful girl!" That's all, he left the tram after a few stations. While this man was talking, he stolen all the cards for food. After that all the family had nothing to eat. Three members of the family died. Out of four. My grandma stayed alone, she was a little girl, she was taken to an orphanage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWMT410KQSM (no subs)


Alexei Yagudin:
Watching the Victory Day parade for the second time! And we thank once again our dear veterans for the peace and for our lives!!!!!!
https://twitter.com/yagudinofficial/status/597103913779798016


Actually, we don't have many veterans now. Now the Russians take portraits of the dead and carry them. It wasn't Putin's idea, the first march of the Immortal Regiment took place not in Moscow. The Russians do their best to remember the real war, tell each other what they know, the real war is not beautiful. Yet I like, that people are smiling:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjQsfc3XENQ the Immortal Regiment
Now the Immortal Regiment marches in many countries.

I'm really grateful, that "The Day of Victory" song is translated, even though I like the Russian lyrics much more than the English variant. Especially I need these words:
This is a celebration with gray hair on our heads,
This is a gladness with tears in our eyes...

Not just "sadness"... Yet anyway, I'm really grateful for the translation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIzwem1SOC0
(Press "SHOW MORE" to see the text, if English is not your native language)
 
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:palmf: :)

a comment from averbukhofficial to the first video:
I see, you need the ice, friend πŸ˜„πŸ˜„πŸ˜„

on the video:
What a nice quiet child I have! I am such a happy parent! Such a quiet girl, Varya Varezhka. Good girl, good girl. Do you want to read a book? Let's watch a book together? Oh, my good girl, Varechka. Let's go to the shop to buy some food, yes? Let's go to the shop. Let's go!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BT90CU6BNeB/

with Liza...
https://www.instagram.com/p/BTMYS7Fhb_s/
 
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somebody: Do you participate in Master Class of Dennis?
alexei.yagudin@somebody: yes, 18/19
https://www.instagram.com/p/BUHFx5QBjF0/

alexei.yagudin: A few days ago I was performing at the opening of Chen Lu's international school (@luchen.china). Then I spent 3 days in β˜€οΈπŸ Nice with my beloved @tatianatotmyanina and today I ✈️ to Almaty to my friend @tenis_den in order to participate in the charity master classes for young β›Έ
https://www.instagram.com/p/BUMQ6u7Ba7j/?taken-by=alexei.yagudin
 
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Two new videos: Yagudin and Ten (with subtitles)


They speak Russian, but Yagudin is a foreigner in Kazakhstan, so he speaks English :)

Q: What is better for you: Apple or Android?
AY: Actually, I like bananas... I don't believe the one perfect system exists. We can return to our master class, we were saying it not once today: there is no one perfect system which is good for every figure skater. It is OK to try totally different approaches. One approach may be good for one skater, another may be good for another skater. The same works for electronic devices. The one perfect device that is suitable for everyone doesn't exist. It is right to look for a thing which will be good for you. As for me, Almaty is good for me. The climate is good, it is warm here, it is really nice, that the climate became dewy, even though it is a sharp continental climate, which is natural for your region. And of course, I also have a friend here. We have been socializing off-ice for a few years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imuRH0Zbs_U

and one more video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2hJlkIwbmE


2 pictures from Ten's instagram
https://www.instagram.com/p/BUOqHCAFD9y/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BUSMOHXl84O/
 

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an interview: Katarina Witt and Yagudin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyWQjzFzsmk

Alexei: And of course I was carried by the audience. What an audience! OK, I'm living here, but I was still overwhelmed by the power of the audience. That was sensational.
...
Katarina: But I think he established the basis with his SP. We talked about it before in the makeup room, and you took Kurt Browning's advice. What advice did he give you?
Alexei: Yeah, actually Kurt Browning said once, that you can't win the Olympic Games with your SP, but you can lose them with it. So I went with this into my SP and I knew if I would do any little mistake, everything can be over. You have to have the right steps, the right speed, everything must be perfect. Otherwise you can pay a high price. There I was nervous, but also totally concentrated.
 

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what a fighter! (LOL) The great war against all the medals goes on :luv17:

alexei.yagudin: We didn't expect, but were insanely happy to meet each other! OG 1988/1994 @lizakulik_ πŸ₯‡πŸ₯‡, OG 2002 @alexei.yagudin πŸ₯‡, OG 2002 #DavidPelletier πŸ₯‡, OG 2006 @tatianatotmyanina πŸ₯‡, OG 2006 @romankostomarovkrs πŸ₯‡, OG 2010 Oxana Domnina πŸ₯‰πŸ’ͺ medals and titles are in the past. Medals are NOTHING, humanly relations are EVERYTHING!!! πŸ˜πŸ‘ #olympians #sport #family❀️ #family #friends #victory #emotions
https://www.instagram.com/p/BVPwtOIhIDI/
 

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Lyosha was saying, that he is ready to marry his Tanya once again. So... they've done it. :) And they are still ready to do it again. Keep smiling!!! :)

http://www.tele.ru/upload/pics/2017/15/w/ygud_03.jpg

"Lyosha's money are ours, and my money are mine, so that I wouldn't need to bother my husband over trifles" - tells Tatiana. Yagudin comments: "The main thing that I shouldn't know the prices, and may they spend money on whatever they want. As for me, I don't care what I wear or what class I fly".
/.../
Our correspondents have spent a few days with the pair and haven't seen a moment, when any of them was irritated. "It never can happen, when we have a rest. It is possible, that we will turn on our caps lock voices in a tour, when we both are tired. Yet I can't remember, when it happened for the last time", - says Tanya. We saw how Alexei sat accidentally on his iPad and broken it, but Tanya's face remained worriless, even though it was her recent present to the beloved husband.
/.../
We ask to remember any features for which they are ready to kill each other, and they both start to think. Tanya is the first who answers: "He needs to leave the house in the last second! I say, that hurrying after a plane is nice and funny, when there are two of us. Yet when we have a basket, a box, five bags, two kids and a dog, it is awful! Everything else about my husband is nice. He is perfect". Lyosha shrugs his shoulders. "Did I say, that I am married an ideal woman?" - Yagudin smiles - "Tanya is very strong, but she makes concessions. Her self is not the main thing for her, the main thing is our family, peace. She succeeded to build absolutely comfortable conditions. Look: we are together 24 hours a day when we have a rest, and nearly all the time we spend in the house. I don't want to run to the sea and to swim there alone, because Tanya won't go: she can't swim. Sitting together with daughters at home is an ideal rest for us".
/.../
As always, they risked to be late for their plane, the flight check-in was over. "Our teammates call me Good Luck Man. Somehow we are always all right", - Alexei explained. He was giving Michelle a trolley bag ride, and Michelle was laughing. Tanya was looking at them with a smile and waiting for the decision of customs officers. Finally things turned out all right, the family got to their Moscow house on time.
/.../
Tanya told us secretly, that Alexei said to her, when he saw these new bright photos: "What about marrying once again? And making a beautiful show?"

1
http://www.tele.ru/stars/interview/...oy-pozhenilis-nasha-liza-uznala-ot-urganta/1/
2
http://www.tele.ru/stars/interview/...oy-pozhenilis-nasha-liza-uznala-ot-urganta/2/
3
http://www.tele.ru/stars/interview/...oy-pozhenilis-nasha-liza-uznala-ot-urganta/3/
 

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This is a post by a woman who works with children with special needs. She tells, that Averbukh presented their children tickets to his show. This woman writes:
A special thanks to Alexei Yagudin for the friendship and for the support πŸ™πŸ»
https://www.instagram.com/p/BSAnGI2lFyS/

And one more post by her. She writes, that one girl gave her books to Yagudin, Navka and some other skaters, and they also presented a toy made by children to Yagudin's and Totmyanina's daughters. She writes:
Lyosha thank you very much ❀
(and a photo with children)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BSEk2hDFuDF/


A small text, which was added to Yagudin's book by the editors (among other texts):
Alexei Yagudin participated in many charity competitions in Connecticut, earnings from them go to the fund supporting our athletes. In our opinion he "has won the gold" helping such people.

Beau Doherty, Connecticut Special Olympics executive director

No, I don't think, that Yagudin "has won the gold" helping such people in Russia. He just does what he wants to do, and it's OK, that he does what he wants to do.
 

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Alexei Yagudin and Tara Lipinski


alexei.yagudin: Congrats to my very close friend @taralipinski with her marriageπŸ’πŸΎwish you, @taralipinski, all the best in a future!!! πŸ₯‚
taralipinski:<3

https://www.instagram.com/p/BV0mhs0h8Oh/

taralipinski: February 20th I love this day...it changed my life forever #USA
Alexei Yagudin @taralipinski: it was a great victory!!!
Tara Lipinski ‏@yagudinofficial: thank you! I'm lucky that you've been rooting me on since I was 12...oh and I better see you soon!

https://twitter.com/yagudinofficial/status/568799230392987649

taralipinski: Travel plotting today. Maybe I should go back to Greece. Hmmm
Alexei Yagudin@taralipinski: come to Sochi!!!!!!)))) we will be there from June 12-October 1st!)))))))
taralipinski@yagudinofficial: that would be fun!!

https://twitter.com/yagudinofficial/status/579727370116067328


alexei.yagudin: @malysheva.live, thank you for the opportunity to be a part of this event. The yearly medical "Mission" premia. @slutskayaofficial, L.M.Roshal and me we giving the premia to the doctors who help people harmed because of wars, terrorist attacks or natural catastrophes. We wish everyone health and peaceful sky!!!
taralipinski: πŸ‘‹πŸ»
alexei.yagudin@taralipinski: πŸ˜˜πŸ‘‹
[email protected]: I was happy to see you πŸ˜‰

https://www.instagram.com/p/BkA0eKYArKo/


Alexei also mentions Tara in his book.
 

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"100 questions to an adult" - 2010

I like the "100 questions to an adult" show with Yagudin, because I think every word is important, when we talk to children, to teenagers. He came twice to this show. And they really were allowed to ask any questions. He was patient from the beginning to the end, I like, that the children laugh. I like, that he speaks not only about himself. It seems, that they ask about him, but he speaks about all the athletes, about these children... Maybe he just says: "As for other athletes... I don't know" - but I really like, that lives of other athletes are important for him, that he doesn't want to think only about himself. That's why I really love and respect him. (besides his awesome skating)

2010. Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQIHuxBD3QQ
Tanya was asked: "Were there twins in your family?" Tanya says: "Yes. My mom has a twin sister." She says: "You likely will have two kids." I’m in shock, because one kid is good, but what I will do with two? We were on tour, and everybody started to mock at me. I am skating the program, and of course, I hear what they shout. We encourage each other. For example, we shout to Roma Kostomarov: "Romochka, go on, another minute! The dinner is waiting!" So they shout to me: "Two baby carriages! Two packs of diapers!" I shake my fist at them and go on skating.

2010. Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kxZrwdY9bM
in the federation of figure skating Valentin Nikolayevich Piseev just fooled everybody, invented a new seat of a general director for himself. Now he is a general director. And when letters are addressed the president of the federation, Piseev answers. Why, actually? I believe, that an absolute outrage is going on in the federation of figure skating, and this man has been sitting there with perfect impunity for a very long time. Yet this is just my opinion, it can't... /.../ They didn't care how we were. They knew: when we go, we win. We win, and they stand next to us, they make a photo. Everything is cool in their federation! Yet there was no help from them. We didn't need any help, we were strong enough, we had perfect strong coaches. The help wasn't needed, yet they needed to save the figure skating schools, because many came from regions. Zhenya Plushenko is from Volgograd, Maxim Marinin is from Volgograd, Tanya Totmianina is from Perm. And there are other skaters who came from regions. Now when we go to Volgograd with an ice show, we bring our ice with us. Everything is ruined. Roughly speaking, they milked us and did nothing.


2010. Part 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw9t6PSJMXM
Yet not many are as successful as me or Zhenya. Millions of children do sports. Many of them maybe not ruin their health, but do cross that line, when the sport demands more than their body can give, and they can't win. So as for education, their education isn't very good and as for sport, they didn't succeed to win...
a girl: Alexei, you impressed us today, actually! We all know, that athletes often are not very talkative, and you didn't need to think each time when you answered a question. Thank you very much for your openness.
 

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(2017)

Yagudin: I'm happy, that I have spent my day off profitably. I'm really proud, that I was entrusted with becoming a part of the students sport. First I was an ambassador of @krasnoyarsk2019 and today I was invited to the #FISU Panel Discussion to share my experience with young guys who is ready to become #volunteers. It's cool, that so many people are ready to dedicate part of the life to sport and other people!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BWFwQvkh4UG/

FISU Volunteers Leaders Academy is a forum, which was opened in Kazan on June 3rd.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BWFccYKjtqi/


This woman is a TV host. Their show made a new kitchen for Yagudin and Totmianina. This TV host says, that Yagudin is modest and "always serious".
https://www.instagram.com/p/BWE76OElFXe/

a short video about his happiness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Saw7NuTSXQ&t=20s


The one who is "always serious"...
https://www.instagram.com/p/BV0Mf8rBJqd/
 

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What a day! lol

I've received a letter from China. The author is Yagudin's new admirer, she (or maybe he?) wants to translate Yagudin's videos from English to Chinese. A new one again! :)

I really admire this fellow!!! :cheer2:

Show must go on.
 

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Yagudin and Totmianina tried not to tell their daughter, that they were champions.

When Liza Yagudina was small, she answered, that her dad was a parrot, when she was asked what was his job. Now she tells other kids, that their family has a lot of photo sessions and etc. Lyosha tries to remind her, that actually, he is a parrot.
When they wait for their turn in an airport, Liza says, that they could say who is their dad, so that everybody would let them go without waiting.


On this video Liza says: "Dad, everybody are waving to me, because I am beautiful."
alexei.yagudin: Our modest girl... πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚
https://www.instagram.com/p/7sjJrSJGPe/
 

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Yagudin is making the sound for the 'Children on ice' show.
tenis_den: Good! your voice is good!!!!!
alexei.yagudin @tenis_den: were you uncertain of me?)))
tenis_den @alexei.yagudin: I wasn't. I believed in you till the end.
alexei.yagudin @tenis_den: yet after that??? Have you stopped???)))
tenis_den @alexei.yagudin: I calmed down, when I saw how good your socks are!
alexei.yagudin @tenis_den: so you worried about the socks??? I thought you worried about my voice)))
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXz-HgtBdsH/


Yagudin also has reposted a piece of a song by Sasha Zhulina.
[email protected]: thank you very much!
[email protected]: Thank you! πŸ‘ŒπŸ»πŸ™πŸ»πŸ˜˜
https://www.instagram.com/p/BX2tcfrB8QM/
Maxim Fadeev wrote the music for this song, Sasha and Olga Saryabkina wrote the lyrics. It is really good, that Fadeev decided to work with Sasha. He is a good person, he is kind, he was one of the judges in the Russian "Voice. Kids", and both times when he participated in this show, the winners were the kids from his team.
the full video of Sasha's song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khMBegYd0q8&feature=youtu.be
 
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